Dr. Carmen Gill

Biography

Dr. Carmen Gill joined the Department of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Fredericton in 2014. Prior to this, she spent ten years as the Director of the Muriel McQueen Centre for Family Violence Research. Her research primarily focuses on police intervention in intimate partner violence (IPV) and related issues such as domestic homicide. Currently, she is leading a national research project titled 'Coercive control, risk assessment, and evidence in intimate partner violence: Police response in partnership with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) and the Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN).' Additionally, Dr. Gill has developed a national framework for collaborative police action regarding IPV and has conducted extensive research on domestic homicide in New Brunswick from 1999 to 2018. Her research interests include domestic violence, family violence, and sexual violence, with a focus on victims and their experiences within the criminal justice system. She utilizes both quantitative and qualitative research methods, including surveys, data collection from justice files, individual interviews, and focus groups that engage community organizations and survivors of violence.

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