Dr Sinéad Ring

Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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The Prosecution of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Ireland | Lead | Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences / IRCHSS / | 48000 |
Books
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | Legal Responses to Historical Child Sexual Abuse.
Sinéad Ring Kate Gleeson Kim Stevenson (2020) Legal Responses to Historical Child Sexual Abuse. London: Routledge. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | 'The Victim of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in the Irish Courts 1999–2006'
Ring S. (2017) 'The Victim of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in the Irish Courts 1999–2006'. Social and Legal Studies, 26 (5):562-580 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details] |
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2017 | 'Trauma and the construction of suffering in Irish historical child sexual abuse prosecutions'
Ring S. (2017) 'Trauma and the construction of suffering in Irish historical child sexual abuse prosecutions'. International Journal For Crime, Justice And Social Democracy, 6 (3):88-103 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details] |
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2015 | '“Sexual Offence Complainants and Credibility: Why Virginity Testing is Pointless. R v L [2015] EWCA Crim 741.”'
Sinead Ring (2015) '“Sexual Offence Complainants and Credibility: Why Virginity Testing is Pointless. R v L [2015] EWCA Crim 741.”'. Journal of Criminal Law, 79 (6):385-394 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details] |
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2012 | 'Due Process and the Admission of Expert Evidence on Recovered Memory in Historic Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Lessons from America'
Sinéad Ring (2012) 'Due Process and the Admission of Expert Evidence on Recovered Memory in Historic Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Lessons from America'. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 16 (1):66-92 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details] |
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2006 | 'Collateral Challenges to a Declaration of Unconstitutionality: A v Governor of Arbour Hill Prison [2006] IESC 45”'
Sinéad Ring (2006) 'Collateral Challenges to a Declaration of Unconstitutionality: A v Governor of Arbour Hill Prison [2006] IESC 45”'. [IR Link] [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | 'DPP v C. Feminist Judgment'
Sinéad Ring and Eilionoir Flynn (2017) 'DPP v C. Feminist Judgment' In: Enright, M, McCandless, J and O’Donoghue, A (eds). Northern/Irish Feminist Judgments. London: Bloomsbury. [Details] |
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2018 | '‘Our most precious possession of all.’ The Survivor of Historical Child Sexual Abuse as the Ideal Victim?”'
Sinéad Ring (2018) '‘Our most precious possession of all.’ The Survivor of Historical Child Sexual Abuse as the Ideal Victim?”' In: Marian Duggan (eds). Revisiting the Ideal Victim Concept. Developments in Critical Victimology. Bristol: Bristol University Press. [Details] |
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2018 | 'On ‘delay’ and ‘duration’. Law’s Temporal Orders in Historical Child Sexual Abuse Cases'
Sinéad Ring (2018) 'On ‘delay’ and ‘duration’. Law’s Temporal Orders in Historical Child Sexual Abuse Cases' In: Sian Beynon-Jones and Emily Grabham (eds). Law and Time. London: Routledge. [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2008 | Scholar | Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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Socio Legal Studies Association | Member | / |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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Feminists at Law Journal | Editorial Board Member | 2013 / |
Outreach Activities
Description | |
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In November 2018 Sinéad was appointed by Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor, T.D. to the Expert Advisory Group on Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions. The group’s report, Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive. Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions was published in April 2019 and is available online. The Report provides a framework for sectoral change to foster positive institutional cultures of respect, dignity and integrity that are effective in tackling sexual misconduct. Link |
Reviews
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Teaching Interests
External Collaborators
Name | Role / Description | Country | |
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Mairead Enright | co-author | UNITED KINGDOM |