Susan Easton
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Related News
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.Dr Susan Easton and Professor Christine Piper presented papers at the SLS Annual Conference - 27 Apr 2012
Two members of BLS presented papers in the Sentencing and Punishment stream at the Annual Conference of the Socio-Legal Studies Association, held this year at DMU, Leicester, 3-5 March.Dr Susan Easton and Professor Christine Piper have commented on the sentencing of those involved in the August 2011 riots - 13 Sep 2011
Dr Susan Easton and Professor Christine Piper posted blogs on aspects of the sentencing of the rioters. They can be accessed at http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/sentencing-the-rioters/ and http://blog.oup.com/2011/09/tough-sentencing/.August 2011 riots - 06 Sep 2011
Dr Susan Easton and Professor Christine Piper posted blogs on aspects of the sentencing of the rioters. They can be accessed at http://blog.oup.com/2011/08/sentencing-the-rioters/ and http://blog.oup.com/2011/09/tough-sentencing/.Prisoners' Rights Principles and Practice By Susan Easton - 07 Apr 2011
Sue Easton has published a research monograph on prisoners' rights. Prisoners’ Rights: Principles and Practice, published by Routledge in March 2011, considers the advantages and problems of a rights-based approach to imprisonment. Discussion of the practice of imprisonment in the UK, the United States and the Netherlands is included.Summary
Qualifications
BSc(Soton)
LLM (London)
PhD (Soton)
Barrister (Inner Temple)
Student Support
I am in the Senior Tutor team that is ultimately responsible for all Undergraduate student welfare issues. As we value the importance of this service so highly we have a team comprising a Senior, Deputy and two assistants to ensure that students’ needs are met.
Teaching and Research
Teaching
Criminology
English Legal Institutions and Method
Evidence
Jrisprudence
Sentencing and Penology
Research Interests
Criminal evidence
Punishment and penology
Feminist legal theory
Prisoners' Rights
Research Areas
Criminal justice
Discrimination law
Evidence
Gender and the law
Legal theory and jurisprudence
Socio-legal studies
Research Groups
CJRC Criminal Justice Research Centre
PhD Supervision
Dr Susan Easton welcomes applicants in the areas of Punishment and penology, feminist theory and practice, criminal justice process and criminal evidence.
External Activities
External Activities
Dr Easton is the editor of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law.
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2009) Easton, S., The prisoner's right to vote and civic responsibility: Reaffirming the social contract?, Probation Journal 56 (3) : 224- 237 Download publication
(2008) Easton, S., Constructing citizenship: making room for prisoners' rights, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 30 (2) : 127- 146
(2008) Easton, S., Dangerous waters: taking account of impact in sentencing, Criminal Law Review 2 105- 120
