Professor Belinda Brooks-Gordon

Positions held:

Professor of Forensic Psychology and Public Policy, School of Psychological Sciences

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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching

Supervision

Supervisions within Birkbeck:

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Teaching

Teaching modules
- Qualitative Methods (PSYC074H7)
- Sexuality, Psychology and Sex Work (SCPS001H6)
Publications
Publications
Article
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Ebbitt, E. (2021) The Chemsex ‘Consent Ladder’ in male sex work: perspectives of health providers on derailment and empowerment. Social Sciences 10 (2), pp. 69. ISSN 2076-0760.
- Sanders, T. and Vajzovic, D. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Mulvihill, N. (2020) Policing vulnerability in sex work: the harm reduction compass model. Policing and Society pp. 1-17. ISSN 1043-9463.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Wijers, M. and Jobe, A. (2020) Justice and civil liberties on sex work in Contemporary International Human Rights Law. Social Sciences 9 (1), pp. 4. ISSN 2076-0760.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2017) Travesties like this make it harder for real victims. The Mail On Sunday ISSN 0263-8878.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2016) The sex conundrum. Liberator (381), pp. 18-19.
- Thackeray, L.A. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2013) Sons and mothers: new insight into the end of active motherhood in the ‘Age of Austerity’. Journal of Adult Development 20 (3), pp. 113-125. ISSN 1068-0667.
- Cusick, L. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Campbell, Rosie and Edgar, F. (2011) 'Exiting' drug use and sex work: career paths, interventions and government strategy targets. Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy 18 (2), pp. 145-156. ISSN 0968-7637.
- Frost, N.A. and Holt, A. and Shinebourne, P. and Esin, C. and Nolas, S.-M. and Mehdizadeh, L. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2011) Collective findings, individual interpretations: an illustration of a pluralistic approach to qualitative data analysis. Qualitative Research in Psychology 8 (1), pp. 93-113. ISSN 1478-0887.
- Frost, N. and Nolas, S.M. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Esin, C. and Holt, A. and Mehdizadeh, L. and Shinebourne, Pnina (2010) Pluralism in qualitative research: the impact of different researchers and qualitative approaches on the analysis of qualitative data. Qualitative Research 10 (4), pp. 441-460. ISSN 1468-7941.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2010) Bellwether citizens: the regulation of male clients of sex workers. Journal of Law and Society 37 (1), pp. 145-170. ISSN 0263-323X.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2010) Bellwether citizens: the regulation of male clients of sex workers. Journal of Law and Society 37 (1), pp. 145-170. ISSN 0263-323X.
- Aresti, A. and Eatough, Virginia and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2010) Doing time after time: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of reformed ex-prisoners' experiences of self-change, identity and career opportunities. Psychology, Crime and Law 16 (3), pp. 169-190. ISSN 1068-316X.
- Cusick, L. and Kinnell, H. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Campbell, Rosie (2009) Wild guesses and conflated meanings: estimating the size of the sex worker population in Britain. Critical Social Policy 29 (4), pp. 703-719. ISSN 0261-0183.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2008) State violence towards sex workers. British Medical Journal 337 (7669), ISSN 1759-2151.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2008) The Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2008 and prostitution law reform. Archbold News (3), pp. 4-6. ISSN 0961-4249.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Bilby, C. (2006) Psychological interventions for treatment of adult sex offenders. BMJ 333 (7557), pp. 5-6. ISSN 1759-2151.
- Bilby, C. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Wells, H. (2006) A systematic review of psychological interventions for sexual offenders II: quasi-experimental and qualitative data. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 17 (3), pp. 467-484. ISSN 1478-9949.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Bilby, C. and Wells, H. (2006) A systematic review of psychological interventions for sexual offenders I: randomised control trials. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 17 (3), pp. 442-466. ISSN 1478-9949.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2005) Clients and commercial sex: reflections on ‘Paying the Price: A Consultation Paper on Prostitution'. Criminal Law Review pp. 425-443. ISSN 0011-135X.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Bainham, A. (2004) Prisoners' families and the regulation of contact. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 26 (3), pp. 263-280. ISSN 0964-9069.
- Kenworthy, None and Adams, C. and Bilby, C. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Fenton, M. (2004) Psychological Interventions for those who have sexually offended or at risk of offending. The Cochrane Library (3), ISSN 1465-1858.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Gelsthorpe, L. (2003) Prostitutes' clients, Ken Livingstone and a new Trojan Horse. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 42 (5), pp. 437-451. ISSN 0265-5527.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2003) Gendered provisions in The Sexual Offences Bill 2003: Prostitution. Criminal Justice Matters (53), pp. 28-33. ISSN 0962-7251.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Gelsthorpe, L. (2003) What men say when apprehended for kerb crawling: a model of prostitutes clients' talk. Psychology, Crime & Law 9 (2), pp. 145-171. ISSN 1068-316X.
- Duggan, L. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Bilby, C. and Tudway, J. and Fenton, M. and Hollin, C. and Adams, C. and Duggan, C. (2003) Pharmacological intervention for people who have sexually offended or who have disorders of sexual preference. The Cochrane Library (2), ISSN 1465-1858.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2002) An exploration of academic culture and the unintentional Queen Bee. Psychology of Women Section Review 4 (2), pp. 18-21. ISSN 1466-3724.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Bilby, C. and Duggan, L. and Tudway, J. and Fenton, M. and Hollin, C. and Adams, C. and Duggan, C. and White, P. (2002) Pharmacological intervention for people who have sexually offended or who have disorders of sexual preference. The Cochrane Library (2), ISSN 1465-1858.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2000) Sexism in the city. Psychology of Women Section Review 2 (1), pp. 5-15. ISSN 1466-3724.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (1996) The need for media training. The Psychologist 9 (6), ISSN 0952-8229.
Book
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2007) Death rites and rights. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781841137322.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Freeman, M., eds. (2006) Law and psychology: current legal issues. Current Legal Issues. (9), Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199211395.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2006) The price of sex: prostitution, policy and society. Portland, U.S.: Willan Publishing. ISBN 9781843920878.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Gelsthorpe, L. and Johnson, M. and Bainham, A., eds. (2004) Sexuality repositioned: diversity and the law. pp. 395-429. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781841134895.
Book Section
- Carberry, K. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2020) Black therapists – White families, therapists’ perceptions of cultural competence in clinical practice. In: Majors, R. and Carberry, K. and Ransaw, T. (eds.) The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.. pp. 379-404. ISBN 9781839099656.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2018) Into the light: a model of justice for workers’ rights in the shadow and gig economy. In: FitzGerald, S.A. and McGarry, K. (eds.) Realising Justice for Sex Workers: An Agenda for Change. Global Political Economies of Gender and Sexuality. Rowman and Littlefield International. ISBN 9781786603944.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2010) Sex work. In: Brookman, F. and Pierpoint, H. and Bennett, T. and Maguire, M. (eds.) Handbook On Crime. Portland, U.S.: Willan Publishing. pp. 542-576. ISBN 9781843923718.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2010) Sexually harmful adults. In: Towl, G.J. and Crighton, D.A. (eds.) Forensic Psychology - 2nd Edition. Hoboken, U.S.: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 341-352. ISBN 9781118757789.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Freeman, M. (2006) Law and psychology: issues for today. In: Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Freeman, M. (eds.) Law and Psychology. Current Legal Issues. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199211395.
- Frosh, Stephen (2006) Psychoanalysis and the Nazis. In: Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Freeman, M. (eds.) Law and Psychology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199211395.
- Bainham, A. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2004) Reforming the law on sexual offences. In: Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Gelsthorpe, L. and Johnson, M. and Bainham, A. (eds.) Sexuality Repositioned: Diversity and the Law. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing. pp. 260-296. ISBN 9781841134895.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Bilby, C. and Kenworthy, T. (2004) Sexual offenders: a systematic review of psychological treatment interventions. In: Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Gelsthorpe, L. and Johnson, M. and Bainham, A. (eds.) Sexuality Repositioned: Diversity and the Law. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing. pp. 395-429. ISBN 9781841134895.
- Segal, Lynne (2004) New battlegrounds: genetic maps and sexual politics. In: Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Gelsthorpe, L. and Johnson, M. and Bainham, A. (eds.) Sexuality repositioned: diversity and the law. Oxford: Hart Publishing. pp. 65-83. ISBN 1 84113 489 9.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2003) Contact in containment. In: Bainham, A. and Lindley, B. and Richards, M. and Trinder, L. (eds.) Children and Their Families: Contact, Rights and Welfare. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing. pp. 313-334. ISBN 9781841132532.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Gelsthorpe, L.R. (2002) Hiring bodies: male clients and prostitution. In: Bainham, A. and Sclater, S.D. and Richards, M. (eds.) Body Lore and Laws: Essays on Law and the Human Body. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing. pp. 193-210. ISBN 9781841131979.
Monograph
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Paddick, B. and Bettsworth, H. and Brown, S. and Cane, C. and Clucas, F. and Cooke, C. and Cordon, S. and Hobson, S. and Ingham, C. and Khan, M. and Scott, N. and Kyrle-Pope, W. (2017) A rational approach to harm reduction. Policy Unit, Liberal Democrats.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Mai, N. and Perry, G. and Sanders, T. (2015) Production, income, and expenditure in commercial sexual activity as a measure of GDP in the UK national accounts. London, UK: Office for National Statistics.
Other
- Sanders, T. and O'Neill, M. and Campbell, Rosie and Bowen, R. and Brooks-Gordon, Belinda and Jones, D. and Laing, M. and Lister, K. and Mai, N. and Sagar, T. and Scoular, J. and Smith, N. (2018) APPG pop-up brothels: response from the Sex Work Research Hub. The Sex Work Research Hub.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2016) Calculating the number of sex workers and their contribution to the non-observed economy in the UK. London, UK: English Collective of Prostitutes.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (2013) Is there more sex work than before?. The Wellcome Trust.
- Brooks-Gordon, Belinda (1996) Kids in the archives. Churchill College Review.

Professor Belinda Brooks-Gordon

Supervision and teaching

Supervision

Teaching

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