Margaret Malloch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6380222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Malloch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Malloch |
| SIGNATURE | MALLOCH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Stirling |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3655-7874 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Making lives grievable: Crime, culture and remembering the accused witches of Scotland
Recent campaigns to remember those accused during the witch-hunts of the 16th and 17th century in Scotland have exposed the vindictiveness of law and kirk (church). The practice of ‘witchcraft’, or consulting with a ‘witch’, though ill-defined, was a capital offence under the Witchcraft Act of 1563 resulting in the execution of over 2500 people, mainly women. For the convicted, execution was frequently followed by the eradication of their lives f…
‘Discursive struggles’ between criminal justice sanctions and health interventions for people who use drugs: A qualitative exploration of diversion policy and practice in Scotland
Amidst growing recognition that people who use drugs are often vulnerable and in need of health-focused support, international conventions and national priorities on personal drug use are changing with emphasis shifting from criminal justice to health narratives. In Scotland, there has been a move toward health-led drug policymaking, and yet little is known about how diversion operates in this context. An exploratory qualitative study was conduct…
Judicial perspectives on the sentencing of minor drug offenders in Indonesia: Discretionary practice and compassionate approaches
This paper explores the perceptions of Indonesian Judges in sentencing minor drug offenders. The Judge holds a central role in the administration of justice and, because of the significance of judicial discretion, it is essential to understand how judges come to their sentencing decisions. To develop an understanding of what judges are trying to achieve when sentencing minor drug offenders, a total of 31 judges were interviewed: 28 participants c…
Trafficked children: Towards a social work human rights response
This article examines the response to the identification and support of unaccompanied children who have been trafficked into the UK. Locating the identification of victims of trafficking with the Home Office is problematic as their primary responsibility is not child protection. This approach is likely to prioritise immigration concerns that potentially exclude some children from the appropriate safeguarding support of local authority social work…
Collective endeavours: Finding community, love and hope
Strains on professional resources and complex experiences of isolation and despair have taken their toll on communities, adding to the challenges for social workers and social work as a profession. In a context of austerity and locational stress, communities are increasingly relied upon to enhance or, indeed, replace the need for state intervention. However, grass-roots and mutual aid collectives have the potential for both community support and …
Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation
Examines the socio-economic exploitation that underpins human trafficking'Human Trafficking' is a term that does little to convey the myriad acts that underpin the exploitation of men, women and children across the world. Despite legislative developments and the introduction of national and international interventions, definitions of this form of exploitation, estimates of its extent and nature, and responses to victims and perpetrators have thus…
Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation
Public Processions and Social Context: Challenges in the Search for Community Impact
Research into the community impact of public processions was commissioned by the Scottish Government in 2013 at the instigation of the Advisory Group on Tackling Sectarianism. This study formed part of a wider project to gather evidence on the nature, extent and impact of sectarianism in, and on, Scottish life. The process of conducting research on the impact of public processions demonstrated the range of conceptual and methodological challenges…
The Role of Return Home Welfare Interviews in Responding to the Needs of Young Runaways
When children and young people run away from home or care it is most often indicative of problems in their lives. Reporting on the findings of a recent evaluation, this study considers the role, delivery and impact of ‘return home welfare interviews’ ( RHWI s) in identifying children and young people in need. It concludes that RHWI s function as an effective screening mechanism and can be facilitative in creating multiple pathways for referral to…
Holistic’ Community Punishment and Criminal Justice Interventions for Women
Calls for ‘holistic’ responses to halt the increasing imprisonment of women are continually reiterated. Solutions are sought which aim to be both ‘gender‐responsive’ and ‘community‐based’; however, the absence of meaningful definitions of ‘community’ and ‘holistic’ means that superficial responses are often put in place in response to failures of the system. Taking as an example one attempt to introduce a community‐based service for women in Scot…
Crime, Critique and Utopia
This book explores the relevance of utopia in relation to contemporary criminology. The range of contributors explore the application of a utopian method for uncovering the potential within criminolog
Criminal justice responses to drug related crime in Scotland
Women and community sentences
Despite the increasing numbers of women given community sentences in the UK and in other jurisdictions in recent years, there has been relatively little research into women’s experiences of these disposals. This is particularly surprising given what is known about the distinctive characteristics of women in conflict with the law and the gendered nature of pathways to crime. This article draws upon the experiences of women made subject to a range …
Time Out’ for Women: Innovation in Scotland in a Context of Change
The 218 Centre was set up following consistent concerns about the increasing number of women in prison in Scotland and the high‐level needs of many of these women. It is an innovative and high‐profile attempt to develop appropriate responses to women in the criminal justice system. It offers women an opportunity for ‘time out’ of their normal environment without resorting to ‘time in’ custody, providing both residential and community‐based servic…
The detention of asylum seekers in the UK: Representing risk, managing the dangerous
Media and political representations of asylum seekers and refugees have been infused with language denoting images of ‘danger’, ‘criminality’ and ‘risk’. Despite attempts to provide for those seeking asylum in the UK, those in need have frequently been stigmatized and criminalized. Policies and practices, intended to respond to those fleeing economic hardship or political persecution, have been guided by such depictions. This article illustrates …
Not ‘Fragrant’ at all: Criminal Justice Responses to ‘Risky’ Women
Illegal drug use has been increasingly implicated in offending behaviour and can have adverse social consequences for the individuals who come to the attention of the criminal justice system. However, the consequences are particularly problematic for women, for whom the use of ‘hard drugs’ is considered highly inappropriate, if increasingly common. This paper will consider the ways in which women drug users are depicted as ‘risky’ women, and will…
Caring for Drug Users? The Experiences of Women Prisoners
The Prison Services of Scotland, England and Wales are required to hold in custody those individuals sentenced to a period of imprisonment by the courts. They are also required to ‘look after them with humanity’ and provide a standard of care which will meet this objective. This article, based on extensive primary research in five women's prisons in England and Scotland, examines the experiences of women prisoners and the impact of policy initiat…
Drug use, prison, and the social construction of femininity
The detention of asylum seekers in the UK: Representing risk, managing the dangerous
Media and political representations of asylum seekers and refugees have been infused with language denoting images of ‘danger’, ‘criminality’ and ‘risk’. Despite attempts to provide for those seeking asylum in the UK, those in need have frequently been stigmatized and criminalized. Policies and practices, intended to respond to those fleeing economic hardship or political persecution, have been guided by such depictions. This article illustrates …
Drug use, prison, and the social construction of femininity
Women and community sentences
Despite the increasing numbers of women given community sentences in the UK and in other jurisdictions in recent years, there has been relatively little research into women’s experiences of these disposals. This is particularly surprising given what is known about the distinctive characteristics of women in conflict with the law and the gendered nature of pathways to crime. This article draws upon the experiences of women made subject to a range …
Public Processions and Social Context: Challenges in the Search for Community Impact
Research into the community impact of public processions was commissioned by the Scottish Government in 2013 at the instigation of the Advisory Group on Tackling Sectarianism. This study formed part of a wider project to gather evidence on the nature, extent and impact of sectarianism in, and on, Scottish life. The process of conducting research on the impact of public processions demonstrated the range of conceptual and methodological challenges…
Not ‘Fragrant’ at all: Criminal Justice Responses to ‘Risky’ Women
Illegal drug use has been increasingly implicated in offending behaviour and can have adverse social consequences for the individuals who come to the attention of the criminal justice system. However, the consequences are particularly problematic for women, for whom the use of ‘hard drugs’ is considered highly inappropriate, if increasingly common. This paper will consider the ways in which women drug users are depicted as ‘risky’ women, and will…
Trafficked children: Towards a social work human rights response
This article examines the response to the identification and support of unaccompanied children who have been trafficked into the UK. Locating the identification of victims of trafficking with the Home Office is problematic as their primary responsibility is not child protection. This approach is likely to prioritise immigration concerns that potentially exclude some children from the appropriate safeguarding support of local authority social work…
Drug use, prison, and the social construction of femininity
Caring for Drug Users? The Experiences of Women Prisoners
The Prison Services of Scotland, England and Wales are required to hold in custody those individuals sentenced to a period of imprisonment by the courts. They are also required to ‘look after them with humanity’ and provide a standard of care which will meet this objective. This article, based on extensive primary research in five women's prisons in England and Scotland, examines the experiences of women prisoners and the impact of policy initiat…
The detention of asylum seekers in the UK: Representing risk, managing the dangerous
Media and political representations of asylum seekers and refugees have been infused with language denoting images of ‘danger’, ‘criminality’ and ‘risk’. Despite attempts to provide for those seeking asylum in the UK, those in need have frequently been stigmatized and criminalized. Policies and practices, intended to respond to those fleeing economic hardship or political persecution, have been guided by such depictions. This article illustrates …
Not ‘Fragrant’ at all: Criminal Justice Responses to ‘Risky’ Women
Illegal drug use has been increasingly implicated in offending behaviour and can have adverse social consequences for the individuals who come to the attention of the criminal justice system. However, the consequences are particularly problematic for women, for whom the use of ‘hard drugs’ is considered highly inappropriate, if increasingly common. This paper will consider the ways in which women drug users are depicted as ‘risky’ women, and will…
Time Out’ for Women: Innovation in Scotland in a Context of Change
The 218 Centre was set up following consistent concerns about the increasing number of women in prison in Scotland and the high‐level needs of many of these women. It is an innovative and high‐profile attempt to develop appropriate responses to women in the criminal justice system. It offers women an opportunity for ‘time out’ of their normal environment without resorting to ‘time in’ custody, providing both residential and community‐based servic…
Women and community sentences
Despite the increasing numbers of women given community sentences in the UK and in other jurisdictions in recent years, there has been relatively little research into women’s experiences of these disposals. This is particularly surprising given what is known about the distinctive characteristics of women in conflict with the law and the gendered nature of pathways to crime. This article draws upon the experiences of women made subject to a range …
Crime, Critique and Utopia
This book explores the relevance of utopia in relation to contemporary criminology. The range of contributors explore the application of a utopian method for uncovering the potential within criminolog
Criminal justice responses to drug related crime in Scotland
The Role of Return Home Welfare Interviews in Responding to the Needs of Young Runaways
When children and young people run away from home or care it is most often indicative of problems in their lives. Reporting on the findings of a recent evaluation, this study considers the role, delivery and impact of ‘return home welfare interviews’ ( RHWI s) in identifying children and young people in need. It concludes that RHWI s function as an effective screening mechanism and can be facilitative in creating multiple pathways for referral to…
Holistic’ Community Punishment and Criminal Justice Interventions for Women
Calls for ‘holistic’ responses to halt the increasing imprisonment of women are continually reiterated. Solutions are sought which aim to be both ‘gender‐responsive’ and ‘community‐based’; however, the absence of meaningful definitions of ‘community’ and ‘holistic’ means that superficial responses are often put in place in response to failures of the system. Taking as an example one attempt to introduce a community‐based service for women in Scot…
Public Processions and Social Context: Challenges in the Search for Community Impact
Research into the community impact of public processions was commissioned by the Scottish Government in 2013 at the instigation of the Advisory Group on Tackling Sectarianism. This study formed part of a wider project to gather evidence on the nature, extent and impact of sectarianism in, and on, Scottish life. The process of conducting research on the impact of public processions demonstrated the range of conceptual and methodological challenges…
Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation
Examines the socio-economic exploitation that underpins human trafficking'Human Trafficking' is a term that does little to convey the myriad acts that underpin the exploitation of men, women and children across the world. Despite legislative developments and the introduction of national and international interventions, definitions of this form of exploitation, estimates of its extent and nature, and responses to victims and perpetrators have thus…
Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation
Judicial perspectives on the sentencing of minor drug offenders in Indonesia: Discretionary practice and compassionate approaches
This paper explores the perceptions of Indonesian Judges in sentencing minor drug offenders. The Judge holds a central role in the administration of justice and, because of the significance of judicial discretion, it is essential to understand how judges come to their sentencing decisions. To develop an understanding of what judges are trying to achieve when sentencing minor drug offenders, a total of 31 judges were interviewed: 28 participants c…
Trafficked children: Towards a social work human rights response
This article examines the response to the identification and support of unaccompanied children who have been trafficked into the UK. Locating the identification of victims of trafficking with the Home Office is problematic as their primary responsibility is not child protection. This approach is likely to prioritise immigration concerns that potentially exclude some children from the appropriate safeguarding support of local authority social work…
Collective endeavours: Finding community, love and hope
Strains on professional resources and complex experiences of isolation and despair have taken their toll on communities, adding to the challenges for social workers and social work as a profession. In a context of austerity and locational stress, communities are increasingly relied upon to enhance or, indeed, replace the need for state intervention. However, grass-roots and mutual aid collectives have the potential for both community support and …
‘Discursive struggles’ between criminal justice sanctions and health interventions for people who use drugs: A qualitative exploration of diversion policy and practice in Scotland
Amidst growing recognition that people who use drugs are often vulnerable and in need of health-focused support, international conventions and national priorities on personal drug use are changing with emphasis shifting from criminal justice to health narratives. In Scotland, there has been a move toward health-led drug policymaking, and yet little is known about how diversion operates in this context. An exploratory qualitative study was conduct…
Making lives grievable: Crime, culture and remembering the accused witches of Scotland
Recent campaigns to remember those accused during the witch-hunts of the 16th and 17th century in Scotland have exposed the vindictiveness of law and kirk (church). The practice of ‘witchcraft’, or consulting with a ‘witch’, though ill-defined, was a capital offence under the Witchcraft Act of 1563 resulting in the execution of over 2500 people, mainly women. For the convicted, execution was frequently followed by the eradication of their lives f…
Criminology (15 works) · Political science (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Law (10 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Criminal justice (6 works) · Economic Justice (5 works)