Cara Hunter (she/her)
Thesis title: Debating the future of Scottish imprisonment, 2008-2020
PhD in Law (Criminology Pathway), ESRC funded
Year of study: 3
Contact details
- Email: s1330803@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Qualifications
University of Edinburgh:
LLB Law Hons (2017)
Msc Criminology and Criminal Justice, With Distinction (2019)
T.B. Smith Prize for Most Distinguished Scholar graduating from the LLM or MSc postgraduate degrees (2019)
Undergraduate teaching
Tutorial teaching and marking 2021-2025
- Intro to Criminology (Ordinary)
- Introduction to Global Crime and Justice (Ordinary)
- Sociology 1a (Ordinary)
- The Social Life of Food (Honours)
Workshop design collaboration, workshop delivery, and marking, School of Social and Political Sciences 2024
- Sociology 1a: The Sociological Imagination (Ordinary)
Peer Tutor Mentor, Law School 2023-2025
2023 EUSA Teaching Awards Nominee for Intro to Criminology and Intro to Global Crime and Justice
Research summary
Politics - Imprisonment - Scotland
Knowledge exchange
Hunter, C.L.C, McNeill, F. & Tripkovic, M. (2023) Criminal disenfranchisement: Developments in, and lessons from, Scotland. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 00 , 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12546
SCCJR-funded internship with the Scottish Prison Service
Current project grants
ESRC Studentship
Conference details
Co-organiser and host of Workshop and Chatham House Rules discussion on prisoner dis/enfranchisement in Scotland (2022)
Co-organiser of panel for British Society of Criminology Conference 2024: Narrative Threads: Unravelling Stories in Scottish Criminological Research
Papers delivered
Dis/enfranchisement in Scotland: a discussion paper (2022) - Workshop with key stakeholders in Scottish enfranchisement debates, SCCJR-funded
The Scottish Prison Service as a character in the tale of Scottish justice (2023) - SCCJR PhD Symposium
Interviewee narratives: A story told through Tarot (2023) - Crime Justice and Society Series, University of Edinburgh
Dangerous imaginaries: Scottish pasts and Scottish futures? (2023) - University of Edinburgh PhD Showcase
Narrative Threads: Unravelling Stories in Scottish Criminological Research (2024) - British Society of Criminology Conference