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“My husband knows what is best for me…”: An exploration of educated Saudi women’s views towards domestic violence (2018)
Thesis
Nahshal, M. (2018). “My husband knows what is best for me…”: An exploration of educated Saudi women’s views towards domestic violence. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412649

Domestic violence, as we know from existing literature, is an ancient and global phenomenon (United Nations Report, 1970-90, 1991; World Health Organisation, 2005; Kaur & Garg, 2008). However, in Saudi Arabia, the problem of domestic violence only ca... Read More about “My husband knows what is best for me…”: An exploration of educated Saudi women’s views towards domestic violence.

Exploring the identities and perspectives of social workers with environmental interests (2018)
Thesis
Gordon, H. L. (2018). Exploring the identities and perspectives of social workers with environmental interests. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412298

This research contributes to the relatively small collection of primary research exploring environmental social work. The research is qualitative in design and is underpinned by critical theory. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 14 Wel... Read More about Exploring the identities and perspectives of social workers with environmental interests.

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.

Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the Breaking Free Online Health and Justice program for substance misuse in prison settings (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the Breaking Free Online Health and Justice program for substance misuse in prison settings. Health and Justice, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-018-0078-1

Background
Substance misuse, including problematic drug and alcohol use, are significant issues in society that can have multiple detrimental effects. Many people access support for their substance misuse during prison sentences, due to the associat... Read More about Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the Breaking Free Online Health and Justice program for substance misuse in prison settings.

In the Zone of Pure Potential: Luciferian Speculations of the Age of Light (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). In the Zone of Pure Potential: Luciferian Speculations of the Age of Light. Cultural Politics, 327-343. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-7093338

In 1970 the Dutch philosopher and psychiatrist Jan Hendrik van den Berg announced the end of classical psychoanalysis. In an age without taboos, the mere idea no longer made sense to van den Berg. In the same year Mark Rothko’s stark Chapel in Housto... Read More about In the Zone of Pure Potential: Luciferian Speculations of the Age of Light.

Depth in 21st Century Cells?: European Salafi Jihadi Terrorism and Psychoanalysis in the Luciferian Age (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Depth in 21st Century Cells?: European Salafi Jihadi Terrorism and Psychoanalysis in the Luciferian Age. New Criminal Law Review, 592-614. https://doi.org/10.1525/nclr.2018.21.4.592

The psychoanalytic interpretation of Salafi jihadism and terrorism, or the application of psychoanalytic categories to said issues, are not very common. Indeed the mobilisation of psychoanalysis in this context very often prompts accusations of orien... Read More about Depth in 21st Century Cells?: European Salafi Jihadi Terrorism and Psychoanalysis in the Luciferian Age.

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.

Mind the gap: sentencing, rehabilitation and civic purgatory (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Mind the gap: sentencing, rehabilitation and civic purgatory. Probation Journal, 285-301. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550518776773

This article discusses the relationships and tensions between the sentencing, statutory supervision and legal rehabilitation of lawbreakers under UK legislation. It does so with reference to both the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, which allows... Read More about Mind the gap: sentencing, rehabilitation and civic purgatory.

Encountering offenders in community palliative care settings: Challenges for effective care provision. (2018)
Journal Article
Corcoran. (2018). Encountering offenders in community palliative care settings: Challenges for effective care provision. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 112-119. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad739

Background:
There is very little research into the way that offender management strategies impinge on the practices and decision-making of palliative care personnel in community settings.

Aims:
To improve understanding of the challenges that com... Read More about Encountering offenders in community palliative care settings: Challenges for effective care provision..

Asset-based approaches, older people and social care: an analysis and critique (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Asset-based approaches, older people and social care: an analysis and critique. Ageing and society, 1087-1099. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x17000071

Asset-based thinking is increasingly prevalent in health policy and is to be found also in discourses on social care. This article explores and critiques the applicability of asset-based approaches to social care for older people, using Carol Bacchi’... Read More about Asset-based approaches, older people and social care: an analysis and critique.

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.

A critical review of options for effective health policy formulation in Jordan (2018)
Thesis
Al-Yakoub, T. A. (2018). A critical review of options for effective health policy formulation in Jordan. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/410390

Jordan has in general a good healthcare system; yet it has been always exposed to both internal and external challenges which compromise the gains it has achieved over the years. This thesis examines one of the internal challenges, as something that... Read More about A critical review of options for effective health policy formulation in Jordan.

Review of exhibitions British Library, “Gay UK: Love, Law and Liberty” (2017) British Museum, “Desire, Love, Identity: Exploring LGBTQ Histories” (2017) Tate Britain, “Queer British Art, 1861-1967” (2017) (2018)
Journal Article
Janes. (2018). Review of exhibitions British Library, “Gay UK: Love, Law and Liberty” (2017) British Museum, “Desire, Love, Identity: Exploring LGBTQ Histories” (2017) Tate Britain, “Queer British Art, 1861-1967” (2017). https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.5.1.0103

The Cosmology of Economy: West African Witchcraft, Finance and the Futures Market (2018)
Journal Article
Parish, J. (2018). The Cosmology of Economy: West African Witchcraft, Finance and the Futures Market. Culture and Religion, 19(1), 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/14755610.2017.1416646

In this article, the relationship between cosmology and financial transactions via the sacred and deeply secret discourses of West African traditional priests in Europe is explored, who believe that they can spiritually manipulate the monetary pricin... Read More about The Cosmology of Economy: West African Witchcraft, Finance and the Futures Market.

A tale of two towns: A comparative study exploring the possibilities and pitfalls of social capital among people seeking recovery from substance misuse (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). A tale of two towns: A comparative study exploring the possibilities and pitfalls of social capital among people seeking recovery from substance misuse. Substance Use and Misuse, 490-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2017.1341925

Background: Social capital has become an influential concept in debating and understanding the modern world. Within the drug and alcohol sector, the concept of ‘recovery capital’ has gained traction with researchers suggesting that people who have ac... Read More about A tale of two towns: A comparative study exploring the possibilities and pitfalls of social capital among people seeking recovery from substance misuse.

Civil and social death: criminalisation and the loss of the self (2018)
Book Chapter
(2018). Civil and social death: criminalisation and the loss of the self. In Loss, Dying and Bereavement in the Criminal Justice System: Dying in Chains

In this chapter I offer an alternative perspective to the themes of ‘dying’, ‘loss’ and bereavement’ within criminal justice and explore the relationships which exist between social practices of punishment, and the status or positioning of former law... Read More about Civil and social death: criminalisation and the loss of the self.

The penal voluntary sector in England & Wales: adaptation to unsettlement and austerity (2018)
Journal Article
Corcoran. (2018). The penal voluntary sector in England & Wales: adaptation to unsettlement and austerity. Political Quarterly, 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12461

This article draws on some findings from research which investigated penal voluntary sector adaptation to the mixed market in criminal justice services. The article firstly reprises the main trends for aligning state relationships with the voluntary... Read More about The penal voluntary sector in England & Wales: adaptation to unsettlement and austerity.