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What do We Know About How Processes of Desistance Vary by Ethnicity? (2025)
Journal Article
Farrall, S., Warr, J., Shaw, A., & Sharma, K. (in press). What do We Know About How Processes of Desistance Vary by Ethnicity?. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice,

This paper reviews what is known about ethnic identity and the processes by which people cease offending. Whilst the past 30 years have seen dramatic growths in what is known about desistance, in many jurisdictions there is a paucity of research whic... Read More about What do We Know About How Processes of Desistance Vary by Ethnicity?.

LGBT+ Welfare and Assets in Great Britain (2024)
Report
Matthews, P., Barnett, C., Formby, E., Gregory, L., Lambert, P., & Mann, S. (2024). LGBT+ Welfare and Assets in Great Britain. Nuffield Foundation

This project aimed to understand the experiences of LGBT+ people when they access social security benefits. We use LGBT+ as an umbrella term to describe all people who are not heterosexual and/or not cisgender.

This mixed-methods research used se... Read More about LGBT+ Welfare and Assets in Great Britain.

Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study (2024)
Journal Article
Carson-Stevens, A., McFadzean, I. J., Purchase, T., Gwyn, S., Hellard, S., Davies, K., Ashcroft, D. M., Avery, A., Campbell, S., Edwards, A., Flynn, S., Hewson, T., Ibrahim, S., Jordan, M., Keers, R. N., Millar, T., Panagioti, M., Sanders, C., Senior, J., Stevenson, C., …Shaw, J. (2024). Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 14(12), Article e085607. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085607

Introduction Around 1 in 20 patients experience avoidable healthcare-associated harm worldwide. Despite longstanding concerns, there is insufficient information available about the safety of healthcare for prisoners. To address this, this study will... Read More about Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study.

The association between delirium and falls in older adults in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Eost-Telling, C., McNally, L., Yang, Y., Shi, C., Norman, G., Ahmed, S., Poku, B., Money, A., Hawley-Hague, H., Todd, C. J., Shenkin, S. D., & Vardy, E. R. (2024). The association between delirium and falls in older adults in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 53(12), Article afae270. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae270

Objective. Systematically review and critically appraise the evidence for the association between delirium and falls in community-dwelling adults aged ≥60years. Methods. We searched EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,... Read More about The association between delirium and falls in older adults in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Countering Sexual Harassment and Assault in Outer Space: Contributions from a Criminological Perspective (2024)
Book Chapter
Clamp, K. (2024). Countering Sexual Harassment and Assault in Outer Space: Contributions from a Criminological Perspective. In Y. Eski, & J. Lampkin (Eds.), Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003437178

As human activity in outer space increases, the potential for conflict, crime, and victimisation emerges as a vital but overlooked criminological concern. This chapter explores several questions to identify relevant criminological knowledge and learn... Read More about Countering Sexual Harassment and Assault in Outer Space: Contributions from a Criminological Perspective.

Identifying the Black Country’s Top Mental Health Research Priorities Using a Collaborative Workshop Approach: Community Connexions (2024)
Journal Article
Morrissey, H., Benoit, C., Ball, P. A., & Ackom-Mensah, H. (2024). Identifying the Black Country’s Top Mental Health Research Priorities Using a Collaborative Workshop Approach: Community Connexions. Healthcare, 12(24), Article 2506. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12242506

Background:

The Black Country (BC) is an area of the United Kingdom covering Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton. The area is ethnically, culturally and religiously diverse. One-fifth of the total population is in the lowest socioeconomi... Read More about Identifying the Black Country’s Top Mental Health Research Priorities Using a Collaborative Workshop Approach: Community Connexions.

Skinfolk, but Not Kinfolk? Paradoxical Representation Among Ethnic Minority Conservative Political Elites in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Begum, N., Bankole, M., Briscoe-Palmer, S., Godshaw, D., & Saini, R. (2024). Skinfolk, but Not Kinfolk? Paradoxical Representation Among Ethnic Minority Conservative Political Elites in the UK. Politics and Gender, 20(3), 745 - 750. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x24000278

As the number of ethnic minority politicians increase across countries like the United Kingdom and the United States, so too have instances in which these officeholders act against the communities they descriptively represent. In this contribution, w... Read More about Skinfolk, but Not Kinfolk? Paradoxical Representation Among Ethnic Minority Conservative Political Elites in the UK.

The relationship between frailty, ethnicity and health inequality – a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Cluley, V. (in press). The relationship between frailty, ethnicity and health inequality – a scoping review. Journal of Global Aging,

This scoping review highlights the need for research to address the intersectional relationship between racialisation, health inequality and frailty in older age. We map research addressing the relationship between frailty and ethnicity across liter... Read More about The relationship between frailty, ethnicity and health inequality – a scoping review.

An Ontology of Social and Economic Reproduction: Modern Slavery, Housing, and Critical Realism (2024)
Journal Article
Iafrati, S., & Clare, N. (2024). An Ontology of Social and Economic Reproduction: Modern Slavery, Housing, and Critical Realism. Social Policy and Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746424000459

This paper argues that commodification of housing plays a key role in the reproduction of social and economic relations and contributes to debates by, firstly, recognising modern slavery as a fundamental intersection of economic and social vulnerabil... Read More about An Ontology of Social and Economic Reproduction: Modern Slavery, Housing, and Critical Realism.