Christine is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow. She studied law at the University of Edinburgh , graduating with LLB (Hons) and the Diploma in Legal Practice. Following her legal traineeship she worked as a solicitor, mainly in the area of child law. In 2007 she completed the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Edinburgh. Christine’s research examines the issue of the criminalization of youth. The PhD is supervised by Professor Lindsay Farmer and Dr Fiona Leverick.