Dr Michael Naughton
BSc, Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Reader in Sociology and Law
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesReader in Sociology and Law
University of Bristol Law School
Contact
Press and media
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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
24/07/2024Chris 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
Is Mr Bates vs the Post Office reviving a wider public concern for alleged innocent victims of wrongful convictions?
University of Bristol Law School Blog
What if the police and prosecution were told to 'believe all victims of false allegations'?
University of Bristol Law School Blog
Is the CCRC fit to decide on Lucy Letby’s appeal?
The Spectator
Innocence art and the art of innocence
University of Bristol Law School Blog
Thesis
Miscarriages of Justice: Exception to the Rule?
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2003
