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Prof Gill McIvor

Staff Profile-Prof Gill McIvor
Prof Gill McIvor Professor of Criminology, Applied Social Science Room 4S49
School of Applied Social Science
Colin Bell Building
University of Stirling
Stirling
FK9 4LA
Scotland
UK 01786 467743
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I joined the department in April 2008 as Professor of Criminology and Co-Director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (www.sccjr.ac.uk) and am currently convenor of the Crime and Justice Research Group ( http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/research/groups/show_group.php?id=2). I was previously Professor of Criminology at Lancaster University and, before that, Professor of Social Work and Director of the Social Work Research Centre at the University of Stirling. I have been a Visiting Professor at the Glasgow School of Social Work, University of Strathclyde, since 2007.

My research has focused primarily on community sanctions, with particular interests in women in the criminal justice system, problem-solving courts and criminal justice responses to drug-related crime. Much of my work is policy related and/or comparative/international. The latter includes research on female offenders and juvenile justice in Australia and on community sanctions in Europe. I recently co-ordinated, with Margaret Malloch, a programme of international events on women and community sanctions which is being supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies ( http://www.instituteforadvancedstudies.org.uk/Programmes/Currentprogrammes/WomenOffenders.aspx)

Research
  • women, crime and justice, community sanctions, problem-solving courts, comparative criminal justice, penal innovation
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Books

  • Kemshall, H. and McIvor, G. (2004) Managing Sex Offender Risk: Research Highlights in Social Work 46, London: Jessica Kingsley.
       
    McIvor, G. (2004) Women Who Offend: Research Highlights in Social Work 44, London: Jessica Kingsley.
      
    McIvor, G. and Raynor, P. (eds.) (2007) Developments in Social Work with Offenders: Research Highlights in Social Work 48, London: Jessica Kingsley.
      
    Sheehan, R., McIvor, G. and Trotter (2007) What Works with Women Offenders , Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
      
    Sheehan, R., McIvor, G. And Trotter, C. (2011) Working with Women Offenders in the Community, Cullompton: Willan Publishing.


Journal Papers

  • Hill, M., Walker, M., Moodie, K., Wallace, B., Bannister, J., Khan, F., McIvor, G. and Kendrick, A. (2007) More haste, less speed? An evaluation of fast track policies to tackle persistent youth offending in Scotland, Youth Justice, 7, 2, 121-38.

    Kendrick, A., Walker, M., Barclay, A., Hunter, L., Malloch, M., Hill, M. and McIvor, G. (2008) The outcomes of secure care in Scotland, Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 7, 1, 1-13.

    Malloch, M., McIvor, G. and Loucks, N. (2008) 'Time Out' for women: Innovation in Scotland in a context of change,The Howard Journal, 47, 4, 383-99.

    McIvor, G. (2009)‘Therapeutic jurisprudence and procedural justice in Scottish Drug Courts’, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 9, 1, 5-25.

    McIvor, G., Trotter, C. and Sheehan. R. (2009) Women, resettlement and desistance, Probation Journal, 56, 4, 347-61.

    Barry, M. and McIvor, G. (2010) 'Professional decision-making and women offenders: Containing the chaos', Probation Journal, 57, 1, 27-41. 

    McIvor, G. (2010) ‘Paying back: 30 years of unpaid work by offenders in Scotland’, European Journal of Probation, 2, 1, 41-61.

    McIvor, G., Beyens, K., Blay, E. and Boone. M. (2010) ‘Community service in Belgium, the Netherlands, Scotland and Spain: A comparative analysis’, European Journal of Probation, 2, 1, 82-98.

    Malloch, M. and McIvor, G. (2011) ‘Women and community sentences’, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 11, 4, 325-44.

    Trotter, C., McIvor, G. and Sheehan, R. (2012) 'The effectiveness of support and rehabilitation services for women offenders', Australian Social Work, 65, 1, 6-20.

    McIvor, G. (2012) 'Judicial engagement: lessons from problem-solving courts', EuroVista, 2, 1, 31-4.


Book Chapters

  • Gelsthorpe, L. and McIvor, G. (2007) 'Difference and diversity in probation', in L. Gelsthorpe and R. Morgan (Eds.) Handbook of Probation, Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

    McIvor, G. (2007) 'Assessment in criminal justice', in J. Lishman (Ed.) Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care, London: Jessica Kingsley.

    McIvor, G. (2007) 'Paying back - unpaid work by offenders', in G. McIvor and P. Raynor (eds) Developments in Social Work with Offenders, Research Highlights in Social Work 48, London: Jessica Kingsley.

    McIvor, G. and McNeill, F. (2007) 'Probation in Scotland : Past, present and future', in L. Gelsthorpe and R. Morgan (eds.) Handbook of Probation, Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

    McIvor, G. and McNeill, F. (2007) 'Developments in probation in Scotland', G. McIvor and P. Raynor (eds) Developments in Social Work with Offenders, Research Highlights in Social Work 48, London: Jessica Kingsley.

    McIvor, G. and Raynor, P. (2007) 'Introduction and overview', in G. McIvor and P. Raynor (eds) Developments in Social Work with Offenders, Research Highlights in Social Work 48, London: Jessica Kingsley.

    McIvor, G. (2007) 'Restorative justice', in R. Canton and D. Hancock (Eds.) Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management, Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

    McNeill, F. and McIvor, G. (2007) 'Criminal justice social work in Scotland', in R. Canton and D. Hancock (eds.) Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management, Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

    Sheehan, R., McIvor G. and Trotter, C. (2007) 'What does work for women offenders?', in R. Sheehan,G. McIvor and C. Trotter (eds.) What Works with Women Offenders, Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

    McIvor, G. (2010) 'Drug Courts – lessons from the UK and beyond', in A. Hucklesby and E. Wincup (eds.) Drug Interventions in Criminal Justice, Open University Press.

    McIvor, G. (2010) 'Beyond supervision: Judicial involvement in offender management', in F. McNeill, P. Raynor and C. Trotter (eds.) Offender Supervision: New Directions in Theory, Research and Practice, Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

    McIvor, G. (2010) ‘Women’s offending and the criminal justice system’, in P. Faraldo Cabana and A. Iglesias Skulj (eds.) Género y Sistema Penal: Una Perspectiva Internacional (Gender and Criminal Justice: An International Perspective), Granada, Spain: Editorial Comares.

    McIvor, G. (2010) 'Women and crime: The rise in female imprisonment in western jurisdictions' in M. Herzog-Evans (ed.) Transnational Criminology Manual (Volume 2), Nijmegen, Netherlands: Wolf Publishing.

    Malloch, M. and McIvor, G, (2011) 'Women, drugs and community intervention', in R. Sheehan, G.McIvor and C. Trotter (eds.) Working with Women Offenders in the Community, Cullompton: Willan Publishing.

    McIvor, G. (2011) ‘What works with women who offend?’, in R. Taylor, M. Hill and F. McNeill (eds.) Early Professional Development for Social Workers,  Birmingham: Venture Press.

    McIvor, G. (2011) ‘La participació n de los jueces en la ejecución de las penas y medidas comunitarias en Escocia: Novedades y retos’ (Judicial involvement in community sanctions and measures in Scotland: Recent developments and challenges) in E. Larrauri and E. Blay (eds.) Penas Comunitarias en Europa (Community Penalties in Europe), Madrid, Spain: Trotta.

    Sheehan, R., McIvor, G. and Trotter, C. (2011) 'Working with women offenders in the community: What works?',in R. Sheehan, G.McIvor and C. Trotter (eds.) Working with Women Offenders in the Community, Cullompton: Willan Publishing.


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