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Identity concealed or revealed?: the use of photography in the Victorian criminal justice system (2015)
Presentation / Conference
(2015, August). Identity concealed or revealed?: the use of photography in the Victorian criminal justice system. Presented at British Association of Victorian Studies, Leeds

Photography promised 'an enhanced mastery of nature' and was adopted by the police and prison services as a means of identifying suspects who endeavoured to conceal their names and previous convictions. The end of transportation to the colonies was p... Read More about Identity concealed or revealed?: the use of photography in the Victorian criminal justice system.

Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Explain Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Hong Kong Chinese in Britain (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Explain Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Hong Kong Chinese in Britain. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/564648

The UK Chinese are known for their underutilisation of western healthcare services. Reasons for this underutilisation are complex. The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) is a widely used model of social cognition, which in the present study is being a... Read More about Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Explain Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Hong Kong Chinese in Britain.

Integrated Offender Management: A Microcosm of Central and Local Criminal Justice Policy Turbulence (2015)
Book Chapter
Worrall, A., & Corcoran, M. (2015). Integrated Offender Management: A Microcosm of Central and Local Criminal Justice Policy Turbulence. In The Management of Change in Criminal Justice (259-274). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137462497_15

For more than a decade, the government in England and Wales has insisted that a very small proportion of offenders (around 10%) are committing a very large proportion of crime (around 50%) at any point in time (Home Office, 2001; 2003; 2004). Althoug... Read More about Integrated Offender Management: A Microcosm of Central and Local Criminal Justice Policy Turbulence.

Social Relationships and Relationships in Context: Post-Accession Poles in Southampton (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Social Relationships and Relationships in Context: Post-Accession Poles in Southampton. Population, Space and Place, 433 - 445. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.1922

In this article, we examine post-accession Poles' shifting identity practices through the lens of their attitudes to other Poles in a high-density post-accession Polish migration destination, namely the city of Southampton on England's south coast. W... Read More about Social Relationships and Relationships in Context: Post-Accession Poles in Southampton.

Ages and stages: the place of theatre in the lives of older people (2015)
Journal Article
Rickett, M., Bernard, M., Munro, L., Murray, M., Rezzano, J., & Amigoni, D. (2015). Ages and stages: the place of theatre in the lives of older people. Ageing and society, 1119 - 1145. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X14000038

Despite the growing interest amongst gerontologists and literary and cultural scholars alike, in arts participation, ageing and the artistic outputs of older people, comparatively little attention has yet been paid to theatre and drama. Likewise, com... Read More about Ages and stages: the place of theatre in the lives of older people.

Reclaiming Jihad as a Strategy of Conflict Transformation (2015)
Journal Article
S. Sheikh, N. (2015). Reclaiming Jihad as a Strategy of Conflict Transformation. Peace Review, 27(3), 288-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2015.1063370

The imagery of “jihad” provokes persistent unease within a global society that increasingly subscribes to a liberal conception of order, centered in part on the constriction of violence in (and to) matters political. The Westphalian state system that... Read More about Reclaiming Jihad as a Strategy of Conflict Transformation.

Unlikely bedfellows?: Collingwood, Carnap and the internal/external distinction (2015)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2015). Unlikely bedfellows?: Collingwood, Carnap and the internal/external distinction. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 802-817. https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2015.1052961

Idealism is often associated with the kind of metaphysical system building which was successfully disposed of by logical positivism. As Hume’s fork was intended to deliver a serious blow to Leibnizian metaphysics so logical positivism invoked the ver... Read More about Unlikely bedfellows?: Collingwood, Carnap and the internal/external distinction.

Andalusiasation: Is Iran on the Trajectory of De-Islamisation? (2015)
Journal Article
Shahi, A., & Saleh, A. (2015). Andalusiasation: Is Iran on the Trajectory of De-Islamisation?. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 42(4), 500-519. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2015.1020534

Andalusiasation is a critical concept in the Islamic Republic's security discourse that implies the gradual de-Islamisation of cultural structures, which will eventually constitute an existential threat to the political domination of the Islamists. T... Read More about Andalusiasation: Is Iran on the Trajectory of De-Islamisation?.

PCCs, roads policing and the dilemmas of increased democratic accountability (2015)
Journal Article
Wells. (2015). PCCs, roads policing and the dilemmas of increased democratic accountability. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, 274-292. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azv037

In the era of the Police and Crime Commissioner, when the benefits of democratic accountability are placed centre stage, and the public are encouraged to believe that they should dictate the type of policing they receive, this article considers the p... Read More about PCCs, roads policing and the dilemmas of increased democratic accountability.

Statebuilding and the Politics of Non-Recognition (2015)
Book Chapter
Richards, R., & Smith, R. (2015). Statebuilding and the Politics of Non-Recognition. In Recognition in International Relations Rethinking a Political Concept in a Global Context. (1). springer. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137464729_9

Palgrave Studies in International Relations Series General Editors: Knud Erik Jørgensen, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark Audie Klotz, Department of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public  ...

Challenges in finding and measuring behavioural determinants of childhood obesity in Europe. (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Challenges in finding and measuring behavioural determinants of childhood obesity in Europe. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-015-0657-8

AIM: Childhood obesity is an important concern for child health. However, despite widespread concern about the increase in childhood obesity, its causes are not monitored systematically in Europe. In 2007, the Scientific Platform Project on Lifestyle... Read More about Challenges in finding and measuring behavioural determinants of childhood obesity in Europe..