Dr Aisha Gill

Selected Research Publications

Articles in Referred Journals:

Gill, A. (2009) “Honour” Killings and the Quest for Justice in Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the UK, Criminal Justice Policy Review, 20, (4): 475-494. (subscription required)
Gill, A. , Anitha, S. (2009) The Illusion of Protection? An Analysis of Forced Marriage Legislation and Policy in the UK, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 31 (3): 257–269. (subscription required)
Anitha, S., Gill, A. (2009) Coercion, Consent and the Forced Marriage Debate in the UK, Feminist Legal Studies, 17 (2): 165-184. (subscription required)
Gill, A. , Mitra-Kahn, T. (2009) Explaining Daughter Devaluation and the Issue of Missing Women in South Asia and the UK, Current Sociology, 57 (5): 684–703.(subscription required)
DeVito, D., Gill, A. , Short, D. (2009) Rape characterised as Genocide, Sur: International Journal of Human Rights, 6 (10): 29- 51.
Gill, A. (2008) ‘Crimes of Honour’ and Violence Against Women in the UK, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Vol. 32 (2). (subscription required)
Gill, A. , Banga, B. (2008) "A Specialist Refuge Space of my Own”: BMER Women, Housing and Domestic Violence, Journal of Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, Vol 1, Issue 2, December.
Gill, A. , Banga, B. (2008) Black, Minority Ethnic and Refugee Women, Domestic Violence and Access to Housing, A Race Equality Foundation Briefing Paper, No 9: London, October Issue. Available from: http://www.raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/housing/files/housing-brief9.pdf
Gill, A. , Radford, L. (2007) Domestic violence policies under New Labour: Wasted years? Centre for Crime and Justice Studies Journal, Autumn edition.
McAlpine, C., Gill, A. & Hegarty, P. (2007) Why Criminalise Forced Marriage? –Islamophobia and Assimilation Based Justifications, The Psychology of Women Section Review, 9 (2): 15-28.
Gill, A. (2006) Patriarchal Violence in the Name of ‘Honour’, International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, V1 (1): 1-12.
Radford, L., Gill, A. (2006) Losing the Plot? Researching Community Safety Partnership Work against Domestic Violence, Howard Journal of Criminal, 45 (4): 369-387.
Gill, A. (2005) Governing Violence: Gender, Community, and State Interventions, Journal of Community Safety, 4 (2): 37-45.
Gill, A.(2004) ‘Voicing the Silent Fear: South Asian Women’s Experiences of Domestic Violence’, Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 43 (5): 465-483.
Gill, A., Rehman, G. (2004) Empowerment through activism: responding to domestic violence in the South Asian Community, Gender and Development, 12 (1): 75-82.

Chapters in Edited Books

Anitha, S., Gill, A. (2010, forthcoming) The social construction of forced marriage and its 'victim' in media coverage and crime policy, in Gill, A., Anitha, S. (eds) Forced Marriage: Introducing a social justice and human rights perspective, London: Zed Books.
Gill, A. (2010, forthcoming) Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities in the UK: A Culture of Silence, in McGlynn, C. and Munro, V. (eds) Rethinking Rape Law: International and Comparative Perspectives. London: Routledge - Cavendish Publishing.
Gill, A. (2010) Reconfiguring 'Honour' - based Violence as a Form of Gendered Violence, in Idriss, M., Abbas, T., Abbinnett, R. (eds) Honour, Violence, Women and Islam, London and New York: Routledge-Cavendish, (in press).
Gill, A. , Mitra-Kahn, T. (2010) ‘Moving toward a “Multiculturalism without Culture”: Constructing a Victim - Friendly Human Rights Approach to Forced Marriage in the UK’, in Thiara, R., Gill, A. (eds) Violence Against South Asian Women: Issues for Policy and Practice', London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Thiara, R., Gill, A. (2010) Understanding Violence Against South Asian Women: What it Means for Practice, in Thiara, R., Gill, A. (eds) Violence Against South Asian Women: Issues for Policy and Practice', London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Sharma, K., Gill, A. (2010) ‘Protection for All? The Failures of the Domestic Violence Rule for (Im)migrant Women’, in Thiara, R., Gill, A. (eds) Violence Against South Asian Women: Issues for Policy and Practice', London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Squire, G., Gill, A. (2010) “It’s not all Heartbeat you know”: Policing Domestic Violence in Rural Areas, in Mawby, R and Yarwood, R. (eds) Policing, Rurality and Governance. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, (in press).
Gill, A. (2009) South Asian Women’s Experiences of Rape: Analysis of the Narrative of Survival, in Horvath, M. and Brown, J. (eds) Rape: Challenging Contemporary Thinking. Devon: Willan Publishing.
Gill, A. , Sharma, K. (2006) 'Response and Responsibility: Domestic Violence and Marriage Migration in the UK', in Walsum, S., Spijkerboer, T. (eds) Women and Immigration Law: New Variations on Classical Feminist Themes, London: Glasshouse Press.

Books

Gill, A. , Anitha, S. (forthcoming 2010) Forced Marriage: Introducing a social justice and human rights perspective, London: Zed Books.

Thiara, R., Gill, A. , (2010) Violence Against South Asian Women: Issues for Policy and Practice, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/book.php/isbn/9781843106708

Non–Refereed Articles:

Gill, A. (2010) So-called 'honour' killings and criminal justice interventions in the UK, Magistrates Association Journal, (forthcoming).
Gill, A., Anitha, S. (2010) Forced marriage legislation and policy in the UK: Taking stock, Safe Journal of Domestic Abuse, (forthcoming).
Gill, A. (2009) Addressing the 'cultural silence' of rape in UK South Asian communities, Safe Journal of Domestic Abuse, (Autumn Issue).
Gill, A. (2009) "A BMER specialist refuge roof over my head": BMER women, domestic violence and access to housing, Safe Journal of Domestic Abuse, (Winter Issue).
Gill, A. (2008) IPCC Investigation determines that the MPS “could have done more” to prevent the murder of Banaz Mahmod, Safe Journal of Domestic Abuse, (Summer Issue).
Gill, A. (2008) "Dis[Honour]" Killings, Police Review, April 2008.
Gill, A. , Banga, B. (2008) The reality and impact of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 on BMER women experiencing gender-based violence, Safe Journal of Domestic Abuse UK, (Spring Issue).
Gill, A. , Sharma, K. (2005) No Access to Justice: Gender, Immigration Law & Domestic Violence, Safe Journal, UK.
Gill, A. (2005) 'Chained Together': Forced Marriage and the Law, Community Care, October 2005.
Gill, A. (2004) 'Honour'-Based Violence, London: Change Kvinnoforum.
Gill, A. (2004) ‘Against My Will’: Violence, Suicide and Honour in the Asian Community, Community Care Journal, October 2004.
Radford, L., Gill, A., Burrows, S., Bone, J., (2004) Moving Forward on Prevention: Domestic Violence and Community Safety in West Sussex, University of Surrey Roehampton.
Gill, A. (2004) The Socio-cultural context of violence against South Asian women in the UK, Police Review, June 2004.
Gill, A. (2003) Maintaining Izzat/Honour: Domestic Violence in the South Asian Community, Community Care, pp 42-44. April 2003.
Gill, A. (2003) Faces of Honour, The Domestic Abuse Quarterly, Women’s Aid, Bristol: Women’s Aid Federation of England.
Gill, A. (2003) Loss of Face: Silence, Violence and Shame in South Asian Societies, Refugee Journal, May, pp 9-12, London.
Gill, A. (2003) The Ideology of Izzat And Sharam in the South Asian Community, Police Review, Sept, pp 17-19.

Selected Reviews

Gill, A. (2007) Dreams, Questions & Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain. By Amrit Wilson (Pluto Press, 2006) in British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 58 (2).

Gill, A. (2004) From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers: Southall Black Sisters. By Rahila Gupta (London, Zed Press, 2003) in British Journal of Criminology, November 2004, Vol. 44 (6).

Research/Writing in Progress

Gill, A. , Mitra-Kahn, T. (2010) Modernising the 'other': Assessing the ideological underpinnings of the policy discourse on forced marriage in the UK (under review) .

Gill, A. , (2011) Mapping the intersectionalities of violence against women in BMER communities in the UK, in McMillan, L. and Lombard, N (eds) Research Highlights Volume on Violence Against Women, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers (in progress) .

See also Presentations.