Qualifications
- MA (University of Hull)
- PhD / DPhil (University of Hull)
Summary
Victoria is a Lecturer in Social Work who has extensive practice experience in a variety of roles relating to children and families within the Humber region including working in the secure estate/youth justice, child protection, acute mental health and specialist practitioner/management roles for charities including the NSPCC and NCH Action for Children.
Her research interest is in domestic abuse / coercive control and trauma, whilst her PhD examines professional perspectives on fathers who are domestic abuse perpetrators. She works collaboratively across disciplines including Education, Criminology & Policing and is Principal Investigator /Co-Investigator on a number of projects.
Victoria is a Registered Social Worker, Practice Educator and a Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Journal Article
Service provider difficulties in operationalising coercive control
Gormally, S., Brennan, I. R., Burton, V., Gormally, S., & O’Leary, N. (2019). Service provider difficulties in operationalising coercive control. Violence against women, 25(6), 635-653. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801218797478
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