Outputs (876)

Exploring reconvictions and ‘crime-free’ gaps over time: What were the experience of one cohort of English probationers? (2024)
Journal Article
Farrall, S. (2024). Exploring reconvictions and ‘crime-free’ gaps over time: What were the experience of one cohort of English probationers?. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 24(5), 955-973. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958241249845

Many, but not all, reconviction studies are undertaken over relatively short periods of time (such as 2 or 5 years) and are usually used to gauge the impact of various disposals against one another. This study, based on one cohort of probationers who... Read More about Exploring reconvictions and ‘crime-free’ gaps over time: What were the experience of one cohort of English probationers?.

Co-creating prisons knowledge inspired by collective autoethnography (2024)
Journal Article
Buck, G., Harriott, P., & Tomczak, P. (2024). Co-creating prisons knowledge inspired by collective autoethnography. Prison Service Journal, 272, 4-11

This is a story, a kind of map, about a study we co-produced on prison peer support work. The social science community call these mapping stories methodology papers. We have tried to write this one in an informal (less academic) style to appeal to a... Read More about Co-creating prisons knowledge inspired by collective autoethnography.

Abortion and Catholicism in Britain: Attitudes, Lived Religion and Complexity (2024)
Book
Page, S.-J., & Lowe, P. (2024). Abortion and Catholicism in Britain: Attitudes, Lived Religion and Complexity. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54692-1

This book details how British Catholic communities view abortion, highlighting the diversity of positions which often contrast with the official line of Catholic Church doctrine. The authors’ extensive qualitative investigation involving various Cath... Read More about Abortion and Catholicism in Britain: Attitudes, Lived Religion and Complexity.

Improving prisoner death statistics: policy brief February 2024 (2024)
Report
Tomczak, P., & Mulgrew, R. (2024). Improving prisoner death statistics: policy brief February 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 February 2024.

The politics of crime, punishment and justice: Exploring the lived reality and enduring legacies of the 1980's radical right (2024)
Book
Farrall, S., & Gray, E. (2024). The politics of crime, punishment and justice: Exploring the lived reality and enduring legacies of the 1980's radical right. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003328339

This book explores the impact of right-wing political ideology on crime, the criminal justice system, and attitudes towards punishment in Britain. Grounded in a rigorous analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys such as the British Social Attitude... Read More about The politics of crime, punishment and justice: Exploring the lived reality and enduring legacies of the 1980's radical right.

Agency in urgency and uncertainty. Vaccines and vaccination in European media discourses (2024)
Journal Article
Wagner, A., Polak, P., Rudek, T. J., Świątkiewicz-Mośny, M., Anderson, A., Bockstal, M., Gariglio, L., Hasmanová Marhánková, J., Hilário, A. P., Hobson-West, P., Iorio, J., Kuusipalo, A., Numerato, D., Scavarda, A., Alcântara da Silva, P., Soares Moura, E., & Vuolanto, P. (2024). Agency in urgency and uncertainty. Vaccines and vaccination in European media discourses. Social Science and Medicine, 346, Article 116725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116725

Although Covid-19 was not the first pandemic, it was unique in the scale and intensity with which societies responded. Countries reacted differently to the threat posed by the new virus. The public health crisis affected European so... Read More about Agency in urgency and uncertainty. Vaccines and vaccination in European media discourses.

Colonial Confessions: An Autoethnography of Writing Criminology in the New South Africa (2024)
Journal Article
Dixon, B. (2024). Colonial Confessions: An Autoethnography of Writing Criminology in the New South Africa. British Journal of Criminology, 64(5), 1063-1079. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae011

This article is an autoethnographic account of a 20-year engagement with South African criminology. It is written from the perspective of someone from the Global North, a beneficiary of Britain’s colonial past and the present dominance of northern wa... Read More about Colonial Confessions: An Autoethnography of Writing Criminology in the New South Africa.

Experiences and Views of Older Adults of South Asian, Black African, and Caribbean Backgrounds About the Digitalization of Primary Care Services Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Focus Group Study (2024)
Journal Article
Ahmed, N., Hall, A., Poku, B., McDermott, J., Astbury, J., & Todd, C. (2024). Experiences and Views of Older Adults of South Asian, Black African, and Caribbean Backgrounds About the Digitalization of Primary Care Services Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Focus Group Study. JMIR Formative Research, 8, Article e57580. https://doi.org/10.2196/57580

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022 prompted governments worldwide to enforce lockdowns and social restrictions, alongside the rapid adoption of digital health and care services. However, there are concerns about the potential exclusi... Read More about Experiences and Views of Older Adults of South Asian, Black African, and Caribbean Backgrounds About the Digitalization of Primary Care Services Since the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Focus Group Study.

Trust matters: The Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe Study (2024)
Journal Article
Vuolanto, P., Nunes Almeida, A., Anderson, A., Auvinen, P., Beja, A., Bracke, P., Cardano, M., Ceuterick, M., Correia, T., De Vito, E., Delaruelle, K., Delicado, A., Esposito, M., Ferrara, M., Gariglio, L., Guerreiro, C., Hasmanová Marhánková, J., Hilario, A. P., Hobson-West, P., Iorio, J., …Wagner, A. (2024). Trust matters: The Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe Study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 52(3), 379-390. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948231223791

This article presents the design of a seven-country study focusing on childhood vaccines, Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe (VAX-TRUST), developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study consists of (a) situation analysis of vaccine hesitancy (e... Read More about Trust matters: The Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe Study.

Using theory from the Global South: from social cohesion and collective efficacy to ubuntu (2024)
Journal Article
Dixon, B. (2024). Using theory from the Global South: from social cohesion and collective efficacy to ubuntu. Theoretical Criminology, 28(3), 267-286. https://doi.org/10.1177/13624806231221744

Criminologists adopting a southern or decolonial perspective bemoan the failure to use theories from the Global South in making sense of crime and responses to it. This article takes the African philosophy and ethics of ubuntu and demonstrates how th... Read More about Using theory from the Global South: from social cohesion and collective efficacy to ubuntu.