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Becoming respectable: low-income young mothers, consumption and the pursuit of value (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Becoming respectable: low-income young mothers, consumption and the pursuit of value. Journal of Marketing Management, 652-672. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2015.1117517

Teenage mothers find themselves caught between two discourses: the irresponsibility of youth and the responsibility of motherhood. We unravel some of the complexities surrounding the performance of socially approved ‘good mothering’, from a social po... Read More about Becoming respectable: low-income young mothers, consumption and the pursuit of value.

The cult of experience: standing out from the crowd in an era of austerity (2015)
Journal Article
Holdsworth. (2017). The cult of experience: standing out from the crowd in an era of austerity. Area, 49(3), 296-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12201

Faced with uncertain futures associated with precarious/casualised employment or unemployment, young people are increasingly encouraged to invest in practices of distinction that enable them to stand out from the crowd in the pursuit of employability... Read More about The cult of experience: standing out from the crowd in an era of austerity.

Disparities in public protection measures against sexual offending in England and Wales: an example of preventative injustice? (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Disparities in public protection measures against sexual offending in England and Wales: an example of preventative injustice?. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 561-577. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895815577219

This article analyses the use of criminal justice measures aimed at the prevention of sexual offending across England and Wales. Specifically, it focuses on measures such as the ‘sex offenders register’ and sexual offences prevention orders (SOPOs) a... Read More about Disparities in public protection measures against sexual offending in England and Wales: an example of preventative injustice?.

Gendered forms of responsibility and control in teenagers' views of alcohol (2015)
Journal Article
Holdsworth. (2015). Gendered forms of responsibility and control in teenagers' views of alcohol. Journal of Youth Studies, 794 - 808. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2014.992325

There has been a shift in the most recent UK Government's Alcohol Strategy (2012) from personal responsibility towards a model of shared responsibility for young people's drinking. On closer examination of the strategy, however, it appears that rathe... Read More about Gendered forms of responsibility and control in teenagers' views of alcohol.