What we do

Our specialised crime and justice services are tailored to your organisation’s unique needs. We analyse your specific situation before crafting a customised approach to maximise your outcomes.

Insights.

Turning data into insights,
insights into solutions.

Our experts help you get more out of information. Maven assists organisations dealing with complex issues, high threat and risk environments, often navigating difficult legislative landscapes.

At Maven, we provide a research and analysis capability, drawing on decades of experience, providing reports, briefings, intelligence, threat and risk assessments, to support organisations develop informed solutions and deliver better outcomes.

We draw on an extensive, global Community of Practice - trusted experts who are experienced in producing timely, accurate research and analysis. In this way, we help organisations make informed decisions based on information and evidence collected using diverse research methods. We meticulously analyse data to uncover patterns, trends, relationships and insights.

Previous Projects

    • Conduct Research and Develop a Practice Guide for a program managing terrorism related offenders.

    • Design Case Plans for Terrorism Related Offenders (TROs), including individuals subject to the NSW Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act.

    • Conduct Violent Extremism Risk Assessments (VERA-2R) to inform judicial proceedings, intervention and case planning.

    • Brief Ministers of Key Trends & Developments in Policing and Counter-Terrorism

    • Conduct Research and Deliver Operational Threat Assessments.

    • Develop “Guidelines for Allied Health Practitioners delivering services to counter violent extremism”.

    • Research ISIL’s activities in Iraq that might amount to War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide, involving open-source investigations (OSINT) and satellite imagery analysis.

    • Research and Develop Person of Interest Profiles, complete with network analyses.

Expertise.

Leverage decades of crime and justice experience.

Maven has a wealth of experience in delivering products and services to enhance public safety and overall impact. We offer credible consulting, training and mentoring services to develop strategies, systems, policies, procedures, responses and capabilities.

Collectively, our consultants have collaborated with key stakeholders in law enforcement, national security, local and international organisations, in justice fields in Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East.

At Maven, we use our expertise to offer specialised mentoring, editing services as well as training programs and workshops to build your organisational capability.

    • Design, Deliver and Evaluate the ANZCTC ‘Joint Analyst Group Skills Enhancement Course’ for counter-terrorism practitioners, including a major scenario-based exercise.

    • Design and Develop analyst training for financial investigators.

    • Develop, Implement and Evaluate a CVE Strategy for Juvenile Justice NSW.

    • Develop a CVE Program Design.

    • Design a CVE Practice Framework.

    • Engage state and federal stakeholders and Evaluate the ‘Repatriation, Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Returning Foreign Fighters and their Families in NSW’ strategy and implementation.

    • Develop and Deliver Radicalisation and Extremism Awareness training to frontline justice, corrections and education staff.

    • Provide Training to Investigative Staff: Analytical Support to Criminal Investigations with an introduction to intelligence theories, analytical tools and techniques, critical thinking and bias.

    • Provide Rules of Evidence Training to Investigative Staff.

    • Provide Training to Investigative Staff: Working with Graphic Content.

    • Support operational work for the Digitisation of Investigation and Court Records in Iraq.

Previous Projects

Investigations.

Reinforce your team and deliver better outcomes.

Maven is able to offer a unique service in its support to investigations. Our consultants draw on decades of experience in domestic and international law enforcement, investigations and prosecutions.

We use this specialised experience to help organisations develop investigation plans, undertake case building activities, establish a crime base, conduct complex criminal analysis using various tactics and techniques, apply facts to domestic or international criminal law, support forensic investigations, develop interview plans, take statements and collect witness or expert evidence, review and edit investigative products, write Briefs of Evidence or Case Assessments, and conduct quality assurance reviews and other services.

Championing justice: Maven's expertise, your impact.

    • Draft an Investigation Plan and support field investigations into ISIL’s Development and Deployment of Biological and Chemical Weapons in Iraq.

    • Undertake network, link, communications and pattern of life analysis.

    • Provide analytical support to Forensics staff exhuming Mass Graves - build a Missing Person’s Database, engage in community outreach activities to build awareness and obtain antemortem data, and provide analysis to support the repatriation of human remains among endogamous communities in Iraq.

    • Build a crime base for ISIL’s crimes against minority communities in Iraq that might amount to War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide.

    • Undertake specialised satellite imagery and geospatial analysis to support investigations into ISIL’s Destruction of Cultural Heritage.

    • Review and develop an iBase Database in support of ISIL investigations.

    • Build Person of Interest Profiles.

Previous Projects

Our clients

Our clients are a mix of government, law, international and local organisations working for justice. We know firsthand every organisation grapples with their own distinct challenges and concerns.

At Maven, we gain a deep understanding of the specific nuances within each project – whether it’s immediate or long-term – to develop strategies and trusted advice to address your unique situation. Our trusted experts work with discretion and confidentiality, having held high-level security clearances.