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The “near miss” of Liam Allan: Critical problems in police disclosure, investigation culture, and the resourcing of criminal justice (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, T. (2018). The “near miss” of Liam Allan: Critical problems in police disclosure, investigation culture, and the resourcing of criminal justice. Criminal Law Review -London-, 711-731

Miscarriages of justice have historically acted as catalysts for reform. It seems we only learn to fix the most serious problems — often obvious to those at the coal-face of practice — once the damage is done. Such miscarriages have largely resulted... Read More about The “near miss” of Liam Allan: Critical problems in police disclosure, investigation culture, and the resourcing of criminal justice.

Court reporting and local newspapers (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Keppel-Palmer, M., Smith, T., Reardon, S., & Chamberlain, P. (2018, March). Court reporting and local newspapers. Presented at SLSA Annual Conference 2018, Bristol University, Bristol, England

This paper reported on a pilot study carried out by UWE Law and UWE Journalism in January 2018 into reporting of newsworthy stories at the Magistrates Courts. In one week, researchers saw every case heard in Bristol Magistrates Courts, coded these fo... Read More about Court reporting and local newspapers.