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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.

Improving prisoner death statistics: policy brief October 2024 (2024)
Report
Tomczak, P., & Mulgrew, R. (2024). Improving prisoner death statistics: policy brief October 2024. University of Nottingham

Prisoner mortality rates are up to 50% higher than rates in the community, forming a global human rights and health equity concern, and producing tremendous harms and costs. In 2023, a UN Special Rapporteur warned that ‘prisoners are … dying needless... Read More about Improving prisoner death statistics: policy brief October 2024.

Cognitive impairment and exploitation: connecting fragments of a bigger picture through data (2024)
Journal Article
Abubakar, A. M., Seymour, R. G., Gardner, A., Lambert, I., Fyson, R., & Wright, N. (2024). Cognitive impairment and exploitation: connecting fragments of a bigger picture through data. Journal of Public Health, 46(4), 498-505. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae266

Background
Exploitation poses a significant public health concern. This paper highlights ‘jigsaw pieces’ of statistical evidence, indicating cognitive impairment as a pre- or co-existing factor in exploitation.

Methods
We reviewed English Safegu... Read More about Cognitive impairment and exploitation: connecting fragments of a bigger picture through data.

Risk, emotion and responsibility: an analysis of the storylines used by vaccine hesitant mothers (2024)
Journal Article
Lermytte, E., Paredis, M., Hobson-West, P., Bracke, P., & Ceuterick, M. (2024). Risk, emotion and responsibility: an analysis of the storylines used by vaccine hesitant mothers. Health, Risk and Society, 26(7-8), 368-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2024.2410150

Under processes of responsibilisation and individualisation in the ‘risk society’, as well as discourses of intensive motherhood, mothers are expected to make ‘good’ decisions regarding their children’s health. Consequently, decision-making concernin... Read More about Risk, emotion and responsibility: an analysis of the storylines used by vaccine hesitant mothers.

Cognitive Impairment as A Vulnerability for Exploitation: A Scoping Review (2024)
Journal Article
Lambert, I., Wright, N., Gardner, A., Fyson, R., Abubakar, A., & Clawson, R. (2024). Cognitive Impairment as A Vulnerability for Exploitation: A Scoping Review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380241282993

Exploitation is a form of abuse that occurs when one person unfairly manipulates another for profit or personal gain. Various individual and social characteristics have the potential to increase an individual’s risk of being exploited. Cognitive impa... Read More about Cognitive Impairment as A Vulnerability for Exploitation: A Scoping Review.

Can a ‘structural competency’ approach improve the safeguarding of diverse marginalised communities from exploitation? (2024)
Journal Article
Khazbak, R., Gardner, A., Burcu, O., & Gray, C. (2024). Can a ‘structural competency’ approach improve the safeguarding of diverse marginalised communities from exploitation?. Critical Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183241284502

This article examines if a ‘structural competency’ approach can help with understanding and addressing deficiencies in identifying potential exploitation victims among marginalised communities. Through a case study of multi-agency work within a unita... Read More about Can a ‘structural competency’ approach improve the safeguarding of diverse marginalised communities from exploitation?.

Between animal research and animal welfare: Analysing the openness practices of UK Named Veterinary Surgeons (2024)
Journal Article
McGlacken, R., & Hobson-West, P. (2024). Between animal research and animal welfare: Analysing the openness practices of UK Named Veterinary Surgeons. Animal Welfare Journal, 33, Article e36. https://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2024.42

The use of animals as scientific models is argued to be crucial for producing new scientific and medical knowledge and clinical treatments. However, animal research continues to raise socio-ethical concerns. In recent years, there has been a push for... Read More about Between animal research and animal welfare: Analysing the openness practices of UK Named Veterinary Surgeons.

Who cares about lab rodents? (2024)
Journal Article
Davies, G., Kirk, R. G., Greenhough, B., Hobson-West, P., Myelnikov, D., & Roe, E. (2024). Who cares about lab rodents?. Science, 385(6715), 1270-1273. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr6151

Rodents are widely seen as a commensal pest species and an unwelcome addition to human society. Consequently, caring about mice and rats—relative to more charismatic species, such as cats or dogs—is less commonly a focus of public concern. Yet, in di... Read More about Who cares about lab rodents?.

Moving on: The overrepresentation of Black and minoritised households in out of area housing placements in England (2024)
Journal Article
IAFRATI, S., CLARE, N., & LAWRENCE, H. (2024). Moving on: The overrepresentation of Black and minoritised households in out of area housing placements in England. Critical Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183241274659

Based on freedom of information request data supplied by English local authorities, this paper identifies significant under-reporting of out of area housing placements in government statistics alongside an overrepresentation of Black and minoritised... Read More about Moving on: The overrepresentation of Black and minoritised households in out of area housing placements in England.

Barriers and opportunities for prison services in developing reintegrative pathways for justice-involved people subjected to MSHT exploitation (2024)
Journal Article
Sandy, L., Snowden, A., Tangen, J., & Gardner, A. (2024). Barriers and opportunities for prison services in developing reintegrative pathways for justice-involved people subjected to MSHT exploitation. Prison Service Journal, 20-29

Vulnerable people who are subjected to modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) exploitation and become justice-involved, face complex challenges in both recovering from their experiences and achieving ongoing protection. An evaluation of internat... Read More about Barriers and opportunities for prison services in developing reintegrative pathways for justice-involved people subjected to MSHT exploitation.