Adam is an Associate Professor and current Head of Northumbria Law School. Adam teaches and researches in the field of criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence and has published widely in these fields. Adam's particular research specialisms are expert evidence in criminal proceedings, digital evidence and the policing of digital environments. He has a proven track record of engagment with large, cross jurisdiction funded research projects in the field of criminal justice and a broad professional network in this field.
Adam is a convenor of the Policing in the Digital Society research network, a European network of scholars and practitioners exploring the changing nature of policing in the digital society.
Adam was called to the Bar in 2005 (Barrister, non-practising) and has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) since 2009 and Case Note Editor of the Journal of Criminal Law (SAGE Publishing) since 2012.
- Digital evidence, police investigations, and lessons learned from EncroChat: is it time for a new framework for the admission of digital and communication evidence?, Griffiths, C., Jackson, A. 6 Jun 2024, In: Criminal Law Review
- Evidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder and its Relevance to a Reasonable Belief in Consent in the Context of Sexual Offences: R v Jacobs [2023] EWCA Crim 1503, Jackson, A. Jun 2024, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
- Preventing Machines From Lying: Why Interdisciplinary Collaboration is Essential for Understanding Artefactual or Artefactually Dependent Expert Evidence, Wilson, T., Bergman, J., Jackson, A., Popov, O. 1 Apr 2024, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
- Intercepted communications as evidence: The Admissibility of Material Obtained from the Encrypted Messaging Service EncroChat: R v A, B, D & C [2021] EWCA Crim 128, Griffiths, C., Jackson, A. 1 Aug 2022, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
- A comparative Analysis of Anglo-Dutch approaches to “cyber policing”: checks and balances fit for purpose?, Brants, C., Jackson, A., Wilson, T. Oct 2020, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
- Sexual behaviour evidence and evidence of bad character in sexual offence proceedings: Proposing a combined admissibility framework., Brewis, B., Jackson, A. 1 Feb 2020, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
- Committal of an Expert Witness for Contempt of Court: Liverpool Victoria Insurance Co. Ltd v Zafar [2019] EWCA Civ 392, Ward, T., Jackson, A. 1 Jun 2019, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
- ֲýƵ Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies (NCECJS) – Written evidence (FRS0038), Wilson, T., Stockdale, M., Jackson, A., Carr, S., Davies, G., Piasecki, E. 14 Sep 2018
- Re-examining the ‘reliability’ of forensic pathology evidence, Wilson, T., Jackson, A., Gallop, A., Piasecki, E. 30 Nov 2018, Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
- Science and Justice Research Interest Group (RIG), ֲýƵ - written evidence to the Science and Technology Committee (Lords) inquiry on forensic science (FRS0051), McCartney, C., Evison, M., Ward, T., Wortley, N., Piasecki, E., Nsiah Amoako, E., Amankwaa, A., Jackson, A. 14 Sep 2018
- Academic Studies in Education MA November 18 2015
- Teaching & Learning PCAPL October 05 2006
- Law LLB (Hons) June 30 2005
- Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2005
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