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Gwen Robinson is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions, with significant contributions to subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Political Science and International Relations, Clinical Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

Robinson's work focuses on topics including Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Homelessness and Social Issues, Crime Patterns and Interventions, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Employment and Welfare Studies, Social Work Education and Practice, and the Political and Economic history of the UK and US.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Rehabilitating Probation: Strategies for Re-legitimation after Policy Failure" (2020), The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
  • "A necessary but painful journey: Experiences of unification in a probation service region" (2023), Probation Journal
  • "Servant leadership, leader effectiveness, and the role of political skill: A study of interscholastic sport administrators and coaches" (2020), International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching
  • "To partner or not? A study of co-branding partnership and consumers' perceptions of symbolism and functionality toward co-branded sport products" (2020), International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship
  • "Making Good?: A Study of How Senior Penal Policy Makers Narrate Policy Reversal" (2023), The British Journal of Criminology

Frequent co-authors of Robinson include:

  • Nicola Carr
  • Matthew Millings
  • Harry Annison
  • Eleanor Surridge
  • Lol Burke

Robinson often publishes in venues such as:

  • The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
  • Probation Journal
  • The British Journal of Criminology
  • Criminology & Criminal Justice
  • International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

In addition to journal publications, Robinson has authored book work published under Palgrave studies in prisons and penology, including the book titled Time and Punishment (2022).

Best Publications

  • Restorative Justice in Practice: Evaluating What Works for Victims and Offenders

    Joanna Shapland;Gwen Robinson;Angela Sorsby

  • Exploring the dynamics of compliance with community penalties

    Gwen Robinson;Fergus McNeill

  • Situating restorative justice within criminal justice

    Joanna Shapland;Anne Atkinson;Helen Atkinson;Emily Colledge

  • Restorative justice: the views of victims and offenders. The third report from the evaluation of three schemes

    J Shapland;A Atkinson;H Atkinson;E Colledge

  • Late-modern rehabilitation The evolution of a penal strategy

    Gwen Robinson

  • Does restorative justice affect reconviction? The fourth report from the evaluation of three schemes

    J Shapland;A Atkinson;H Atkinson;J Dignan

  • Exploring risk management in probation practice Contemporary developments in England and Wales

    Gwen Robinson

  • Purposes matter: examining the ‘ends’ of probation

    Gwen Robinson;Fergus McNeill

  • Rehabilitation, Crime and Justice

    Peter Raynor;Gwen Robinson

  • The Quality of Probation Supervision - A Literature Review

    J. Shapland;A. Bottoms;S. Farrall;F. McNeill

  • Reducing Recidivism A Task for Restorative Justice

    Gwen Robinson;Joanna Shapland

  • Offender Rehabilitation: Theory, Research and Practice

    Gwen Robinson;Iain Crow

  • Understanding ‘quality’ in probation practice: Frontline perspectives in England & Wales:

    Gwen Robinson;Camilla Priede;Stephen Farrall;Joanna Shapland

  • Alternatives to prison : options for an insecure society

    A. E. Bottoms;Sue Rex;Gwen Robinson

  • Criminal Justice Identities in Transition: The Case of Devolved Probation Services in England and Wales

    Gwen Robinson;Lawrence Burke;Matthew Millings

  • Risk Management and Rehabilitation in the Probation Service: Collision and Collusion

    Gwen Robinson

  • What Works in Offender Management?1

    Gwen Robinson

  • Technicality and Indeterminacy in Probation Practice: A Case Study

    Gwen Robinson

  • Power, Knowledge and ‘What Works’ in Probation

    Gwen Robinson

  • Why Help Offenders? Arguments for Rehabilitation as a Penal Strategy

    Peter Raynor;Gwen Robinson

  • The Cinderella Complex: punishment, society and community sanctions

    Gwen Robinson

  • What Works in Offender Management

    Gwen Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Farrall
Stephen Farrall University of Sheffield
Shadd Maruna
Shadd Maruna Queen's University Belfast

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