Article

Robinson, G., Priede, C., Farrall, S., Shapland, J., and McNeill, F. (2013) Doing 'strengths-based' research: appreciative Inquiry in a probation setting. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 13 (1). pp. 3-20. ISSN 1748-8958 (doi:10.1177/1748895812445621)

Robinson, G., Priede, C., Farrall, S., Shapland, J., and McNeill, F. (2013) Understanding 'quality' in probation practice: Frontline perspectives in England and Wales. Criminology and Criminal Justice . ISSN 1748-8958 (doi:10.1177/1748895813483763) (In Press)

McNeill, F. (2012) Counterblast: a Copernican correction for community sentences? Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 51 (1). pp. 94-99. ISSN 0265-5527 (doi:10.1111/j.1468-2311.2011.00699.x)

McNeill, F. (2012) Four forms of 'offender' rehabilitation: Towards an interdisciplinary perspective. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 17 (1). pp. 18-36. ISSN 1355-3259 (doi:10.1111/j.2044-8333.2011.02039.x)

McNeill, F., Farrall, S., Lightowler, C., and Maruna, S. (2012) Reexamining evidence-based practice in community corrections: beyond 'a confined view' of what works. Justice Research and Policy, 14 (1). pp. 35-60. ISSN 1525-1071 (doi:10.3818/JRP.14.1.2012.35)

McNeill, F., Anderson, K., Colvin, S., Overy, K., Sparks, R., and Tett, L. (2011) Inspiring desistance? Arts projects and 'what works?'. Justitiele Verkenningen, 37 (5). pp. 80-101. ISSN 0167-5850

McNeill, F. (2011) Probation, credibility and justice. Probation Journal, 58 (1). pp. 9-22. ISSN 0264-5505 (doi:10.1177/0264550510388969)

McNeill, F., Anderson, K., Colvin, S., Overy, K., Sparks, R., and Tett, L. (2011) Kunstprojecten en What Works; een stimulans voor desistance? [Inspiring desistance? Arts projects and 'what works'?]. Justitiele Verkenningen, 37 (5). pp. 80-101. ISSN 0167-5850

Leverick, F., Chalmers, J., Armstrong, S., and McNeill, F. (2010) Part of the establishment? A decade of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Scots Law Times (27). pp. 147-151. ISSN 0036-908X

McNeill, Fergus, Bracken, D., and Clarke, A. (2010) Social Work, Criminal Justice and their Reconfiguring Relationships. Revista de Asistenta Sociala , 8 (1). pp. 114-124.

McNeill, F., Burns, N., Halliday, S., Hutton, N., and Tata, C. (2009) Risk, responsibility and reconfiguration: penal adaptation and misadaptation. Punishment and Society, 11 (4). pp. 419-442. ISSN 1462-4745 (doi:10.1177/1462474509341153)

Armstrong, Sarah, and McNeill, F. (2009) Choice versus crisis: how Scotland could transform the way we think about prisons and punishment. Criminal Justice Matters, 75 (1). pp. 2-4. ISSN 0962-7251 (doi:10.1080/09627250802699632)

Halliday, S., Burns, N., Hutton, N., McNeill, F., and Tata, C. (2009) Street-level bureaucracy, interprofessional relations, and coping mechanisms: a study of criminal justice social workers in the sentencing process. Law and Policy, 31 (4). pp. 405-428. ISSN 0265-8240 (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9930.2009.00306.x)

McNeill, F.E. (2009) Review: 'Poor discipline: parole and the social control of the underclass 1890–1990' by Jonathan Simon and 'Supervising offenders in the community: a history of probation theory and practice' by Maurice Vanstone. Probation Journal, 56 (2). pp. 190-193. ISSN 0264-5505 (doi:10.1177/02645505090560020302)

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Probation, rehabilitation and reparation. Irish Probation Journal, 6 . pp. 5-22. ISSN 0264-5505

McNeill, Fergus (2009) What Works in Probation? Proces: Tijdschrift voor Strafrechtspleging , 88 (3). pp. 129-146.

McNeill, Fergus (2009) What works and what’s just? European Journal of Probation, 1 (1). pp. 21-40. ISSN 2066-2203

Robinson, G., and McNeill, F. (2008) Exploring the dynamics of compliance with community penalties. Theoretical Criminology, 12 (4). pp. 431-449. ISSN 1362-4806 (doi:10.1177/1362480608097151)

Halliday, S., Burns, N., Hutton, N., McNeill, F., and Tata, C. (2008) Shadow writing and participant observation: a study of criminal justice social work around sentencing. Journal of Law and Society, 35 (2). pp. 189-213. ISSN 0263-323X (doi:10.1111/j.1467-6478.2008.00435.x)

Tata, C., Burns, N., Halliday, S., Hutton, N., and McNeill, F. (2008) Assisting and advising the sentencing decision process: the pursuit of 'quality' in pre-sentence reports. British Journal of Criminology, 48 (6). pp. 835-855. ISSN 1464-3529 (doi:10.1093/bjc/azn055)

McCulloch, T., and McNeill, Fergus (2007) Consumer society, commodification and offender management. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 7 (3). 223-242 . ISSN 1748-8958 (doi:10.1177/1748895807078863)

Burnett, R., Batchelor, S., and McNeill, F. (2006) Reducing reoffending: Lessons from psychotherapy and counselling. Criminal Justice Matters, 61 (41). pp. 32-41. ISSN 0072-6435

McNeill, Fergus (2006) A desistance paradigm for offender management. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 6 (1). 39-62 . ISSN 1748-8958 (doi:10.1177/1748895806060666)

Burnett, R., and McNeill, Fergus (2005) The place of the officer-offender relationship in assisting offenders to desist from crime. Probation Journal, 52 (3). pp. 221-242. ISSN 0264-5505 (doi:10.1177/0264550505055112)

McNeill, Fergus (2005) Remembering probation in Scotland. Probation Journal, 52 (1). pp. 23-38. ISSN 0264-5505 (doi:10.1177/0264550505050624)

McNeill, Fergus (2004) Desistance, rehabilitation and correctionalism: developments and prospects in Scotland. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 43 (4). pp. 420-436. ISSN 0265-5527 (doi:10.1111/j.1468-2311.2004.00339.x)

McNeill, Fergus (2004) Supporting desistance in probation practice: a response Maruna, Porter and Carvalho. Probation Journal, 51 (3). pp. 241-247. ISSN 0264-5505 (doi:10.1177/0264550504046746)

McNeill, Fergus (2004) Correctionalism, desistance and the future of probation in Ireland. Irish Probation Journal, 1 (1). pp. 28-43. ISSN 0264-5505

McNeill, F., and Batchelor, S.A. (2002) Chaos, containment and change: responding to persistent offending by young people. Youth Justice, 2 (1). pp. 27-43. ISSN 1473-2254 (doi:10.1177/147322540200200104)

McNeill, Fergus (2001) Developing effectiveness: frontline perspectives. Social Work Education, 20 (6). 671-687 . ISSN 0261-5479 (doi:10.1080/02615470120089843)

McNeill, Fergus (2000) Defining effective probation: frontline perspectives. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 39 (4). pp. 382-397. ISSN 0265-5527 (doi:10.1111/1468-2311.00177)

McNeill, Fergus (2000) Making criminology work: theory and practice in local context. Probation Journal, 47 (2). 108-118 . ISSN 0264-5505 (doi:10.1177/026455050004700204)

McNeill, Fergus (2000) Measuring effectiveness: linking policy, research and practice. Probation Journal, 47 (1). pp. 4-11. ISSN 0264-5505 (doi:10.1177/026455050004700102)

McNeill, Fergus (1995) What is to be done? Probation Journal, 42 (3). 146-151 . ISSN 0264-5505 (doi:10.1177/026455059504200304)

Book

Taylor, R., Hill, M., and McNeill, Fergus (2011) 21st Century Social Work: A Resource for Early Professional Development. Venture Press.

McNeill, F., and Whyte, B. (2007) Reducing Reoffending: Social Work and Community Justice in Scotland. Willan, Cullompton, UK. ISBN 9781843922186

McNeill, F., Batchelor, S., Burnett, R., and Knox, J. (2005) 21st Century Social Work: Reducing Re-Offending: Key Practice Skills. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, UK. ISBN 9780755945696

McNeill, F., and Batchelor, S. (2004) Persistent Offending by Young People: Developing Practice. Series: Issues in community and criminal justice (3). National Association of Probation Officers, London, UK. ISBN 9780901617187

Book Section

Burke, L., and McNeill, F. (2013) The devil in the detail: community sentences, probation and the market. In: Dockley, A. and Loader, I. (eds.) The Penal Landscape: The Howard League Guide to Criminal Justice in England and Wales. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415823289

McNeill, F. (2013) Community sanctions and European penology. In: Daems, T., Snacken, S. and Van Zyl Smit, D. (eds.) European Penology. Series: Oñati international series in law and society . Hart Publishing, Oxford. ISBN 9781849462334

McNeill, F. (2013) When punishment is rehabilitation. In: Buinsma, G. and Weisburd, D. (eds.) Springer Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Springer. (In Press)

McNeill, F., and Robinson, G. (2012) Liquid legitimacy and community sanctions. In: Crawford, A. and Hucklesby, A. (eds.) Legitimacy and Compliance in Criminal Justice. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780415671552

McNeill, F. (2012) Probation et sortie de delinquance: qu’est-ce qui fonctionne et qu’est-ce qui est equitable? In: Mohammad, M. (ed.) Les sorties de delinquance: Theories, methods, enquetes. La Decouverte, Paris. ISBN 9782707169938

Robinson, G., McNeill, F., and Maruna, S. (2012) Punishment in society: the improbable persistence of probation and other community sanctions and measures. In: Simon, J. and Sparks, R. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Punishment and Society. Sage. ISBN 9781848606753

Snacken, S., and McNeill, F. (2012) Scientific recommendations. In: Flore, D., Bosly, S., Honhon, A. and Maggio, J. (eds.) Probation Measures and Alternative Sanctions in the European Union. Intersentia, Cambridge. ISBN 9781780680439

McNeill, F. (2011) Determined to punish? Scotland's choice. In: Hassan, G. and Ilett, R. (eds.) Radical Scotland : arguments for self-determination. Series: Viewpoints . Luath Press Limited, Edinburgh, pp. 128-142. ISBN 9781906817947

Burman, M., Johnstone, J., Fraser, A., and McNeill, F. (2010) Scotland. In: Dünkel, F, Grzywal, P, Horsfield, P and Pruin, I (eds.) Juvenile Justice Systems in Europe - Current Situation and Reform Developments. Forum Verlag Godesberg GmbH, Mönchengladbach, pp. 1149-1194. ISBN 9783936999754

Farrall, S., and McNeill, Fergus (2010) Desistance and social work. In: Herzog-Evans, M. and Dréan-Rivette, I. (eds.) Transnational Criminology Manual. Wolf Legal Publishers. ISBN 9789058505736

McNeill, Fergus (2010) Supervision in historical context: Learning the lessons of (oral) history. In: McNeill, F., Raynor, P. and Trotter, C. (eds.) Offender Supervision: New Directions in Theory, Research and Practice. Willan, Cullompton.

McNeill, Fergus (2010) Youth justice: policy, research and evidence. In: Johnstone, J. and Burman, M. (eds.) Youth Justice. Series: Practice & policy in health and social care (9). Dunedin Academic Press, pp. 43-59. ISBN 9781903765913

McNeill, Fergus, Bracken, D., and Clarke, A. (2010) Social work and criminal justice. In: Shaw, I., Briar-Lawson, K., Orme, J. and Ruckdeschel, R. (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Social Work Research. Sage. ISBN 9781412934985

Munro, M., and McNeill, F. (2010) Fines, community sanctions and measures. In: Croall, H., Mooney, G. and Munro, M. (eds.) Criminal Justice in Scotland. Willan, Collumpton, UK. ISBN 9781843927860

Robinson, G., and McNeill, F. (2010) Probation in the UK. In: Herzog-Evans , M. and Dréan-Rivette, I. (eds.) Transnational Criminology Manual. Wolf Legal Publishers. ISBN 9789058505736

Weaver, Beth, and McNeill, Fergus (2010) Public protection in Scotland. In: Williams, A. and Nash, M. (eds.) Handbook of Public Protection. Willan. ISBN 9781843928515

Weaver, Beth, and McNeill, Fergus (2010) Travelling hopefully: desistance research and probation practice. In: Brayford, Jo, Cowe, Francis and Deering, John (eds.) What Else Works?: Creative Work with Offenders. Willan, Cullompton. ISBN 9781843927662

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Supervising young offenders: what works and what’s right. In: Barry, M. and McNeill, F. (eds.) Youth Offending and Youth Justice. Series: Research highlights (52). Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 132-153. ISBN 9781843106890

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Young people, serious offending and managing risk : a scottish perspective. In: Baker, K. and Sutherland, A. (eds.) Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements And Youth Justice. Series: Researching criminal justice series . Policy Press. ISBN 9781847422156

McCulloch, T., and McNeill, F. (2008) Desistance-focused approaches. In: Green, S., Lancaster, E. and Feasey, S. (eds.) Addressing Offending Behaviour: Context, Practice and Values. Willan Publishing, Cullompton, pp. 154-171. ISBN 9781843922438

McIvor, G., and McNeill, F. (2008) Developments in probation in Scotland. In: McIvor, G. and Raynor, P. (eds.) Developments in Social Work with Offenders. Series: Research highlights in social work (48). Jessica Kingsley, London, pp. 82-98. ISBN 9781843105381

McNeill, F., and Maruna, S. (2008) Giving up and giving back: desistance, generativity and social work with offenders. In: McIvor, G. and Raynor, P. (eds.) Developments in Social Work with Offenders. Series: Research highlights in social work (48). Jessica Kingsley, London, pp. 224-339. ISBN 9781843105381

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Social work, payback and punishment. In: Lightowler, C. and Hare, D. (eds.) Prisons and Sentencing Reform: Developing policy in Scotland. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, pp. 18-21.

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Young People, Serious Offending and Managing Risk: A Scottish Perspective. In: Baker, K. and Sutherland, A. (eds.) Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements and Youth Justice. The Policy Press, Bristol.

McIvor, G., and McNeill, F. (2007) Probation in Scotland: past, present and future. In: Gelsthorpe, L. and Morgan, R. (eds.) The Handbook of Probation. Willan, Cullompton, pp. 131-154. ISBN 1843921898

McNeill, F., and McIvor, G. (2007) Scotland: criminal justice social work. In: Canton, R. and Hancock, D. (eds.) The Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management. Willan, Cullompton, pp. 280-282. ISBN 9781843922896

Weaver, B., and McNeill, F. (2007) Desistance. In: Canton, R. and Hancock, D. (eds.) The Dictionary of Probation and Offender Management. Willan, Cullompton, Devon, pp. 90-92. ISBN 9781843922896

Weaver, B., and McNeill, F. (2007) Desistance. In: Godson, B. (ed.) Dictionary of Youth Justice. Willan, Cullompton. ISBN 9781843922940

Burman, M., Bradshaw, P., Hutton, N., McNeill, F., and Munro, M. (2006) The end of an era? Youth justice in Scotland. In: Junger-Tas, J. and Scott, H.D. (eds.) International Handbook of Juvenile Justice. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 435-467. ISBN 9781402044007

McNeill, F. (2006) Community supervision: context and relationships matter. In: Goldson, B. and Muncie, J. (eds.) Youth Crime and Justice: Critical Issues. Sage, London, pp. 125-138. ISBN 9781412911375

Batchelor, S., and McNeill, F. (2005) Offending. In: Smith, M., Forrest, B., Garland, P. and Hunter, L. (eds.) Secure in the Knowledge: Perspectives on Practice in Secure Accommodation. Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care, Glasgow, UK, pp. 216-221. ISBN 9781900743235

Batchelor, S.A., and McNeill, F. (2005) The young person-worker relationship. In: Bateman, T. and Pitts, J. (eds.) Russell House Companion to Youth Justice. Russell House Publishing, London. ISBN 9781903855492

Smith, M., Forrest, B., McNeill, F., and McMillan, N. (2005) Historical and policy context of secure accommodation. In: Smith, M., Forrest, B., Garland, P. and Hunter, L. (eds.) Secure in the Knowledge: Perspectives on Practice in Secure Accommodation. Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care, Glasgow, UK, pp. 8-23. ISBN 9781900743235

Robinson, G., and McNeill, F. (2004) Purposes matters: examining the ends of probation. In: What Matters in Probation. Willan, Cullompton, pp. 277-304. ISBN 978184392052

Smith, M., McNeill, F., and Batchelor, S. (2004) Risk assessment. In: Forrest, B., Garland, P. and Hunter, L. (eds.) Secure in the Knowledge: Perspectives on Practice in Secure Accommodation. Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care, Glasgow, pp. 1-7. ISBN 190074323X

McNeill, F. (2003) Desistance-focused probation practice. In: Chui, W.H. and Nellis, M. (eds.) Moving Probation Forward: Evidence, Arguments and Practice. Pearson, Harlow, UK, pp. 146-162. ISBN 9780582472778

McNeill, F. (2002) Assisting sentencing, promoting justice? In: Tata, C. and Hutton, N. (eds.) Sentencing and Society: International Perspectives. Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 429-451. ISBN 9780754621836

Edited Book

McNeill, F., Raynor, P. and Trotter, C., (Eds.) (2010) Offender Supervision: New Directions in Theory, Research and Practice. Willan, Cullompton. ISBN 9781843929369

Barry, Monica and McNeill, Fergus, (Eds.) (2009) Youth Offending and Youth Justice. Series: Research highlights. Jessica Kingsley, London. ISBN 9781843106890

Research Report or Paper

Armstrong, S., McIvor, G., McNeill, F., and McGuinness, P. (2012) International Evidence Review of Conditional (Suspended) Sentences: Final Report. Technical Report. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, Glasgow, UK.

Armstrong, S., and McNeill, F. (2012) Reducing Reoffending: Review of Selected Countries. Project Report. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR), Glasgow.

McNeill, F., Farrall, S., Lightowler, C., and Maruna, S. (2012) How and why people stop offending: discovering desistance. Other. Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services.

Shapland, J., Bottoms, A., Farrall, S., McNeill, F., Priede, C., and Robinson, G. (2012) The Quality of Probation Supervision: A Literature Review. Project Report. Centre for Criminological Research: University of Sheffield, Sheffield.

McNeill, Fergus, Burnett, R, and McCulloch, T. (2010) Culture, Change and Community Justice. Project Report. Scottish Centre for Crime and Criminal Justice, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

McNeill, Fergus, and Weaver, Beth (2010) Changing Lives? Desistance Research and Offender Management. Project Report. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Leverick, F., Chalmers, J., Armstrong, S., and McNeill, F. (2009) Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission: 10th Anniversary Research. Project Report. Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, Glasgow, UK.

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Towards Effective Practice in Offender Supervision. Discussion Paper. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Sparks, R, and McNeill, Fergus (2009) Incarceration, Social Control and Human Rights. Project Report. International Council on Human Rights Policy.

McNeill, Fergus, and Batchelor, Susan (2008) Audit of Youth Crime in North Ayrshire. Project Report. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow. (Unpublished)

Conference Proceedings

McNeill, Fergus, and Maruna, S. (2010) Paying Back and Trading Up: Reforming Character. In: European Society of Criminology Annual Conference, 8-10 September, 2010, University of Liege. (Unpublished)

McNeill, F. (2009) Scotland's Choice: Evidence, Policy and Policy-Making? In: Re-imagining the Role of Prison in Irish Society, 18 Jun 2009, Dublin Castle, Dublin .

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Desistance theory: why do some people stop committing crimes? In: Annual conference of the Staff Academy of the Norwegian Correctional Services (KRUS), Oslo.

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Effective practice: why literacies are important for offenders. In: Pathways Through Learning, Edinburgh.

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Helping, holding, hurting: recalling and reforming punishment. In: The 6th Annual Apex Lecture, 8th September 2009, Edinburgh. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Hysteresis and reconfiguration: narratives of risk and responsibility in pre-sentence reports. In: 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Criminology Working Group on Community Sanctions.

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Probation, rehabilitation and reparation. In: 2nd Annual Martin Tansey Memorial Lecture, May 2009, Dublin. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Recalling Supervision: Learning the Lessons of (Oral) History. In: 3rd Annual Meeting of Collaboration of Researchers for the Effective Development of Offender Supervision (CREDOS), 4-5 September, 2009, Monash University Centre, Prato, Italy. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2009) Social capital theory into practice: desistance - What makes a difference? In: Prison Leavers’ Health: Opportunities and Prospects, Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh.

McNeill, Fergus (2009) The desistance paradigm and the revival of offender rehabilitation. In: Address at the University of Bucharest, 31 March 2009, Bucharest. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus, and Robinson, G. (2009) Liquid Legitimacy: Negotiating Compliance with Community Sanctions. In: International Symposium on Legitimacy and Compliance and Criminal Justice, 25-26 June, 2009, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds, England. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus, and Weaver, Beth (2009) Partial stories: recollecting Scottish probation in the 1960s. In: 9th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, University of Ljubljana.

Weaver, B., and McNeill, Fergus (2009) Travelling Hopefully: Desistance Research and Probation Practice. In: 9th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, 9-12 September, 2009, University of Ljubljana. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Benefits and Challenges of Alternative Sentencing. In: Two-day seminar on Alternative Sentencing for the Cayman Islands Government, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Beyond risk and need: Good lives for every child. In: National Association for Youth Justice Annual Conference, Newport, UK.

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Desistance research and interventions practice. In: Scottish Prison Service Annual Conference, 18 - 19 Sep 2008, Clydebank, UK. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Desistance research and offender supervision. In: Invitational Conference de Betekens van de Levensloopbenadering Voor de Reclassering, 24th October, 2008, Hogeschool Utrecht. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Desistance theory and reducing criminality. In: ‘Addressing Criminality’ an invited presentation at a Home Office/Ministry of Justice/British Society of Criminology Symposium , 15 Dec 2008, King’s College, London. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Public opinion, punishment and payback. In: Beyond McLeish: New Ideas, Lasting Solutions’ a Holyrood Communications Conference, Edinburgh, UK.

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Veterans and villains: Oral history and penological research. In: British Society of Criminology’s annual conference, Huddersfield, UK.

McNeill, Fergus (2008) Veterans' voices: Oral histories of Scottish probation. In: European Society of Criminology’s annual conference, Edinburgh, UK.

McNeill, Fergus (2008) What works in probation? In: European Conference of Directors of Probation Services, Strasbourg, France.

McNeill, Fergus, and Halliday, Simon (2008) The local rep and the Royal Shakespeare Company: Problems of identity and capital for social workers as actors in the criminal justice system. In: ESRC Seminar: The effects of professionals' human and cultural capital for interprofessional social capital, Glasgow, United Kingdom . (Unpublished)

Hutton, Neil, and McNeill, Fergus (2007) Social Workers as Sentencers: Professional Tensions and Insecurities. In: 7th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, 26-28 September, 2007, University of Bologna. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2007) Hysteresis, Risk and Redemption: Social Enquiry and the New Penology. In: Law and Society Annual Conference, 25-28 July, 2007, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2007) Hysteresis, Risk and Redemption: Social Enquiry and the New Penology. In: British Society of Criminology's Annual Conference, 18-20 September, 2007, London School of Economics, London, England. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus, and Robinson, G. (2007) Rethinking Compliance. In: 7th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, 26-28 September, 2007, University of Bologna. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2006) Desistance, Social Capital and Community Penalties. In: 6th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, 26-29 August, 2006, University of Tubingen, Germany. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus, and Burns, N. (2006) Navigating the Margins: Influencing Sentencing Through Social Enquiry. In: Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference, 28-30 March, 2006, Law School, University of Stirling, Scotland. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus, and Burns, N. (2005) Redemption and Risk: Social Enquiry and the New Penology. In: Re-awakening the Criminological Imagination. British Society of Criminology Conference, 12-14 July, 2005, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds, England. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus, and McCulloch, P. (2005) Commodification of Probation. In: Re-awakening the Criminological Imagination. The British Society of Criminology Conference, 12-14 July, 2005, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds, England. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (2004) Probation in Scotland: From Welfare to Correctionalism? In: Global Similarities, Local Differences. 4th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, 25-28 August, 2004, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Unpublished)

Robinson, G., and McNeill, Fergus (2002) Probation and Meta-narrative: Exploring the Ideological Purposes of Contemporary Probation Practice. In: Crossing Borders. British Society of Criminology Conference, 17-20 July, 2002, Keele University. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus, and Batchelor, Susan (2001) Chaos, Containment and Change: Undertaking a Local Analysis of the Problems of Persistent Offending by Young People. In: Villains and Victims: Children and the Penal System. The Howard League Annual Conference, 11-12 September, 2001, New College, Oxford.

McNeill, Fergus (2000) North and South: Changing Ideologies of Probation in Mainland Britain. In: British Society of Criminology Conference, 5-7 July, 2000, University of Leicester, England. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (1999) An Aid to Sentencing? Five Years of Social Enquiry. In: Sentencing and Society: an International Conference, 24-26 June 1999, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. (Unpublished)

McNeill, Fergus (1999) Soft Options and Hard Cases: Public Attitudes, Social Inclusion and Probation. In: 17th Annual Conference of the Howard League for Penal Reform, 15-16 September, 1999, New College, Oxford. (Unpublished)

Audio

McNeill, F. (2011) Supporting Desistance from Crime: Reconfiguring Penal Practice. [Audio]