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We held our first work-in-progress session of the academic year on Wed with a fascinating presentation on 'Court and tribunal proceedings involving autistic adults in England and Wales' from Katie Maras and Ralph Bagnall (Uni of Bath). The recording will be sent to members.

We now have a BlueSky account for The Vulnerable Accused Network, come join us over there too! bsky.app/profile/thevul…

We will be hosting another online work-in-progress session today from 1-2pm. Maria Gomez-Bedoya (María Gómez-Bedoya) from UEA will present on 'Rapport in interpreted police interviews'. DM if you would like the link to join via Zoom!

Thank you for inviting me to talk about vulnerability. And thank you John David Taggart for being such a great host, gracias! ☺️

Next Wednesday (December 11th, 1-2pm) we are holding our final online work-in-progress session of 2024. We are delighted to welcome a talk from Law Commission on defences for victims of domestic abuse who kill their abusers. Please DM for Zoom link if interested!

REMINDER: Tomorrow at 1pm we will have our final work-in-progress session of 2024. We are delighted to welcome Law Commission to present on: “Defences for victims of domestic abuse who kill their abusers” Please DM if you would like to join via Zoom.

We are delighted to have a new blog post from Dr Alison Coyne (Research Officer, Department of Justice (Ireland)) Dr Coyne's post focuses on the needs of 'young adults' aged 18-24 in criminal justice settings. You can read the post here: defendingvulnerability.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/bri…

We are very lucky to have Dr Guilia Mentasti present at our ICCJ lunchtime seminar series next week (Wed, Feb 5th, 12.30pm, QUB School of Law, 9th floor Boardroom). Sign up here!: buff.ly/40g6u1X

🚨 New blog post! 🚨 Following the online work-in-progress session discussing its 'Background Paper', we welcome a contribution from the Law Commission on 'Defences for victims of domestic abuse who kill their abuser' defendingvulnerability.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/def…

📢 The 2025 QUB Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice Annual Lecture will be delivered by Professor Máximo Sozzo (Universidad Nacional del Litoral) 📅 Tuesday 6th March, 4pm 🏛️ Great Hall, Lanyon Building 🔗 Sign up: shorturl.at/IodBC QUB School of Law @QUBcriminology #ICCJ

We are delighted to welcome back QUB School of Law alumna Roxanna Dehaghani to present at our lunchtime seminar series on Wednesday, 26th February (12.30, MST.09.022) Roxanna will present on 'Adjusting Court Processes for Autistic Defendants' Signup here: shorturl.at/nRaOk

We welcomed back QUB alumna Roxanna Dehaghani (Cardiff Law) to deliver a lunchtime seminar on 'Adjusting Court Processes for Autistic Defendants'. Fascinating insights into her ongoing research focusing on court processes and adaptations. QUB Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice @QUBcriminology QUB School of Law

📢 The 2025 QUB Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice Annual Lecture will be delivered by Professor Máximo Sozzo (Universidad del Litoral) 📅Thursday 6th March, 4pm 🏛️ Great Hall, Lanyon Building 🔗 Sign up: shorturl.at/IodBC QUB School of Law @QUBcriminology #ICCJ

Tomorrow (Wed, March 5th) at 1pm Dr Amanda Clough-Ricci (Northumbria Law School) will present at our online work-in-progress series. The title of the session is: 'When Vulnerable Victims Receive Murder Convictions: Partial Defence Reform in England and Wales' Please DM for the Zoom link!

Our next work-in-progress session will be held on Wednesday (April 9th) at 1pm. Dr Amy Elkington will present on ‘Duress: No More a Concession to Human Frailty’ which focuses on duress and its availability to victims of controlling and coercive behaviour. DM for the Zoom link!

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS! 🚨 The Vulnerable Accused Conference Cardiff University 10-11th Sept 2025. Please see attached for details: docs.google.com/document/u/0/d…. Thanks to The SLS CentreOfLaw&Society IMPLEMENDEZ for funding support 🌟

We have our final Work-in-Progress session of the year today at 1pm on Zoom. Dr Alison Coyne will present on: 'Bridging the Gap in Youth Justice: Security, Support, Agency and Communication' DM for Zoom link!