Dr Marguerite Schinkel

  • Senior Lecturer (Sociological & Cultural Studies)

telephone: 0141 3308257
email: Marguerite.Schinkel@glasgow.ac.uk

Ivy Lodge, 63 Gibson Street

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701

Biography

I am a senior lecturer in Criminology and a member of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. I joined the University in October 2013 as an ESRC Future Leader Research Fellow. My research has focused on the meaning of long-term (PhD) and repeated short-term prison sentences (post-doc) for those who undergo them. My monograph Being Imprisoned, based on my PhD, was published in 2014. It outlined how long sentences have to be accepted in order to cope with them, and are sometimes given transformative meanings in order to explain a positive future. My post-doc found that persistent short sentences, on the other hand, are not individually meaningful, with people serving coming to feel they belong in prison and that they have wasted their lives. It formed the basis for my work with an artist and Modern Studies teachers to develop a graphic novel and learning resource: A Life In Pieces. More recently, I have started to draw out the shortcomings of the criminal 'justice' system more theoretically, examining it both from the point of view of victims and those who are criminalised. Examining the system as a ritual that we believe in as a society but that is causally opaque, I am also exploring the possibity of crafting different rituals and the concept of healing justice.

I am a founding member of the Coalition Against Punishment, a movement of mutual support and action to disrupt the punishment system in Scotland.

Research interests

I am interested in alternative ways of achieving justice, penal abolition, and public communication that might change the debate around crime and punishment. 

Research groups

Publications

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2025

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 and Anderson, Sarah (2025) Trapped in dichotomies and individualism: the Western criminal legal system’s failure to capture complexity. Punishment and Society, (Accepted for Publication)

2024

McNeill, Fergus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6482 and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2024) Tertiary or relational desistance: contested belonging. International Journal of Criminal Justice, 6(1), pp. 47-74.

Koffeld-Hamidane, Sylvia, Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701, Andvig, Ellen and Karlsson, Bengt (2024) Nuances of fragmentation, (mis)recognition and closeness: Narratives of challenges and support during resettlement. Punishment and Society, 26(1), pp. 187-207. (doi: 10.1177/14624745231203961)

2022

Armstrong, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2049-9614, Barkas, Betsy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5259-9468, Casey, Ryan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7672-1678, Cornish, Neil, Gormley, Caitlin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9601-2177, McNeill, Fergus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6482 and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2022) Prisoner experiences of Covid-19 Restrictions in Scotland during 2020. Working Paper. University of Glasgow.

2021

Casey, Ryan, McNeill, Fergus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6482, Barkas, Betsy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5259-9468, Cornish, Neil, Gormley, Caitlin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9601-2177 and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2021) Pervasive punishment in a pandemic. Probation Journal, 68(4), pp. 476-492. (doi: 10.1177/02645505211050871)

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 and Lives Sentenced Participants, . (2021) Persistent short-term imprisonment: belonging as a lens to understand its shifting meanings over the life course. Incarceration, 2(1), pp. 1-20. (doi: 10.1177/2632666321989018)

2020

Armstrong, S. et al. (2020) Left out and locked down: impacts of COVID-19 for marginalised groups in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.

2019

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2019) Rethinking turning points: trajectories of parenthood and desistance. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 5, pp. 366-386. (doi: 10.1007/s40865-019-00121-8)

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701, Atkinson, Colin and Anderson, Sarah (2019) 'Well-kent faces': policing persistent offenders and the possibilities for desistance. British Journal of Criminology, 59(3), pp. 634-652. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azy050)

2018

Schinkel, Marguerite Luci ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2018) Book review: Young Offenders: Crime, Prison and Struggles for Desistance. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 18(1), pp. 134-135. (doi: 10.1177/1748895817729965)[Book Review]

2017

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2017) Experiences of parole in Scotland: stalled lives. In: Armstrong, Ruth and Durnescu, Ioan (eds.) Parole and Beyond: International Experiences of Life After Prison. Series: Palgrave studies in prisons and penology. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 219-242. ISBN 9781349951178 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-349-95118-5_9)

2016

Nugent, Briege and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2016) The pains of desistance. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 16(5), pp. 568-584. (doi: 10.1177/1748895816634812)

McNeill, Fergus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6482 and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2016) Prisons and desistance. In: Jewkes, Y., Crewe, B. and Bennett, J. (eds.) Handbook on Prisons. 2nd edition. Routledge: London, pp. 607-621. ISBN 9780415745659

2015

Schinkel, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2015) Adaptation, the meaning of imprisonment and outcomes after release: the impact of the prison regime. Prison Service Journal, 219, pp. 24-29.

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2015) Hook for change or shaky peg? Imprisonment, narratives and desistance. European Journal of Probation, 7(1), pp. 5-20. (doi: 10.1177/2066220315575204)

Schinkel, Marguerite Luci ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2015) Fair enough: long-term prisoners talk about their sentence. Scottish Justice Matters, 3(1), pp. 23-24.

2014

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2014) Punishment as moral communication: the experiences of long-term prisoners. Punishment and Society, 16(5), pp. 578-597. (doi: 10.1177/1462474514548789)

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2014) Being Imprisoned: Punishment, Adaptation and Desistance. Series: Palgrave studies in prisons and penology. Palgrave MacMillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137440822 (doi: 10.1057/9781137440839)

2013

Malloch, M.S., McIvor, G., Schinkel, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 and Armstrong, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2049-9614 (2013) The Elements of Effective Through-care - Part 1: International Review. Scottish Government - Community Justice Services. Technical Report. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, Glasgow.

2012

Jamieson, F., Morrison, K., Schinkel, M. and Sparks, R. (2012) United Kingdom / Scotland. In: Newman, G.R. (ed.) Crime and Punishment Around the World. ABC-CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA, USA, pp. 380-389. ISBN 9780313351334

Schinkel, M. and Whyte, B. (2012) Routes out of prison using life coaches to assist resettlement. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 51(4), pp. 359-371. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2311.2012.00724.x)

2011

Smith, M., Clapton, G. and Schinkel, M. (2011) Skilling Up: Educating and Training for Residential Child Care. Project Report. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

2010

Schinkel, M. (2010) Review of 'The Prisoner Society: Power, Adaptation, and Social Life in an English Prison' by Ben Crewe. Probation Journal, 57(3), pp. 343-345. (doi: 10.1177/02645505100570030903)[Book Review]

2008

Duckett, P. and Schinkel, M. (2008) Community psychology and injustice in the criminal justice system. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 18(5), pp. 518-526. (doi: 10.1002/casp.947)

Dorrer, N. and Schinkel, M (2008) Towards recovery competencies. Mental Health Today, Feb, pp. 30-33.

Schinkel, M. and Whyte, B. (2008) Final Report: Formative Evaluation Constructs. Project Report. Effective Practice Unit, Scottish Government.

2007

Schinkel, M. and Dorrer, N. (2007) Towards Recovery Competencies: The Views of Key Stakeholder groups. Project Report. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, UK.

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Articles

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 and Anderson, Sarah (2025) Trapped in dichotomies and individualism: the Western criminal legal system’s failure to capture complexity. Punishment and Society, (Accepted for Publication)

McNeill, Fergus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6482 and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2024) Tertiary or relational desistance: contested belonging. International Journal of Criminal Justice, 6(1), pp. 47-74.

Koffeld-Hamidane, Sylvia, Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701, Andvig, Ellen and Karlsson, Bengt (2024) Nuances of fragmentation, (mis)recognition and closeness: Narratives of challenges and support during resettlement. Punishment and Society, 26(1), pp. 187-207. (doi: 10.1177/14624745231203961)

Casey, Ryan, McNeill, Fergus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6482, Barkas, Betsy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5259-9468, Cornish, Neil, Gormley, Caitlin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9601-2177 and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2021) Pervasive punishment in a pandemic. Probation Journal, 68(4), pp. 476-492. (doi: 10.1177/02645505211050871)

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 and Lives Sentenced Participants, . (2021) Persistent short-term imprisonment: belonging as a lens to understand its shifting meanings over the life course. Incarceration, 2(1), pp. 1-20. (doi: 10.1177/2632666321989018)

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2019) Rethinking turning points: trajectories of parenthood and desistance. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 5, pp. 366-386. (doi: 10.1007/s40865-019-00121-8)

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701, Atkinson, Colin and Anderson, Sarah (2019) 'Well-kent faces': policing persistent offenders and the possibilities for desistance. British Journal of Criminology, 59(3), pp. 634-652. (doi: 10.1093/bjc/azy050)

Nugent, Briege and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2016) The pains of desistance. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 16(5), pp. 568-584. (doi: 10.1177/1748895816634812)

Schinkel, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2015) Adaptation, the meaning of imprisonment and outcomes after release: the impact of the prison regime. Prison Service Journal, 219, pp. 24-29.

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2015) Hook for change or shaky peg? Imprisonment, narratives and desistance. European Journal of Probation, 7(1), pp. 5-20. (doi: 10.1177/2066220315575204)

Schinkel, Marguerite Luci ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2015) Fair enough: long-term prisoners talk about their sentence. Scottish Justice Matters, 3(1), pp. 23-24.

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2014) Punishment as moral communication: the experiences of long-term prisoners. Punishment and Society, 16(5), pp. 578-597. (doi: 10.1177/1462474514548789)

Schinkel, M. and Whyte, B. (2012) Routes out of prison using life coaches to assist resettlement. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 51(4), pp. 359-371. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2311.2012.00724.x)

Duckett, P. and Schinkel, M. (2008) Community psychology and injustice in the criminal justice system. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 18(5), pp. 518-526. (doi: 10.1002/casp.947)

Dorrer, N. and Schinkel, M (2008) Towards recovery competencies. Mental Health Today, Feb, pp. 30-33.

Books

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2014) Being Imprisoned: Punishment, Adaptation and Desistance. Series: Palgrave studies in prisons and penology. Palgrave MacMillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137440822 (doi: 10.1057/9781137440839)

Book Sections

Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2017) Experiences of parole in Scotland: stalled lives. In: Armstrong, Ruth and Durnescu, Ioan (eds.) Parole and Beyond: International Experiences of Life After Prison. Series: Palgrave studies in prisons and penology. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 219-242. ISBN 9781349951178 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-349-95118-5_9)

McNeill, Fergus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6482 and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2016) Prisons and desistance. In: Jewkes, Y., Crewe, B. and Bennett, J. (eds.) Handbook on Prisons. 2nd edition. Routledge: London, pp. 607-621. ISBN 9780415745659

Jamieson, F., Morrison, K., Schinkel, M. and Sparks, R. (2012) United Kingdom / Scotland. In: Newman, G.R. (ed.) Crime and Punishment Around the World. ABC-CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA, USA, pp. 380-389. ISBN 9780313351334

Book Reviews

Schinkel, Marguerite Luci ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2018) Book review: Young Offenders: Crime, Prison and Struggles for Desistance. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 18(1), pp. 134-135. (doi: 10.1177/1748895817729965)[Book Review]

Schinkel, M. (2010) Review of 'The Prisoner Society: Power, Adaptation, and Social Life in an English Prison' by Ben Crewe. Probation Journal, 57(3), pp. 343-345. (doi: 10.1177/02645505100570030903)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Armstrong, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2049-9614, Barkas, Betsy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5259-9468, Casey, Ryan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7672-1678, Cornish, Neil, Gormley, Caitlin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9601-2177, McNeill, Fergus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6482 and Schinkel, Marguerite ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 (2022) Prisoner experiences of Covid-19 Restrictions in Scotland during 2020. Working Paper. University of Glasgow.

Armstrong, S. et al. (2020) Left out and locked down: impacts of COVID-19 for marginalised groups in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.

Malloch, M.S., McIvor, G., Schinkel, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5804-5701 and Armstrong, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2049-9614 (2013) The Elements of Effective Through-care - Part 1: International Review. Scottish Government - Community Justice Services. Technical Report. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, Glasgow.

Smith, M., Clapton, G. and Schinkel, M. (2011) Skilling Up: Educating and Training for Residential Child Care. Project Report. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Schinkel, M. and Whyte, B. (2008) Final Report: Formative Evaluation Constructs. Project Report. Effective Practice Unit, Scottish Government.

Schinkel, M. and Dorrer, N. (2007) Towards Recovery Competencies: The Views of Key Stakeholder groups. Project Report. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, UK.

This list was generated on Sat Dec 27 00:16:19 2025 GMT.

Supervision

I am interested in supervising research projects in the broad areas of penology and penal change, with a particular interest in projects which focus on any of the following themes:

  • The experience and impact of imprisonment
  • Justice alternatives
  • Punishment practices
  • Community based solutions to harm
  • Belonging after criminal punishment
  • Multiple disadvantage

Current students:

  • Lisa Armstrong (College of Social Sciences PhD Scholarship): The Impact of Remand Decision-making on the Rights of Women in Scotland
  • Teresa Brasio-McLaughlin (CoSS PhD Scholarship): Men’s Mental Health After Prison: Everyday Experiences Of Mental Health In The Community Post-Imprisonment
  • Scott McMillan (ESRC Scholarship): Experiences of the Process of Progression through the Scottish Criminal Justice System for those Sentenced to Life Imprisonment.
  • Bethan Morgan (Edinburgh/Glasgow Joint Scholarship): Examining the Use and Impact of Progress Reviews
  • Zoe Moore (funded by HMPPS): Exploring the pathway between interventions and desistance from crime
  • Kris Sloss (School of Social and Political Sciences PhD Scholarship): A fair Hearings – An analysis of the legitimacy of the decision-making process of the Scottish Children’s Hearing panels.

Past students:

  • Alice Myers (2024): Imagining a Polyvocal Prison Image Archive
  • Neil Cornish (2022) - Vulnerability of Prisoners in England and Scotland as Experienced by Prisoners and Defined by Prison Authorities.
  • Javier Velasquez Valenzuela (2019) - Doing Justice: Sentencing Practices in Scottish Sheriff Courts.

Teaching

I convene and teach coureses on the MSc in Criminology & Criminal Justice and Sociology Honours courses. They include:

  • SOCIO 5116 Criminal Justice and Injustice (core course)
  • SOCIO 5118 Rethinking Justice 
  • SOCIO4128 Prisons and Beyond - The Sociology of Total Institutions

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