Research
Innocence Network UK (INUK) was established as a practical response to the needs of alleged victims of wrongful conviction that have been identified in academic research. In addition, casework on alleged wrongful convictions have generated further research on a range of factors within the criminal justice system that could cause wrongful convictions and prevent those who might be innocent from achieving release.
Here you will find research publications on the causes and consequences of wrongful convictions, the legal and practical obstacles that may prevent them from being overturned.
Wrongful Convictions (General)
Naughton, M. with Tan, G. (2010) Claims of Innocence: An introduction to wrongful convictions and how they might be challenged, Bristol: University of Bristol.
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The book is free of charge but there is a £3 charge for postage and packaging. Click here to order a copy.
Dr Michael Naughton discusses the Claims of Innocence book. LawWorks Student Conference, The College of Law Birmingham, 13 November 2010. here.
Gabe Tan discusses the methodology for overturning alleged wrongful convictions from the book Claims of Innocence, LawWorks Student Conference, The College of Law Birmingham, 13 November 2010. here.
Naughton, M. (2007) Rethinking Miscarriages of Justice: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Naughton, M. (2011) ‘How the Presumption of Innocence Renders the Innocent Vulnerable to Wrongful Convictions‘ Irish Journal of Legal Studies, 2(1): 40-54.
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Naughton, M. (2005) ‘Redefining miscarriages of justice: a revived human rights approach to unearth subjugated discourses of wrongful criminal conviction‘ British Journal of Criminology 45(2): 165-182.
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Naughton, M. (2005) ‘Miscarriages of justice and the government of the criminal justice system: an alternative perspective on the production and deployment of counter-discourse’ Critical Criminology: An International Journal 13(2): 211-231.
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Naughton, M. (2005) ‘‘Evidence-based-policy’ and the government of the criminal justice system – only if the evidence fits!’ Critical Social Policy 25(1): 47-69.
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Naughton, M. (2003) ‘How big is the “iceberg?”: A zemiological approach to quantifying miscarriages of justice’ Radical Statistics 81: 5-17.
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Naughton, M. (2003) ‘Wrongful convictions: towards a zemiological analysis of the tradition of criminal justice system reform’ Radical Statistics 76: 50-65.
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Limits of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Naughton, M. (2009) (Editor) The Criminal Cases Review Commission: Hope for the Innocent?, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (Forewords By Michael Mansfield QC and Professor Michael Zander)
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Forensic Science
Naughton, M. and Tan, G. (2011) ‘The need for caution in the use of DNA evidence to avoid convicting the innocent‘, International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 15(3): 245-257.
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Naughton, M. and Tan, G. (2010) ‘The Right to Access DNA Testing by Alleged Innocent Victims of Wrongful Convictions in the UK?’ International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 14(4): 326-345.
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Prison and Parole
Naughton, M. (2009) ‘Does the NOMS [National Offender Management Service] Risk Assessment Bubble Have to Burst for Prisoners Who May be Innocent to Make Progress?‘ Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 48 (4): 357-372.
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Naughton, M (2008) ‘Factual Innocence versus Legal Guilt: The Need for a New Pair of Spectacles to view the Problem of Life-Sentenced Prisoners Maintaining Innocence‘ Prison Service Journal, 177, May.
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Naughton, M. (2005) ‘Why the Failure of the Prison Service and the Parole Board to Acknowledge Wrongful Imprisonment is Untenable’, Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 44(1): 1-11.
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Innocence Projects
Naughton, M. (2006) ‘Innocence Projects‘, ScoLAG: Scottish Legal Action Group, 348, pp. 202-203.
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Naughton, M. (2006) ‘Wrongful Convictions and Innocence Projects in the UK: Help, Hope and Education’, Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, 3.
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Post-Release Support for Victims of Wrongful Conviction
Tan, G. (2010) ‘Structuration Theory and Wrongful Imprisonment: From ‘Victimhood’ to ‘Survivorship’?’, Critical Criminology: An International Journal.
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