Professor Nicola (Nicky) Padfield
- Emeritus Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice
- Former Director, Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice
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Research
I have a very broad academic lens, interested in all things criminal, from substantive law, through procedure and evidence to sentencing, and what goes on in prison (and post-sentence enforcement generally). I am engaged in both ‘hard’ law and in socio-legal-criminological research, in England and in Europe. My main research interest is sentencing law, especially into the law and practice of release from (and recall to) prison.
Research centres: Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice (CCCJ)
Publications
Selected publications
The Function of the Parole Board – avoiding failure or promoting success?
Journal article
1 July 2020
(2020) Public Law 468
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield
Epilogue: Shaping the Future of Sentencing
Journal article
1 March 2020
[2020] Criminal Law Review 429-435
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield
Giving and getting parole: the changing characteristics of parole in England and Wales
Journal article
1 November 2019
(2019)11 European Journal of Probation 153
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield
Deaths while under probation supervision: what role for human rights legislation?
Journal article
1 November 2019
(2019) 90 The Political Quarterly 439
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield, Phillips, J, Gelsthorpe, L
Prisoner Resettlement in England and Wales
Chapter
1 January 2019
In Prisoner Resettlement in Europe, Taylor and Francis
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield, Dunkel, F, Pruin, I, Storgaard, A, Weber, J (
The game of crime and punishment
Chapter
1 January 2019
In Games: Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield, Cambridge University Press
Deaths while under probation supervision: what role for human rights legislation?
Journal article
1 January 2019
(2019) 90 The Political Quarterly 439-448
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield, Phillips, J, Gelsthorpe, L
When will I get out?
Journal article
1 January 2019
(2019) 78 Cambridge LJ 11-14
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield
Exploring the impact of Council of Europe institutions through a cross-jurisdictional collaboration
Journal article
1 June 2018
ECAN Bulletin, No 39 (2018) 21-30 (Hoard League for Penal Reform)
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield, Abati, E., Brown, E., Campion, E., Khan, S., McCombe, C., da Cunha Mota, J
Sentencing and Punishment in Japan and England: A Comparative Discussion
Chapter
1 January 2018
In Crime and Justice in Contemporary Japan, Springer
Nicola (Nicky) Padfield, Weitzdorfer J, Shiroshita, Y, Liu, J., Miyazawa, S