Carmen Gill

Dr. Carmen Gill is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), specializing in domestic violence research. She joined UNB full-time in 2014 after a decade as Director of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research. Her work focuses on police intervention in intimate partner violence (IPV), domestic homicide, and systemic justice responses to victims and perpetrators. She leads a national project on coercive control and police protocols with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. Previously, she directed a 10-year observatory analyzing justice system responses to IPV.

Her research employs mixed methods, including surveys, judicial file analysis, interviews, and focus groups with survivors and police. Key areas include IPV risk assessment, domestic homicide trends in New Brunswick (1999–2018), and police cultural barriers to effective intervention. She collaborates with community organizations and law enforcement agencies to inform policy and practice reforms.

Her publications span policing strategies, risk assessment tools, and systemic reforms, with a focus on gendered violence dynamics. Current projects emphasize coercive control frameworks and improving criminal justice system responses. She advises students in criminology, gender relations, and family violence studies.

Dr. Gill’s work has directly influenced national police training protocols and policy frameworks through her leadership in developing the Canadian IPV risk assessment framework and collaborative police action guidelines.