Police discretion and the role of the ‘spotter’ within football crowd policing: risk assessment, engagement, legitimacy and de-escalation (2023)
Journal Article
Hope, M., Radburn, M., & Stott, C. (2023). Police discretion and the role of the ‘spotter’ within football crowd policing: risk assessment, engagement, legitimacy and de-escalation. Policing and Society, 33(5), 485-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2023.2173193

Discretion is a key feature of policing, yet its surrounding research has historically been heavily reliant upon exploring interpersonal or dyadic encounters between individual officers and members of the public. More recently, studies have explored... Read More about Police discretion and the role of the ‘spotter’ within football crowd policing: risk assessment, engagement, legitimacy and de-escalation.

Ideological passion and violent activism: The moderating role of the significance quest. (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Ideological passion and violent activism: The moderating role of the significance quest. British Journal of Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12576

This research examines how the relationship between passion for an ideology and violent activism is magnified by the personal (vs. collective) loss of significance. In Study 1 (N =?238), the relationship between obsessive (but not harmonious) passion... Read More about Ideological passion and violent activism: The moderating role of the significance quest..

When An Injured Group’s Socio-Economic Status Signals Forgiveness Expectancy In Perpetrators: The Moderating Role of SDO (2022)
Journal Article
Noor. (2022). When An Injured Group’s Socio-Economic Status Signals Forgiveness Expectancy In Perpetrators: The Moderating Role of SDO. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000615

We investigated whether and when perpetrators might expect to be forgiven as a function of their own social dominance orientation and the injured group’s perceived socio-economic status. In a between-subjects design (N = 298), British participants im... Read More about When An Injured Group’s Socio-Economic Status Signals Forgiveness Expectancy In Perpetrators: The Moderating Role of SDO.

Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play (2022)
Journal Article
Kapitany, R. (2022). Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.774085

Imaginative pretend play is often thought of as the domain of young children, yet adults regularly engage in elaborated, fantastical, social-mediated pretend play. We describe imaginative play in adults via the term "pretensive shared reality;" Share... Read More about Pretensive Shared Reality: From Childhood Pretense to Adult Imaginative Play.

Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England and Wales (2022)
Journal Article
Hermolle, M., Andrews, S. J., & Huang, C. (2022). Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England and Wales. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(23-24), https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221076162

The #MeToo movement has facilitated a growing awareness in the UK of rape stereotypes but there has been little research on how accurately rape is perceived in this region, especially regarding demographics such as ethnicity and age. This study recru... Read More about Rape Stereotype Acceptance in the General Population of England and Wales.

The dark tetrad personality traits moderate the relationship between ideological passion and violent activism. (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). The dark tetrad personality traits moderate the relationship between ideological passion and violent activism. Psychology of Violence, https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000414

Objective: This research examines the interface between ideological passion and the dark tetrad personality traits to predict violent (vs. peaceful) political activism. Meta-analytic research shows that ideological obsessive passion (OP) is one of th... Read More about The dark tetrad personality traits moderate the relationship between ideological passion and violent activism..

Biographical Consequences of Environmental Activism (2022)
Book Chapter
Vestergren, S., & Drury, J. (2022). Biographical Consequences of Environmental Activism. In The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Movements. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367855680-38

This volume provides up-to-date knowledge on environmental movements, activism, and is a reference point for international work in the field.

How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway (2021)
Journal Article
Drury, J., Stott, C., Ball, R., Barr, D., Bell, L., Reicher, S., & Neville, F. (2022). How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway. Political Psychology, 43(4), 651-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12786

Waves of riots are politically and psychologically significant national events. The role of police perceptions and practices in spreading unrest between cities has been neglected in previous research, even though the police are significant actors in... Read More about How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway.

Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change (2021)
Journal Article
Noor. (2021). Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/MDNGF

What role does intergroup contact play in promoting support for social change toward greater social equality? Drawing on the needs-based model of reconciliation, we theorized that when inequality between groups is perceived as illegitimate, disadvant... Read More about Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change.

Re-opening live events and large venues after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’: Behavioural risks and their mitigations (2021)
Journal Article
Stott. (2021). Re-opening live events and large venues after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’: Behavioural risks and their mitigations. Safety Science, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105243

This article reviews the behavioural risks and possible mitigations for re-opening large venues for sports and music events when Covid-19 infection rates and hospitalizations begin to decline. We describe the key variables that we suggest will affect... Read More about Re-opening live events and large venues after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’: Behavioural risks and their mitigations.

Mass meets mosh: Exploring healthcare professionals' perspectives on social identity processes and health risks at a religious pilgrimage and music festivals. (2021)
Journal Article
Stott. (2021). Mass meets mosh: Exploring healthcare professionals' perspectives on social identity processes and health risks at a religious pilgrimage and music festivals. Social Science and Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113763

RATIONALE: The field of mass gathering medicine has tended to focus on physical factors in the aggravation and mitigation of health risks in mass gatherings to the neglect of psychosocial factors. OBJECTIVES: This study sought to explore perspectives... Read More about Mass meets mosh: Exploring healthcare professionals' perspectives on social identity processes and health risks at a religious pilgrimage and music festivals..

Loneliness, Food Poverty, and Perceived Benefits of Communal Food Consumption from a Charity Service (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Loneliness, Food Poverty, and Perceived Benefits of Communal Food Consumption from a Charity Service. Journal of Poverty, 1 - 15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2020.1869667

In the study, 686 (345 male) patrons of a UK charity communal food service reported their demographic attributes, loneliness, food poverty, and benefits of the service. Food poverty was associated with loneliness. Women reported greater benefits of t... Read More about Loneliness, Food Poverty, and Perceived Benefits of Communal Food Consumption from a Charity Service.

Police interview of suspects in China: Developments and analyses (2020)
Journal Article
Huang. (2020). Police interview of suspects in China: Developments and analyses. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 146135572094754 - 146135572094754. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461355720947548

<jats:p> This article investigates the power dynamics in police interviews with suspects in China by examining a real-life sample. It first overviews some recent developments and legislation in China regarding police interviewing of suspects, followe... Read More about Police interview of suspects in China: Developments and analyses.

Positive Links Between Exposure to Police Violence, PTSD, and Depression Symptoms Among Yellow Vests Protesters in France (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Positive Links Between Exposure to Police Violence, PTSD, and Depression Symptoms Among Yellow Vests Protesters in France. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 088626052093586 - 088626052093586. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520935863

<jats:p> Police violence during protests occurs worldwide with varying levels ranging from physical abuse to lethal use of force. Although prior research has investigated the health consequences of exposure to police violence (EPV), EPV’s relationshi... Read More about Positive Links Between Exposure to Police Violence, PTSD, and Depression Symptoms Among Yellow Vests Protesters in France.

Can Psychological Interventions Improve Intergroup Attitudes Post Terror Attacks? (2020)
Journal Article
Noor. (2020). Can Psychological Interventions Improve Intergroup Attitudes Post Terror Attacks?. Social Psychological and Personality Science,

This research concurrently investigated the effectiveness of three established biasreducing interventions (i.e., positive affirmation, secure attachment, and cognitive dissonance) in the wake of the Paris and Brussels terror attacks. Using frequentis... Read More about Can Psychological Interventions Improve Intergroup Attitudes Post Terror Attacks?.

The Social Psychological Processes of ‘Procedural Justice’: Concepts, Critiques and Opportunities (2019)
Journal Article
Stott. (2019). The Social Psychological Processes of ‘Procedural Justice’: Concepts, Critiques and Opportunities. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 421-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895818780200

Contemporary research on policing and procedural justice theory (PJT) emphasises large-scale survey data to link a series of interlocking concepts, namely perceptions of procedural fairness, police legitimacy and normative compliance. In this paper w... Read More about The Social Psychological Processes of ‘Procedural Justice’: Concepts, Critiques and Opportunities.

Examining children in English High Courts with and without implementation of reforms authorized in Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (2019)
Journal Article
Andrews, S. J. (2019). Examining children in English High Courts with and without implementation of reforms authorized in Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 252-264. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3472

This study examined whether the implementation of Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (1999) improved lawyers' questioning strategies when examining child witnesses in England. The government's Section 28 pilot study involved ju... Read More about Examining children in English High Courts with and without implementation of reforms authorized in Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act.

The value of Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs) in fan dialogue, conflict, governance and football crowd management in Sweden (2018)
Journal Article
Stott. (2018). The value of Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs) in fan dialogue, conflict, governance and football crowd management in Sweden. Soccer and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2018.1553777

Evidence of the value of increased supporter involvement in football governance is limited and existing work focuses primarily on the boardroom, rather than on managing problems associated with fan behaviour (e.g. violence, pyrotechnics). Moreover, r... Read More about The value of Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs) in fan dialogue, conflict, governance and football crowd management in Sweden.

Policing football crowds in Sweden (2018)
Journal Article
Stott, C., Havelund, J., & Williams, N. (2018). Policing football crowds in Sweden. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1080/14043858.2018.1513679

The policing football crowds in Sweden is underpinned by a national coordination approach based upon a set of conflict reducing principles and supported by crowd theory (Reicher et al., 2004). The approach is referred to as the Special Police Tactic... Read More about Policing football crowds in Sweden.

Children's trust in social workers: Scale development and relations to Children's engagement with social workers (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Children's trust in social workers: Scale development and relations to Children's engagement with social workers. Child and Family Social Work, 239 -247. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12410

This research aimed to develop the children's trust in general social workers (CTGSW) scale. Psychometric properties, structural validity, construct, and concurrent validity of the scale were evaluated. Both linear and quadratic patterns between chil... Read More about Children's trust in social workers: Scale development and relations to Children's engagement with social workers.