Dr Antonia Porter qualified as a solicitor in 2004 and has practised in both criminal defence and criminal prosecution, with particular experience in Rape and Serious Sexual Offences, domestic abuse and youth justice. She holds a Masters (distinction) in Criminal Justice and a PhD from the University of Kent and was subsequently awarded an ESRC-funded postdoctoral scholarship to continue her research.
Dr Porter’s research concerns criminal justice, violence against women and the experiences of victim-survivors within the criminal justice system. Her work draws on feminist legal scholarship, vulnerability theory, therapeutic jurisprudence, legal consciousness and procedural justice to examine how criminal justice institutions respond to violence and how law and policy might better deliver justice. Her recent research considers proposals to reform the criminal courts and its implications for victim-survivors of rape and sexual violence. She continues to work on domestic abuse, prosecutorial approaches and criminal justice policy.
Her publications include the monograph Prosecuting Domestic Abuse in Neoliberal Times: Amplifying the Survivor’s Voice (Palgrave Macmillan), [watch a summary here] alongside invited contributions to edited collections on coercive control and domestic violence and abuse. She recently used oral history to explore accounts of women’s activism to establish the first domestic abuse refuges.
Dr Porter is Convenor of the Criminal Justice Placement module, supporting students to develop practical experience and employability competencies alongside their academic understanding of the criminal justice system.
She continues to practise as a trial advocate for the Crown Prosecution Service.
Dr Porter is a member of the Centre for Sexuality, Race and Gender Justice at the University of Kent and a member of the LEX research network. She sits on the editorial board of the journal feminists@law.
Feminist Legal Scholarship; Criminal Justice; Violence Against Women; Neoliberalism; Vulnerability Theory; Therapeutic Jurisprudence; Legal Consciousness and Procedural Justice; Oral Histories.
Dr Porter convenes the following modules:
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She has previously convened:
Dr Porter would welcome potential PhD candidates with an interest in the following areas:
- Violence against women and girls; including domestic abuse and sexual offences
- Criminal law and justice in the law of evidence
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