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Ms Brenda Midson - Senior Lecturer
BA LLB MJur (Dist) Waikato
Brenda Midson graduated BA in English in 1988, LLB in 1995 and MJur(Dist) in 1996. She began lecturing at Te Piringa - Faculty of Law in 1997. Brenda's expertise is in criminal law and evidence, and her research interests predominantly include evidentiary and criminal law reform, particularly in relation to sexual assault, youth crime, and children's rights and welfare. Brenda has produced a number of publications on topics including evidentiary issues in sexual assault cases, liability for accidental childhood deaths, and child homicide, along with texts in Criminal Law and Evidence.
Brenda's administrative contributions to the Faculty and the University include the role of Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programmes (2006/2007 and 2009-), and representation on the University Ethics Committee (2006/2007).
Recent Publications:
Book Reviews
Review of: Electronic Evidence: Disclosure, Discovery and Admissibility (2007) 15 Waikato Law Review 257.
Conference & Seminar Presentations
"The role of the criminal law in responding to our child abuse crisis", paper presented at the Te Piringa - Faculty of Law seminar "The Crisis of Child Abuse in Aotearoa/New Zealand" November 2007.
"'Domestic Discipline': A Pathway to Child Homicide?", paper presented at the 11th ISPCAN European Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Lisbon, Portugal, November 2007.
"The Criminalisation of Youth: Louts and Larrikins or Lifetime Criminals?", paper presented at the 20th Annual Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference, Adelaide, Australia, September 2007.
"Evidence Act 2006 - Hearsay & Propensity", presentation to Waikato Bay of Plenty District Law Society, 13 August 2007.
"Actions and Consequences: Teaching Causation in Criminal Law", paper presented at the Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 2006.
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