Christine Piper
Contact Details
Professor of Law
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Elliott Jaques Room 001 Brunel University Uxbridge UB8 3PH United Kingdom |
Tel: +44 (0)1895 266228 Fax: +44 (0)1895 269875 Email: christine.piper@brunel.ac.uk |
Related News
Professor Christine Piper attends Action for Children reception at the House of Lords - 11 Feb 2013
Christine Piper attended the Action for Children reception on January 29th. Action for Children is a long established charity working with children and families which is currently pressing for amendments to section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 which deals with prosecutions for child neglect and abuse.Prof. Bruce Archibald's QC guest lecture on "Restorative Justice and the Rule of Law" - 03 Dec 2012
Prof. Bruce Archibald QC guest lecture on "Restorative Justice and the Rule of Law"The 3rd edition of Sentencing and Punishment by Dr Easton and Prof Piper has recently been published by OUP - 19 Oct 2012
The 3rd edition of Sentencing and Punishment: The Quest for Justice was published by Oxford University Press in the summer. The authors, Dr Susan Easton and Professor Christine Piper, have also written a blog to explain why they chose the picture of a prison hulk at Woolwich in 1777.Christine Piper presented at the "KNOWING YOUNG PEOPLE II" conference at Brunel University - 19 Sep 2012
Christine Piper attended a conference at Brunel University in September 2012 where she was a keynote speaker and presented a paper called “The Knowing Child: Sex, Innocence and Law”Christine Piper and Felicity Kaganas attended a seminar at Oxford University - 07 Sep 2012
Christine Piper and Felicity Kaganas attended a seminar at Oxford University in September 2012 where they both presented papers. Christine Piper’s paper was entitled ‘Mediation and Vulnerable Parents’. Felicity Kaganas’ paper was entitled ‘Child Protection and the Modernised Family Justice System’. Both papers will be included as chaptersSummary
Qualifications
BA (1st Class Bristol)
MA (Brunel)
PGCE (Nottm)
PhD (Brunel)
Student Support
I am an active member of the Law School’s Research Ethics Committee, a Personal Tutor and a supervisor of PhD students.
Teaching and Research
Research Interests
Family law and policy
Youth justice issues
Sentencing
Research Areas
Criminal justice
Family and child law
Research Groups
CJRC Criminal Justice Research Centre
FLRG Family Law Research Group
PhD Supervision
Child and family law: children rights, children 'in need', socio-legal theory.
Family mediation and dispute resolution.
Sentencing law, policy and practice.
Youth justice: pre-court processes, court orders, detention, the treatment of girls and young women.
External Activities
External Activities
Member of the Editorial Board of the Child and Family Law Quarterly.
Currently External Examiner for postgraduate Law programmes at the University of Exeter; recently examined Ph.D. candidates in the UK and abroad.
Recent conference papers:
- Mediation and Vulnerable Parents’, Seminar at Exeter College, Oxford, 27 September 2013 (to be included as a chapter in an edited collection, Vulnerabilities, Care and Family Law, Routledge)
- ‘The Knowing Child: Sex, Innocence and Law’, Keynote Lecture at the Knowing Young People II conference organized jointly by the British Education Research Centre and the Centre for Youth Work Studies at Brunel University, 19th September 2012.
- (with S. Easton) ‘How effective is non-custodial sentencing in achieving compliance with road traffic law?’ PACTS/CJRC Conference, Brunel University 13th June 2012.
- ‘Child Focused Legislation: For the Sake of the Children?’ Annual Family Law Conference: Fifty Years in Family Law, Staffordshire University Law School, March 24th 2012.
- ‘Family Law: an invisibility cloak for children?’ Public lecture, Brunel University,25th October 2011.
‘Re-thinking the impact of Re L (A Child) (Contact: Domestic Violence)’, SLS Annual Conference, Southampton University, 15 September 2010.
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2012) Piper, CD. and Hunter, C., Parent abuse: Can law be the answer?, Social Policy and Society 11 (2) : 217- 227
(2010) Piper, C., Investing in a child’s future: Too risky?, Child and Family Law Quarterly 22 (1) : 1- 20
(2007) Piper, CD., Should impact constitute mitigation?: Structured discretion versus mercy, Criminal Law Review 2007 (1) : 141- 155 Download publication
(1999) Piper, C., How do you define a family lawyer?, Legal Studies 19 (1) : 93- 111 Download publication
(1996) Piper, C., Divorce reform and the image of the child, Journal of Law and Society 23 (3) : 364- 382 Download publication
Conference Papers
(2012) Piper, CD. and Easton, S., How effective is non-custodial sentencing in achieving compliance with road traffic law?, Achieving Compliance with Road Traffic Law Download publication
Book Chapters
(2012) Piper, CD., Child focused legislation: For the sake of the children?. In: Probert, R. and Barton, C. eds. Fifty years in Family Law: Essays for Stephen Cretney. Cambridge : Intersentia 71- 82
(2010) Kaganas, F. and Piper, CD., Re L (A child) (Contact: Domestic violence). In: Hunter, R., McGlynn, C. and Rackley, E. eds. Feminist Judgments: From Theory to Practice. Oxford : Hart Publishing 120- 133 Download publication
(2009) Piper, C., Rights and responsibility: Girls and boys who behave badly. In: Wallbank, J., Choudhry, S. and Herring, J. eds. Rights, Gender and Family Law. Oxon, UK : Routledge 70- 92
(2008) Piper, CD., Will law think about children? Reflections on youth matters. In: Invernizzi, A. and Williams, J. eds. Children and Citizenship. London, UK : Sage Publications
(2006) Piper, C., Feminist perspectives on youth justice. In: Diduck, A. and O'Donovan, K. eds. Feminist Perspectives on Family Law. London : Routledge-Cavendish 165- 188
(1999) Piper, CD. and Day Sclater, S., Changing divorce. In: Day Sclater, S. and Piper, C. eds. Undercurrents of Divorce. Ashgate 233- 254 Download publication
(1999) Kaganas, F. and Piper, C., Divorce and domestic violence. In: Day Sclater, S. and Piper, C. eds. Undercurrents of Divorce. Ashgate 183- 207 Download publication
(1999) Day Sclater, S. and Piper, CD., The Family Law Act 1996 in context. In: Day Sclater, S. and Piper, C. eds. Undercurrents of Divorce. Ashgate 3- 29 Download publication
Books
(2012) Piper, CD. and Easton, S., Sentencing and punishment: The quest for justice. Oxford University press
(2008) Easton, S. and Piper, C., Sentencing and punishment: The quest for justice. Oxford University Press
(2008) Piper, C., Investing in children: Policy law and practice in context. Willan Publishing
(1993) Piper, CD., The responsible Pparent. Harvester Wheatsheaf/Simon Schuster
