ARTICLES
Professor Gill is often in the news as a commentator on early/child/forced marriage, violence predicated on ‘honour’, and sexual violence in South Asian communities.
She writes for mainstream popular as well as academic audiences.
Current Research
Her current research interests include:
- domestic violence; coercive control;
- rights, law and early/child/forced marriage/female genital mutilation;
- ‘honour’ killings and ‘honour’-based violence in the South Asian/Kurdish/Somali Diaspora and femicide in Afghanistan, Georgia, Iraqi Kurdistan, India, Jordan, Libya, Pakistan and Yemen;
- missing women;
- acid violence;
- child contact;
- trafficking;
- sexual violence and exploitation;
- sex selective abortions;
- intersectionality;
- women who kill;
- rape, trauma and victimhood in Black and racially minoritised communities;
- Covid -19 and domestic violence.
She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals. You can view and search the list of articles below.
| Author | Year | Title | Other Details (Publisher etc) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gill, A.K. | 2027 | Fatal child abuse and neglect: The case of Sara Sharif and the limits of culturally responsive safeguarding | Handbook of Victims and Victimology. Third Edition. Edited by Sandra Walklate. London: Routledge. |
| Gill, A. K., Anitha, S. | 2026 | A Matter of Trust? : Policing violence against women and girls | Journal of Policing and Society, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10439463.2026.2623413 |
| Gill, A. K., Mangat, S. | 2026 | Sexual violence against Dalit women in India: Speech, silence, and intersectional resistance | In Research Handbook on Gender, Violence and Law, edited by Nikki Godden-Rasul & Sidonia Lucia Kula, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. |
| Gill, A. K. | 2026 | Forced marriage in the UK: How intermediaries and expert witnesses help successful prosecutions | In Diverse Voices in Family Law, edited by Rajnaara Akhtar, Bristol: Bristol University Press. |
| Sloane, Y., Gill, A.K. | 2025 | “I Stayed, because…I needed to have a plan”: Nigerian migrant women’s experiences of gender-based violence, resilience, and resistance | Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, http://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70003 |
| Gill, A. K., Anitha, S. | 2025 | Exploring victims-survivors lived experiences of coercion and coercive contexts in forced marriage | International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1756061625000709 |
| Gill, A. K., Mangat, S. | 2025 | Sexual violence against Dalit women in India: Speech, silence, and intersectional resistance | In Research Handbook on Gender, Violence and Law, edited by Nikki Godden-Rasul & Sidonia Lucia Kula, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [in press]. |
| Isaac, M., Gill, A.K. | 2025 | Gender-based corruption: An exploration of ‘sextortion’ in migration contexts in the UK | Journal of Gender Based Violence, https://doi.org/10.1332/23986808Y2024D000000063 |
| Gangoli, G., Donovan, C., and Gill, A.K. Butterby, K. Regan, S., Dutt, A. | 2024 | Understanding family abuse: An intersectional approach to prevention | Journal of Gender Based Violence, https://doi.org/10.1332/23986808Y2024D000000054 |
| Mangat, S., Gill, A.K. | 2024 | Negotiating between speech and silence as a form of agency: Understanding Dalit women’s experiences of sexual violence in India | Women’s Studies International Forum https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277539524000542 |
| Gill, A. K., Begum, H., [eds.] | 2023 | Child Sexual Abuse in Black and Minoritised Communities: Improving Legal, Policy and Practical Responses | London: Palgrave |
| Begum, H., Gill, A. K. | 2023 | Understanding the experiences of British South Asian male survivors of child sexual abuse. In Child Sexual Abuse in Black and Minoritised Communities: Improving Legal, Policy and Practical Responses | London: Palgrave |
| Gill, A. K. | 2023 | Child sexual exploitation and scapegoating minority communities. In Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence | London: Routledge |
| Gill, A. K., Khan, Y | 2023 | Survivors speak up: Improving police responses to sexual abuse cases in Black and racially minoritised communities. In Child Sexual Abuse in Black and Minoritised Communities: Improving Legal, Policy and Practical Responses | London: Palgrave |
| Noack-Lundberg, K., Gill, A.K., Anitha, S | 2021 | Understanding Forced Marriage Protection Orders in the UK, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law | In Press |
| Gill, A. K. | 2021 | Murder in the Family: Why culture is an insufficient explanation for ‘honour’-based violence. In: Devaney, J., Bradbury-Jones, C., Holt, S., Macy, R. and Øverlien, C. (Eds) The Routledge Handbook on Domestic Violence and Abuse | Oxford: Routledge. |
| Gill, A. K. | 2021 | Improving police responses to sexual abuse offences in British South Asian communities. In: Monk, H, Atkinson, K., Barr, U., Tucker. K. (eds). Feminist Responses to Injustices of the State and its Institutions: Politics, Intervention, Resistance | Bristol: Bristol University Press |
| angoli, G., Rew, M., Gill, A. K. | 2020 | Shifting feminist activisms: Indian feminism and critical events of rape | Journal of International Women's Studies, 21 (6). |
| Gill, A. K., Virdee, G. | 2021 | Safeguarding and prevention strategies for domestic violence/abuse cases in black and minority ethnic and refugee communities. In: Radford, L., Thiara, R. (eds). Domestic abuse across the life course: safeguarding and prevention. | |
| Gill, A. K., Walker, S. | 2020 | On honour, culture and violence against women in black and minority ethnic communities. In: Walklate, S., Fitz-Gibbon, K. (eds). Emerald Handbook of Criminology, Feminism and Social Change. | |
| Gill, A. K., Day, A. S. | 2020 | Moral panic in the media: Scapegoating South Asian men in cases of sexual exploitation and grooming. In: Ramon, S., Lloyd, M., Penhale, B. (eds). Gendered domestic violence and abuse in Popular Culture, Emerald | Bingley |
| Gill, A. K., Gould, D. | 2020 | esses and best practice in securing forced marriage convictions | Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 4 (1) |
| Day, A.S., Gill, A. K. | 2020 | An intersectional approach to improving the efficacy of partnerships between women’s organisations and the criminal justice system in relation to domestic violence, British Journal of Criminology, 60 (4): 830–850. | |
| Walker, S., Gill, A. K. | 2019 | Women who kill: Examining female homicide through the lens of honour and shame | Women Studies International Forum. 7 (75) |
| Kaplanian, C., Gill, A. K. | 2020 | Honour killings in Jordan | International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue July-December 2019 |
| Gill, A. K., Harrison, K. | 2019 | “I am talking about it because I want to stop itâ€: An exploration of child sexual abuse and sexual violence against women in Britain’s South Asian communities | British Journal of Criminology, 59 (3): 511-529, https://academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-articles |
| Gill, A.K., Cox, P., Weir, R. | 2018 | ‘Honour’- based Violence/Abuse, Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation | Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 57, 4: 576-595 |
| Anitha, S., Gill, A. K. | 2018 | Making politics visible: Discourses on gender and race in the problematisation of sex-selective abortion | Feminist Review, 120: 1-19 |
| Gangoli, G., Gill, A. K., Mulvihill, N., Hester, M | 2018 | Perception and barriers in reporting Female Genital Mutilation to the police in England and Wales | Journal of Aggression and Conflict, https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JACPR-09-2017-0323 |
| Mulvihill, N., Gangoli, G., Gill. A.K., Hester, M | 2018 | The experience of interactional justice for victims of ‘honour’-based violence reporting to the police in England and Wales | Policing and Society, 29 (6): 640-656, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10439463.2018.1427745 |
| Gill, A.K. | 2018 | Eliminating violence against women and girls: The case for an effective international law. In: Manjoo, R., Jones, J. (eds). The Normative Gaps in the Legal Protection of Women from Violence: Pushing the frontiers of international law | London: Routledge. |
| Gill, A.K. | 2018 | Understanding Femicide from a Cultural and Ecological Perspective, In: Femicide across Europe | Policy Press |
| Harrison, K., Gill, A.K | 2017 | Policing the Culture of Silence: Strategies to Increase the Reporting of Sexual Abuse in British South Asian Communities | Policing and Society, 29 (3): 302-317 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10439463.2017.1405958?journalCode=gpas20 |
| Harrison, K., Gill, A.K | 2017 | Breaking down barriers: increasing sexual abuse reporting rates in British South Asian communities | British Journal of Criminology, 58 (2): 273–290. https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article-abstract/58/2/273/3748273 |
| Sampson, F., Arshi, M., Gill, A.K | 2017 | Women on Brexit, Poem | International English Language Quarterly |
| Gill, A.K., Harvey, H | 2017 | Examining the impact of gender on young people’s views of forced marriage in Britain | Feminist Criminology, 12 (1): 72–100 |
| Gill, A.K., Hamid, T | 2016 | Muslim Women and Forced Marriage in the UK | Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 36 (4): 540-560 |
| Harrison, K., Gill, A.K | 2017 | Ethnic and religious origin as an aggravating factor in sentencing sexual offences | Journal of Sexual Aggression |
| Gill, A.K., Harrison, K | 2016/2017 | Police responses to intimate partner sexual violence in South Asian communities | Policing: a Journal of Policy and Practice https://academic.oup.com/policing/article-abstract/10/4/446/2742981/Police-Responses-to-Intimate-Partner-Sexual |
| Gill, A.K., Heathcote, G., Williamson, E | 2016 | Violence | Feminist Review, 112. http://link.springer.com/journal/41305/112/1/page/1 |
| Gill, A., Van-Engeland, A | 2014 | Criminalisation or ‘multiculturalism without culture’? Comparing British and French approaches to tackling forced marriage | Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Issue, 3 (36): 241-259 |
| Gill, A., Harrison, K | 2015 | Child Grooming and Sexual Exploitation: Are South Asian men the media’s new folk devils? | International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy |
| Anitha, S., Gill, A | 2015 | A Moral Panic? The problematisation of forced marriage in British newspaper reporting | Violence Against Women Journal |
| Aujla, W., Gill, A | 2014 | Conceptualizing 'honour' killings in Canada: An extreme form of domestic violence? | International Journal of Criminal Justice Science, 9 (1) |
| Cowburn, M., Gill, A., Harrison, K | 2014 | Speaking about sexual abuse in South Asian communities: Offenders, victims and the challenges of shame | Journal of Sexual Aggression |
| Gill, A., Brah, A | 2014 | Interrogating cultural narratives about ‘honour’-based violence | European Journal of Women's Studies, 21 (1): 79-93 |
| Gill, A. and Harrison, K | 2013 | Sentencing sex offenders in India: Retributive justice versus a different way forward | International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, 8 (2): 161- 181 http://www.sascv.org/ijcjs/pdfs/gillharrisonijcjs2013vol8issue2.pdf |
| Gill, A | 2013 | Feminist reflections on researching so-called 'honour' killings | Feminist Legal Studies, Vol. 21, 3: 241-261 |
| Gill, A., Mason-Bish, H | 2013 | Addressing violence against women as a form of hate crime: Limitations and possibilities | Feminist Review, 105 (1): 1-20 |
| Rew, M., Gangoli, G., Gill, A | 2013 | Violence between female in-laws in India | International Journal of Women's Studies, Vol 14, No. 1. |
| Gill, A., Begikhani, N., Hague, G | 2012 | ‘Honour’ - based Violence in Kurdish communities | Women's Studies International Forum, 35: 75-85 |
| Kelly, L., Gill, A | 2012 | Rotis not Riots: A feminist dialogue on the riots and their aftermath | Safer Communities Journal, Vol.11, No.1. 61-72 |
| Begikhani, N., Gill. A, Hague, G | 2012 | ‘Honour’-based violence and Kurdish communities: Moving towards action and change in Iraqi Kurdistan and the UK | Journal of Gender and Society |
| Gill, A., Mitra-Kahn, T | 2012 | Modernising the 'other': Assessing the ideological underpinnings of the policy discourse on forced marriage in the UK | Journal of Policy and Politics, 39, 1. (subscription required) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Anitha, S., Gill, A | 2009 | Coercion, consent and the forced marriage debate in the UK | Feminist Legal Studies, 17 (2): 165-184 |
| 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 |
| DeVito, D., Gill, A., Short, D | 2009 | Rape characterised as genocide | Sur: International Journal of Human Rights, 6 (10): 29- 51 |
| Isaac, M., Gill, A.K. | 2025 | Gender-based corruption: An exploration of ‘sextortion’ in migration contexts in the UK | Journal of Gender Based Violence, https://doi.org/10.1332/23986808Y2024D000000063 |
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