All Outputs (5)

‘Within my work environment I don’t see gender as an issue’: Reflections on gender from a study of criminal justice social workers in Scotland (2020)
Journal Article
McCulloch, T., Cree, V. E., Kirkwood, S., & Mullins, E. (2021). ‘Within my work environment I don’t see gender as an issue’: Reflections on gender from a study of criminal justice social workers in Scotland. Probation Journal, 68(1), 8-27. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550520939153

Community justice professionals operate within deeply gendered territory, yet there has been little attention to how gender is understood and embodied by the workforce. Building on findings from a mixed method study, this article explores professiona... Read More about ‘Within my work environment I don’t see gender as an issue’: Reflections on gender from a study of criminal justice social workers in Scotland.

Dams, barriers and beating yourself up: shame in groupwork for addressing sexual offending (2019)
Journal Article
Mullins, E., & Kirkwood, S. (2019). Dams, barriers and beating yourself up: shame in groupwork for addressing sexual offending. Journal of Social Work Practice, 33(4), 369-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2019.1594735

Shame is a powerful emotional experience embedded in prevailing social and cultural norms. It is the judgement or fear of judgement for who we are rather than what we have done. Braithwaite (1989) proposes shame can be re-integrative or stigmatising,... Read More about Dams, barriers and beating yourself up: shame in groupwork for addressing sexual offending.

Co-authoring desistance narratives: Analysing interactions in groupwork for addressing sexual offending (2019)
Journal Article
Mullins, E., & Kirkwood, S. (2021). Co-authoring desistance narratives: Analysing interactions in groupwork for addressing sexual offending. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 21(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895819863101

Research and theory suggest desistance narratives and pro-social identities are key to the process of desistance from crime. However, little research has examined how desistance narratives and related identities are produced in contexts other than re... Read More about Co-authoring desistance narratives: Analysing interactions in groupwork for addressing sexual offending.

Narratives of care amongst undergraduate students (2017)
Journal Article
Tett, L., Cree, V. E., Mullins, E., & Christie, H. (2017). Narratives of care amongst undergraduate students. Pastoral Care in Education, 35(3), 166-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2017.1363813

This paper addresses a central paradox that affects the nature of the student experience in the U.K. On the one hand, the marketisation of higher education, with its associated emphasis on performativity indicators, may be seen to have reduced studen... Read More about Narratives of care amongst undergraduate students.

‘University opened up so many doors for me’: the personal and professional development of graduates from non-traditional backgrounds (2017)
Journal Article
Christie, H., Cree, V. E., Mullins, E., & Tett, L. (2018). ‘University opened up so many doors for me’: the personal and professional development of graduates from non-traditional backgrounds. Studies in Higher Education, 43(11), 1938-1948. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2017.1294577

There is a substantial body of quantitative evidence about the benefits of higher education. However there is little qualitative evidence about the extent to which these benefits accrue to graduates from non-traditional backgrounds. This paper contri... Read More about ‘University opened up so many doors for me’: the personal and professional development of graduates from non-traditional backgrounds.