Overview
Background
Dr Joseph Lelliott is a Senior Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, teaching courses in criminal law, advanced crime and criminology, and international human rights law. He is a co-author of the textbook Criminal Law in Queensland and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He holds undergraduate degrees in Law and Arts and a PhD in Law.
Joseph’s research interests broadly lie in criminalisation and the scope and impact of criminal or otherwise punitive measures. He has particular expertise on the interrelated phenomena of migrant smuggling and human trafficking and is a co-editor of a commentary on the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols on smuggling, trafficking, and firearms (OUP, 2023). Joseph also frequently serves as a consultant to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on issues related to smuggling and trafficking. He has authored or contributed to various UNODC publications, including the Legislative Guide to the Trafficking Protocol and other reports, issue papers, and case analyses. Joseph has a particular interest in the smuggling and trafficking of children (the topic of his PhD thesis) and has published numerous articles and chapters on migrant children.
Joseph is also currently working on a project concerning the criminalisation of threats. This includes an ongoing study on threats of fire in the context of domestic and family violence.
Joseph provides assistance to the Queensland Supreme and District Courts’ Criminal Directions Bench Book committee.
Availability
- Dr Joseph Lelliott is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2017
Conference Publication
The involvement of Indonesian children in migrant smuggling to Australia: characteristics, punishment, and protection
Lelliott, Joseph (2017). The involvement of Indonesian children in migrant smuggling to Australia: characteristics, punishment, and protection. Smuggling Workshop 2017: The Theory and Praxis of Irregular Migration Facilitation, El Paso, TX, United States, 6 April 2017.
2017
Conference Publication
Protecting unaccompanied minors: Addressing challenges and developing best practice
Lelliott, Joseph (2017). Protecting unaccompanied minors: Addressing challenges and developing best practice. Kaldor Centre Emerging Scholars Workshop, University of New South Wales, November 2017.
2014
Journal Article
There and back again: A human rights perspective on the apprehension and return of unaccompanied minors from Central America
Lelliott, Joseph (2014). There and back again: A human rights perspective on the apprehension and return of unaccompanied minors from Central America. Pandora's Box, 73-82.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Children as Facilitators of Migrant Smuggling: International Law and Domestic Contexts
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Billings
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Doctor Philosophy
Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence and Victimization of Pakistani Women: An Analysis of Legal and Socio-Cultural Barriers in the Dispensation of Justice to Women
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jonah Rimer
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Doctor Philosophy
The Construction of Justice for Victims of Sexualised War Violence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Suzanna Fay
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