A Defence of Nihilism (2020)
Book
Tartaglia, J., & Llanera, T. (2020). A Defence of Nihilism. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429277962

This book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism. The authors argue that the concept of nihilism has been employed pejoratively by almost all philosophers and religious leaders to indicate a widespread cultural crisis of truth, meaning, or morals... Read More about A Defence of Nihilism.

Book review: The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence (2020)
Journal Article
Adams, F. (2020). Book review: The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence. Social and Legal Studies, 30(2), 096466392097178 - 096466392097178. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663920971781

The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence (Levine and Meiners, 2020) is a powerful, reflexive and much needed abolition feminist critique of carceral responses to sexual and gender violence and how feminism sho... Read More about Book review: The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence.

Spectacular Suffering: the imprisoned body as an artefact of resistance (2020)
Journal Article
Corcoran. (2020). Spectacular Suffering: the imprisoned body as an artefact of resistance. Theoretical Criminology, 651-668. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480618819796

The spectacle of the body in pain has long functioned heuristically in crime and justice. Within this phenomenon sits a counter-cultural tradition of re-enacting outrages in public view to rally against injustices. This article starts from the establ... Read More about Spectacular Suffering: the imprisoned body as an artefact of resistance.

Complexity and the governance of security in communal spaces: an ethnographic exploration of two university campuses (2020)
Thesis
Saduova, D. (2020). Complexity and the governance of security in communal spaces: an ethnographic exploration of two university campuses. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis sets out to explore how the physical security of communal spaces is governed on two university campuses. It draws upon non-participant observation and in-depth interviews to explore the authorization and provision of physical security. It... Read More about Complexity and the governance of security in communal spaces: an ethnographic exploration of two university campuses.

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.

Mothers of children removed under a care order: outcomes and experiences (2020)
Journal Article
Richardson, V., & Brammer, A. (2020). Mothers of children removed under a care order: outcomes and experiences. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 42(3), 360 - 376. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2020.1796223

Focusing on accounts by women who have children taken into care, this paper reports on a socio-legal case study in England, investigating the life experiences of nine mothers, whose children have been made subject to care orders under the Children Ac... Read More about Mothers of children removed under a care order: outcomes and experiences.

Black and Trans Lives Matter: the link between policing, anti-blackness and anti-transness (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Black and Trans Lives Matter: the link between policing, anti-blackness and anti-transness

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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.

Putting more people in cages! That’s how we build our way out of the pandemic (2020)
Journal Article
Emmerich, F., & Adams, F. (2020). Putting more people in cages! That’s how we build our way out of the pandemic

We can't build ourselves out of the current crisis with buildings that reproduce racism, economic and environmental injustice

From research to primary care: a knowledge mobilisation study in osteoarthritis (2020)
Thesis
Swaithes, L. R. (2020). From research to primary care: a knowledge mobilisation study in osteoarthritis. (Thesis). Keele University

Background
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common long-term condition in primary care and is one of the most frequent causes of pain, loss of function and disability. Research evidence alone does not always lead to changes in practice that benefit p... Read More about From research to primary care: a knowledge mobilisation study in osteoarthritis.

Psychological needs and support following stoma surgery: exploring the perspectives of young adults and healthcare professionals (2020)
Thesis
Polidano, K. (2020). Psychological needs and support following stoma surgery: exploring the perspectives of young adults and healthcare professionals. (Thesis). Keele University

Stoma surgery is commonly described as a life-changing procedure, due to the radical bodily changes and related psychosocial challenges it brings about; especially so for individuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) who may undergo this surgery... Read More about Psychological needs and support following stoma surgery: exploring the perspectives of young adults and healthcare professionals.

Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public among the Bangladeshi community in England: a focus group study (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public among the Bangladeshi community in England: a focus group study. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 290-296. https://doi.org/10.1159/000506123

Background: Worldwide, an increasingly ageing population mean more people may suffer from dementia. Despite the rapid growth of older Bangladeshi immigrants living in the UK, there is little evidence about how community members understand and view th... Read More about Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public among the Bangladeshi community in England: a focus group study.

‘This isn’t just a case of taking someone to the hospital’: Police approaches and management of situations involving persons with mental ill health in the custody suite and beyond (2020)
Book Chapter
Weston, S., & Trebilcock, J. (in press). ‘This isn’t just a case of taking someone to the hospital’: Police approaches and management of situations involving persons with mental ill health in the custody suite and beyond. In Policing and Mental Health: Theory, Policy and Practice. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429470882-12

Mental health is now acknowledged as the ‘core business of policing’ (Adebowale, 2013, p. °6), with a third of people in police custody estimated to have some form of mental health problem (Leese and Russell, 2017). While the Police and Crime Act 201... Read More about ‘This isn’t just a case of taking someone to the hospital’: Police approaches and management of situations involving persons with mental ill health in the custody suite and beyond.

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?.

Suicide prevention in young people: optimising primary care (2020)
Journal Article
Robinson, J., Michail, M., & Mughal, F. (2020). Suicide prevention in young people: optimising primary care. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 104 - 105. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X708329

Youth suicide is a global public health concern. Despite significant differences in suicide rates depending on age, sex, and country, young people remain a key target for prevention and intervention with late adolescence (15–19 years) identified as a... Read More about Suicide prevention in young people: optimising primary care.

Feeling Queer Jurisprudence: Injury, Intimacy, Identity (2020)
Book
(2020). Feeling Queer Jurisprudence: Injury, Intimacy, Identity

This book draws on the analytic and political dimensions of queer, alongside the analytic and political usefulness of reading emotion, to navigate legal interventions aimed at addressing the rights of LGBT people.

Scholars, activists, lawyers, and... Read More about Feeling Queer Jurisprudence: Injury, Intimacy, Identity.

Accuracy of Vitalograph lung monitor as a screening test for COPD in primary care. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Accuracy of Vitalograph lung monitor as a screening test for COPD in primary care. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-019-0158-2

Microspirometry may be useful as the second stage of a screening pathway among patients reporting respiratory symptoms. We assessed sensitivity and specificity of the Vitalograph® lung monitor compared with post-bronchodilator confirmatory spirometry... Read More about Accuracy of Vitalograph lung monitor as a screening test for COPD in primary care..