UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Sociology, Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences

Dr Susan A. Batchelor

Qualifications:

First Class M.A. (Hons) Sociology 1996 Glasgow; M.A. Criminology (with distinction) 1997 Keele; PhD 2007 Glasgow; Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice 2008 Glasgow.

Contact Details:

Address: Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow, Florentine House (S215), 53 Hillhead Street, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QF, Scotland, UK.

telephone: ++44 (0)141 330 6167
fax: ++44 (0)141 330 4300
email: s.batchelor@socsci.gla.ac.uk

Positions Held:
Prior to joining the University of Glasgow as a Lecturer in Criminology in 2005, Susan was a Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Strathclyde and held a series of research posts at The Scottish Office, Brunel University, and the University of Glasgow.

Current administrative duties include:

Susan contributes to the following taught courses:

  • Advanced Qualitative Methods (MSc Social Science Research, Lecturer)
  • Dissertation in Sociology and Anthropology (UG Hons, Class co-ordinator)
  • Qualitative Research Methods (UG Hons, Lecturer)
  • Sociology 1B: Crime and Control (UG Level 1, Lecturer)
  • Understanding and Explaining Crime (UG Hons, Lecturer)
  • Violence and Social Harm (UG Hons, Class co-ordinator)

Current PhD Students:

  • Alistair Fraser, Violent street gangs in Glasgow (Recipient of Adam Smith Research Fellowship and MacRobertson Travelling Scholarship, due to submit September 2010)
  • Nadine Imah, Conceptions and constructions of female criminality (Recipient of ESRC studentship, due to submit September 2011)
  • Poppy Kohner, Performing violent identities: challenging the script of victims and perpetrators of violence (Recipient of Glasgow University Scholarship, due to submit September 2013)
  • Lubaba Sadaf, Marital violence amongst Pakistani women in cross-cultural context (Recipient of FfWG grant, due to submit September 2010)

Esteem:

Institutional affiliations:

Membership of professional bodies:

Other service:

Recent invited presentation:

  • Batchelor, S. (2009) 'Girls, gangs and violence: challenging dichotomies'.  Lecture delivered to Scottish Association for the Study of Offending, Edinburgh, November 2009.
  • Batchelor, S. (2009) 'Sensitive subjects: researching girls and violence'.  Plenary presented at the joint Social Research Association/British Society of Criminology Event: Research methods in the field of crime and justice, Edinburgh, October 2009.
  • Batchelor, S. (2009) 'Girls, gangs and violence: assessing the evidence'.  Plenary presented at the British Society of Criminology Youth Criminology conference: Youth in Crisis? Gangs, territorality and violence, Liverpool, April 2009.
  • Batchelor, S. (2009) 'Understanding young women's violence'.  Plenary presented at the Hannah Mackay Breaking the Cycle of Female Offending conference, Stirling, April 2009.
  • Batchelor, S. (2009) 'Offending young women: the myth of equal opportunity violence'. Plenary presented at International Centre for Gender and Women's Studies Challenging gender-based violence conference, Glasgow, January 2009.

Editorial duties:

  • Referee of journal articales for Journal of Youth Studies (2002 onwards); Gender Issues (2008 onwards)
  • Referee of book proposals/books for Open University Press (2007 onwards); Routledge Publications (2005 onwards); Sage Publications (2005 onwards)
  • Referee of research grant applications/end of award reports for Economic and Social Research Council First Grant Scheme (2008 onwards); Economic and Social Research Council Large Grant Competitiion (2008 onwards); Economic and Social Research Council Grant Scheme (2004 onwards); Scottish Executive/Government (2007 onwards)

Research:

Actice research interests centre on: women, crime and criminal justice (esp. women who commit violent offences); youth crime and youth justice  (esp. the Children's Hearing System in Scotland); critical and feminist criminology; poststructuralist theories of penality and social control (incl. the work of Michael Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu); cultural criminology and the sociology of risk (esp. young women's risk-seeking behaviour); young people and the media (esp. the representation of teen sexuality and youth violence); and violence and social harm (incl. youth gangs, knife crime, and domestic abuse). 

Current writing/research projects include:

  • Girls and gangs
  • Gender and emotions
  • Troublesome youth groups and knife carriers
  • Young women and the night-time economy
  • Young women imprisoned for violent offences

Publications:


Monograph:

  • McNeill, F. and Batchelor, S. (2004) Persistent Offending by Young People: Developing Practice. Issues in Community and Criminal Justice Monograph Number 3. London: National Association of Probation Officers. ISSN: 1478-3649, ISBN: 0-901617-18-0.

Articles in Refereed Journals:

  • Batchelor, S. (2009, forthcoming) Girls, gangs and violence: assessing the evidence.  Probation Journal 56(4) 
  • Burman, M. and Batchelor, S. (2009, forthcoming) Between two stools: responding to young women who offend.  Youth Justice 9(3)
  • Batchelor, S. (2005) '" Prove Me the Bam!" Victimisation and Agency in the Lives of Young Women Who Commit Violent Offences' in Probation Journal 52 (4), pp. 358-375. ISSN: 1741-3079 [This paper was awarded the Probation Journal 'best paper' prize.  It was nominated by a sub-committee of practitioners from the main editorial board who considered articles published in the period 2002-2007.  The criterion for nomination was an original research study that, according to the panel, provided significant insights into the practice of working with offenders].
  • Batchelor, S., Burman, M. and Brown, J. (2004) Discutindo a violencia: Vamos ouvi-lo da boca das raparigas. Infancia e Juventude 2/2004.
  • Batchelor, S., Kitzinger, J. and Burtney, E. (2004) 'Representing Young People's Sexuality in the 'Youth Media'. Health Education Research 19 (6): 669-676. ISSN: 1465-3648.
  • Batchelor, S., Burman, M. and Brown, J. (2001) 'Discussing Violence: Let's hear it for the Girls' in Probation Journal (Special Edition on Young Offenders and Youth Justice) 48 (2), pp. 125-134. ISSN: 1741-3079
  • Hill, M., Lockyer, A., Morton, P., Batchelor, S. and Scott, J. (2002) 'Safeguarding Children in Scotland: the Perspective of Children, Parents and Safeguarders' in Representing Children 15 (3), pp. 169-183
  • Hill, M., Lockyer, A., Morton, P., Batchelor, S. and Scott, J. (2003) 'Safeguarding Children's Interests: the Scottish Experience' in Journal of Family and Social Welfare Law 25 (1), pp. 1-21
  • McNeill, F. and Batchelor, S. (2002) 'Chaos, Containment and Change: Undertaking a Local Analysis of the Problems of Persistent Offending by Young People'. Youth Justice 2 (1), pp. 27-43
  • Burman, M., Batchelor, S. and Brown, J. (2001) 'Researching Girls and Violence: Facing the Dilemmas of Fieldwork' in British Journal of Criminology (Special Edition of Methodological Dilemmas in Research) 41 (3), pp. 443-459. ISSN: 1464-3529.

Book Chapters:

  • Batchelor, S. (2010, forthcoming) 'Girls, gangs and violence: challenging dichotomies' in B goldson (ed) Youth 'Gangs', Territorality and Violence.  Collumpton: Willan
  • Batchelor, S.  and Burman, M. (2009, forthcoming), 'The Children's Hearing System', in J. Johnstone and M. Burman (eds) Youth Justice in Scotland. Edinburgh: Dunedin Press
  • Batchelor, S. (2009) 'In search of respect and respectability: young women in Scotland ' in M. Kreuzer and B. Geiger-Battermann (eds) Gewalt is auch Weiblich Analysen, hintergrunde, interventionene.  Niederrhein University Press.
  • Batchelor, S. (2007) "Getting mad wi' it": risk-seeking by young women' in K. Hannah-Moffat and P. O'Malley (eds) Gendered Risks. Glasshouse Press.
  • Batchelor, S. and McNeill, F. (2005) 'The young person-worker relationship' in T. Bateman and J. Pitts (eds) The Russell House Companion to Youth Justice. London: Russell House Publishing. ISBN: 1-903855-49-7.
  • Batchelor, S. and Burman, M. (2004) 'Working with girls and young women' in G. McIvor (ed) Women Who Offend. London: Jessica Kingsley. ISBN: 1-84310-154-8
  • Batchelor, S. (2004) '"I slept with 40 boys in three months": Teenage sexuality in the media: too much too young?' in E. Burtney and M. Duffy (eds) Young People and Sexual Health: Social, Political and Individual Contexts. London: Palgrave. ISBN: 0-333-99357-8
  • Burman, M., Brown, J. and Batchelor, S. (2003) '"Taking it to heart": Girls and the meanings of violence' in E. Stanko (ed) The Meaning of Violence. London: Routledge. ISBN: 0415301300.
  • Batchelor, S. (2002) 'The myth of girl gangs' in Y. Jewkes and G. Letherby (eds) (2002) Criminology: A Reader. London: Sage. ISBN: 0-7619-4711-6

Recent Reports and Other Materials:

Grants:

  • Seminar series: 'Confronting Danger, Feeling Fear: Gender and emotions in research fieldwork', June-September 2009 (ASRF £1, 283) - with Michele Burman and Mo Hume.
  • Research project: 'Youth Gangs and Knife Carrying in Scotland', July 2008 -October 2009: (Scottish Government: £155,266) - with Michele Burman, Jon Bannister, Keith Kintrea, Susan McVie and Jon Pickering.  Jon Bannister and Prof. Burman drafted this proposal and managed the award.
  • Research project: 'Alcohol and Domestic Abuse in Inverclyde', August-November 2007 (Inverclyde Council: £15,374) - as principal investigator
  • Research consultancy: 'Audit of Youth Crime and Youth Justice in North Ayrshire: Profiling Young Offenders', March-August 2007: (North Ayrshire: £6,200) - as principal investigator
  • Research project: 'Risk Assessment and Management of Children and Young People', January-May 2007 (Risk Management Authority: £26,183) - with Michele Burman, Fergus McNeill, Sarah Armstrong and Jan Nicholson.  Prof. Burman drafted this proposal and managed the award.
  • Research consultancy: '21st Century Social Work Review: Literature Review on Key Practice Skills', December 2004-February 2005 (Social Work Services Inspectorate, Scottish Executive: £8,750) - with Fergus McNeill, Ros Burnett and Jo Knox.  Prof. McNeill drafted this proposal and managed the award.
  • Research consultancy: February 2003-January 2005: Consultancy Support for Audit of Youth Crime and Youth Justice in Dumfries and Galloway (with Fergus McNeill and Robin Tuddenham), East Ayrshire (with Fergus McNeill and Kathryn Dutton), East Renfrewshire (with Fergus McNeill and Kathryn Dutton), North Ayrshire (with Fergus McNeill) and South Lanarkshire (with Fergus McNeill) (Total award £110,333).  Prof. McNeill drafed these proposals and managed the awards.