Prof Nicola Wake

Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

Professor Nicola Wake is Deputy Director for the Northumbria Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies and Subject Sections Secretary for the Society of Legal Scholars. Nicola has published widely on mental condition defences, holds several editorial positions, and has secured funding from prestigious providers. Nicola is a research mentor to academic colleagues, and supervises a number of PhD students.

Nicola joined the law school in 2012, having previously worked at the University of Sunderland. Nicola teaches across a number of modules, and is experienced in associate head departmental leadership, programme leadership, programme (re)validation processes, and external examining.

Campus Address

Room CCE1-314
City Campus East
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
NE1 8ST

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Professor Wake's research interests include: criminal law and justice specifically mental condition defences, human trafficking, and vulnerable offenders.

Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
A one-sided coin? attributing agency and responsibility in contexts of coercive control, Bettinson, V., Munro, V., Wake, N. 29 Mar 2023, Criminal Law Review Now
Diminished Responsibility Determinations in England and Wales and New South Wales: Whose Role is it Anyway?, Crofts, T., Wake, N. 16 Sep 2021, In: Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
Legislative approaches to recognising the vulnerability of young people and preventing their criminalisation, Wake, N., Arthur, R., Crofts, T., Lambert, S. Jan 2021, In: Public law
Empowering young people: multi-disciplinary expressive interventions utilising Diamond9 evaluative methods to encourage agency in youth justice, Arthur, R., Dunn, R., Wake, N. 30 Jun 2020, In: International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law
Manslaughter by loss of control: sentencing primary victims who kill, Wake, N. 5 Mar 2019, In: Criminal Law Review
Homicide in Criminal Law: A Research Companion, Reed, A., Bohlander, M., Wake, N., Engleby, E., Adams, V. 3 Sep 2018
Trafficking victims compelled to commit offences: Increasing the protection available in England and Wales and New Zealand, Wake, N. 6 Jul 2018
Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery: When Victims Kill, Wake, N. 1 Sep 2017, In: Criminal Law Review
Comparative perspectives on criminal justice reforms, Wake, N., Reed, A. 23 Nov 2016, In: Journal of International and Comparative Law
Consent: Domestic and comparative perspectives, Reed, A., Bohlander, M., Wake, N., Smith, E. 28 Oct 2016

PGR Supervision

Carole Burrell Does patient care improve when mental health professionals practice at the 'top of their licence'? (draft title) Start Date: 29/06/2022
Sean Mennim COUNTY LINES AND CHILD CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF s. 45(4) OF THE MODERN SLAVERY ACT 2015 Start Date: 31/03/2022 End Date: 01/07/2022

Qualifications

Law PhD July 12 2016
Teaching & Learning PGCHE September 01 2008
Law LLB September 01 2005
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2012

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