• Conflicts of role, trust and emotion in interpreter-assisted police interviews 

  Walsh, Dave; Wilson, Lauren (Article)

  In the context of interpreter-assisted police interviews (IAPIs) it is essential for both police officers and interpreters to maintain impartiality at all times. However, there are numerous obstacles on the way towards ...

• Worth a Thousand Words: The Unwritten History of Law as a Jurisprudence of Text and Pictures 

  Shaw, Julia J. A. (Article)

  Founded on the tripartite emblematic tradition of 'inscriptio' (word as title or motto), 'pictura' (image) and 'subscriptio' (explanatory text or epigram), the image above all else is shown to be the archetype of governance. ...

• The BAME Attainment Gap and Developing Student Confidence: Challenging the Deficit Model 

  Crofts, Melanie (Conference)

• Plural approaches to faith-based dispute resolution by Britain’s Muslim communities 

  Akhtar, Rajnaara (Article)

  The role of Muslim faith-based dispute resolution forums in family matters continues to be fiercely contested in British legal and political debate. Questions concerning compatibly with state law in England and Wales led ...

• A Comparative Analysis of Operation Bluestone: A Specialist Rape Investigation Unit - Summary Report 

  Rumney, Phil; McPhee, Duncan; Fenton, Rachel; Williams, Anneleise; Solle, Josie (Other)

  This summary report sets out the findings of an evaluation into the performance of a specialist rape investigation unit and a non-specialist comparator.

• Torturing Terrorists: Exploring the Limits of Law, Human Rights and Academic Freedom 

  Rumney, Phil (Book)

  This book considers the theoretical, policy and empirical arguments relevant to the debate concerning the legalisation of interrogational torture. Torturing Terrorists examines, as part of a consequentialist analysis, the ...

• Purported False Allegations of Rape, Child Abuse and Non-Sexual Violence: Nature, Characteristics and Implications 

  Rumney, Phil; McCartan, Kieran (Article)

  The subject of false rape allegations is shrouded in anxiety, confusion and misunderstanding. Despite a growing body of quality research, there continue to be significant gaps in our knowledge about the topic, including ...

• Equality in Legal Assessment: A Scoping Study 

  Crofts, Melanie; Sneddon, Simon (Article)

  This paper analyses the performance of students taking compulsory LL.B modules at the University of Northampton between 2002-3 and 2006-7. The grades for each student in each element of assessment on each compulsory module ...

• Yarls Wood Detention Centre 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Race Relations Act 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Disability Discrimination Act 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• An effective, joined-up alternative to the Prime Minister’s flawed policy on race 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Why we don’t need a race audit 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• I *Heart* Consent Week 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Let’s make ending violence against women and girls a priority 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Scholarship-Activism and Respectability Politics – Reflections on a Conference Keynote 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• “It’s all standard behaviour”. So what is all the fuss about? 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Criminal Conflicts 

  Crofts, Melanie; Boaden, Gemma; Prior, Ross (Video)

  These clips have been produced with the purpose of providing a visual representation of a criminal case study which is used by undergraduate Criminal Law students at the University of Northampton to understand the legal ...

• Criminal Conflicts - A Legal Learning Case Study 

  Crofts, Melanie; Prior, Ross; Boaden, Gemma (Conference)

  Introduction/Context Criminal Law is a year 1 module which has around 160 students. It is compulsory for Law but many JH students choose it as a designated module. This means that some students are studying one Law module ...

• The Public Sector Equality Duty: Formal Equality, Institutional Processes and Legal Compliance in Higher Education 

  Crofts, Melanie (Conference)

  The aim of this paper is to build on a previous paper which explored the politics and perspectives of various social actors regarding anti-discrimination legislation and equality within a higher education setting. This ...

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