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Louise Kennefick joined the University of Glasgow in 2022 as a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law. She previously worked as a lecturer and associate professor at Maynooth University, Ireland. Louise is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and completed her doctoral thesis in the area of criminal responsibility at University College Cork in 2011. Her research encompasses criminal law theory and the intersection of criminal justice and criminology, focusing on themes such as responsibility attribution, agency, excuse, and the interaction of social justice with criminal law. She has a keen interest in the history of probation, community supervision, and desistance from crime. As a recipient of the Glasgow Law Fellowship in 2020 and several other awards such as the SLS Research Activities Awards, Louise actively contributes to the field of criminal responsibility and offender supervision through quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow
Teaching and researching in the field of Criminal Law.
Maynooth University • Ireland
Academic positions focusing on Criminal Law and Justice studies.