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Trish McCulloch

Trish McCulloch
Trish
McCulloch

Biography

Trish McCulloch is a senior lecturer in social work, employed part-time. Prior to joining the University in 2003 she worked as a social worker within youth and adult justice settings. Her research activity has focussed on various areas of criminal justice social work practice, including a particular focus on the social and community contexts of behaviour change. Trish is currently completing her Doctorate degree and is exploring the role and potential of 'community' in supporting offenders to achieve change.

Trish is a member of the ESC working group on Community Sanctions and has acted in a consultancy role with the Scottish Government, Falkirk City Council, Dundee City Council and the Open University. She is currently an External Examiner for the Open University. When not at work Trish spends her time at play with her children.

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Chapters
McCulloch T. & McNeill, F., 2010 McCulloch T. & McNeill, F. (in press) ‘Adult Criminal Justice’. In Davis R. and Gordon, J. Social Work and the Law in Scotland (2nd edition). Palgrave Macmillan. (expected publication date December 2010)
McCulloch, T., 2010 McCulloch, T. (2010) ‘Exploring community service: Understanding compliance’. In McNeill, F., Raynor, P. and Trotter, C. Offender Supervision: New Directions in Theory, Research and Practice, Cullompton: Willan.
McCulloch, T. & McNeil, F., 2008 McCulloch, T. & McNeil, F. (2008). Desistance-focussed approaches. In Green, S., Lancaster, E. & Feasey, S. Addressing Offending Behaviour, Collumpton: Willan. Chapter 9 ISBN-10: 1-843922-43-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-84392-243-8
Sing, S., Patel, V. & Falconer*/McCulloch, T., 2000 Sing, S., Patel, V. & Falconer*, T. (2000) Confusions and Perceptions: social work conceptions regarding Black Children in Scotland. In Iwaniec, D. & Hill, M., Child Welfare Policy and Practice: Issues and Lessons Emerging from Current Research; London: Jessica Kingsley, pp183-199. [*maiden name]
Journal Papers
McCulloch T. & McNeill, F., 2010 McCulloch, T. & McNeill, F. (forthcoming) ‘Criminal Justice Social Work in Scotland’, Review of Social Work, 3.
McCulloch, T., 2010 McCulloch, T. (2010) ‘Realising Potential: Community service, prosocial modelling and desistance’, European Journal of Probation, 2(2) pp. 3-22.
McCulloch, T. & McNeil, F., 2007 McCulloch, T. & McNeil, F. (2007). Consumer Society, Commodification and Offender Management, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 3 (1).
McCulloch, T. & Kelly, L., 2007 McCulloch, T. & Kelly, L. (2007). Working with sex offenders in context: Which way forward?. Probation Journal, 54(1), 7-21.
McCulloch, T. , 2006 McCulloch, T. (2006) 'Reviewing 'What Works?': a social perspective'. British Journal of Community Justice, 4(1), 19-32.
McCulloch, T. , 2005 McCulloch, T. (2005). Probation, social context and desistance: Retracing the relationship. Probation Journal, 52(1), 8-22
Conference Presentations
McCulloch, T., 2010 McCulloch, T. (2010) ‘Recognition of Prior Learning: constructing your claim’, paper presented to Research Student Forum, University of Dundee, March.
McCulloch, T., 2010 McCulloch, T. (2010) ‘Evaluating Training: Community Service, Pro-social Modelling and Desistance’, paper presented at ESWCE Stakeholders Conference, University of Dundee, 21 April.
McCulloch, T., 2009 McCulloch, T. (2009) ‘Realising Potential: Community Service, Pro-social modelling and Desistance’, paper presented at CREDOS, Monash University, Prato, 5 September.
McCulloch, T., 2008 McCulloch, T. (2008) ‘Realising Potential: Community Service, Pro-social modelling and Desistance’ paper presented to Criminal Justice Social Work Services, Dundee City Council, December 2008.
McNeill, F. & McCulloch, T. , 2005 McNeill, F. & McCulloch, T. (2005) ‘The Commodification of Probation in Scotland’, paper presented at British Society of Criminology Conference, Leeds, 12-14 July 2005.
Professional Publications
McNeill, F., Burnett, R. & McCulloch, T., 2010 McNeill, F., Burnett, R. & McCulloch, T. (2010) Culture Change and Community Justice. Glasgow: Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research.
McCulloch, T., 2008 McCulloch, T. (2008) An Evaluation of the Impact of Prosocial Modelling Training on the Delivery and Practice of Community Service Supervision in Dundee, University of Dundee.