Cara Hunter (she/her)
Thesis title: The politics of Scottish Imprisonment, 1999-2020
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
UG Tutor
- Intro to Criminology
- Introduction to Global crime and justice
- Sociology 1a
2023 EUSA Teaching Awards Nominee for Intro to Criminology and Intro to Global Crime and Justice
Peer Tutor Mentor
Research summary
Penal 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
Current project grants
ESRC Studentship
Conference details
Co-host of Workshop and Chatham House Rules discussion on prisoner dis/enfranchisement in Scotland (2022)
Papers delivered
Dis/enfranchisement in Scotland: a discussion paper (2022)
The Scottish Prison Service as a character in the tale of Scottish justice (2023)
Interviewee narratives and the dynamics of the Scottish penal field: A story told through Tarot (2023)
Dangerous imaginaries: Scottish pasts and Scottish futures? (2023)