Ursula Kilkelly & Louise Forde 
Children in Conflict with the Law [PDF ebook] 
Rights, Research and Progressive Youth Justice

Ursula Kilkelly is Professor of Law in the School of Law at University College Cork, Ireland. She has researched and published extensively on international children’s rights, including children in conflict with the law.  Ursula is co-editor of Youth Justice, the leading journal in the field, and in 2022/2023, holds the Rotating Chair in the Enforcement of Children’s Rights in Leiden University, the Netherlands.
Louise Forde is Lecturer at Brunel Law School, Brunel University London, UK.  She researches and writes on youth justice and children’s rights and has a particular interest in translating international children’s rights law into practice and children’s participation.
Sharon Lambert is Lecturer in the School of Applied Psychology at University College Cork, Ireland. She has significant experience of working in community-based settings with socially excluded groups. Her area of expertise is trauma Informed service design. 
Katharina Swirak is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at University College Cork, Ireland. Her research interests include amongst others young people and social harm, the intersections of criminal justice and social policy and social reintegration after prison.