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‘How do you Say “Stop that!” in Slovakian?’: A8 Immigra-tion and Scotland’s Race and Ethnic Diversity Narrative (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). ‘How do you Say “Stop that!” in Slovakian?’: A8 Immigra-tion and Scotland’s Race and Ethnic Diversity Narrative

‘How do you Say “Stop that!” in Slovakian’: A8 Immigra¬tion and Scotland’s Race and Ethnic Diversity Narrative. In 2004 8 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Sloveni... Read More about ‘How do you Say “Stop that!” in Slovakian?’: A8 Immigra-tion and Scotland’s Race and Ethnic Diversity Narrative.

Becoming respectable: low-income young mothers, consumption and the pursuit of value (2015)
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(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)
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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)
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(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)
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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.

Has radical participatory online media really 'failed'?: indymedia and its legacies. (2014)
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(2014). Has radical participatory online media really 'failed'?: indymedia and its legacies. Convergence, 419 - 437. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856514541352

This article evaluates the contemporary state of radical participatory online news network Indymedia. After examining criticisms levelled at Indymedia from within critical communications and social movement studies, it provides a tabulated overview o... Read More about Has radical participatory online media really 'failed'?: indymedia and its legacies..

A transnational bicultural place model of cultural selves and psychological citizenship: the case of Chinese immigrants in Britain (2014)
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(2014). A transnational bicultural place model of cultural selves and psychological citizenship: the case of Chinese immigrants in Britain. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 440 - 450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.10.005

The transnational bicultural place of Hong Kong (HK) Chinese immigrants in United Kingdom (UK) comprises bicultural social networks of UK British and UK Chinese connected transnationally by a third network of home compatriots (HK Chinese). Through de... Read More about A transnational bicultural place model of cultural selves and psychological citizenship: the case of Chinese immigrants in Britain.

Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending (2014)
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(2014). Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 56 - 70. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2014.949314

Social scientists, and geographers in particular, have long been interested in examining spatial patterns of offending in order to generate a “geography” of crime and criminality. This paper examines what value, if any, a geographical approach to the... Read More about Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending.

Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 56 - 70. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2014.949314

Social scientists, and geographers in particular, have long been interested in examining spatial patterns of offending in order to generate a “geography” of crime and criminality. This paper examines what value, if any, a geographical approach to the... Read More about Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending.

Efficacy and well-being in rural north India: the role of social identification with a large-scale community identity (2014)
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(2014). Efficacy and well-being in rural north India: the role of social identification with a large-scale community identity. European Journal of Social Psychology, 787-798. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2060

Identifying with a group can contribute to a sense of well-being. The mechanisms involved are diverse: social identification with a group can impact individuals' beliefs about issues such as their connections with others, the availability of social s... Read More about Efficacy and well-being in rural north India: the role of social identification with a large-scale community identity.

Abolishing the stigma of punishments served (2014)
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(2014). Abolishing the stigma of punishments served. Criminal Justice Matters, 22 -23. https://doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2014.950521

The Benthamite workhouse principle of ‘less eligibility’ dates back to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and, since its application to the sphere of criminal justice, has long dictated that prisoners and other lawbreakers should always be last in the q... Read More about Abolishing the stigma of punishments served.

Having Your Day in Court: Judicial Opportunity and Tactical Choice in Anti-GMO Campaigns in France and the United Kingdom (2014)
Journal Article
Doherty, B., & Hayes, G. (2014). Having Your Day in Court: Judicial Opportunity and Tactical Choice in Anti-GMO Campaigns in France and the United Kingdom. Comparative Political Studies, 47(1), 3 -29. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414012439184

Investigating the recent direct action campaigns against genetically modified crops in France and the United Kingdom, the authors set out to understand how contrasting judicial systems and cultures affect the way that activists choose to commit osten... Read More about Having Your Day in Court: Judicial Opportunity and Tactical Choice in Anti-GMO Campaigns in France and the United Kingdom.

Victims versus offenders in British political discourse: the construction of a false dichotomy (2013)
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(2013). Victims versus offenders in British political discourse: the construction of a false dichotomy. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 141 - 157. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12057

This article evaluates the contemporary discursive status of victims and people convicted of criminal offences. The rhetoric used by British politicians to convey the meaning of ‘rights’ is explored within media output, parliamentary speech-making an... Read More about Victims versus offenders in British political discourse: the construction of a false dichotomy.

‘Victims’ versus ‘offenders’ in British political discourse: The construction of a false dichotomy (2013)
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(2013). ‘Victims’ versus ‘offenders’ in British political discourse: The construction of a false dichotomy. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 141 - 157. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12057

This article evaluates the contemporary discursive status of victims and people convicted of criminal offences. The rhetoric used by British politicians to convey the meaning of ‘rights’ is explored within media output, parliamentary speech-making an... Read More about ‘Victims’ versus ‘offenders’ in British political discourse: The construction of a false dichotomy.

Alienation and Control: A study of alienated labour in two Youth Offending Teams across England and Wales.
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de Middelaer, T. A. (2016). Alienation and Control: A study of alienated labour in two Youth Offending Teams across England and Wales

This thesis provides an empirical, qualitative, study of nuances of the labour process in the context of Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and how detectable indications of alienation may be present in the perceptions of front-line practitioners. The stud... Read More about Alienation and Control: A study of alienated labour in two Youth Offending Teams across England and Wales..