Author: Alan Reed, Nicola Wake Chris Ashford

Dr Nicola Wake is Associate Professor of Law at Northumbria University, UK, and Risk and Vulnerability Coordinator for the Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies. Nicola”s research is comparative in nature, and focuses on vulnerable offenders within the criminal justice system, an area in which she has published both nationally and internationally. She jointly edits the Ashgate monograph series Substantive Issues in Criminal Law: Domestic and Comparative Perspectives, and is on the editorial board for the Journal of International and Comparative Law.