Alaeldin Maghaireh

Lecturer

Biography:

Dr. Alaeldin Maghaireh is a lecturer in Law at the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention (CTCP). He is an expert in Islamic criminal law and cybercrime with considerable experience in the First Instance Court in Jordan. His doctoral research, completed in 2009 at Wollongong University, was on Cybercrime Investigation: A Comparative Analysis of Search for and Seizure of Digital Evidence. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Beirut Arab University (1996) and a Master of Cyber Law from Wisdom University, Lebanon (2000). He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Transnational Crime Prevention from Wollongong University. His primary research interests are: Cyber criminology, cyberterrorism, digital evidence, and Shariah law. He has published on cybercrime, Shariah law and related legal issues.

Publications:

• A. Maghaireh, Fatwa Chaos Ignites Cyber vandalism: Does Islamic Criminal Law Prohibit Cyber vandalism?’ in K. Jaishankar (ed), ‘Cyber Criminology: Exploring Internet Crimes and Criminal Behavior’ (Published by CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, USA 2011).

  A. Maghaireh, Cybercrime Investigation: A Comparative Analysis of Search for and Seizure of Digital Evidence. Published In: Germany by VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, 2010.

  A. Maghaireh, ‘Shariah Law, Cyber-Sectarian Conflict and Cybercrime: How Can Islamic Criminal Law Respond to Cybercrime? (2008) 2International Journal of Cyber Criminology.

  A. Maghaireh, Combating Cyberterrorism: The Response from Australia and New Zealand'   International Terrorism - New Zealand Perspectives (2005) 81-92.

  A. Maghaireh, The Modern Aspects of Cybercrime: Comparative Study : Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt (2000). (This book was published in Jordan in Arabic Langauge)

  A. Maghaireh, ‘Arabic Muslim Hackers: Who are they and what is their relationship with the Islamic Terrorists’ in Natti Ronel and K. Jaishankar (eds), ‘Crime and Victimization in the Globalized Era’  (To be published by CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, USA, forthcoming).