Rona Epstein
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow

Profile

Career

I graduated from the Law School, Coventry University in 1996 and remained at the Law School as an Honorary Research Assistant and then as an Honorary Research Fellow. I did research on imprisonment for poll tax debt and for fine default. I had a grant from the Youth Justice Board to do research on young people on Referral Orders.  I then had a grant from the Nuffield Foundation to do research on imprisonment for fine default and owing local taxes. I researched the links between poverty and imprisonment for debt.

My articles have been published in many different journals, including: The New Law Journal; Solicitors Journal; January 2019  British Journal of Community Justice Vol 15 Issue 1 Jan 2019  Policy and practice for young adult women in the criminal justice system; The Barrister; Legal Executive Journal; Coventry Law Journal.

I have been active in working with the Law Commission which had a public consultation on the law of contempt of court and asked Professor Caroline Hunter and myself for our view, which we gave them, based on our respective research on this topic. The Home Office consulted me recently on Anti-social Behaviour Injunctions: I corresponded with them on this topic, sharing my research findings and helping  their team as far as I was able.