Dr Porter is a graduate in Law of the University of Birmingham (LLB). She qualified as a solicitor in 2004 and has practised in both criminal defence and criminal prosecution (with specialisms in Rape and Serious Sexual Offences and Youth Justice). She holds a Masters in Criminal Justice (distinction) and PhD (2018) both from the University of Kent.
Dr Antonia Porter's research interrogates how the criminal justice system, and particularly the CPS, approaches incidents of intimate partner abuse. She uses lenses of feminism, neoliberalism, vulnerability theory, therapeutic jurisprudence and legal consciousness to critique and contextualise current practices. Her empirical methodology includes the use of in-depth interviewing and the chairing of focus groups. Dr Porter was awarded an ESRC post-doctoral scholarship to pursue her research at Kent. You can watch a short animation here summarising the key findings Dr Porter's book 'Prosecuting Domestic Abuse in Neoliberal Times: Amplifying the Survivor's Voice' (Palgrave Macmillan).
Dr Porter continues to be instructed as a trial advocate by the Crown Prosecution Service, frequently bringing domestic abuse prosecutions amongst a full range of criminal offences.
Feminist Legal Scholarship; Criminal Justice; Violence Against Women; Neoliberalism; Vulnerability Theory; Therapeutic Jurisprudence; Legal Consciousness and Procedural Justice; Oral Histories.
Dr Porter teaches on the following modules:
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