Dr Michael Naughton
BSc, Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Reader in Sociology and Law
University of Bristol Law SchoolReader in Sociology and Law
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
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Research interests
Wrongful conviction and/or imprisonment of innocent victims; False allegtions of alleged sexual offences; Miscarriages of justice; Social and philsophical theories.
Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Life on Tag
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
17/07/2025He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune: A Critical Analysis of the Impact of Governmental Funding on the Construction and Deployment of Forms of Sociological Knowledge and Expertise.
Critical Perspectives
Why Helen Pitcher’s resignation as Chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is a red herring to distract attention away from the “real possibility test”
University of Bristol Law School Blog
A Freudian analysis of the competing groups on uncorroborated allegations of child sexual abuse.
Sigmund Freud as a Critical Social Theorist: Psychoanalysis and the Neurotic in Contemporary Society
Chris Henley’s KC review of the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s handling of the Andrew Malkinson case: A partisan trojan horse defence of the real possibility test
CCRC Watch
How the intransigence of the probation system can exacerbate the harm caused to innocent victims of false allegations and wrongful convictions
FactNews
Thesis
Miscarriages of Justice: Exception to the Rule?
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2003
