Jenny Johnstone

Jenny has a background in Law (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne) and Criminal Justice Studies (MA from the University of Leeds) and Legal Practice (Diploma from Leeds Metropolitan University).

She is currently a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University Law School, having previously worked at the University of Glasgow (Lecturer), University of Sheffield (Irwin Mitchell Research Fellow) and University of Leeds (Researcher).

Her research interests span criminal justice, restorative justice, youth justice, legal profession and access to justice. She also worked previously on a variety of projects looking at the use of information technology by the legal profession, legal education and training and legal aid.

She has worked in practice, as a para-legal, in the area of family law and as a volunteer case-worker at a Law Centre in the areas of family, housing, and welfare law. Jenny also served as a Chair Panel Member for the Children’s Hearings System in Scotland (2009-2015).

Recent publications

JACKSON, John; JOHNSTONE, Jenny. Statutes of Limitation in the United Kingdom. DPCE Online, [S.l.], v. 49, n. 4, jan. 2022. ISSN 2037-6677. Available at: http://www.dpceonline.it/index.php/dpceonline/article/view/1447.

Chistyakova Y, Cole B, Johnstone J. ‘Diversity and vulnerability in Prisons in the context of the Equality Act 2010: the experiences of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME), and Foreign National Prisoners (FNPs) in a Northern Jail’. Prison Services Journal 2018, 235, 10-16.

Johnstone J, Chistyakova Y, Cole B. Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) and Foreign National Prisoners Experience of Prison Report on a Pilot Study in a Northern English Prison. 2017.

Johnstone J, McDonough I. Restorative ‘Justice’ or ‘Approaches’ and its potential in cases of historical abuse. Scottish Justice Matters (Special Issue) 2017, 5(1), 15-16.