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Researcher page: Dr Aisha Gill
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About the researcher: Dr Aisha Gill
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Title:
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Dr Aisha Gill
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Department:
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School of Social Sciences
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Field:
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Criminology
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Phone:
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0208 392 3893
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Email:
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a.gill@roehampton.ac.uk
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Roehampton University staff page
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Research interests:
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Dr Gill (B.A., M.A. [Di], PhD (University of Essex)) PGCHE, is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Roehampton University, London. She has conducted a number of research projects – funded variously by the ESRC, the Home Office, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the NSPCC – on DV, forced marriage, so-called ‘honour killings’, policing and community engagement, child contact and post-separation violence. Her current research interests include the following: rights, law and forced marriage; gendered crimes related to patriarchy; so-called ‘honour’ killings and ‘honour’-based violence in the South Asian/Kurdish Diaspora and femicide in the Kurdish community; sexual violence; missing women; acid violence; and trafficking. She has also published widely in peer-reviewed journals and is currently co-editing a book entitled Forced Marriage: Introducing a Social Justice and Human Rights Perspective.
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Teaching interests:
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Current
• Gender Violence and Human Rights (Convenor)
• Criminology, Human Rights and Social Justice (Joint Convenor)
• Youth, Crime and Justice (Convenor)
• Criminal Justice and Domestic Violence (Convenor 2005-)
• Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Convenor)
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