Emma Cunliffe, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Criminal law and criminal justice Feminist legal studies

Latest funding

Failing Science: Forensic Expertise in the Criminal Legal System
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$49,600
Women, violence and expertise in contemporary Canadian legal processes
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$107,229
Law on the edge
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Failing Science: Forensic Expertise in the Criminal Legal System

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Cunliffe, Emma

Keywords: law; forensic science; criminal legal justice; scientific expertise

$49,600

Women, violence and expertise in contemporary Canadian legal processes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cunliffe, Emma

Keywords: women and criminal law; gendered violence; expertise; trial process; judicial capacity; access to justice

$107,229

Law on the edge

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Cunliffe, Emma

Keywords: law and society

$50,000

Reconsidering child homicide: investigation, evidence, and fact determination in Canadian cases, 1990 - 2010

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Boyle, Christine L.M.

Keywords: homicide; evidence; criminal justice processes; fact determination; children and families; science and technology studies; feminist legal theory

$101,893

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Criminal law and criminal justice Dear Professor Cunliffe, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on criminal law and criminal justice connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Failing Science: Forensic Expertise in the Criminal Legal System" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]