Claire Hamilton

Biography

Claire Hamilton practised as a barrister in criminal law until 2004 when she became a full time academic. Prior to joining Maynooth University she worked for several years as a lecturer in criminology in Dublin Institute of Technology and Queen's University Belfast. She has published widely in various national and international legal and criminological journals including the British Journal of Criminology, Theoretical Criminology and the European Journal of Criminology. She is the author/editor of four books, the most recent of which is the Routledge Handbook of Irish Criminology. She is currently writing up comparative research into counter-terrorism funded by the Irish Research Council New Horizons Research Project Scheme. She is a member of the Social Sciences Committee of the Royal Irish Academy, the Advisory Board of the Irish Innocence Project and the Executive Committee of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. She is also President of the Irish Association of Law Teachers. Claire welcomes research proposals in the area of criminology, penology and criminal justice/procedure, particularly proposals with a comparative element.

Research Interest

Area of criminology, penology and criminal justice/procedure, particularly proposals with a comparative element.