Background and Expertise
Amy joined ICPR in 2010, having completed a MA in Criminology
and Criminal Justice at King's College London in late 2009. She has
a BA in Criminology from Lancaster University (2008).
During her time at ICPR Amy has worked on projects focusing on
the criminal courts, sentencing, youth justice and joint
enterprise. This includes a 20-month Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC) funded study about victims', witnesses' and
defendants' experiences of the Crown Court; a research review of
the components of effective advocacy in youth proceeedings,
commissioned by the Bar Standards Board in association with Ilex
Professional Standards, and an exploratory study of how the
doctrine of joint enterprise is applied in the prosecution of
serious offences, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Amy is convener of the PGT Youth Justice module on the Law and
Criminology postgraduate programmes at Birkbeck, University of
London and is co-convenor of the Youth, Crime & Justice module
of the BSc Criminology and Criminal Justice programme at Birkbeck.
She also undertakes supervision of Masters dissertation
students.
Her research interests include the treatment of victims,
witnesses and defendants within the court setting; lay
adjudication; youth justice; joint enterprise and public attitdues
to crime, justice and sentencing.
Amy is currently writing-up her doctoral thesis, which examines
lay participation in the criminal courts, at the University of
Surrey. The study is funded by the ESRC and is supervised by
Professor Nigel Fielding and Dr Paul Hodkinson.