School of Law

Staff

Biography
Anne-Marie McAlinden graduated in law from Queen's University in 1996. In 1997 she was awarded the degree of MSSc from the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Queen's. Anne-Marie was appointed to the post of Lecturer in Law at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, in September 2001 and later to the post of Lecturer in Criminology in January 2003. In the interim period she completed her PhD, a study on the management of sexual offenders in the community in Northern Ireland, in September 2002. She joined the School of Law at Queen's in September 2003.

Her main research interests lie in the areas of the management of violent and sexual offenders, restorative justice and criminal justice issues generally where she has published a number of articles and other papers. Her book 'The Shaming of Sexual Offenders: Risk, Retribution and Reintegration' (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2007) was awarded the British Society of Criminology Book Prize 2008 for the best first sole-authored book published in the discipline in the previous year.

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Evidence

Postgraduate

• Core Modules on the MSSc in Criminal Justice - Sentencing and the Criminal Justice System and Criminal Justice Processes

Research
Child Sexual Abuse, the Management of Violent and Sexual Offenders, Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice Issues generally

Selected Publications

The Shaming of Sexual Offenders, (2007) Oxford: Hart Publishing.

"'Setting 'Em Up': Personal, Social and Institutional Grooming in the Sexual Abuse of Children" (2006) 15 Social & Legal Studies 339.

"Managing Risk: From Regulation to the Reintegration of Sexual Offenders" (2006) 6 Criminology & Criminal Justice 197.

"Are There Limits to Restorative Justice? The Case of Child Sexual Abuse" in D. Sullivan and L. Tifts (eds.) Handbook on Restorative Justice: A Global Perspective, New York and London: Routledge 2005. pp 299-310.

"The Use of Shame with Sexual Offenders" (2005) 45 British Journal of Criminology 373.

"Indeterminate Sentences for the Severely Personality Disordered" (2001) Criminal Law Review 108

Administration

• Library Officer 2004-present
• Careers Officer 2004-2007
• Member of Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• European Young Lawyer's Study Trip Co-ordinator 2004-present
• School of Law Representative on Academic Council 2005-present
• Exams Officer 2008-present