Academic Profile

I studied psychology as an undergraduate at the University of Sussex, and went on to complete an MSc in Applied Social Studies and a Diploma in Social Work at the University of Oxford, specialising in probation practice. After working as a researcher at the University of Oxford Centre for Criminological Research, I completed a PhD at the University of Wales, Swansea. My thesis examined the changing contours of probation practice and in particular the influence of risk assessment technologies on the rehabilitation and management of offenders.

In the last ten years I have been involved in a number of empirical research projects and have published in the areas of: offender rehabilitation and management; community sanctions/penalties; and restorative justice. I initially came to work in the School of Law in 2002 as a member of a large research team which conducted a major evaluation of Restorative Justice schemes for the Home Office/Ministry of Justice (led by Joanna Shapland). The book Restorative Justice in Practice: Evaluating What Works for Victims and Offenders (with Joanna Shapland and Angela Sorsby) was published by Routledge in 2011 and provides an account of that study and its findings. I am also co-author (with Peter Raynor) of Rehabilitation, Crime and Justice (Palgrave Macmillan 2009) and co-editor (with Tony Bottoms and Sue Rex) of Alternatives to Prison: Options for an Insecure Society (Willan 2004).

I am co-leader of one of 4 working groups in the funded European network (COST Action) on Offender Supervision in Europe, and an active member of the European Society of Criminology’s community sanctions network.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Wales, Swansea
• MSc Applied Social Studies and Diploma in Social Work, University of Oxford
• BA (Hons) Psychology, University of Sussex

Teaching and Learning

All of my teaching is in the field of criminal justice and restorative justice, and in areas in which I have research and/or practical experience as well as theoretical knowledge. In all of my teaching I endeavour to incorporate aspects of ‘real world’ issues and controversies, through activities such as debates and documentary screenings.

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate	Postgraduate and MA
Punishment and Penal Policy (Convenor)	Restorative Justice (Convenor)
Rehabilitation of Offenders (Convenor)	Issues in Restorative Justice (Convenor)
Restorative Justice	Issues in Comparative Penology

Research Interests

• Community sanctions/penalties
• Offender rehabilitation and management
• Restorative justice

Member of the Centre for Criminological Research research cluster.

Areas of Research Supervision

• Community sanctions/penalties and their administration
• Offender management and rehabilitation
• Restorative Justice

Key Publications

Robinson, G., McNeill, F. & Maruna, S. (2013) Punishment in society: The improbable persistence of probation and other community sanctions and measures. In J. Simon & R. Sparks (eds.) Handbook of Punishment and Society. London: Sage.

Robinson, G., Priede, C., Farrall, S., Shapland, J. & McNeill, F. (2013) Doing "strengths-based" research: Appreciative Inquiry in a probation setting. Criminology and Criminal Justice 13(1), 3-20.

Shapland, J., Robinson, G. & Sorsby, A. (2011) Restorative Justice in Practice: Evaluating What Works for Victims and Offenders. London: Routledge.

Raynor, P. & Robinson, G. (2009) Rehabilitation, Crime and Justice, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Robinson, G. (2008) Late-modern Rehabilitation: The Evolution of a Penal Strategy. Punishment and Society, 10(4), 429-445.

Bottoms, A., Rex, S. & Robinson, G. (2004) (eds.) Alternatives to Prison: Options for an insecure society, Cullompton: Willan.

Recent Invited Papers and Keynote Lectures

Robinson, G. & Svensson, K. (April 2013) Practising Offender Supervision in Europe, paper presented at the COST conference, Liverpool Hope University, 26-27 April 2013.

Robinson, G. (March 2013) What is ‘quality’ in probation practice? Findings from a study in 3 Probation Trusts, paper presented at the Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust Conference, 6 March 2013.

Robinson, G. (March 2013) Examining the ‘rehabilitation revolution’ in England & Wales, paper presented at the Reducing Reoffending Workshop organised by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Edinburgh, 1 March 2013.

Key Projects/Grants

Awarding Body:	Ministry of Justice/NOMS
People Involved:	Joanna Shapland (PI), Tony Bottoms, Stephen Farrall, Fergus McNeill
Title/Description:	Quality in Probation Service
Years Funded for:	2010-2012

Awarding Body:	Home Office/Ministry of Justice
People Involved:	Research team led by Joanna Shapland
Title/Description:	Evaluation of 3 Restorative Justice Schemes
Years Funded for:	2002-2007

Awarding Body:	Esmee Fairbairn Foundation/Police Foundation
People Involved:	Tony Bottoms, Sue Rex
Title/Description:	Independent review of literature on alternatives to prison
Years Funded for:	2003-2004

Professional Activities and Recognition

• Management Committee member and co-leader of a Working Group on Practising Offender Supervision, COST Action 1106 Offender Supervision in Europe
• European Society of Criminology Working Group on Community Sanctions
• International Network of Researchers on Individual Supervision in Probation (CREDOS)
• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
• International Assessment Board Member, Probation Journal
• Editorial Board Member, International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation (Routledge)
• Management Committee member: REMEDI restorative justice service, South Yorkshire
• Academic member of Quality Assurance sub-group of the South Yorkshire Multi-Agency Public Protection Senior Management Group