Head of School

Dr Douglas Allan

PhD M.Ed

Douglas has a professional background in law enforcement and public sector fraud investigations, having worked in New Zealand, Scotland, and England. Douglas is an experienced educator, having taught criminology, sociology, and an array of law enforcement subjects across different universities. Douglas is an experienced financial crime researcher, with a particular criminological interest in the acquisition of criminogenic knowledge, and criminal planning.

Teaching

Douglas’s teaching includes, criminology, white-collar crime, money laundering, cryptocurrencies and financial crime control.

Research Interests

Douglas is a member of the Contemporary Threats to Australian Security research group and is currently focusing on:

Insider threats
Criminogenic knowledge acquisition
Criminal choice linked to money laundering via offshore jurisdictions
Criminal tradecraft
ANU RegNet PhD: Access, learning, planning and implementation: a procedural analysis of financial crime
CSU: Learning in Dark Places – how criminals satisfy information needs in the darkweb

Publications

Tiwari, M., Ferrill, J., & Allan, D. M. C. (2024). Trade-based money laundering: a systematic literature review. Journal of Accounting Literature, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). doi:10.1108/JAL-11-2022-0111

Campion, K., Nolan, M., Delaforce, R., Jones, S., & Allan, D. M. C. (2023). Joint Submission to the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023. Retrieved from Canberra, ACT: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/HateSymbolsBill/Submissions

Allan, D. M. C. (2022). Financial Crime Tradecraft: A Critical Study of the Mechanics of Financial Crime. (Doctor of Philosophy). Australian National University, Canberra, ACT. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1885/257121

Allan, D. M. C. (2022). Financial crime tradecraft: A critical study of the mechanics of financial crime. (Doctor of Philosophy). Australian National University, Canberra, ACT. doi: 10.25911/MVSJ-4304

Hardy, J., Bell, P., & Allan, D. M. C. (2019). A crime script analysis of the Madoff Investment Scheme. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 30. doi:10.1057/s41300-019-00082-6

Allan, D. M. C. (2018). Organised crime research in Australia 2018: Research Reports. Smith, R. G. (ed.). Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), Vol. 10. p. 35-49 15 p.

Allan, D. M. C., Kelly, A. & Stephenson, A. (2018). The prominence of fraud in New South Wales metropolitan media reporting. In: Crime, Law and Social Change: an interdisciplinary journal. p. 1-17 17 p.

Allan, D. M. C., Kelly, A. & Stephenson, A. (2016). The Impact of a Changing Media Landscape on Police Practice and Legitimacy. In: Global Media Journal: Australian Edition. 10, 2, p. 1-14 14 p.

Allan, D. M. C., Kelly, A. & Stephenson, A. (2016). The influence of old and new media on police decision making and legitimacy.

Allan, D. M. C. (2016). The long road to securing our driver’s licenses. The Strategist, February 2016. Available here: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-long-road-to-securing-our-drivers-licences/

Allan, D. M. C. (2014). Book Review: White-Collar Crime: Accounts of Offending Behaviour. In: Salus Journal. 2, 1, p. 110-112 3 p.

Allan, D. M. C. (2014). Submission of review in response to the: Statutory Review of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act (Cth) 2006. Australia: Attorney-General's Department. 6 p.

Allan, D. M. C., 2013. (2013). Global literacies for Australian police: thinking globally, policing locally. In: Salus Journal. 1, 3, p. 53-70 18 p.