Professor Elizabeth Weaver
Social Work and Social Policy (Subject)
Area of Expertise
- Desistance from crime
- Re-entry and social reintegration
- User involvement and co-production
- The role of social cooperatives in supporting desistance and reintegration
- Prisons, Parole and Community based sentences
Prize And Awards
- HaSS Faculty Impact Prize for Outstanding Impact for Society
- Recipient
- 2019
- British Society of Criminology Book Prize 2016
- Recipient
- 2016
- Best Article Award 2014
- Recipient
- 2014
- Research Medal 2011 The Howard League for Penal Reform
- Recipient
- 2011
Publications
- What does social justice look like and why is it so elusive for criminalised young adults?
- Weaver Beth, Vaswani Nina, McCulloch Trish
- Probation Quarterly, pp. 47-53 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.54006/UFZQ6628
- Coproducing justice in carceral contexts : user voice prison councils as a model of epistemic participation
- Weaver Beth
- Prison Service Journal Vol 262, pp. 18-26 (2022)
- Citizenship on probation : understanding the labour market exclusion of criminalised people in Scotland
- Weaver Beth, Jardine Cara
- Probation Journal Vol 69, pp. 296-317 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505221105400
- Designing Socially Just Institutions for 18-25-year-olds : Final Report
- Vaswani Nina, McAra Marianne, Smith Madeline, Lightowler Claire, Weaver Beth, McCulloch Trish, Fernandes Fernando, Fletcher Grace, Kerracher Ruth
- (2021)
- The social dynamics of group-offending
- Weaver Beth, Fraser Alistair
- Theoretical Criminology Vol 26, pp. 264-284 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/13624806211030459
- The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records
- Christensen E, Jardine C, Kennedy A, Mabon K, Taylor E, Weaver B
- (2021)
Teaching
My teaching interests include criminology, law and penal policy for criminal justice social work; penology and penal change; the dynamics of community supervision, rehabilitation and desistance; risk assessment and risk management in criminal justice.
Research Interests
My research activities are principally concerned with desistance from crime, the regulation and governance of the community supervision of people involved in the criminal justice system and the management of those classified as high risk.
I am particularly interested in the role of social relations in the onset, maintenance and conclusion of criminal careers, specifically how people's relationships with and to friends, families and communities shape and influence their offending trajectories and the implications of this for penal policy and practice. My doctoral research in this field has led to further projects examining the outcomes of mutual aid based group work and the role of through-the-prison-gate social cooperative structures of employment in processes of desistance and social reintegration, the latter of which is funded through the ESRC Future Research Leaders scheme.
Professional Activities
- Coproducing Justice: The Role and Contribution of Social Cooperatives in Supporting Desistance and Social Integration
- Speaker
- 12/2021
- The Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records
- Organiser
- 25/2/2021
- Evidence of Redemption: Employing People with Conviction: The Impact, The Issue, The Evidence
- Speaker
- 26/11/2020
- (Beyond) Employability in Scotland: Coproducing Justice
- Speaker
- 24/9/2020
- Inclusive Justice: Coproducing Change (East Dunbartonshire)
- Consultant
- 31/1/2020
- Inclusive Justice: Co-producing Change (East Dunbartonshire)
- Consultant
- 21/11/2019
Projects
- Penal Supervision in Comparative Context
- Weaver, Beth (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
- ESRC IAA 2023 / R220785-114
- Weaver, Beth (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
- Measuring Justice
- Weaver, Beth (Principal Investigator)
- 15-Jan-2018 - 14-Jan-2019
- EVALUATION OF THE WOMEN’S CENTRE PROGRAMME
- Weaver, Beth (Principal Investigator) Lightowler, Claire (Co-investigator)
- 14-Jan-2017 - 14-Jan-2019
- Reimagining Justice
- Weaver, Beth (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2017
- User Engagement Project for Community Justice Ayrshire
- Weaver, Beth (Principal Investigator) Lightowler, Claire (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2018
Contact
Professor
Elizabeth
Weaver
Social Work and Social Policy (Subject)
Email: beth.weaver@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8657