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Details for Dr Tanya Palmer
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Tanya Palmer |
| Job title | Research Associate in Bristol Law School |
| Department | University of Bristol Law School University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | BA(Oxon), MSc(Bristol), PhD(Bristol) |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Socio-Legal Studies Association British Society of Criminology Law and Society Association |
| Keywords | crime sex / sexuality sexual offences gender violence feminist legal theory empirical ethics |
| Areas of expertise | My current work focuses on the (legal) distinction(s) between sex and sexual violation. Specific areas of expertise include: The Sexual Offences Act 2003; sexual offences in the 20th century; the legal definition of consent and alternatives to consent; the relationship between sexual offences law and women and sexual minorities. I have also written about the SlutWalk movement. I am also interested in qualitative research methodologies, particularly empirical ethics. |
| Media experience | Written article for local press which became the focus of a piece in The Guardian. |