Research outputs
2026
Weaponising Relationality? Judicial (Re)Interpretation of Loss of Control in Domestic Homicide Cases
Carline, A., Singh, S., Soubise, L., & Gibson, M. (2026). Weaponising Relationality? Judicial (Re)Interpretation of Loss of Control in Domestic Homicide Cases. Feminist Legal Studies. doi:10.1007/s10691-026-09612-8
Affecting and Affective Practice
Carline, A., & Gunby, C. (2026). Affecting and Affective Practice. In Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Affect (pp. 231-241). Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9781003543213-27
Affecting and Affective Practice: New (Materialist) Insights into Rape Trials
Carline, A., & Gu, C. (2026). Affecting and Affective Practice: New (Materialist) Insights into Rape Trials. In Routledge International Handbook of Criminology and Affect (pp. 231-241). doi:10.4324/9781003543213-26
2025
The Significance of Vulnerability in the Sentencing of Rape
Carline, A., Burton, M., & Palmer, E. (2025). The Significance of Vulnerability in the Sentencing of Rape. Criminal Law Review.
Problematising the 'Man Problem' in the Domestic Abuse Act: Discursive Co-option and The (In)Visibility of Gender
FitzGerald, S., & Carline, A. (2025). Problematising the 'Man Problem' in the Domestic Abuse Act: Discursive Co-option and The (In)Visibility of Gender. SOCIAL & LEGAL STUDIES, 34(5), 714-734. doi:10.1177/09646639241288528
A feminist sense of social justice
FitzGerald, S., Carline, A., & McMillan, L. (2025). A feminist sense of social justice. Gender and Justice, 1(2), 147-151. doi:10.1332/30333660y2025d000000022
Editorial
Carline, A., FitzGerald, S., & McMillan, L. (2025). Editorial. Gender and Justice, 1(1), 2-12. doi:10.1332/30333660y2024d000000009
Heather Douglas, Kate Fitz‐Gibbon, Leigh Goodmark and Sandra Walklate (eds), The Criminalization of Violence Against Women: Comparative Perspectives, Oxford: OUP, 2023, 344 pp, hb £59.00
Carline, A. (2025). Heather Douglas, Kate Fitz‐Gibbon, Leigh Goodmark and Sandra Walklate (eds), The Criminalization of Violence Against Women: Comparative Perspectives, Oxford: OUP, 2023, 344 pp, hb £59.00. Modern Law Review, 88(1), 230-234. doi:10.1111/1468-2230.12927
2024
Civilising loss of control? The role of criminal justice gatekeepers
Carline, A., Gibson, M., Singh, S., & Soubise, L. (2024). Civilising loss of control? The role of criminal justice gatekeepers. LEGAL STUDIES, 44(4), 612-630. doi:10.1017/lst.2024.21
From Emotional Labour to Affectual Bodies: Moving Towards an “Affective Ethnography” of The Criminal Court Space
Carline, A., Gunby, C., Munro, V., Tinsley, Y., Duncanson, K., & Flowe, H. (2024). From Emotional Labour to Affectual Bodies: Moving Towards an “Affective Ethnography” of The Criminal Court Space. Emotion Review. doi:10.1177/17540739241278244
Coercive control and the family courts: Comparative perspectives from Australia and England/Wales
Carline, A., Easteal, P., & Young, L. (2024). Coercive control and the family courts: Comparative perspectives from Australia and England/Wales. In Research Handbook on Domestic Violence and Abuse (pp. 269-285). doi:10.4337/9781035300648.00023
2023
Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Criminal Law OpinionsEdited by Bennett Capers, Sarah Deer, and Corey Rayburn Yung, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023, 306 pp., £39.99
CARLINE, A. (2023). Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Criminal Law OpinionsEdited by Bennett Capers, Sarah Deer, and Corey Rayburn Yung, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023, 306 pp., £39.99. Journal of Law and Society, 50(4), 589-593. doi:10.1111/jols.12450
Critical perspectives on the partial defence of loss of control: Justice for women?
Carline, A. (2023). Critical perspectives on the partial defence of loss of control: Justice for women?. In Women Who Kill Criminal Law and Domestic Abuse (pp. 51-66). doi:10.4324/9781003196884-4
New Materialism and Artful Interventions: Exploring the Affects of ‘Let’s Talk about Sexual Violence’
Carline, A., & Gunby, C. (2023). New Materialism and Artful Interventions: Exploring the Affects of ‘Let’s Talk about Sexual Violence’. In New Directions in Sexual Violence Scholarship Law Power and Change (pp. 226-246). doi:10.4324/9781003379331-17
2021
A review of existing interview guidance
Carline, A., Flowe, H. D., Davies, G. M., & Smith, K. (2021). A review of existing interview guidance. In Alcohol and Remembering Rape New Evidence for Practice (pp. 71-88). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67867-8_4
Alcohol and remembering rape: New evidence for practice
Flowe, H. D., & Carline, A. (2021). Alcohol and remembering rape: New evidence for practice. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67867-8
Alcohol and remembering rape: Setting the scene
Flowe, H. D., & Carline, A. (2021). Alcohol and remembering rape: Setting the scene. In Alcohol and Remembering Rape New Evidence for Practice (pp. 1-19). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67867-8_1
Recommendations for practice
Flowe, H. D., Carline, A., Davies, G. M., Smith, K., & Prior, M. (2021). Recommendations for practice. In Alcohol and Remembering Rape New Evidence for Practice (pp. 89-103). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67867-8_5
The legal framework and practitioner perspectives on alcohol and rape
Carline, A., & Gunby, C. (2021). The legal framework and practitioner perspectives on alcohol and rape. In Alcohol and Remembering Rape New Evidence for Practice (pp. 21-31). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67867-8_2
Gender, Justice and Social Transformation: Grand Challenges and Good Trouble
FitzGerald, S. A., & Carline, A. (2021). Gender, Justice and Social Transformation: Grand Challenges and Good Trouble. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 3. doi:10.3389/fhumd.2021.714703
‘AND THAT’S WHY STREET-WISE COMPLAINANTS NOW ALWAYS GIVE EVIDENCE BEHIND SCREENS, LIVE’: Exploring the intensive affects of the courtroom
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Murray, J. (2021). ‘AND THAT’S WHY STREET-WISE COMPLAINANTS NOW ALWAYS GIVE EVIDENCE BEHIND SCREENS, LIVE’: Exploring the intensive affects of the courtroom. In Courthouse Architecture Design and Social Justice (pp. 169-190). doi:10.4324/9780429059858-11
2020
Rape and the Criminal Trial Reconceptualising the Courtroom as an Affective Assemblage
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Murray, J. (2020). Rape and the Criminal Trial Reconceptualising the Courtroom as an Affective Assemblage. Springer Nature.
The Emotional Particulars of Working on Rape Cases: Doing Dirty Work, Managing Emotional Dirt and Conceptualizing ‘Tempered Indifference’
Gunby, C., & Carline, A. (2020). The Emotional Particulars of Working on Rape Cases: Doing Dirty Work, Managing Emotional Dirt and Conceptualizing ‘Tempered Indifference’. The British Journal of Criminology: an international review of crime and society, 60(2), 343-362. doi:10.1093/bjc/azz054
Complexity Theory, Deleuze and Guattari’s Affective Assemblage Theory and the Courtroom as Affective Assemblage
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Murray, J. (2020). Complexity Theory, Deleuze and Guattari’s Affective Assemblage Theory and the Courtroom as Affective Assemblage. In Palgrave Socio Legal Studies (pp. 105-128). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38684-9_6
Conclusion: Techniques of Affect and Adaptive Management
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Murray, J. (2020). Conclusion: Techniques of Affect and Adaptive Management. In Palgrave Socio Legal Studies (pp. 129-142). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38684-9_7
Courtroom Expressions: The Intermingling of the Semiotic and Material Regimes
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Murray, J. (2020). Courtroom Expressions: The Intermingling of the Semiotic and Material Regimes. In Palgrave Socio Legal Studies (pp. 41-60). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38684-9_3
Courtroom Performances: Drama, but not Representational Drama
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Murray, J. (2020). Courtroom Performances: Drama, but not Representational Drama. In Palgrave Socio Legal Studies (pp. 61-80). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38684-9_4
Deleuze’s Materialist Philosophy of Affect and Sense
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Murray, J. (2020). Deleuze’s Materialist Philosophy of Affect and Sense. In Palgrave Socio Legal Studies (pp. 81-103). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38684-9_5
Introduction
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Murray, J. (2020). Introduction. In Palgrave Socio Legal Studies (pp. 1-22). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38684-9_1
Mapping the Theory and the Conviction Rate Attractor
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Murray, J. (2020). Mapping the Theory and the Conviction Rate Attractor. In Palgrave Socio Legal Studies (pp. 23-40). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38684-9_2
Unwanted Sexual Attention in the Night-Time Economy: Behaviors, Safety Strategies, and Conceptualizing "Feisty Femininity"
Gunby, C., Carline, A., Taylor, S., & Gosling, H. (2020). Unwanted Sexual Attention in the Night-Time Economy: Behaviors, Safety Strategies, and Conceptualizing "Feisty Femininity". FEMINIST CRIMINOLOGY, 15(1), 24-46. doi:10.1177/1557085119865027
2019
Justice for rape complainants: Limitations and possibilities
Carline, A., & Gunby, C. (2019). Justice for rape complainants: Limitations and possibilities. In Justice Alternatives (pp. 306-320).
Justice for rape complainants
Carline, A., & Gunby, C. (2019). Justice for rape complainants. In Justice Alternatives (pp. 306-320). Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9780429468179-21
2018
Domestic violence, property and family law in Australia
Easteal, P., Young, L., & Carline, A. (2018). Domestic violence, property and family law in Australia. International Journal of Law Policy and the Family, 32(2), 204-229. doi:10.1093/lawfam/eby005
Testing the reflection assumption: A comparison of eyewitness ecology in the laboratory and criminal cases
Flowe, H. D., Carline, A., & Karoğlu, N. (2018). Testing the reflection assumption: A comparison of eyewitness ecology in the laboratory and criminal cases. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 22(3), 239-261. doi:10.1177/1365712718782996
Too Drunk to Consent? Exploring the Contestations and Disruptions in Male-Focused Sexual Violence Prevention Interventions
Carline, A., Gunby, C., & Taylor, S. (2018). Too Drunk to Consent? Exploring the Contestations and Disruptions in Male-Focused Sexual Violence Prevention Interventions. SOCIAL & LEGAL STUDIES, 27(03), 299-322. doi:10.1177/0964663917713346
Reconceptualising On-Street Sex Work as a Complex Affective Social Assemblage
Carline, A., & Murray, J. (2018). Reconceptualising On-Street Sex Work as a Complex Affective Social Assemblage. In Realising Justice for Sex Workers an Agenda for Change (pp. 203-222).
2017
Location, Libation and Leisure: An Examination of the Use of Licensed Venues to Help Challenge Sexual Violence
Gunby, C., Carline, A., & Taylor, S. (2017). Location, libation and leisure: An examination of the use of licensed venues to help challenge sexual violence. CRIME MEDIA CULTURE, 13(3), 315-333. doi:10.1177/1741659016651751
Almost abolitionism: The peculiarities of prostitution policy in England and Wales
Carline, A., & Scoular, J. (2017). Almost abolitionism: The peculiarities of prostitution policy in England and Wales. In Feminism Prostitution and the State the Politics of Neo Abolitionism (pp. 103-120). doi:10.4324/9781315671437
Equal consideration and informed imagining: Recognising and responding to the lived experiences of abused women who kill
Hopkins, A., Carline, A., & Easteal, P. (2017). Equal consideration and informed imagining: Recognising and responding to the lived experiences of abused women who kill. Melbourne University Law Review, 41(3), 1201-1236.
Rape Politics, Policies and Practice: Exploring the Tensions and Unanticipated Consequences of Well-Intended Victim-Focused Measures
Carline, A., & Gunby, C. (2017). Rape Politics, Policies and Practice: Exploring the Tensions and Unanticipated Consequences of Well-Intended Victim-Focused Measures. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 56(1), 34-52. doi:10.1111/hojo.12190
2016
The court's response to intmate partner sexual violence perpetrators
Carline, A., & Easteal, P. (2016). The court's response to intmate partner sexual violence perpetrators. In Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence A Multidisciplinary Approach to Prevention Recognition and Intervention (pp. 143-152). doi:10.4324/9781315693422
2015
Saving fallen women now? Critical perspectives on engagement and support orders and their policy of forced welfarism
Carline, A., & Scoular, J. (2015). Saving fallen women now? Critical perspectives on engagement and support orders and their policy of forced welfarism. Social Policy and Society, 14(1), 103-112. doi:10.1017/S1474746414000347
Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England, by Ian Ward. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2014, vi + 154pp (£30.00 hardback). ISBN: 978-1-84946-294-5.
Carline, A. (2015). Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England, by Ian Ward. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2014, vi + 154pp (£30.00 hardback). ISBN: 978-1-84946-294-5.. Legal Studies, 35(2), 369-373. doi:10.1111/lest.12084
David Harris QC, district court
Carline, A., & Gunby, C. (2015). David Harris QC, district court (Vol. 2). doi:10.1201/b17907
2014
A Critical Account of a ‘Creeping Neo-Abolitionism’: Regulating Prostitution in England and Wales
Scoular, J., & Carline, A. (2014). A critical account of a ‘creeping neo-abolitionism’: Regulating prostitution in England and Wales. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 14(5), 608-626. doi:10.1177/1748895814543534
Shades of Grey – Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women
Carline, A., & Easteal AM, P. (2014). Shades of Grey – Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315817958
2013
Regretting it After? Focus Group Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption, Nonconsensual Sex and False Allegations of Rape
Gunby, C., Carline, A., & Beynon, C. (2013). Regretting it After? Focus Group Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption, Nonconsensual Sex and False Allegations of Rape. Social and Legal Studies, 22(1), 87-106. doi:10.1177/0964663912459293
2012
Of Frames, Cons and Affects: Constructing and Responding to Prostitution and Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
Carline, A. (2012). Of Frames, Cons and Affects: Constructing and Responding to Prostitution and Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation. Feminist Legal Studies, 20(3), 207-225. doi:10.1007/s10691-012-9208-7
Gender differences in alcohol-related non-consensual sex; Cross-sectional analysis of a student population
Gunby, C., Carline, A., Bellis, M. A., & Beynon, C. (2012). Gender differences in alcohol-related non-consensual sex; Cross-sectional analysis of a student population. BMC Public Health, 12(1). doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-216
Perspectives on trafficking and the Policing and Crime Act 2009: Challenging notions of vulnerability through a Butlerian lens
Carline, A. (2012). Perspectives on trafficking and the Policing and Crime Act 2009: Challenging notions of vulnerability through a Butlerian lens. In Regulating the International Movement of Women from Protection to Control (pp. 135-153).
2011
"How an Ordinary Jury Makes Sense of it is a Mystery": Barristers' Perspectives on Rape, Consent and the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Carline, A., & Gunby, C. (2011). "How an Ordinary Jury Makes Sense of it is a Mystery": Barristers' Perspectives on Rape, Consent and the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Liverpool Law Review, 32(3), 237-250. doi:10.1007/s10991-011-9100-6
Criminal justice, extreme pornography and prostitution: Protecting women or promoting morality?
Carline, A. (2011). Criminal justice, extreme pornography and prostitution: Protecting women or promoting morality?. Sexualities, 14(3), 312-333. doi:10.1177/1363460711400810
Constructing the Subject of Prostitution: A Butlerian Reading of the Regulation of Sex Work
Carline, A. (2011). Constructing the Subject of Prostitution: A Butlerian Reading of the Regulation of Sex Work. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 24(1), 61-78. doi:10.1007/s11196-010-9192-7
Criminalisation or protection? Tensions in the construction of prevention strategies concerning trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation
Carline, A. (2011). Criminalisation or protection? Tensions in the construction of prevention strategies concerning trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation. In Gender Sexualities and Law (pp. 175-187). doi:10.4324/9780203831427
2010
Alcohol-Related Rape Cases: Barristers' Perspectives on the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and its Impact on Practice
Gunby, C., Carline, A., & Beynon, C. (2010). Alcohol-Related Rape Cases: Barristers' Perspectives on the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and its Impact on Practice. Journal of Criminal Law, 74(6), 579-600. doi:10.1350/jcla.2010.74.6.670
Honour and shame in domestic homicide: A critical analysis of the provocation defence
Carline, A. (2010). Honour and shame in domestic homicide: A critical analysis of the provocation defence. In Honour Violence Women and Islam (pp. 80-95). doi:10.4324/9780203846988
2008
Socio-legal studies in Liverpool Law Schools introduction
Carline, A., & Baker, H. (2008). Socio-legal studies in Liverpool Law Schools introduction. Liverpool Law Review, 29(2), 117-121. doi:10.1007/s10991-008-9036-7
2006
Resignifications and subversive transformations: Judith Butler's queer theory and women who kill
Carline, A. (2006). Resignifications and subversive transformations: Judith Butler's queer theory and women who kill. Liverpool Law Review, 27(3), 303-335. doi:10.1007/s10991-006-9005-y
2005
Zoora Shah: 'An unusual woman'
Carline, A. (2005). Zoora Shah: 'An unusual woman'. Social and Legal Studies, 14(2), 215-238. doi:10.1177/0964663905051220
Women who kill their abusive partners: From sameness to gender construction
Carline, A. (2005). Women who kill their abusive partners: From sameness to gender construction. Liverpool Law Review, 26(1), 13-44. doi:10.1007/s10991-005-3773-7