School of Social and Political Science

Background

Career History

I spent 26 years working in higher education, following on from a 16 year career in youth & community work and social work in both statutory and voluntary sectors. I am an accredited practice teacher. In 2019, Scottish Association for Social Workers (SASW) honoured me with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Now in retirement, I am enjoying research and writing, predominantly around social history topics.

Inaugural Lecture

Researching Social Work: Reflections on a Contested Profession

• Presentation (PDF, 307KB)

Publications

Books

• Cree, V.E. and McCulloch, T. (2023) Social Work. A Reader. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. ISBN 978 1 032 01450 0
• Cree, V.E.  (ed.) (2022) Becoming a Social Worker. 3rd edition. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781032020990
• Cree, V.E. and Smith, M. (eds) (2018). Social Work in a Changing Scotland, London: Routledge. ISBN 978 1 138 29503 2
• Cree, V.E., Clapton, G. and Smith, M. (eds) (2015). Revisiting Moral Panics, Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 978 1 4473 2185 9
• Cree, V.E. (ed.) (2015). Gender and Family. Moral Panics in Theory and Practice, Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 978 1 4473 2191 0
• Cree, V.E (ed.) (2015). The State: Moral Panics in Theory and Practice, Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 978 1 4473 2197 2
• Cree, V.E. (ed.) (2013). Becoming a Social Worker: Global Narratives, London: Routlege.
• Cree, V.E. (ed.) (2010). Social Work. A Reader, London: Routledge.
• Cree, V.E. (2010). Sociology for Social Workers and Probation Officers, 2nd edition, London: Routledge.
• Cree, V.E. and Myers, S. (2008). Social Work: Making a Difference, Bristol: Policy Press/BASW.
• Cree, V.E. and Davis, A. (2007). Social Work: Voices from the Inside, London: Routledge.
• Cree, V.E. (ed.) (2003). Becoming a Social Worker , London: Routledge
• Cree, V.E. (2000). Sociology for Social Workers and Probation Officers, London: Routledge.
• Cree, V.E., and Macaulay, C. (eds) (2000). Transfer of Learning in Professional and Vocational Education, London: Routledge.
• Cavanagh, K. and Cree, V.E. (eds) (1996). Working with Men. Feminism and Social Work, London: Routledge.
• Cree, V.E. (1995). From Public Streets to Private Lives. The Changing Task of Social Work, Aldershot: Avebury.

Book chapters

• Morrison, F., Cree, V.E., and Cowan, P. (2019). ‘Family social work practice’, in Payne, M. and Reith Hall, E. (eds) Routledge Handbook of Social Work Theory, London, Routledge.
• Cree, V.E. and Phillips, R.  (2018). 'Feminist Contributions to Critical Social Work’, in Webb, S.A. (ed) Handbook of Critical Social Work Part 2: Mapping the Theoretical and Conceptual Terrain, Ch 12, London, Routledge.
• Cree, V.E. (2018). ‘A History of Social Work in Scotland’, in Cree, V.E. and Smith, M. (eds) Social Work in a Changing Scotland, London, Routledge, 9-17.
• Smith, M. and Cree, V.E. (2018). ‘Introduction’, in Cree, V.E. and Smith, M. (eds) (2018) Social Work in a Changing Scotland, London: Routledge 1-5.
• Cree, V.E., Smith, M. and Clapton, G. (2017). ‘Standing up to Complexity: Researching Moral Panics in Social Work’, in Lorenz, W. and Shaw, I. (eds) Private Troubles or Public Issues? Challenges for Social Work Research, London: Routledge, ch 4.
• Kirkwood, S., Jennings, B., Laurier, E., Cree, V.E. and While, B. (2017). ‘Towards an interactional approach to reflective practice in social work’, in Lorenz, W. and Shaw, I. (eds) Private Troubles or Public Issues? Challenges for Social Work Research, London: Routledge, ch 11.
• Beddoe, E. and Cree, V.E. (2017). ‘The risk paradigm and the media in child protection’, in Connolly, M. (ed.) Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Child Protection, Current Debates and New Directions, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Cree, V.E., Clapton, G. and Smith, M. (2015). ‘Preface’, in Cree, V.E., Clapton, G. and Smith, M. (eds) Revisiting Moral Panics, Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 978 1 4473 2185 9 pp xi-xvi.
• Smith, M., Clapton, G. and Cree, V.E. (2015). ‘Moral panics and beyond’, in Cree, V.E., Clapton, G. and Smith, M. (eds) Revisiting Moral Panics, Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 978 1 4473 2185 9 pp 261-269.
• Cree, V.E. (2015). ‘Responsibility’, in Wright, J. (ed.) International Encyclopaedia of Social & Behavioural Sciences, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Elsevier.
• Cree, V.E. (2014). ‘Stigma in Health and Social Work: Towards a New Paradigm’, in Beddoe, E. and Maidment, J. (eds) Social Work Practice for Promoting Health and Wellbeing: Critical Issues, London: Routledge.
• Cree, V.E. (2013). ‘New practices of empowerment’, in Gray, M. and Webb, S. (eds) New Politics of Social Work, London: Sage.
• Cree, V.E. (2013). ‘Social Work: A Global Profession, in Cree, V.E. (ed) Becoming a Social Worker, Global Narratives, London, Routledge: 212-217
• Cree, V.E. (2013). ‘Introduction’, in Cree, V.E. (ed) Becoming a Social Worker, Global Narratives, London, Routledge: 1-9.
• Cree, V.E. (2013). ‘Social Work and Society’, in Davies, M. (ed.) Blackwell Companion to Social Work, 4th edition, Oxford: Blackwell.
• Cree, V.E. (2010). ‘Introduction: Reading Social Work’, in Cree, V.E. (ed.) Social Work A Reader, London: Routledge: 1-7.
• Cree, V.E. and Wallace, S.J. (2009). 'Risk and Protection' in Adams, R., Payne, M. and Dominelli, (eds) Practising Social Work in a Complex World, 2nd edition, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
• Cree, V.E. (2009). 'The Changing Nature of Social Work', in Adams, R., Dominelli, L. and Payne, M. (eds) Social Work. Themes Issues and Critical Debates, 3rd edition, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. 
• Cree, V.E. (2007). 'Social Work and Society', in Davies, M. (ed.) Blackwell Companion to Social Work, 3rd edition, Oxford, Blackwell.
• Cree, V.E. (2006). 'Janet Lusk', in Pipes, R. (ed.) Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
• Cree, V.E. (2005). 'Students Learning to Learn', in Burgess, H. and Taylor, I. (eds) Effective Learning and Teaching in Social Work and Social Policy, London: Routledge Falmer.
• Cree, V.E. and Wallace, S.J. (2005). 'Risk and Protection' in Adams, R., Payne, M. and Dominelli, (eds) Social Work Futures, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan: 115-127.
• Cree, V.E. (2003). 'Becoming and Being a Social Worker', in Cree, V.E. (ed) Becoming a Social Worker, London, Routledge: 155-169.
• Cree, V.E. (2003). 'Introduction', in Cree, V.E. (ed) Becoming a Social Worker, London, Routledge: 1-8.
• Clark, C. and Cree, V.E. (2003). 'The Voluntary Sector: No Time Like the Present', in Martin, I. and Shaw, M. (eds) Educational Resources for Renewing Democracy in Scotland, Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh.
• Cree, V.E. (2002). 'The Changing Nature of Social Work', in Adams, R., Dominelli, L. and Payne, M. (eds) Social Work. Themes Issues and Critical Debates, Basingstoke, Palgrave: 20-29.
• Cree, V.E. (2002). 'Social Work and Society' in Davies, M. (ed.) Blackwell Companion to Social Work, Second edition, Oxford, Blackwell: 275-287.
• Cree, V.E. (2001). 'Men and Masculinities in Social Work Education' in Christie, A. (ed.) Men and Social Work. Theories and Practices, Basingstoke, Macmillan: 147-163.
• Cree, V.E. and Davidson, R.F. (2000). 'Enquiry and Action Learning: a Model for Transferring Learning in Practice', Cree, V.E., and Macaulay, C. (eds) Transfer of Learning in Professional and Vocational Education, London, Routledge: 92-105.
• Cree, V.E. (2000). 'The Challenge of Assessment', in Cree, V.E., and Macaulay, C. (eds) Transfer of Learning in Professional and Vocational Education, London, Routledge: 27-52.
• Cree, V.E. (1996). 'Why Do Men Care?' in Cavanagh, K. and Cree, V.E. (eds) Working with Men. Feminism and Social Work, London, Routledge: 65-86.
• Cree, V.E. and Cavanagh, K. (1996). 'Men, Masculinism and Social Work' in Cavanagh, K. and Cree, V.E. (eds) Working with Men. Feminism and Social Work, London, Routledge: 1-8.
• Cavanagh, K. and Cree, V.E. (1996). 'Moving On' in Cavanagh, K. and Cree, V.E. (eds) Working with Men. Feminism and Social Work, London, Routledge: 181-187.