Since 2010, he has also been Deputy Director of the Northumbria Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies. Adam has published widely in the field of criminal justice with a particular focus on criminal law reform, expert evidence in criminal proceedings, “criminal Justice information” (including criminal records and forensic bio-information) and international criminal justice co-operation. He is currently involved in a NordForsk/ESRC funded research project, Police Detectives on the TOR-network: A Study on Tensions Between Privacy and Crime Fighting. Adam has also been Case Note Editor of the Journal of Criminal Law since 2012.