Dr Ruth Delaforce is Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, Griffith University. She is a researcher and tutor in criminology at Griffith University, and has previously been employed in the private sector, the Australian Commonwealth public service and law enforcement. She has presented at conferences in Australia and overseas on the topic of private military and security contracting. Her research interests include the private military and security contracting industry, intelligence methodologies, and transnational organized crime. She is a member of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, International Association of the Study of Organized Crime, and the International Studies Association.