Dr Abenaa Owusu-Bempah
Contact
- Dr Abenaa Owusu-Bempah
- 020 7040 3185
- abenaa.owusu-bempah@city.ac.uk
Visit Abenaa
F307, Innovation Centre
Postal Address
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
UK
About
Background
Abenaa joined The City Law School as Lecturer in Law in September 2015. She teaches Criminal Law and the Law of Evidence. Prior to joining City, Abenaa was Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex. She has also held positions as a Teaching Fellow at UCL, and as a research assistant at the Law Commission for England and Wales.
Abenaa’s research interests lie primarily in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, and the law of evidence. She is particularly interested in the relationship between the law of evidence, criminal procedure, and the right to a fair trial. Abenaa also has expertise in hate crime legislation.
Abenaa is a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy and an Associate Fellow of the Ghana Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Qualifications
Abenaa holds a PhD from UCL, an LLM in Criminology and Criminal Justice from UCL, and an LLB from the University of Bristol.
Publications
Journal Article (8)
- Owusu-Bempah, and Walters, M.A. (2016). Racially aggravated offences: when does section 145 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 apply?. Criminal Law Review(2), 116-123.
- Owusu-Bempah, A. (01 Jan 2015). Prosecuting hate crime: Procedural issues and the future of the aggravated offences. Legal Studies, 35(3), 443-462. doi: 10.1111/lest.12072
- Owusu-Bempah, A. (01 Oct 2015). Vulnerable Defendants and the Right to Silence: O'Donnell v United Kingdom [2015] ECHR 16667/10. The Journal of Criminal Law, 79(5), 322-325. doi: 10.1177/0022018315605230
- Owusu-Bempah, A. (01 Jan 2014). Silence in suspicious circumstances. Criminal Law Review, 2014(1), 126-135.
- Owusu-Bempah, (19 Jan 2013). Solving the Problem of Surfing Jurors. Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 177, 37-38.
- Owusu-Bempah, A. (Jan 2013). Defence participation through pre-trial disclosure: issues and implications. The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 17(2), 183-201. doi: 10.1350/ijep.2013.17.2.425
- Owusu-Bempah, (17 Aug 2013). Improving Sentencing of Hate Crime. Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 177, 559-560.
- Owusu-Bempah, A. (01 Sep 2011). Judging the desirability of a defendant's Evidence: An unfortunate approach to s.35(l)(b) of the criminal justice and public order act 1994. Criminal Law Review(9), 690-704.
Book (1)
- Owusu-Bempah, (2016). Defendant Participation in the Criminal Process. Routledge.
