Ursula Kilkelly isProfessor of Law in the School of Law at University College Cork, Ireland.She has researched and published extensively on international childrens 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 Childrens 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 childrens rights and has a particular interest in translating international childrens rights law into practice and childrens participation.

Sharon Lambertis Lecturerin theSchool 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.

Palgrave Critical Studies in Human Rights and Criminology Books