Christine Piper
Emeritus Professor
Elliott Jaques 005
- Email: christine.piper@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266228
Summary
My research interests are in child and family law and policy as well as youth justice and sentencing. These overlapping interests are reflected in my books, notably Investing in Children (Willan Publishing, 2008) and Sentencing and Punishment: The Quest for Justice (with S. Easton, OUP, 4th ed 2016). I am on the Editorial Board of the Child and Family Law Quarterly, was a member of the Advisory Group for an EU funded project developing training for gender-related violence, and was involved in pressure to amend the offence of child cruelty. Currently my research interests centre on grandparent full-time carers, the outsourcing of punishment, and aspects of industrial development in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Qualifications:
BA (1st Class Bristol) MA (Brunel) PGCE (Nottm) PhD (Brunel) FAcSS
Newest selected publications
Piper, C. and Auchmuty, R. (2024) 'Thirty-five years of feminism and family law in the legal academy'. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 0964-9069 Open Access Link
Easton, S. and Piper, C. (2022) 'Sentencing and Punishment: The Quest for Justice'. Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA. ISSN 10: 0192863304 ISSN 13: 9780192863300
Kaganas, F. and Piper, C. (2020) 'Grandparent Contact: Another Presumption?'. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 42 (2). pp. 176 - 203. ISSN: 0141-8033 Open Access Link
Piper, C. and Piper, A. (2019) 'Lumsdale, The Industrial Revolution in a Derbyshire Valley'. Chesterfield: Bannister Publications. ISSN 13: 978-1-909813-64-9
Easton, S. and Piper, C. (2019) 'Outsourcing punishment: A poisoned chalice?'. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 58. pp. 69 - 79. ISSN: 1756-0616 Open Access Link