Publications

“Children and Young People in Custody in England and Wales: Rights and Wrongs” in Cox and Abrams (Eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Youth Imprisonment (2021)

“The Sentencing of Young Adults: A Distinct Group Requiring a Distinct Approach” [2021] Crim L. R., Issue 3

“Thirty Years On: The Continuing Challenges of Bringing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to Life for Children in Custody in England and Wales” [2019] 6 E.H.R.L.R.

Various children’s rights briefings published by the Howard League for Penal Reform including “Your Rights During Covid-19” (2020), “Young Adults in prison during the Covid-19 pandemic” (2020), “Ending the detention of unsentenced children during the Covid-19 pandemic” (2020), “Children in prison during the Covid-19 pandemic” (2020).

Why a participatory, rights-based approach is the best way to protect children in
trouble with the law” (2016), in Child-friendly youth justice? National Association of Youth Justice

“Is criminalising children’s sexual behaviour counterproductive?” (2016) Child and
family law quarterly, 28 (3): 239-260.

“Grounds of Appeal Against Sentence”, with Edward Fitzgerald and Sheryn Omeri, Taylor on Appeals (Oxford, 2012)

“Child appeals, wrongly accused: who is responsible for investigating miscarriages of justice?” (Jures/Solicitors Journal, March 2012)

“Children Convicted of Sexual Offences: Do Lifelong Labels Really Help?” The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice (2011) 50(2), 137-152.

After the riots: children, young adults and the law, Legal Action, October 2011
“What are legal aid lawyers for?” Closing the Justice Gap: new thinking on an old problem (Jures/Solicitors Journal, May 2010)

“Treating children in trouble with dignity, Spring 2010”, Outlook, Children England

“Children and young people: seeking fair access to justice”, Legal Action, October 2009

“Children and the parole process”, Legal Action, September 2008

“Rights of children and young people in prison to housing and care on discharge”, Legal Action, February 2008

“Children Who Commit Sexual Offences: Some Legal Anomalies and Practical Approaches to the Law”, The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice (2007) 46(5), 493-499.

Legal aid: what future for the “fourth emergency service”? Legal Action February 2007

Young Lawyers in the “brave new world of legal aid”, Legal Action September 2006