Post:	Professor of Law
Other posts:	Professor of Law (Gender Studies)
Location:	Friston Building FR-203
Email:	J.Temkin@sussex.ac.uk
Telephone numbers
Internal:	8580
UK:	(01273) 678580
International:	+44 1273 678580

Biography

Date of Appointment: October 1992

Education:

• 1966-70  London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
• 1969       LLB 
• 1970       LLM  (Distinction)
• 1970-71  Inns of Court School of Law
• 1971       Barrister (Middle Temple)

Awards:

• 2002       LLD  (University of London)
• 2009       Academician, Academy of Social Sciences
• 2009       Bencher, Middle Temple  

Previous Appointments:

• 1971-89  Lecturer in Law, LSE
• 1989-92  Professor of Law and Dean of the School of Law, University of Buckingham

Visiting Appointment:

• 1978-79  Visiting Professor of Law, University of Toronto

Sussex University Activities:

• Director, Centre for Legal Studies, 1994-96 
• Director, CPE/GDL Programme, School of Law, 1999-2006
• Chair, Criminal Law Research Group, 2008-

External Activities:

 

1.  Law Reform

• Member, Old Bailey Scrutiny Committee on Draft Criminal Code, 1985-1986
• Member, Home Office Advisory Group on Video-Recorded Evidence in Criminal Trials [The Pigot Committee], 1988-1989 
• Member, National Children's Home Committee of Enquiry into Children and Young People Who Abuse Other Children, 1990-1992 
• Member, Justice Committee on Sexual Offences Law Reform, 1998 
• Member, External Reference Group, Home Office Sex Offences Review, 1999-2000 
• Patron (with Margaret Drabble), SCOSAC (Standing Committee on Sexually Abused Children), 1993-1996

2. Education and Higher Education

• Member, Committee of Heads of University Law Schools, 1989-1992, 1994-96
• Member, Discipline Committee, University College London, 1994-
• Governor, South Hampstead High School for Girls, 1992-1999

3. Research Related

• Member, Executive Committee and European Secretary, International Society of Family Law, 1973-1977
• Member, Editorial Advisory Group, Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 1984-
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Criminal Law, 1986-2005
• Member, Society of Public Teachers of Law Criminal Law Sub-Committee, 1992-
• Founding Member, Women Law Teachers' Group
• Scientific Expert, Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on the Treatment of Sex Offenders, 2003-
• Member, Expert Group on Rape and Sexual Assault, Victims of Violence and Abuse Prevention Programme, Department of Health and National Institute for Mental Health in England, 2005-2007

 

4. Research Related Training

• "Setting the Scene". Judicial Studies Board, Serious Sexual Offences Training Seminar for Judges, November 2003, July 2004, November 2004.
•  "Sexual History Evidence:Section 41" North Eastern Circuit Sexual Offences Training Seminar, December, 2006.
•  "The Cross-Examination of Complainants in Sexual Assault Cases" Western Circuit Rape and Serious Sex Offences Training Conference, March,2007
• "The Myths and Stereotypes of Rape" Sussex Crown Prosecution Service, Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Training Course, March, May. June, September, December 2009.
• "Sexual Offences and the Law".  Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Forensic Gynaecology Training Conference, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009.
•  "Rape Myths and their Implications" Sexuality and Sexual Health Section, Royal Society of Medicine, March 14, 2008.
• "Attitudes and the ‘Justice Gap’: The Perennial Challenge of Effective Change”, Canadian National Judicial Institute Seminar “Women and Girls and the Justice System”, Ottawa, November 3,2009
   

 

5. Broadcasting:

 

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• BBC Televsion, ITN and Channel 4 News,Sky News
• Television Documentaries e.g. Panorama', Dispatches 
• BBC Radio 4:  World at One, P.M., Law in Action, Woman's Hour, The Moral Maze (weekly panel member 1990), File on Four, Today, Unreliable Evidence
• Radio 5 Live

 

6. Other
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (on the nomination of the Council), 1989

Role

Professor of Law, School of Law

Research

• Criminal Justice
• Criminal Law
• Evidence
• Forensic Science

Research in Progress:

• Research into public attitudes towards sexual violence and the psychology of decision-making in sexual cases with Professor Barbara Krahe, University of Pottsdam, Germany.
• Research into the attrition of rape cases in the Sussex area, with Dr Lesley Macmillan
• Research into hate crime with Professor Rupert Brown,department of Psychology, University of Sussex 

Past and Present Research Grants and Contracts:

• Leverhulme Trust
• Home Office
• German Science Foundation 2005- 8
• ESRC 2007-

Recent and Forthcoming Conference Speeches and Seminars

• "Rape and Sexual Assault: What Have We Achieved and Where Do We Go From Here", Rights of Women Conference on Violence Against Women, July 2003.
• "Consent and Proof", International Association of Penal Law Conference, University of Birmingham, November 2003.
• "The Sexual Offences Bill: Controversial Aspects", session with House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, April 2003.
• "The Sexual Offences Act 2003", Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Training Conference, March 2004.
• "Setting the Scene", Judicial Studies Board, Serious Sexual Offences Seminar, November 2003, July 2004, November 2004.
• "Legal Responses to Sexual Violence", Conference on "Criminalising Gendered Violence", Bristol University, September 2004.
• "Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Social Science Research", University of Sussex, November 2004
• "A New Law on Sexual Offences for Scotland: Is the Scottish Draft Code the Way Forward?", Scottish Law Commission, Seminar on Sexual Offences and the Draft Code, University of Edinburgh, March 2005.
• "Do We Need to Exercise Some Control Over Judicial Decision-Making in Sexual Offence Trials?" Royal Society of Medicine, Conference on "Sex and Abuse: Men and Rape", 28 June 2005.
• "Why Are So Many Alleged Sex Offenders Acquitted?" Bar Conference 2005, 15 October 2005.
• "The Justice Gap: Who or What is the Problem", Law Seminar Series, University of Nottingham, 10 March 2006.
• "Sexual Offences and the Law", Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Conference, May 2006; May 2007. 
• "Section 41: The Law Inaction", North Eastern Circuit Sexual Offences Seminar, November 2006.
• "Prosecuting Sexual Violence: Is The ECHR A Help Or A Hindrance" Modern Law Review, Gender and Human Rights Conference, January 2007.
• "The Cross-Examination of Complainants in Sexual Assault Cases", Western Circuit Rape and Serious Sex Offences Conference, March 2007
• Chair, "Foreign Prisoners in British Jails", Sussex Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Research Group Workshop, March 2008.
• "Rape Myths and Their Implications" Royal Society of Medicine Sexuality and Sexual Health Section, Conference, April 2008.
•  "The Problem of Attitude in Rape Cases" University of the West of  England Conference on "Sexual Offences and Criminal Justice: Challenging Myths, Supporting Victims" September 9, 2008.
• "Sexual Offences and the Law", Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Conference, May 2009.
• "Hate Crime: A Problem for the Criminal Justice System", Sussex University, Workshop on Hate Crime, May 2009.
• “Challenging the Myths of Rape”, Seminar, University of Ottawa Law School, November 2, 2009.
• "Attitudes and the ‘Justice Gap’: The Perennial Challenge of Effective Change”, Canadian National Judicial Institute, Seminar “Women and Girls and the Justice System”, Ottawa, November 3,2009.

Teaching

• Criminal Law
• Evidence
• Forensic Science

Publications

New Press Release for the Release of New Rape Law Book - you can view the press release HERE

Books

• Rape and the Legal Process (Sweet and Maxwell, 1987, 208 pp) (Second edition, 2002, Oxford University Press).
• Rape and the Criminal Justice System (edited volume, Dartmouth, 1995, 419 pp.)  
• Sexual assault and the Justice Gap: A Question of Attitude (with B. Krahe) (Hart Publishing,2008)

Major Articles and Chapters in Books         

• "The Child, the Family and the Young Offender - Swedish Style", (1973) 36 Modern Law Review 569586
• "Attempts in English Criminal Law" (1974) 1 Dalhousie Law Journal 581-596 (with G. J. Zellick)
• "Impossible Attempts - Another View" (1976) 39 Modern Law Review 55-69
• "When is a Conspiracy like an Attempt - and other Impossible Questions" (1978) 94 Law Quarterly Review 534-556
• "Family Law" in Pear's Encyclopaedia of the Law (Ed Michael Zander),   (1979), pp 71-91
• "Property Relations Between Spouses in England and Ontario" (1981) 30 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 190-212
• "Towards a Modern Law of Rape" (1982) 45 Modern Law Review 399-419
• "The Limits of Reckless Rape" [1983] Criminal Law Review 5-16
• "Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases - The Scottish Proposal and Alternatives" (1984) 47 Modern Law Review 625-650
• "Regulating Sexual History Evidence - The Limits of Discretionary Legislation" (1984) 33 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 942-978
• "Women, Rape and Law Reform" in S. Thomaselli and R. Porter (eds), Rape (l986), Chap 2, pp 16-40; revised and reprinted in M. Evans  (ed.), The Woman Question (1994) pp. 276-303
• "Pre-Natal Injury, Homicide and the Draft Criminal Code" [1986] Cambridge Law Journal 414-429
• "Do We Need a Crime of Incest?" [1991] 44 Current Legal Problems 185-216
• "Sexual History Evidence - The Ravishment of Section 2" [1993] Criminal Law Review 3-20
• "Disability, Child Abuse and Criminal Justice"  (1994) 57 Modern Law Review 402-418
• "Doctors, Rape and Criminal Justice" [1996] 35 The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 1-20
• "Plus Ca Change: Reporting Rape in the 1990s" (1997) 7 British Journal of Criminology 507-527
• "Reporting Rape in London: A Qualitative Study" (1998) 38 (1999) The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 17- 41
• "Medical Evidence in Rape Cases: A Continuing Problem for Criminal Justice" (1998) 61 Modern Law Review 821-848
• "Prosecuting & Defending Rape: Perspectives from the Bar" (2000) 27 Journal of Law & Society 219-248
• "Literature Review of Research into Rape & Sexual Assault: A Report Commissioned by Research, Development and Statistics Directorate of the Home Office for the Review of Sexual Offences" in Settingthe Boundaries: Reforming the Law on Sexual Offences, (2000) Volume 2: Supporting Evidence, Appendix D1, pp.80-124
• "Rape and Criminal Justice at the Millennium" in D. Nicolson and L. Bibbings (eds.), Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Law  (Cavendish, 2000) pp.183-203
• "Digging the Dirt: Disclosure of Records in Sexual Assault Cases"(2002) 61 Cambridge Law Journal, 126145
• "Sexual History Evidence- Beware the Backlash" [2003] Criminal Law Review 217-243
• J.Temkin and A.Ashworth "Rape, Sexual Assault and the Problems of Consent [2004] Crim.L.R. 328 -346
• Section 41: An Evaluation Of New Legislation Limiting Sexual History Evidence In Rape Trials, Home Office Online Report 20/2006, with L. Kelly and S. Griffiths
• "Schema-Driven Information Processing in Judgements about Rape" (2007) 21 Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology" 601-619, (with B.Krahe and S. Bieneck)   
• "Prospective Lawyers' Rape Stereotypes and Schematic Decision Making about Rape Cases" (2008) 14 (5) Psychology, Crime and Law 461-479, (with B. Krahe, S. Bieneck and A. Berger).
•  Krahe, B & Temkin, J.  "Addressing the Attitude Problem in Rape Trials: Some Proposals and Methodological Considerations". in Horvath, M.A.H. & Brown, J.M. (eds) Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking. (Willan Publishing, 2009)

 

 

 

• "Police Traps" (1974) 37 Modern Law Review 102-104
• "Automatism and Proper Precautions" (1974) 37 Modern Law Review 199-202
• "The Lane Committee Report on the Abortion Act" (1974) 37 Modern Law Review 657-663
• "The Vice of Section 16: A Review of the Criminal Law Revision Committee Working Paper, Section 16 of the Theft Act 1968" (1975) 38 Modern Law Review 186-192 (with L. H. Leigh)
• "Recklessness Revisited" (1982) Modern Law Review 198-206 (with L. H. Leigh)
• "The Kindergarten Area of the Law" (1986) 136 New Law Journal 851-854 (with L. H. Leigh)
• "Rape Victims - Could the Government Do More?"  Legal Action Group Bulletin, September 1986, pp.7-8
• "Child Sexual Abuse and Criminal Justice", Part 1 (1990) 140 New Law Journal 352-355; Part 2 (1990)140 New Law Journal 410-411
• "Doing Justice to Children" (1991) 141 New Law Journal 315-317
• "Law Commission Report: Rape within Marriage" (1993) 2 International Review of Victimology 345-349
• "Putting the Clock Back on Rape" (1993) 143 New Law Journal 1575
• "Getting it Right: Sexual Offences Law Reform" (2000) 150 New Law Journal 1169-1170    
• Evidence submitted to the Scottish Parliament on the Sexual Offences Bill 2008, September 26, 2008 http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/justice/inquiries/SexualOffences/documents/SO44.ProfessorJenniferTemkin.pdf 

Newspaper Articles

• "Why the Reformers Should Think Again on Changing the Rape Law", The Guardian, February 21, 1983
• "An Advance on Rape," The Guardian, May 2, 1988
• "Why Rape Victims Will Sue," The Times, November 26, 1988
• "The Rape of an English Wife's Rights", The Times, May 16, 1989
• "Bringing Young Rapists to Book", The Times, February 13, 1990
• "Look More Closely at Video", The Times, March 20, 1990
• "Video Takes the Stand", The Times, April 24, 1990
• "TV and Courtroom Trauma - How the Criminal Justice Bill Fails Child Victims", The Guardian, November 21, 1990
• "Women Still Degraded in the Dock", The Guardian, December 29, 1992
• "We Must Point the Finger", The Guardian, April 15, 1995                   
• "Put a Name to Rape"- A Dialogue between Lord Russell and Jennifer Temkin, The Guardian, April 26,1997
• "A Singular Victory", The Guardian, September 11, 1997
• "Sexual Offences Bill Fails to Cure Faults in Rape Law ", The Times, November 26,2002 " 
• "Rape Myths: Why We Still Believe Women 'Ask for It' "The Times online, September 11, 2008 with B. Krahe.
• For discussion of my research outside the academic literature, see e.g. The Times, May 25, March 28, May 23, May 26, 2000; The Independent May 16, June 1, 2000; The Guardian June 26, 2000; Daily Mail May 26, 2000; Channel Four, Dispatches, Still Getting Away with Rape, March 16, 2000; The Guardian, Editorial, March 27, 2001; House of Lords debates on the Youth Justice & Criminal Evidence Bill 1999; R v A [2001] 3 All ER 1,37, per Lord Clyde; The Guardian December 6, 2006 The Guardian April 1, 2008; R v H [2005] 2 All ER 859 (Court of Appeal); R v Bree [2007] 2 All ER 676 (Court of Appeal); R v Jheeta [2008] 1 WLR 2582 (Court of Appeal). See also http://education.guardian.co.uk/academicexperts/story/0,,1963726,00.html