“How you keep going”: Voluntary sector practitioners' story-lines as emotion work

Quinn, Kaitlyn; Tomczak, Philippa; Buck, Gillian

doi:10.1111/1468-4446.12914

All Outputs (8)

Prisoner Death Investigations: Setting the Agenda for Change (2022)
Journal Article
Tomczak, P., & McAllister, S. (2022). Prisoner Death Investigations: Setting the Agenda for Change. Prison Service Journal, 32-38

Deaths in prison: Examining causes, responses, and prevention of deaths in prison worldwide (2022)
Report
(2022). Deaths in prison: Examining causes, responses, and prevention of deaths in prison worldwide. Penal Reform International

Prisoners regulating prisons: Voice, action, participation and riot (2022)
Journal Article
Buck, G., & Tomczak, P. (2024). Prisoners regulating prisons: Voice, action, participation and riot. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 24(1), 144-163. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958221101997

Prisoners are a critical source of prison regulation around the world, but regulation by (rather than of) prisoners remains little analysed. In this article, we utilise the 1990 riots at HMP Strangeways (England), as a case study of prisoners (re)sha... Read More about Prisoners regulating prisons: Voice, action, participation and riot.

Complaints: Mechanisms for prisoner participation? (2022)
Journal Article
Banwell-Moore, R., & Tomczak, P. (2022). Complaints: Mechanisms for prisoner participation?. European Journal of Criminology, 20(6), 1878-1898. https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708221094271

In prisons, participatory mechanisms can foster important outcomes including fairness, legitimacy and dignity. Complaints are one significant (symbolic) mechanism facilitating prisoner participation. Ombud institutions/ Ombudsmen handle complaints ex... Read More about Complaints: Mechanisms for prisoner participation?.

Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’? (2022)
Journal Article
Tomczak, P., & Cook, E. A. (2023). Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’?. Social and Legal Studies, 32(2), 294-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639221100480

A duty to investigate deaths in detention is enshrined within international legislation including Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). A core purpose of these investigations, following UK case law, is that bereaved families ‘h... Read More about Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’?.

‘The human toll’: Highlighting the unacknowledged harms of prison suicide which radiate across stakeholder groups (2022)
Journal Article
Banwell-Moore, R., Tomczak, P., Wainwright, L., Traynor, C., & Hyde, S. (2022). ‘The human toll’: Highlighting the unacknowledged harms of prison suicide which radiate across stakeholder groups. Incarceration, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663221097337

Highlighting “Risky Remands” Through Prisoner Death Investigations: People With Very Severe Mental Illness Transitioning From Police and Court Custody Into Prison on Remand (2022)
Journal Article
Tomczak, P. (2022). Highlighting “Risky Remands” Through Prisoner Death Investigations: People With Very Severe Mental Illness Transitioning From Police and Court Custody Into Prison on Remand. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 862365. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.862365

Prison suicide/self-inflicted death is an international public health crisis, harming stakeholders including bereaved families, prisoners, prison staff and death investigators. England and Wales' record prison suicide numbers in 2016 cost at least £4... Read More about Highlighting “Risky Remands” Through Prisoner Death Investigations: People With Very Severe Mental Illness Transitioning From Police and Court Custody Into Prison on Remand.

“How you keep going”: Voluntary sector practitioners' story-lines as emotion work (2022)
Journal Article
Quinn, K., Tomczak, P., & Buck, G. (2022). “How you keep going”: Voluntary sector practitioners' story-lines as emotion work. British Journal of Sociology, 73(2), 370-386. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12914

The voluntary sector acts as the last line of defense for some of the most marginalized people in societies around the world, yet its capacities are significantly reduced by chronic resource shortages and dynamic political obstacles. Existing researc... Read More about “How you keep going”: Voluntary sector practitioners' story-lines as emotion work.