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Big Stories and Little Stories: how children and family social workers make sense of who they are, what they do and how they do it in a climate of failure, blame and certainty (2019)
Thesis
Maguinness, N. (2019). Big Stories and Little Stories: how children and family social workers make sense of who they are, what they do and how they do it in a climate of failure, blame and certainty. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414943

This thesis reports a qualitative study which employed a combination of narrative inquiry and the conceptual framework of Bourdieu to explore who children and family social workers are and how they perceive their role and responsibilities, and those... Read More about Big Stories and Little Stories: how children and family social workers make sense of who they are, what they do and how they do it in a climate of failure, blame and certainty.

The Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Learning Lessons for the Future? (2019)
Book Chapter
Pritchard-Jones, L. (2019). The Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Learning Lessons for the Future?. In The Care Act 2014 Wellbeing in Practice

8. The. Care. Act. 2014. and. the. Mental. Capacity. Act. 2005: learning. lessons. for. the. future? Laura Pritchard-Jones ... and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 attempted to fill 'legal vacuum[s]' (Manthorpe et al., 2013:369): the Mental Capac... Read More about The Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Learning Lessons for the Future?.

Outlaw girls escape from prison: Gender, resistance and playfulness (2019)
Journal Article
Emmerich, F. (in press). Outlaw girls escape from prison: Gender, resistance and playfulness. Punishment and Society, 22(2), 207-226. https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474519873656

Prison resistance practices are increasingly understood as gendered and linked to subjectivation. This article builds on this growing body of knowledge, but with a different and largely under explored focus, namely the confrontational resistance prac... Read More about Outlaw girls escape from prison: Gender, resistance and playfulness.

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.

Working with and negotiating 'risk': Examining the effects of awareness raising interventions designed to prevent Child Sexual Exploitation (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Working with and negotiating 'risk': Examining the effects of awareness raising interventions designed to prevent Child Sexual Exploitation. British Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azz045

This article considers the effects of an educational intervention with young people designed to reduce the risk of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE). Drawing on findings from a qualitative study, we consider processes of engagement with the initiative,... Read More about Working with and negotiating 'risk': Examining the effects of awareness raising interventions designed to prevent Child Sexual Exploitation.

The Very Worst Things: Vulnerability and Violence in Djamila Sahraoui's Yema (2012) (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). The Very Worst Things: Vulnerability and Violence in Djamila Sahraoui's Yema (2012). Studies in French Cinema, 246-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/14715880.2018.1511182

This article explores the connections between vulnerability, gender and terrorist violence, drawing on Algerian filmmaker Djamila Sahraoui’s Yema (2012). The film will first be situated in relation to Sahraoui’s oeuvre, and within a wider context of... Read More about The Very Worst Things: Vulnerability and Violence in Djamila Sahraoui's Yema (2012).

Ghana’s Health Policy: Human Resources and Health Outcomes Inequality in Northern and Southern Ghana (2019)
Thesis
Dery, L. G. (2019). Ghana’s Health Policy: Human Resources and Health Outcomes Inequality in Northern and Southern Ghana. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413811

Despite evidence of widening geographical inequalities in maternal and child health (MCH) coverage and outcomes between the Upper West region (UWR) in the north and the Ashanti region (AR) and Greater Accra region (GAR) in southern Ghana, the relativ... Read More about Ghana’s Health Policy: Human Resources and Health Outcomes Inequality in Northern and Southern Ghana.

Scrutinising the appeal of volunteer Community Speedwatch to policing leaders in England and Wales: Resources, Responsivity and Responsibilisation (2019)
Journal Article
Wells, H., & Millings, M. (2019). Scrutinising the appeal of volunteer Community Speedwatch to policing leaders in England and Wales: Resources, Responsivity and Responsibilisation. Policing and Society, 376-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2018.1515945

This article focuses on ‘Community Speedwatch’ (CSW) - a particular volunteering approach that has apparently attracted the attention of senior police decision-makers in England and Wales over recent years. It considers the significance of decisions... Read More about Scrutinising the appeal of volunteer Community Speedwatch to policing leaders in England and Wales: Resources, Responsivity and Responsibilisation.

Problem-oriented policing of transnational environmental crimes: a social harms approach (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Problem-oriented policing of transnational environmental crimes: a social harms approach. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 145-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2018.1515093

Since the publication of Herman Goldstein’s seminal article on Problem-oriented Policing (POP) in 1979, criminologists have attempted to apply its proactive methodology, with a large body of police work concentrating on how operational policing can b... Read More about Problem-oriented policing of transnational environmental crimes: a social harms approach.

‘Terrorist’ or ‘Mentally Ill’: Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions about Violent Actors (2019)
Journal Article
Noor. (2019). ‘Terrorist’ or ‘Mentally Ill’: Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions about Violent Actors. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 485-493. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618764808

We investigated whether motivated reasoning rooted in partisanship affects the attributions individuals make about violent attackers’ underlying motives and group memberships. Study 1 demonstrated that on the day of the Brexit referendum pro-leavers... Read More about ‘Terrorist’ or ‘Mentally Ill’: Motivated Biases Rooted in Partisanship Shape Attributions about Violent Actors.

Spatialities of Dog Theft: A Critical Perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Peacock, A., Arathoon, J., & Allen, D. (2019). Spatialities of Dog Theft: A Critical Perspective. Animals, 209 - 209. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9050209

Dogs are considered property under U.K. law, while current discourses of pet ownership place canine companions as part of an extended family. This means sentences for those who steal dogs are not reflective of a dogs’ sentience and agency, rather in... Read More about Spatialities of Dog Theft: A Critical Perspective.

Preventing mobile phone use while driving: Appreciating the equivocal nature of identity, safety and legality in an uncertain world (2019)
Thesis
Savigar, L. (2019). Preventing mobile phone use while driving: Appreciating the equivocal nature of identity, safety and legality in an uncertain world. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413091

Mobile phone use while driving is a major concern for, but is also performed by, many drivers on UK roads (RAC, 2017b), with 40% of drivers admitting to using a mobile phone illegally (Ibid). This thesis presents a mixed methods exploration of mobile... Read More about Preventing mobile phone use while driving: Appreciating the equivocal nature of identity, safety and legality in an uncertain world.

No man’s land? Veterans’ experiences of 21st century warfare and the return to post-conflict life (2019)
Thesis
Wilkinson, H. R. (2019). No man’s land? Veterans’ experiences of 21st century warfare and the return to post-conflict life. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413138

This thesis presents original research exploring how serving in 21st century theatres of war impacts on the return to ‘civilian’ life (‘civvy street’). Through a rich analysis of in-depth narrative interviews with former military personnel, this rese... Read More about No man’s land? Veterans’ experiences of 21st century warfare and the return to post-conflict life.

Efficiency of the English criminal courts in a time of austerity. Exploring courtroom lawyers' assessment of government policy (2010-2017) (2019)
Thesis
Nicklas-Carter, C. M. (2019). Efficiency of the English criminal courts in a time of austerity. Exploring courtroom lawyers' assessment of government policy (2010-2017). (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413074

Against the background of financial cuts this thesis examines the effects of the measures pursued by the government to improve the efficiency of the English criminal courts and the English and Welsh Criminal Justice System (EWCJS). An initial examina... Read More about Efficiency of the English criminal courts in a time of austerity. Exploring courtroom lawyers' assessment of government policy (2010-2017).

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.

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.

“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.