School of Law

Professor Rachel McPherson

  • Professor of Criminal Law and Evidence (School of Law)

telephone: 0141 330 1777
email: Rachel.Mcpherson@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 316, Stair Building, University of Glasgow

Import to contacts

Biography

Rachel’s expertise lies in Criminal Law and Evidence. She is particularly interested in legal responses to domestic abuse and intimate partner homicide.

Her research employs feminist socio-legal methodologies.

She has worked across a range of socio-legal research projects including those funded by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, Economic and Social Research Council, Scottish Government, and Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

Research interests

  • Access to justice
  • Criminal law
  • Criminal justice
  • Family law
  • Intimate partner homicide
  • Law of evidence
  • Legal responses to domestic abuse
  • Sentencing
  • Socio-legal research methodologies

Publications

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Number of items: 49.

2026

McPherson, Rachel (2026) The role of fatal accident inquiries in intimate partner homicide. Feminist Legal Studies, (Accepted for Publication)

Burgess, Nicholas and McPherson, Rachel (2026) The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 and rules of evidence in light of Daly: reflections on the case of KB V HM advocate. Edinburgh Law Review, (Accepted for Publication)

McPherson, Rachel (2026) Concepts of coercion in Scots criminal law: the scope and potential for the defence of coercion to recognise circumstances of domestic abuse. Journal of International and Comparative Law, 13(1), pp. 165-188.

McPherson, Rachel (Ed.) (2026) Avizandum Statutes on Scots Criminal Law and Evidence. Series: Avizandum statutes. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9781399572378 (In Press)

Cannon, Catriona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6813-7412, Fletcher, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8725-4895, McPherson, Rachel, Peevers, Charlie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-421X and Stevenson-McCabe, Seonaid (Eds.) (2026) Women, Law and Legal Work in Scotland: Dialogues about our Past, Present and Future. Edinburgh University Press. (In Press)

2025

McPherson, Rachel and Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X (2025) The sentencing of offences involving modern slavery and human trafficking in Scotland: Literature review. Project Report. Scottish Sentencing Council.

McPherson, Rachel (2025) The problem of complex defence strategies: excessive self-defence as a remedy to cases involving claims of accident and self-defence. Criminal Law Review, 2025(5), pp. 264-280.

Hockaday, Colin, Lemesheva, Yulia, Ormston, Rachel, McPherson, Rachel, O’Loughlin, Ailbhe and Tata, Cyrus (2025) Public Perceptions of Sentencing: 2025 Survey Report. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

2024

McPherson, Rachel (2024) Reforming the landscape for women who kill their abusers in Scotland. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 13(4), pp. 96-111. (doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.3514)

McPherson, Rachel, Burgess, Nicholas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2325-376X and Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X (2024) The sentencing of offences involving stalking in Scotland. Literature review. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

McPherson, Rachel (2024) News media reporting on Scottish cases in which women kill following domestic abuse. Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, 25(10), pp. 2191-2209. (doi: 10.1177/14648849231207677)

McPherson, Rachel (2024) Prosecuting and sentencing domestic abuse in Scotland. In: Burton, Mandy, Bettinson, Vanessa, Richardson, Kayliegh and Speed, Ana (eds.) Research Handbook on Domestic Violence and Abuse. Series: Research handbooks in family law. Edward Elgar, pp. 401-417. ISBN 9781035300631 (doi: 10.4337/9781035300648.00031)

Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and McPherson, Rachel (2024) Rape Sentencing Guideline. Non-standard consultation response. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council.

Wood, Jill, Murphy, Catherine, Mitchell, Lynsey and McPherson, Rachel (2024) Outdated, Harmful and Never in the Public Interest: The Urgent Need to Modernise Scotland’s Abortion Law and Prevent Prosecutions. Documentation. Engender.

2023

McPherson, Rachel M. (Ed.) (2023) Women Who Kill, Criminal Law and Domestic Abuse. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY. ISBN 9781032052878

McPherson, Rachel (2023) Killings following domestic abuse: public opinion, law reform and the future direction of Scots law. Juridical Review, 2023(2), pp. 97-112.

McPherson, Rachel (2023) Fit for purpose in today’s society? Reflecting on provocation pleas in modern Scotland. Journal of Criminal Law, 87(2), pp. 97-108. (doi: 10.1177/00220183231165813)

McPherson, Rachel (2023) Reflecting on legal responses to intimate partner femicide in Scotland. Violence Against Women, 29(3-4), pp. 686-704. (doi: 10.1177/10778012221094068) (PMID:35989666)

McPherson, Rachel and Kjellgren, Richard (2023) Intimate Partner Violence and the Order for Lifelong Restriction: An Exploratory Study. [Website]

Fletcher, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8725-4895, McPherson, Rachel, Peevers, Charlie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-421X and Stevenson-McCabe, Seonaid (2023) Women in Law Project. [Exhibitions]

2022

McPherson, Rachel (2022) Women accused of killing with others: experiences of the Scottish criminal justice system. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 61(4), pp. 484-501. (doi: 10.1111/hojo.12490)

McPherson, Rachel (2022) Women and self-defence: an empirical and doctrinal analysis. International Journal of Law in Context, 18(4), pp. 461-475. (doi: 10.1017/S1744552322000131)

McPherson, Rachel (2022) Unintended consequences of non-harassment orders: child contact decision-making. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 44(4), pp. 495-511. (doi: 10.1080/09649069.2022.2136714)

McPherson, Rachel, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and Wheate, Rhonda (2022) Sentencing domestic abuse in Scotland. [Website]

McPherson, Rachel, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and Wheate, Rhonda (2022) The sentencing of offences involving domestic abuse in Scotland. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

McPherson, Rachel (2022) An empirical study of criminal defences. Criminal Law Review, 2022(4), pp. 307-318.

McPherson, Rachel (2022) S. Cowan, C. Kennedy and V. Munro (eds), Scottish Feminist Judgments: (Re)Creating Law from the Outside In, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2020, 472pp, hb £95.00. Modern Law Review, 85(2), pp. 563-566. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12660)[Book Review]

2021

Biggs, Hannah, Reid, Susan, Attygalle, Kaushi, Vosnaki, Konstantina, McPherson, Rachel and Tata, Cyrus (2021) Public Perceptions of Sentencing in Scotland: Qualitative research exploring sexual offences. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh, UK.

Creutzfeldt, Naomi, Gill, Chris, Cornelis, Marine and McPherson, Rachel (2021) Access to Justice for Vulnerable and Energy-Poor Consumers: Just Energy? Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781509939435

McPherson, Rachel (2021) Legal change and legal inertia: understanding and contextualising Scottish cases in which women kill their abusers. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 5(2), pp. 289-306. (doi: 10.1332/239868021X16099485271900)

McPherson, Rachel (2021) The Sentencing Process Guideline Analysis of Consultation Responses. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council.

McPherson, Rachel (2021) Diminished responsibility post codification: lost opportunities, tensions and gendered applications. Edinburgh Law Review, 25(2), pp. 173-191. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2021.0693)

McPherson, Rachel, Burgess, Nicholas, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and Tata, Cyrus (2021) What do we know about sentencing sexual offences in Scotland? [Website]

McPherson, Rachel, Burgess, Nick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2325-376X, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and Tata, Cyrus (2021) Sexual offences involving rape literature review. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

McPherson, Rachel, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X, Burgess, Nicholas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2325-376X and Tata, Cyrus (2021) Sexual offences involving sexual assault literature review. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

Reid, Susan, Biggs, Hannah, Attygalle, Kaushi, Vosnaki, Konstantina, McPherson, Rachel and Tata, Cyrus (2021) Public Perceptions of Sentencing in Scotland: Qualitative research exploring causing death by driving offences. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

2020

Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X, McPherson, Rachel and Tata, Cyrus (2020) Sentence Discounting: Sentencing and Plea Decision-Making. Documentation. Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

McPherson, Rachel (2020) Sutherland v HM Advocate: the right to privacy, evidence gathering and the integrity of justice in a digital age. Juridical Review, 2020(2), pp. 104-109.

Creutzfeldt, N., Gill, C., McPherson, R. and Cornelis, M. (2020) The social and local dimensions of governance of energy poverty: adaptive responses to state remoteness. Journal of Consumer Policy, 43, pp. 635-658. (doi: 10.1007/s10603-019-09442-z)

2019

McPherson, Rachel (2019) Battered Woman Syndrome, diminished responsibility and women who kill: insights from Scottish case law. Journal of Criminal Law, 83(5), pp. 381-393. (doi: 10.1177/0022018319858506)

McPherson, Rachel (2019) Donegan v HM Advocate: a step in the right direction for female complainers in sexual offences? Edinburgh Law Review, 23(3), pp. 406-411. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2019.0577)

McPherson, Rachel (2019) Entrapment and the road to fraud. Juridical Review, 2019(3), pp. 277-281.

McPherson, Rachel (2019) Just Energy World Cafe Institute for Advanced Legal Studies 15 March 2019. [Website]

2018

McPherson, Rachel and Tata, Cyrus (2018) Causing Death by Driving Offences: Literature Review. Other. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh, UK.

2017

McPherson, Rachel (2017) Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation: Analysis of Questionnaire Responses. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK.

2015

McPherson, Rachel (2015) Pamela R Ferguson and Claire McDiarmid, 'Scots Criminal Law: A Critical Analysis'. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (www.euppublishing.com), 2014. lxv + 701 pp. ISBN 9781845861308. £40. Edinburgh Law Review, 19(2), pp. 297-298. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2015.0290)[Book Review]

2013

McPherson, Rachel (2013) The procedure of agreed narratives: Procedural efficiency or a concern for justice? Juridical Review, 141,

2012

McPherson, Rachel (2012) Fatal self-defence against rape: A call for clarification in Scots Law. Juridical Review, 111,

McPherson, Rachel (2012) Domestic abuse and partner homicide. SCOLAG Legal Journal, 411(4),

This list was generated on Thu Oct 22 01:42:34 2026 BST.
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Number of items: 49.

Articles

McPherson, Rachel (2026) The role of fatal accident inquiries in intimate partner homicide. Feminist Legal Studies, (Accepted for Publication)

Burgess, Nicholas and McPherson, Rachel (2026) The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 and rules of evidence in light of Daly: reflections on the case of KB V HM advocate. Edinburgh Law Review, (Accepted for Publication)

McPherson, Rachel (2026) Concepts of coercion in Scots criminal law: the scope and potential for the defence of coercion to recognise circumstances of domestic abuse. Journal of International and Comparative Law, 13(1), pp. 165-188.

McPherson, Rachel (2025) The problem of complex defence strategies: excessive self-defence as a remedy to cases involving claims of accident and self-defence. Criminal Law Review, 2025(5), pp. 264-280.

McPherson, Rachel (2024) Reforming the landscape for women who kill their abusers in Scotland. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 13(4), pp. 96-111. (doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.3514)

McPherson, Rachel (2024) News media reporting on Scottish cases in which women kill following domestic abuse. Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, 25(10), pp. 2191-2209. (doi: 10.1177/14648849231207677)

McPherson, Rachel (2023) Killings following domestic abuse: public opinion, law reform and the future direction of Scots law. Juridical Review, 2023(2), pp. 97-112.

McPherson, Rachel (2023) Fit for purpose in today’s society? Reflecting on provocation pleas in modern Scotland. Journal of Criminal Law, 87(2), pp. 97-108. (doi: 10.1177/00220183231165813)

McPherson, Rachel (2023) Reflecting on legal responses to intimate partner femicide in Scotland. Violence Against Women, 29(3-4), pp. 686-704. (doi: 10.1177/10778012221094068) (PMID:35989666)

McPherson, Rachel (2022) Women accused of killing with others: experiences of the Scottish criminal justice system. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 61(4), pp. 484-501. (doi: 10.1111/hojo.12490)

McPherson, Rachel (2022) Women and self-defence: an empirical and doctrinal analysis. International Journal of Law in Context, 18(4), pp. 461-475. (doi: 10.1017/S1744552322000131)

McPherson, Rachel (2022) Unintended consequences of non-harassment orders: child contact decision-making. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 44(4), pp. 495-511. (doi: 10.1080/09649069.2022.2136714)

McPherson, Rachel (2022) An empirical study of criminal defences. Criminal Law Review, 2022(4), pp. 307-318.

McPherson, Rachel (2021) Legal change and legal inertia: understanding and contextualising Scottish cases in which women kill their abusers. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 5(2), pp. 289-306. (doi: 10.1332/239868021X16099485271900)

McPherson, Rachel (2021) Diminished responsibility post codification: lost opportunities, tensions and gendered applications. Edinburgh Law Review, 25(2), pp. 173-191. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2021.0693)

McPherson, Rachel (2020) Sutherland v HM Advocate: the right to privacy, evidence gathering and the integrity of justice in a digital age. Juridical Review, 2020(2), pp. 104-109.

Creutzfeldt, N., Gill, C., McPherson, R. and Cornelis, M. (2020) The social and local dimensions of governance of energy poverty: adaptive responses to state remoteness. Journal of Consumer Policy, 43, pp. 635-658. (doi: 10.1007/s10603-019-09442-z)

McPherson, Rachel (2019) Battered Woman Syndrome, diminished responsibility and women who kill: insights from Scottish case law. Journal of Criminal Law, 83(5), pp. 381-393. (doi: 10.1177/0022018319858506)

McPherson, Rachel (2019) Donegan v HM Advocate: a step in the right direction for female complainers in sexual offences? Edinburgh Law Review, 23(3), pp. 406-411. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2019.0577)

McPherson, Rachel (2019) Entrapment and the road to fraud. Juridical Review, 2019(3), pp. 277-281.

McPherson, Rachel (2013) The procedure of agreed narratives: Procedural efficiency or a concern for justice? Juridical Review, 141,

McPherson, Rachel (2012) Fatal self-defence against rape: A call for clarification in Scots Law. Juridical Review, 111,

McPherson, Rachel (2012) Domestic abuse and partner homicide. SCOLAG Legal Journal, 411(4),

Books

Creutzfeldt, Naomi, Gill, Chris, Cornelis, Marine and McPherson, Rachel (2021) Access to Justice for Vulnerable and Energy-Poor Consumers: Just Energy? Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781509939435

Book Sections

McPherson, Rachel (2024) Prosecuting and sentencing domestic abuse in Scotland. In: Burton, Mandy, Bettinson, Vanessa, Richardson, Kayliegh and Speed, Ana (eds.) Research Handbook on Domestic Violence and Abuse. Series: Research handbooks in family law. Edward Elgar, pp. 401-417. ISBN 9781035300631 (doi: 10.4337/9781035300648.00031)

Book Reviews

McPherson, Rachel (2022) S. Cowan, C. Kennedy and V. Munro (eds), Scottish Feminist Judgments: (Re)Creating Law from the Outside In, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2020, 472pp, hb £95.00. Modern Law Review, 85(2), pp. 563-566. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12660)[Book Review]

McPherson, Rachel (2015) Pamela R Ferguson and Claire McDiarmid, 'Scots Criminal Law: A Critical Analysis'. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (www.euppublishing.com), 2014. lxv + 701 pp. ISBN 9781845861308. £40. Edinburgh Law Review, 19(2), pp. 297-298. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2015.0290)[Book Review]

Edited Books

McPherson, Rachel (Ed.) (2026) Avizandum Statutes on Scots Criminal Law and Evidence. Series: Avizandum statutes. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9781399572378 (In Press)

Cannon, Catriona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6813-7412, Fletcher, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8725-4895, McPherson, Rachel, Peevers, Charlie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-421X and Stevenson-McCabe, Seonaid (Eds.) (2026) Women, Law and Legal Work in Scotland: Dialogues about our Past, Present and Future. Edinburgh University Press. (In Press)

McPherson, Rachel M. (Ed.) (2023) Women Who Kill, Criminal Law and Domestic Abuse. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY. ISBN 9781032052878

Research Reports or Papers

McPherson, Rachel and Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X (2025) The sentencing of offences involving modern slavery and human trafficking in Scotland: Literature review. Project Report. Scottish Sentencing Council.

Hockaday, Colin, Lemesheva, Yulia, Ormston, Rachel, McPherson, Rachel, O’Loughlin, Ailbhe and Tata, Cyrus (2025) Public Perceptions of Sentencing: 2025 Survey Report. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

McPherson, Rachel, Burgess, Nicholas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2325-376X and Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X (2024) The sentencing of offences involving stalking in Scotland. Literature review. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and McPherson, Rachel (2024) Rape Sentencing Guideline. Non-standard consultation response. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council.

Wood, Jill, Murphy, Catherine, Mitchell, Lynsey and McPherson, Rachel (2024) Outdated, Harmful and Never in the Public Interest: The Urgent Need to Modernise Scotland’s Abortion Law and Prevent Prosecutions. Documentation. Engender.

McPherson, Rachel, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and Wheate, Rhonda (2022) The sentencing of offences involving domestic abuse in Scotland. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

Biggs, Hannah, Reid, Susan, Attygalle, Kaushi, Vosnaki, Konstantina, McPherson, Rachel and Tata, Cyrus (2021) Public Perceptions of Sentencing in Scotland: Qualitative research exploring sexual offences. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh, UK.

McPherson, Rachel (2021) The Sentencing Process Guideline Analysis of Consultation Responses. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council.

McPherson, Rachel, Burgess, Nick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2325-376X, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and Tata, Cyrus (2021) Sexual offences involving rape literature review. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

McPherson, Rachel, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X, Burgess, Nicholas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2325-376X and Tata, Cyrus (2021) Sexual offences involving sexual assault literature review. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

Reid, Susan, Biggs, Hannah, Attygalle, Kaushi, Vosnaki, Konstantina, McPherson, Rachel and Tata, Cyrus (2021) Public Perceptions of Sentencing in Scotland: Qualitative research exploring causing death by driving offences. Documentation. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X, McPherson, Rachel and Tata, Cyrus (2020) Sentence Discounting: Sentencing and Plea Decision-Making. Documentation. Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

McPherson, Rachel and Tata, Cyrus (2018) Causing Death by Driving Offences: Literature Review. Other. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh, UK.

McPherson, Rachel (2017) Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation: Analysis of Questionnaire Responses. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK.

Exhibitions

Fletcher, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8725-4895, McPherson, Rachel, Peevers, Charlie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-421X and Stevenson-McCabe, Seonaid (2023) Women in Law Project. [Exhibitions]

Website

McPherson, Rachel and Kjellgren, Richard (2023) Intimate Partner Violence and the Order for Lifelong Restriction: An Exploratory Study. [Website]

McPherson, Rachel, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and Wheate, Rhonda (2022) Sentencing domestic abuse in Scotland. [Website]

McPherson, Rachel, Burgess, Nicholas, Gormley, Jay ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-503X and Tata, Cyrus (2021) What do we know about sentencing sexual offences in Scotland? [Website]

McPherson, Rachel (2019) Just Energy World Cafe Institute for Advanced Legal Studies 15 March 2019. [Website]

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Grants

  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2024) Public Perceptions of Sentencing Survey, tendered in association with Ipsos MORI
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2024) Sentencing in cases involving human trafficking and modern slavery
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2023) Sentencing in cases involving stalking
  • ESRC (2022) Understanding Domestic Homicide in Scotland: Exploring Patterns, Promoting Safeguarding
  • British Academy (2022) Hidden Voices: how women convicted of killing their intimate partners experience the Scottish criminal justice system
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2021) Sentencing in cases involving domestic abuse
  • Royal Society of Edinburgh (2021) Understanding and translating cases in which women kill following domestic abuse
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2020) Sentencing in cases involving rape in Scotland and other jurisdictions
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2020) Sentencing in cases involving sexual assault in Scotland and other jurisdictions
  • Carnegie Trust (2020) Scottish homicides: bridging the gap between the empirical and theoretical
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2019) Analysis of Judicial Consultations on Sentencing 
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2019) Sentencing Discount, tendered in association with University of Strathclyde
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2019) Public Perceptions of Sentencing Survey, tendered in association with Ipsos MORI
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2019) Public Perceptions of Sentencing in the Scottish Courts, tendered in associated with ScotCen
  • Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2018) Death by Driving Literature Review, tendered in association with University of Strathclyde
  • Scottish Government (2017) Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation 
  • Glasgow City Council (2017) Hate Crime Service Provision 

Supervision

Rachel is interested in supervising students with an interest in any aspect of criminal law and criminal justice; the law of evidence and family law. 

Current supervision:

  • Marsh, Clare   The introduction a specific defence in the context of the law of homicide where an accused has been a victim of domestic abuse, and how this defence should operate.
  • Reilly, Phoebe
    .An examination and evaluation of Scottish university responses to a complaint of student to-student gender-based violence (GBV)

Teaching

  • Criminal Law and Evidence
  • Family Law
  • Legal Responses to Domestic Abuse and Honour Abuse
  • Women, Law & Society

Research datasets

Jump to: 2023
Number of items: 1.

2023

Fletcher, M. , Peevers, C. , Stevenson, S. and McPherson, R. (2023) Women in Law Project - 100 Voices. [Data Collection]

This list was generated on Thu Oct 22 16:31:25 2026 BST.

Additional information

Affiliations

Community of Practice for the Study of Domestic Homicide

Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research

Gender-Based Violence Research Forum

Rape Crisis Scotland