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Early Awareness Stalking Intervention (EASI) Evaluation Report (2023)
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Jerath, K., & Page, T. (2023). Early Awareness Stalking Intervention (EASI) Evaluation Report. West Midlands Police Crime and Commissioner’s Office & Home Office UK

This project was commissioned by the Home Office UK, and West Midlands Police Crime and Commissioner’s Office to address the way in which the police identify and deal with stalking and harassment. This evaluation seeks to understand how the police ar... Read More about Early Awareness Stalking Intervention (EASI) Evaluation Report.

Prisoners on prisons: Experiences of peer-delivered suicide prevention work (2023)
Journal Article
Buck, G., Tomczak, P., Harriott, P., Page, R., Bradley, K., Nash, M., & Wainwright, L. (2023). Prisoners on prisons: Experiences of peer-delivered suicide prevention work. Incarceration, 4, https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663231172023

Prison suicide is a global concern, with rates consistently exceeding those in non-incarcerated populations. Prisoners deliver (suicide prevention) initiatives in jurisdictions around the world. As part of a research project seeking to foreground pri... Read More about Prisoners on prisons: Experiences of peer-delivered suicide prevention work.

Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects: Executive summary, May 2023 (2023)
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KEMP, V., Carr, N., Kent, H., & Farrall, S. (2023). Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects: Executive summary, May 2023. London: University of Nottingham

This is the Executive Summary of the final report arising out of a study funded by the Nuffield Foundation which involved examining the efficacy of legal safeguards for children held in police custody. A mixed methods approach was adopted drawing on... Read More about Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects: Executive summary, May 2023.

Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects (2023)
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Kemp, V., Carr, N., Kent, H., & Farrall, S. (2023). Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects. London: University of Nottingham

The Nuffield Foundation funded this three year project which involved examining the efficacy of legal safeguards for children held in police custody. A mixed methods approach was adopted drawing on over 50,000 electronic custody records drawn from e... Read More about Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects.

Patient safety in prisons: a multi-method analysis of reported incidents in England (2023)
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McFadzean, I. J., Davies, K., Purchase, T., Edwards, A., Hellard, S., Ashcroft, D. M., …Carson-Stevens, A. (2023). Patient safety in prisons: a multi-method analysis of reported incidents in England. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 116(7), 236-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768231166138

Objectives Prisoners use healthcare services three times more frequently than the general population with poorer health outcomes. Their distinct healthcare needs often pose challenges to safe healthcare provision. This study aimed to characterise pa... Read More about Patient safety in prisons: a multi-method analysis of reported incidents in England.

A house is not a home: housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery (2023)
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Clare, N., Iafrati, S., Reeson, C., Wright, N., Gray, C., & Baptiste, H. (2023). A house is not a home: housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery. Journal of the British Academy, 11, 83-93. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/011.083

This commentary focuses on the underexplored links between housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery. Despite significant anecdotal evidence, there is a pressing need for proper theorisation of the connections between housing situation a... Read More about A house is not a home: housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery.

The arts in dementia: instrumental and experiential perspectives (2023)
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Schneider, J. (2023). The arts in dementia: instrumental and experiential perspectives. Aging and Mental Health, 27(10), 1861-1863. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2205827

The indirect experience of dementia mediated through the arts shapes our preconceptions, educating us to understand dementia, gaining a deeper appreciation of how it may affect an individual. By contrast dementia research has largely regarded the art... Read More about The arts in dementia: instrumental and experiential perspectives.

Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries (2023)
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Yu, S. W. K., Chau, R. C. M., & Lo, I. P. Y. (2024). Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries. International Social Work, 67(2), 321-333. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231165638

This article is intended to explore the link between the study of defamilisation and that of the adult worker model. To meet this purpose, a defamilisation framework for studying issues concerning the adult worker model and defamilisation is develope... Read More about Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries.

Collateral consequences of criminal records from the other side of the pond: How exceptional is American penal exceptionalism? (2023)
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Corda, A., Rovira, M., & Henley, A. (2023). Collateral consequences of criminal records from the other side of the pond: How exceptional is American penal exceptionalism?. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 23(4), 528–548. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958231161437

In this article, we highlight the existence and expansion of so-called ‘collateral consequences’ (CCs) of criminal records in Europe to challenge the prevalent view that these are features of the claimed ‘American exceptionalism’ within the penal fie... Read More about Collateral consequences of criminal records from the other side of the pond: How exceptional is American penal exceptionalism?.

Biographical dialectics: The ongoing and creative problem solving required to negotiate the biographical disruption of chronic illness (2023)
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Cluley, V., Burton, J., Quann, N., Hull, K., & Eborall, H. (2023). Biographical dialectics: The ongoing and creative problem solving required to negotiate the biographical disruption of chronic illness. Social Science and Medicine, 325, Article 115900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115900

Here we propose the term ‘biographical dialectics’ as a sister term to ‘biographical disruption’ to capture the ongoing problem solving that characterises the lives of many people living with life limiting chronic illnesses. The paper is based on the... Read More about Biographical dialectics: The ongoing and creative problem solving required to negotiate the biographical disruption of chronic illness.

The Risks and Harms Associated with Modern Slavery during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Multi-Method Study (2023)
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Such, E., Gardner, A., Dang, M., Wright, N., Bravo-Balsa, L., Brotherton, V., …Trodd, Z. (in press). The Risks and Harms Associated with Modern Slavery during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Multi-Method Study. Journal of Human Trafficking, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2023.2194760

The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably affected global economies and societies, exacerbating existing social inequalities. This “syndemic” pandemic has placed people and communities affected by modern slavery and human trafficking at elevated risk of... Read More about The Risks and Harms Associated with Modern Slavery during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom: A Multi-Method Study.

Brexit and ‘missing’ financial services jobs in the United Kingdom (2023)
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Hall, S., & Heneghan, M. (2023). Brexit and ‘missing’ financial services jobs in the United Kingdom. Contemporary Social Science, 18(2), 235-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2189294

In this paper, we examine the impact of Brexit on financial services employment in the UK. Initial estimates suggested that around 10,000 jobs could relocate from London to other EU financial centres as a result of Brexit. Official statistics show th... Read More about Brexit and ‘missing’ financial services jobs in the United Kingdom.

Decolonizing zemiology: outlining and remedying the blindness to (post)colonialism within the study of social harm (2023)
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Wright, E. J. (2023). Decolonizing zemiology: outlining and remedying the blindness to (post)colonialism within the study of social harm. Critical Criminology, 31, 127–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-022-09682-5

This paper hosts the first meaningful dialogue between two important epistemic movements for criminology: zemiology and decolonisation. I identify that zemiology has a disciplinary blindness to colonialism and explain this using Gurminder K. Bhambra’... Read More about Decolonizing zemiology: outlining and remedying the blindness to (post)colonialism within the study of social harm.

Explaining penal momentum: Path dependence, prison population forecasting and the persistence of high incarceration rates in England and Wales (2023)
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Guiney, T., & Yeomans, H. (2023). Explaining penal momentum: Path dependence, prison population forecasting and the persistence of high incarceration rates in England and Wales. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 62(1), 29-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12507

This article seeks to explain the persistence of high incarceration rates in England and Wales. Building upon recent theoretical work on path dependence, we identify prison population forecasting as a poorly understood positive feedback mechanism tha... Read More about Explaining penal momentum: Path dependence, prison population forecasting and the persistence of high incarceration rates in England and Wales.

An applied model of cultural competence in child protection practice (2023)
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Laird, S., & Williams, C. (2023). An applied model of cultural competence in child protection practice. Journal of Social Work, 23(4), 721-740. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680173231162551

Summary : This empirical qualitative study explores the application of a model of cultural competence in child protection practice with families from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in the United Kingdom. Data were collected through audi... Read More about An applied model of cultural competence in child protection practice.

Are women of all age groups equally affected by the shadow of sexual assault? Evidence from Germany (2023)
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Hirtenlehner, H., Farrall, S., & Groß, E. (2023). Are women of all age groups equally affected by the shadow of sexual assault? Evidence from Germany. European Journal of Criminology, 20(3), 834-855. https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708231156330

Ample evidence suggests that women are more fearful of crime than men. The ‘shadow of sexual assault hypothesis’ offers a possible explanation for this gender gap: in patriarchal societies females are more afraid of sexual violence, which, in turn, d... Read More about Are women of all age groups equally affected by the shadow of sexual assault? Evidence from Germany.

Two Worlds in One: What ‘Counts’ as Animal Advocacy for Veterinarians Working in UK Animal Research? (2023)
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McGlacken, R., Anderson, A., & Hobson-West, P. (2023). Two Worlds in One: What ‘Counts’ as Animal Advocacy for Veterinarians Working in UK Animal Research?. Animals, 13(5), Article 776. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13050776

The concept of advocacy is of increasing importance to the veterinary profession internationally. However, there are concerns around the ambiguity and complexity of acting as an advocate in practice. This paper explores what ‘animal advocacy’ involve... Read More about Two Worlds in One: What ‘Counts’ as Animal Advocacy for Veterinarians Working in UK Animal Research?.