School of Law

Staff

Biography
Katie Quinn graduated in law from Trinity College, Dublin in 1994. In 1996, she was awarded the degree of MSc. in Criminology at Edinburgh University. In October 1996 she was appointed to the post of Research and Teaching Assistant in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at Queen's University and in 1998 was appointed to the post of Lecturer in Law. She teaches criminal law, evidence and criminal process at undergraduate level and criminal process and procedure at postgraduate level. Her main research interests lie in the areas of criminal procedure, criminal law, evidence and criminal justice issues generally.

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Criminal Law
  
• Evidence

 

Postgraduate

• Criminal Justice Research, core module on MSSc in Criminal Justice

Research
Juries and Lay Participation in Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure and Evidence, Victim Surveys.

Selected Publications
'Jury Bias and the European Convention on Human Rights: a Well-kept secret?' [2004] Criminal Law Review, 998-1014.

The Detention and Questioning of Young Persons by the Police in Northern Ireland, with Professor John Jackson, (2003) NIO Research and Statistical Series: Report No. 9.

"Justice for Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses in Adversarial Proceedings?" (2003) 66 Modern Law Review 139

"Computer Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Farewell to the Ill-fated Section 69 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984" (2001) 5 International Journal of Evidence and Proof 174

"Legislating Against Silence: The Northern Ireland Experience" (with John Jackson and Martin Wolfe) (2000) Northern Ireland Office, Research & Statistical Series, Report No. 1

"The Jury System in Contemporary Ireland: In the Shadow of a Troubled Past" (with John Jackson and Tom O'Malley) (1999) 62 Law and Contemporary Problems 203

Administration

• Assistant Director Publicity and Liaison Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice 2001-present
• Adviser of Studies, Law and Accounting 2004-present
• Law School Representative on the Faculty Board of the Legal, Social and Educational Sciences Faculty 2004-present