Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
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Alexandra Orlova, PhD OFFICE: JOR-825 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Dr. Alexandra Orlova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Ryerson University. She received her Ph.D. in Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in 2004. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Osgoode Hall Law School.
Alexandra joined the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology as a full-time faculty member in August 2005. She teaches courses on Canadian Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, International Perspectives, and Security Threats.
Her main research interests focus on transnational organized crime, Russian organized crime, international terrorism and international crimes. She has published articles in the areas of international law as well as traditional and non-traditional security threats.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Orlova, A.V., “A Promising Solution? Changing the Current Russian Business Climate by Amending the Criminal Code” European Business Law Review (2012), forthcoming
Orlova, A.V., “The Fight Against Transnational Organized Crime in Russia” in Felia Allum and Stan Gilmour eds., Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime (London and New York: Routledge, 2011) at 494-508.
Orlova, A.V., “Stoking Dangerous Fires: Nationalism and Hate Crime in the Russian Federation,” Journal of Eurasian Law 2:3 (2010), 37-62.
Orlova, A.V., “The Russian “War on Drugs”: A Kinder, Gentler Approach?” Problems of Post Communism 56:1 (2009), 23-34
Orlova, A.V., “Russia’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime: Law Enforcement Tool or Instrument of Domestic Control?” Journal of Money Laundering Control 11:3 (2008), 210-233
Orlova, A.V., "A Comparison of the Russian and Canadian Experiences with Defining 'Organized Crime,'" Trends in Organized Crime 11:2 (2008), 99-134
Orlova, A.V., "Korruption in Russland. Vom Mythos des Marktes und des Staates als Gegenmittel" (Corruption in Russia: What remedy can finally cure it? Comparison of Yeltsin's neo-liberal and Putin's statist reforms) Osteuropa 1 (2008), 21-34 (in German).
Orlova, A.V., "Missing the Mark: the Russian Experience with Defining 'Organized Crime,'" Columbia Journal of East European Law, 1:2 (2007), 207-230
Burstein, P. and Orlova, A.V., "Criminal Organization Legislation: Politics and Practice" in Beare, M.E. ed., Honouring Social Justice: Honouring Dianne Martin (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007), at 251-270.
Orlova, A.V. "A Hope for the Future? Prosecuting Crimes Against Humanity in Russia's Courts," International Criminal Law Review 7 (2007), 45-76.
Orlova, A.V. and Baglay, S. "Stumpfe Waffen des Gesetzes: Der Kampf gegen den Menschenhandel in Russia und der Ukraine," Osteuropa 6 (2006), 169-191. (in German)
Orlova, A. V. "Trafficking of Women and Children for Exploitation in the Commercial Sex Trade: The Case of the Russian Federation," Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, VI: II (2005), 157-178.
Orlova, A. V., and Moore, J. W. "'Umbrellas' or 'Building Blocks'? Defining International Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime in International Law," Houston Journal of International Law, 27: 2 (2005), 267-310.
Orlova, A. V. "Organized Crime and the Rule of Law in the Russian Federation," Essex Human Rights Review, 2:1 (2005), 23-37.
Orlova, A.V. "From Social Dislocation to Human Trafficking: The Russian Case," Problems of Post Communism, 51: 6 (2004), 14-22.










