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Dr Jessie Blackbourn's Outputs (31)

Security Measures and Preventive Measures (2024)
Book Chapter
Blackbourn, J. (2024). Security Measures and Preventive Measures. In P. Caeiro, S. Gless, & V. Mitsilegas (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Crime and Criminal Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789902990.security.measures.preventative.measures

Security is a core function of the modern nation state. The government has a duty to protect its citizens; to ensure their security and prevent them from coming to harm. The term security has traditionally been understood as pertaining to national se... Read More about Security Measures and Preventive Measures.

Tracking in the Interests of Counter-Terrorism (2023)
Book Chapter
Blackbourn, J., & Walker, C. (2023). Tracking in the Interests of Counter-Terrorism. In A. Hucklesby, & R. Holt (Eds.), Tracking People Wearable Technologies in Social and Public Policy. Routledge

Mechanisms for Reviewing and Monitoring National Security Laws: the UK and Australia Compared (2021)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2021). Mechanisms for Reviewing and Monitoring National Security Laws: the UK and Australia Compared. Australian Law Journal, 95(10), 786-797. https://doi.org/10.3316/agis.20211105056428

The UK and Australia each have a strong mechanism for reviewing the necessity, proportionality and operation of national security laws, although the latter has more explicit statutory basis and powers. After each office escaped abolition, their conti... Read More about Mechanisms for Reviewing and Monitoring National Security Laws: the UK and Australia Compared.

Counterterrorism Legislation and Far-Right Terrorism in Australia and the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2021). Counterterrorism Legislation and Far-Right Terrorism in Australia and the United Kingdom. Common Law World Review, 50(1), 76-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473779521989332

Over the past two decades, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, a number of countries have enacted new laws tailored specifically to the threat posed by Islamic extremist terrorism. This includes recent legislation that has criminal... Read More about Counterterrorism Legislation and Far-Right Terrorism in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Closed Material Procedures in the Radicalisation Cases (2020)
Journal Article
Blackbourn, J. (2020). Closed Material Procedures in the Radicalisation Cases. Child and family law quarterly, 32(4),

Closed material procedures were originally introduced in the UK to enable courts to hear national security sensitive information in immigration cases in the absence of the non-government party and their lawyer. They were subsequently extended to the... Read More about Closed Material Procedures in the Radicalisation Cases.

Excluding Terrorists (2018)
Book Chapter
Blackbourn, J. (2018). Excluding Terrorists. In G. Lennon, C. King, & C. McCartney (Eds.), Justice, Counter-Terrorism and Miscarriages of Justice: A Festschrift in Honour of Clive Walker (135-150). Hart Publishing

Anti-Terrorism Laws and Human Rights (2016)
Book Chapter
McGarrity, N., & Blackbourn, J. (2016). Anti-Terrorism Laws and Human Rights. In L. Weber, E. Fishwick, & M. Marmo (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Human Rights (136-145). Routledge

Secret material and anti-terrorism review in Australia and Canada (2015)
Book Chapter
Blackbourn, J. (2015). Secret material and anti-terrorism review in Australia and Canada. In Secrecy, Law and Society (158-176). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315738918-9

This chapter examines how access to, and the disclosure of, secret material has been regulated in three types of review in Australia and Canada:the Independent Monitor, Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and commissions(IGIS) of inquiry.... Read More about Secret material and anti-terrorism review in Australia and Canada.