Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Profile

I am presently employed as a Senior Lecturer with the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth.   My teaching interests are penology, youth criminology, restorative justice and community justice.

I have previously been employed as a probation officer and senior probation officer of a large city office with 120 members of staff of a variety of grades.   My professional experience has been in the management of dangerous offenders, group work with male domestic violence perpetrators and working with male offenders from a gendered perspective.

My main areas of interest and expertise are:

Expertise

• The Probation Service and community punishment
• Probation Practice and Child Protection concerns
• Risk Management, Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements and the
  management of dangerous offenders
• Working with male domestic violence perpetrators with the Duluth model
  of intervention
• The treatment and rehabilitation of offenders

I have developed important links with the Republic of Korea Ministry of Justice following two successful visiting scholars at the Institute of Criminal Justice.  Mr Keung Song Roh visited in 2008 and studied England and Wales offender satellite tacking pilots. Mr Heung Soeb Lee visited in 2010 to research England and Wales approach to public protection including the Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).  With Dr Mike Nash, I also attended an International Seminar in Seoul  to mark the 20 year anniversary of Probation and Parole in 2009.

Research interests

• Victim awareness work in Probation practice
• Protecting and safeguarding children
• Masculinities and offending behaviour

Current Research

• Restorative Justice Approaches with Looked after Children (2006-2008 with Carol Hayden)
• Research into the learning needs of Probation Officer trainees
• 'Punishment with Opportunity' - Research into employment schemes for offenders, PS Plus 3 in Dorset Probation Area (2008)
• Research into a supported housing initiative for offenders with Dorset Probation Area (2008)
• My PHD research concerns the governance of corrections.

Publications

• Gough, D (2012 forthcoming) A Compressed Journey to Public Protection: Probation in South Korea in Probation Journal, 'Probation Futures Special Edition'
• Gough D, (2012 forthcoming) The Coupling of Rehabilitation and Risk in A Pycroft and S. Clift 9ed) Risk and Rehabilition. Britsol. Policy Press
• Gough, D (2011) 'Revolution: The Marketisation of criminal justice, the voluntary sector and payment by results' in Centre For Crime and Justice Studies Justice Policy Review; London
• Pycroft, A and Gough, D (eds) (2010). Multi Agency Working in Criminal Justice: Control and Care in Contemporary Correctional Practice. Bristol. Policy Press
• Hayden,C and Gough,C (2010) Implementing Restorative Justice in Children's Residential Care. Bristol. Policy Press
• Gough, D (2005) 'Tough on Probation'. The National Offender Management Service and Probation Practice' in Winstone J and Parkes F (ed) Community Justice. Issues for Probation and Criminal Justice. Willan

Literature Reviews:

• Review of Handbook of Probation (2007) edited by Gelsthorpe, L and Morgan, R in Criminology and Criminal Justice vol 8 no.4
• Review of 'Reshaping Probation and Prisons: The New Offender Management Framework edited by Hough M, Allen R, Padel U   in The Howard Journal  vol 45 no.4 September 2006

Papers

• 'Importing and Implementing Restorative Justice: Buyer Beware' at British Society of Criminology Conference. Human Rights, Human Wrongs. Dilemmas and Diversity in Criminology 11th -14th July 2010. University of Leicester.
• (with Carol Hayden) ‘The Logistics of Restorative Justice: Importing ‘Wagga Wagga’ into Children’s Residential Care’ at British Society of Criminology Conference, Criminological Futures; Controversies, Developments and Debates, 9-11July 2008, University of Huddersfield
• (with Carol Hayden) Offending behaviour and looked after' children in England: what can a restorative justice approach do to help? at 'Crime and Justice in an Age of Global Insecurity British Society of criminology Conference Mannheim Centre for Criminology London School of Economics 18-20 September 2007
• (with Carol Hayden) 'Restorative Justice and Children's Residential care in England' at 7th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology Bologna, Italy 26-29 September 2007
• (with Carol Hayden) "Almost a parent? Conflicting roles of children’s residential care staff using a restorative justice approach" - Criminal Justice and Social Justice: New Directions. July 5-6, 2007, Kings College, University of London
• "Keeping it in the (Corporate) Family. Crime, Conflict, State Care and Restorative Justice" - Keynote Address to National Association for Youth Justice Conference 'Removing Barriers, Opening Doors' January 26th 2007 Portsmouth

Awards

• Whilst studying at Southampton University (1995-1997) I received the Barbara Castle Award for Excellence in Social Work from the Department of Social Work Studies.
• Submitted Higher Education Academy application for Fellow status, August 2007