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The authority of international criminal law – a controversial concept, by Clare Frances Moran, Cambridge, CUP, 2023, 145 p., £95.00, ISBN 9781108678629 (2025)
Journal Article
Eskauriatza, J. S. (2025). The authority of international criminal law – a controversial concept, by Clare Frances Moran, Cambridge, CUP, 2023, 145 p., £95.00, ISBN 9781108678629. Jurisprudence, https://doi.org/10.1080/20403313.2024.2442816

A review of Clare Frances Moran's book The Authority of International Criminal Law - A Controversial Concept (Cambridge, CUP, 2023).

Countering Sexual Harassment and Assault in Outer Space: Contributions from a Criminological Perspective (2024)
Book Chapter
Clamp, K. (2024). Countering Sexual Harassment and Assault in Outer Space: Contributions from a Criminological Perspective. In Y. Eski, & J. Lampkin (Eds.), Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003437178

As human activity in outer space increases, the potential for conflict, crime, and victimisation emerges as a vital but overlooked criminological concern. This chapter explores several questions to identify relevant criminological knowledge and learn... Read More about Countering Sexual Harassment and Assault in Outer Space: Contributions from a Criminological Perspective.

Unlocking the full potential of restorative justice: Lessons for a thicker peace in Colombia’s transitional justice framework (2024)
Report
CLAMP, K. (in press). Unlocking the full potential of restorative justice: Lessons for a thicker peace in Colombia’s transitional justice framework

This policy brief critically examines the role of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in Colombia as a mechanism for restorative justice within the broader framework of transitional justice established by the 2016 Peace Agreement. The JEP’s stru... Read More about Unlocking the full potential of restorative justice: Lessons for a thicker peace in Colombia’s transitional justice framework.

Excluding sexual behaviour evidence: back to first principles (2024)
Journal Article
Thomason, M. (2024). Excluding sexual behaviour evidence: back to first principles. Criminal Law Review, 692-719

Relevant sexual behaviour (SB) evidence should be admissible unless there are good reasons to exclude it. Starting from first principles, this article provides an in-depth analysis of reasons which might justify a rule of exclusion for relevant SB ev... Read More about Excluding sexual behaviour evidence: back to first principles.

Barriers and opportunities for prison services in developing reintegrative pathways for justice-involved people subjected to MSHT exploitation (2024)
Journal Article
Sandy, L., Snowden, A., Tangen, J., & Gardner, A. (2024). Barriers and opportunities for prison services in developing reintegrative pathways for justice-involved people subjected to MSHT exploitation. Prison Service Journal, 20-29

Vulnerable people who are subjected to modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) exploitation and become justice-involved, face complex challenges in both recovering from their experiences and achieving ongoing protection. An evaluation of internat... Read More about Barriers and opportunities for prison services in developing reintegrative pathways for justice-involved people subjected to MSHT exploitation.

Bargaining the rules of evidence (2024)
Book Chapter
Thomason, M. (2024). Bargaining the rules of evidence. In M. Langer, M. McConville, & L. Marsh (Eds.), Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining and Criminal Justice (349-363). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802206678.00032

Plea bargains depend in large part on the available evidence against the defendant. Strictly speaking, these negotiations should be based only on evidence that is likely to be admissible at trial. Bargains therefore implicitly depend on the structure... Read More about Bargaining the rules of evidence.

LGB women and sex work (2024)
Book Chapter
Sandy, L., & Dwyer, A. (2024). LGB women and sex work. In The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ Studies. (Second Edition). SAGE Publications

The Law Commission’s “Structured Discretion” Rape Shield: A Critique (2023)
Journal Article
THOMASON, M. (2023). The Law Commission’s “Structured Discretion” Rape Shield: A Critique. Archbold Review, 2023(10), 4-10

Taking up a Chapter of its own in the Law Commission’s mammoth Evidence in Sexual Offences Prosecutions Consultation Paper are proposals to reform the admissibility rules for sexual behaviour (née sexual history) evidence (SBE). Though the Law Comm... Read More about The Law Commission’s “Structured Discretion” Rape Shield: A Critique.

Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects (2023)
Report
Kemp, V., Carr, N., Kent, H., & Farrall, S. (2023). Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects. London: University of Nottingham

The Nuffield Foundation funded this three year project which involved examining the efficacy of legal safeguards for children held in police custody. A mixed methods approach was adopted drawing on over 50,000 electronic custody records drawn from e... Read More about Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects.

Equality and diversity in the work of the Sentencing Council (2023)
Report
Chen, Q., Vuk, M., Kuppuswamy, C., & Kirsch, D. (2023). Equality and diversity in the work of the Sentencing Council. London: Sentencing Council for England and Wales

This report is commissioned by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales. It examines whether the guidelines published by the Council have the potential to cause disparities in sentencing, and whether the guideline development and revision process... Read More about Equality and diversity in the work of the Sentencing Council.

Non-defendant bad character and s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: A socio-legal analysis of admissibility gateways and trial tactics (2022)
Journal Article
Thomason, M. (2023). Non-defendant bad character and s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: A socio-legal analysis of admissibility gateways and trial tactics. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 27(1), 26-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/13657127221140459

This article presents a socio-legal analysis of the use of non-defendant bad character evidence in Crown Court criminal trials in England. Combining an in-depth doctrinal analysis of s.100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 with original qualitative em... Read More about Non-defendant bad character and s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: A socio-legal analysis of admissibility gateways and trial tactics.

Tracing the Review: Developments in Youth Justice in Northern Ireland 2011-2021 (2021)
Report
CARR, N., & MCALISTER, S. (2021). Tracing the Review: Developments in Youth Justice in Northern Ireland 2011-2021. Belfast: Include Youth, VOYPIC, NIACRO, Children's Law Centre

This report traces the development of youth justice policy in Northern Ireland since the publication of the Youth Justice Review (YJR) (2011). The report has been jointly commissioned by four organisations who work with and advocate on behalf of chil... Read More about Tracing the Review: Developments in Youth Justice in Northern Ireland 2011-2021.

Admitting evidence by agreement: recalibrating managerialism and adversarialism in Crown Court criminal trials (2021)
Journal Article
THOMASON, M. (2021). Admitting evidence by agreement: recalibrating managerialism and adversarialism in Crown Court criminal trials. Criminal Law Review, 2021(9), 727-752

This paper challenges the orthodox academic view which assumes that the admissibility of evidence in Crown Court criminal trials is primarily regulated by rules of evidence. Instead, it offers an account, based on original empirical data (trial obser... Read More about Admitting evidence by agreement: recalibrating managerialism and adversarialism in Crown Court criminal trials.

Sexual deviance in prison: Queering identity and intimacy in prison research (2020)
Journal Article
Carr, N., Serisier, T., & McAlister, S. (2020). Sexual deviance in prison: Queering identity and intimacy in prison research. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 20(5), 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820937401

Recent years have seen increased attention in both research and policy towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) prisoners as a group with distinct needs. This has been driven by wider political recognition of LGBT rights and research su... Read More about Sexual deviance in prison: Queering identity and intimacy in prison research.

A legitimate business? Representations of privatised probation in England and Wales (2020)
Journal Article
Carr, N., & Robinson, G. (2021). A legitimate business? Representations of privatised probation in England and Wales. Crime, Media, Culture, 17(2), 235-254. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741659020903771

The Transforming Rehabilitation reforms implemented in England & Wales in 2014 witnessed the transfer of responsibility for a large proportion of the work of the public sector probation service to 21 newly created Community Rehabilitation Companies (... Read More about A legitimate business? Representations of privatised probation in England and Wales.

Sex work (2018)
Book Chapter
SANDY, L. Sex work. In H. Callan (Ed.), International encyclopaedia of Anthropology. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea1712

Sex work is a highly contested, deeply moral, and politicized terrain. This entry examines the nature of anthropological knowledge about sex work and the ways of knowing, seeing, and communicating about sexual commerce. It discusses the sex work and... Read More about Sex work.