Making a Difference for Criminal Justice in Small Democracies
When: Tuesday, June 30, 2026, 8:08 AM -
Where: Room GC701, 7th Floor, Graduate CentreLondon
A one-day conference discussing issues relating to prisons, sentencing, probation and other criminal justice matters in small states, territories and jurisdictions.
Speakers:
Dr Caroline Morris, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Caroline Morris is a Professor of Constitutional Law at Queen Mary University of London where she is the Director of the Centre for Small States. Her publications on small states and jurisdictions include Small State Referendums (Routledge, 2024), (ed) Making and Changing Law in Small Jurisdictions Vol 11 (Springer, 2024), and (ed, with Petra Butler) Small States in a Legal World (Springer, 2017) She is a member of the Editorial Board of the interdisciplinary journal Small States and Territories and a General Editor of Springer's World of Small States series. She is currently serving as a Commissioner on the Bailiwick Commission for the Channel Islands of Alderney, Sark and Guernsey.
Professor Peter Edge, Oxford Brookes University
Professor Edge is the Founder of the CRESCNT (Crime and Enforcement in Small Countries, Nations and Territories) Network. CRESCNT aims to bring together criminal justice practitioners, those whose lives are touched by the criminal justice system, civil society organisations, and academics. His research interests include the law of small jurisdictions with a common law inheritance, particularly the Isle of Man. His doctoral work at Cambridge University concentrated on the public law of the Isle of Man, including both constitutional and criminal law. His publications include work on sentencing, hate crimes and the codification of criminal law.
Fiona Campbell, Sheffield Hallam University
Fiona Campbell joined Sheffield Hallam University as Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice in 2022. She is a qualified Probation Officer with almost a decade of professional practice experience, including specialist work with women and neurodiverse individuals, and leadership experience managing teams of trainee probation officers. Fiona’s academic and professional interests focus on justice within the British Overseas Territories. She spent four years living and working on the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena as a Technical Co-operation Probation Officer, an experience that continues to inform her research and engagement in this area. In 2023, Fiona co-founded the Community Justice Overseas Territories (CJOT) network, which brings together practitioners, academics and professionals involved in the delivery of probation and community justice across the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
Dr Craig Paterson, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Paterson is a criminologist specialising in surveillance and commercial crime control, policing, police reform, crime prevention and criminological theory. His publications include Policing and Criminology (Sage, 2011) (with Ed Pollock), Understanding the Electronic Monitoring of Offenders (Springer-Verlag, 2009) and Restorative Policing (Routledge, 2016) (with Kerry Clamp). He is also a member of the editorial board for Policing. Prior to entering academia, Dr Paterson worked for G4S for three years on the UK electronic offender monitoring programme. He is a frequent media commentator on the police, particular in relation to policing cuts and strike action.
Mr Leo Tigges, Consultant
Leo Tigges is a Dutch criminal justice expert and former Secretary General of the European Organisation for Probation (CEP). He has lived and worked in both Europe and in the small Caribbean island of Bonaire. He was formerly the Operational Direcctor of the Dutch Probation Service, but now works as an independent consultant. He also serves on the Board of the Dutch probation charity, Nationale Reclasserings Aktie. He has published on a range of criminal justice matters, including probation, penal policy and non-custodial sentences.
Joseph Hart, Deans Court Chambers
Joseph Hart is an experienced barrister whose practice encompasses in all areas of crime, regulatory crime and associated regulatory areas such as professional discipline and inquests. Alongside a successful Crown Court practice in general crime Joseph regularly acts for Defendants in Health and Safety prosecutions in incidents involving death. This recently includes the prosecution of individuals and companies for breaches of regulations including fire safety. He regularly acts for prisoners in prison law matters where he specialises in particular in parole hearings.