Michael Naughton

Michael Naughton is a reader in Sociology and Law with joint appointments in the Law School and Department of Sociology at the University of Bristol.^[1][2] He teaches in the general area of crime, justice and society and in his specialist area of the miscarriage of justice.

Naughton has written extensively on issues relating to the miscarriage of justice and wrongful conviction of the innocent for leading peer-reviewed academic journals, professional magazines and broadsheet newspapers and is a regular contributor to public debates.

Social work

In 2004, he established the Innocence Network UK (INUK), which was active until January 2015. Under the auspices of INUK, Naughton facilitated 36 innocence projects to be established in the UK, 35 in universities and 1 in a corporate law firm.^[3] Naughton is also the founder and director of the University of Bristol Innocence Project, the first innocence project to be set up in the UK in January 2005.^[4]

Bibliography

• The Innocent and the Criminal Justice System. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2013. ISBN 978-0-230-21690-7. 
• Claims of Innocence: An introduction to wrongful convictions and how they might be challenged. LexisNexis/University of Bristol. 2010. ISBN 978-0-956-10013-9. 
• The Criminal Cases Review Commission: Hope for the Innocent?. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2009. ISBN 978-0-230-24526-6. 
• Rethinking Miscarriages of Justice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2007. ISBN 978-0-230-01906-5. 

See also

• Innocence Project

References

1. ↑ "Dr Michael Naughton". University of Bristol Law School. Retrieved 29 April 2015. 
2. ↑ "Dr Michael Naughton". School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies. Retrieved 29 April 2015. 
3. ↑ "History". INUK. Retrieved 29 April 2015. 
4. ↑ "University of Bristol Innocence Project's activities are suspended until further notice.". University of Bristol Law School. Retrieved 29 April 2015.