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Positions held:
Senior Research Fellow,
School of Social Sciences
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Publications
Publications
Article
Cooper, Penny and Jacobson, Jessica and Kong, Camillia
(2023)
Techniques for questioning vulnerable lay participants .
Counsel Magazine
Kong, Camillia and Stickler, Rebecca and Cooper, Penny and Watkins, M. and Dunn, M.
(2022)
Justifying and practising effective participation in the Court of Protection: an empirical study .
Journal of Law and Society
49
(4),
pp. 703-725.
ISSN 0263-323X.
Kong, Camillia and Stickler, Rebecca and Cooper, Penny and Watkins, M. and Dunn, M.
(2022)
The ‘human element’ in the social space of the courtroom: framing and shaping the deliberative process in mental capacity law .
Legal Studies
42
(4),
pp. 715-734.
ISSN 0261-3875.
Mattison, M. and Cooper, Penelope
(2021)
Witness statements for employment tribunals in England and Wales: what are the ‘Issues’? .
International Journal of Evidence and Proof
25
(4),
pp. 286-306.
ISSN 1365-7127.
Kong, Camillia and Coggon, J. and Dunn, M. and Cooper, Penelope
(2019)
Judging values and participation in mental capacity law .
Laws
8
(1),
pp. 3.
ISSN 2075-471X.
Cooper, Penelope and Dando, C.J. and Ormerod, T. and Mattison, M. and Marchant, R. and Milne, R. and Bull, R.
(2018)
One step forward and two steps back? The “20 Principles” for questioning vulnerable witnesses and the lack of an evidence-based approach .
The International Journal of Evidence & Proof
ISSN 1365-7127.
Dando, C.J. and Ormerod, T.C. and Cooper, Penelope and Marchant, M. and Mattison, M. and Milne, R. and Bull, R.
(2018)
No evidence against Sketch Reinstatement of context, verbal labels or the use of registered intermediaries for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: response to Henry et al. (2017) .
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
48
(7),
pp. 2593-2596.
ISSN 0162-3257.
Cooper, Penelope and Mattison, M.
(2017)
Intermediaries, vulnerable people and the quality of evidence .
The International Journal of Evidence & Proof
21
(4),
pp. 351-370.
ISSN 1365-7127.
Gerry, F. and Cooper, Penelope
(2017)
Effective participation of vulnerable accused persons: case management, court adaptation and rethinking criminal responsibility .
Journal of Judicial Administration
26
(4),
pp. 265-274.
ISSN 1036-7918.
Maras, K. and Crane, L. and Mulcahy, S. and Hawken, T. and Cooper, Penelope and Wurtzel, D. and Memmon, A.
(2017)
Autism in the courtroom: experiences of legal professionals and the autism community .
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
47
(8),
pp. 2610-2620.
ISSN 0162-3257.
Cooper, Penelope and Allely, C.
(2017)
You can’t judge a book by its cover: evolving professional responsibilities, liabilities and ‘judgecraft’ when a party has Asperger’s Syndrome .
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
68
(1),
pp. 35-58.
ISSN 0029-3105.
Cooper, Penelope and Grace, J.
(2016)
Vulnerable patients going to court: a psychiatrist's guide to special measures .
BJPsych Bulletin
40
(4),
pp. 220-222.
ISSN 2056-4694.
Cooper, Penelope and Backen, P. and Marchant, R.
(2015)
Getting to grips with ground rules hearings: a checklist for judges, advocates and intermediaries to promote the fair treatment of vulnerable people in court .
Criminal Law Review
6,
pp. 420-435.
ISSN 0011-135X.
Cooper, Penelope
(2014)
Speaking when they are spoken to: hearing vulnerable witnesses in care proceedings .
Child and Family Law Quarterly
26
(2),
pp. 132-151.
ISSN 1358-8184.
Cooper, Penelope
(2007)
Transparency in the family courts: what it could mean for experts .
EWI Newsletter
11,
pp. 3-5.
Cooper, Penelope
(2006)
Different court, different rules .
New Law Journal
156
(7213),
pp. 310-311.
ISSN 0306-6479.
Cooper, Penelope
(2005)
Witness preparation: play it safe .
New Law Journal
pp. 1753-1754.
ISSN 0306-6479.
Cooper, Penelope
(2004)
Witness preparation from red to green .
Counsel : the journal of the Bar of England and Wales
8/9,
ISSN 0268-3784.
Cooper, Penelope
(2003)
Probing your expert .
New Law Journal
153
(7083),
pp. 857-858.
ISSN 0306-6479.
Cooper, Penelope
(2003)
A new protocol for care cases .
Link AWS
12,
pp. 25-32.
Cooper, Penelope
(2001)
Successful use of expert witnesses in civil cases .
New Law Journal
pp. 1650-1652.
ISSN 0306-6479.
Book Section
Jacobson, Jessica
(2020)
Introduction .
In: Jacobson, Jessica and Cooper, Penny (eds.)
Participation in Courts and Tribunals: Concepts, Realities and Aspirations .
Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press.
ISBN 9781529211290.
(In Press)
Jacobson, Jessica
(2020)
Observed realities of participation .
In: Jacobson, Jessica and Cooper, Penny (eds.)
Participation in Courts and Tribunals: Concepts, Realities and Aspirations .
Bristol: Bristol University Press.
ISBN 9781529211290.
(In Press)
Jacobson, Jessica
(2018)
Balancing accessibility and authority: towards an integrated approach to vulnerability in the criminal courts .
In: Cooper, Penelope and Hunting, L. (eds.)
Access to Justice for Vulnerable People .
The Advocate's Gateway.
London, UK: Wildy and Sons Limited.
ISBN 9780854902675.
Jacobson, Jessica and Harlow, L.
(2017)
Witness support .
In: Cooper, Penelope and Norton, H. (eds.)
Vulnerable People and the Criminal Justice System: A Guide to Law and Practice .
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
pp. 57-94.
ISBN 9780198801115.
Jacobson, Jessica
(2017)
Introduction .
In: Cooper, Penelope and Norton, H. (eds.)
Vulnerable People and the Criminal Justice System: A Guide to Law and Practice .
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
pp. 1-21.
ISBN 9780198801115.
Cooper, Penelope and Vizard, E.
(2007)
The expert witness pack .
In: Wall, Lord Justice (ed.)
Handbook for Expert Witnesses in Children Act Cases .
Bristol, UK: Jordans.
ISBN 9780853086284.
Cooper, Penelope
(2006)
Expert witness training .
In: Blom-Cooper, L. (ed.)
Experts in the Civil Courts .
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
ISBN 9780199297948.
Monograph
Cooper, Penelope and Mattison, M.
(2021)
Witness statements for the employment tribunal in England and Wales:
What are the issues? .
London, UK: Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research.
Cooper, Penelope
(2007)
Expert witness lessons .
London, UK: City University.
Cooper, Penelope
(2006)
Reporting to court under the children act: a handbook for practitioners .
The Stationery Office.
Cooper, Penelope and Garrow, V. and Wurtzel, D.
(2005)
Intermediary procedural guidance manual .
London, UK: Home Office/OCJR.