Anita Gibbs

Anita Gibbs worked in the UK as a probation officer and social worker prior to completing her doctorate in social work at the University of Bristol in 1996. From 1997-99 Anita worked as a researcher at the Centre for Criminological Research at Oxford University and in 1999 emigrated to New Zealand, taking up her current position as a senior lecturer in social work. In addition to her work on the CTO study, Anita’s research interests include alternatives to custody, probation values, supervised access centres, Home Detention, and social work research methods.

Her additional publications include:

2005, Gibbs, A.‘The Paradigms, Contexts and Enduring Conflicts of Social Work Research’ in F. Columbus (ed), Progress in Sociology Research, US: Nova Publications.

2005, Gibbs, A. ‘At the Margins: Victim Contact Work in the New Zealand Probation Service’, British Journal of Community Justice, 3, 51-62.

2004, Gibbs, A. ‘A Letter from New Zealand: Home Detention – emerging issues after the first three years’, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, 6, 57-64.

2003, Gibbs, A.,& King, D. ‘The Electronic Ball and Chain? The Operation and Impact of Home Detention with Electronic Monitoring in New Zealand’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 36, 1-17.

2003, Gibbs, A., & King, D. ‘Home Detention with Electronic Monitoring: the New Zealand Experience’, Criminal Justice, 3, 199-211.

2003, King, D. & Gibbs, A.‘Is Home Detention Disadvantaging Women and Children?’ Probation Journal, 50, 115-126.

2002, Gibbs, A.&King, D. ‘Alternatives to Custody in the New Zealand Criminal Justice System: Current features and future prospects’, Social Policy and Administration, 36, 392-407.