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International Peer-Reviewed Journal
International Journal of Maritime Crime & Security
The International Journal of Maritime Crime and Security (IJMCS) will be the first high-quality multi/interdisciplinary journal devoted to the newly identified field and academic discipline of maritime security and to the study of maritime crime. The latter has been neglected, as the scientific study of crime has remained essentially landlocked. The Journal will cover the following, broadly constructed and interpreted, disciplines as they relate to maritime security: economics, environmental studies, global governance studies, anthropological and cultural studies, human factors and psychology, security, criminology and crime science, cyber security, international and national law (Maritime Law, Law of the Sea and National Jurisdictions), political and policy perspectives, strategic security and war studies, naval and maritime history as they relate to current issues, maritime crime, including cyber-crime, fraud, piracy and armed robbery at sea, Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Fishing, smuggling, people trafficking, illegal immigration, stowaways and pollution, disaster management and resilience at sea and in littoral areas. ‘Maritime Security’ includes port facility, offshore platform and undersea resource extraction security – not just ships.
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PROFESSOR CHRIS BELLAMYChris Bellamy is Professor Emeritus of Maritime Security at the University of Greenwich where he was Director of the Greenwich...
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The 2013 Yaounde code of conduct: an evaluation
IJMCS • Volume 03 Issue 02
Seeing like a Pirate: The Entrepreneurship of Piracy in Southeast Asia
IJMCS • Volume 03 Issue 02
The use of private maritime guards as an innovative means to fulfil states duty to cooperate in the repression of maritime piracy. Part 1
IJMCS • Volume 01 Issue 02
The application of unmanned aerial vehicles in managing port and border security in the US and Kuwait: Reflections on best practice for the UK
IJMCS • Volume 01 Issue 01
What are maritime crime and maritime security?
IJMCS • Volume 01 Issue 01
Pirates, smugglers and corrupt officials – maritime security in East and West Africa
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Comment: The emerging spectrum of maritime security
IJMCS • Volume 01 Issue 01
Sources for maritime crime and security Additional maritime crime and security resources online
IJMCS • Volume 01 Issue 02
“Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea: Help or Hindrance?”
IJMCS • Volume 02 Issue 02
Global challenges in maritime security. An introduction by Lisa Otto
IJMCS • Volume 01 Issue 02
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