Power Imbalance: Adult Victims in the Criminal Justice System. Special Edition—Part 2
| Published date | 01 October 2019 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022018319879011 |
| Date | 01 October 2019 |
| Subject Matter | Editorial |
Editorial
Power Imbalance: Adult
Victims in the Criminal
Justice System. Special
Edition—Part 2
Nicola Wake
Northumbria University, UK
Alan Reed
Northumbria University, UK
This is the second edition in a three-part series of special editions to consider adult vulnerability in the
criminal justice system. The first special issue was launched at an event, entitled ‘Power Imbalance:
Adult Victims in the Criminal Justice System’, and jointly funded by the Society of Legal Scholars and
Sage Publishing. The event and the special issue focused on, inter alia, the emergence of a bespoke
defence for adult victims of human trafficking,
1
and the introduction of offences criminalising modern-
day slavery,
2
revenge pornography
3
and coercive and controlling beha viour.
4
The President of the
Society of Legal Scholars, Professor Richard Taylor, said:
The Society is delighted to have been able to provide support for this very well thought out event which
examines a set of increasingly serious problems for vulnerable people in society and which will help in
identifying effective mechanisms for their protection and safeguarding.
The potential for academic research to improve the situation on the ground for victims and the disadvantaged
is a powerful incentive for all legal scholars and the Society of Legal Scholars is grateful to the Northumbria
Law School for organising this very timely event.
5
This second special issue focuses on developments in the criminal law designed to protect vulnerable
adults inclusive of, inter alia, the Effectiveness of Domestic Abuse Law and Policy in England and
Corresponding author:
Alan Reed, Law School, Northumbria University, England, UK.
E-mail: alan.reed@northumbria.ac.uk
1. Modern Slavery Act 2015, s 45.
2. Modern Slavery Act 2015, ss 1–3.
3. Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, s 33.
4. Serious Crime Act 2015, s 76.
5. Press release, Northumbria hosts international research seminar on criminal justice (2019) available at <http://newsroom.
northumbria.ac.uk/pressreleases/northumbria-hosts-international-research-seminar-on-criminal-justice-2845856> accessed 16
April 2019.
The Journal of Criminal Law
2019, Vol. 83(5) 317–319
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