Fergus McNeill

Professor of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Fergus McNeill is Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow. Prior to becoming an academic in 1998, Fergus worked for a decade in drug rehabilitation and as a social worker. His projects and publications have examined institutions, cultures and practices of punishment and rehabilitation and their alternatives. His most recent books include ‘Reimagining Rehabilitation: Beyond the Individual’ (with Lol Burke and Steve Collett) and ‘Pervasive Punishment: Making sense of mass supervision’ (the winner of the European Society of Criminology's 2021 Book Prize).