Outputs (21)

Antimafia cross-border: conceptual and procedural asymmetries in the fight against Italian mafias in Europe (2022)
Journal Article
Sergi, A., & Rizzuti, A. (in press). Antimafia cross-border: conceptual and procedural asymmetries in the fight against Italian mafias in Europe. Policing, Article paac047. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paac047

This article explores some of the challenges to fighting against Italian mafias and mafia-type organized crime in Europe, specifically in eight countries—Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Romania, the UK, and Italy. Data have bee... Read More about Antimafia cross-border: conceptual and procedural asymmetries in the fight against Italian mafias in Europe.

Situating Immigration Fees in 21st Century Britain (2022)
Report
Burnett, J. (2022). Situating Immigration Fees in 21st Century Britain. London: Trust For London

Introduction to the Report:
The purpose of this report is to illustrate the cost – in the broadest sense – of obtaining and renewing a visa in the UK and the impact this has on migrants’ lives.
We have been aware for a long time that the cost of th... Read More about Situating Immigration Fees in 21st Century Britain.

Probation and COVID-19: Lessons learned to improve health-related practice (2022)
Journal Article
Sirdfield, C., Nichols, H., & Mullen, P. (2022). Probation and COVID-19: Lessons learned to improve health-related practice. Probation Journal, 69(2), 216-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505221087980

Probation staff perform a health-related role involving identifying health-related drivers of offending behaviour; facilitating access to support for these, including continuity of care for people leaving prison; and advising the courts on appropriat... Read More about Probation and COVID-19: Lessons learned to improve health-related practice.

Predictors of health facility childbirth among unmarried and married youth in Uganda (2022)
Journal Article
Agaba, P., Magadi, M., & Orton, B. (2022). Predictors of health facility childbirth among unmarried and married youth in Uganda. PLoS ONE, 17(4), Article e0266657. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266657

Background Uganda has a high maternal mortality rate combined with poor use of health facilities at childbirth among youth. Improved use of maternal health services by the youth would help reduce maternal deaths in the country. Predictors of use of h... Read More about Predictors of health facility childbirth among unmarried and married youth in Uganda.

Ukraine: sanctions can still make a difference – but only if done right (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Dover, R. (2022). Ukraine: sanctions can still make a difference – but only if done right. London

Perspectives of stakeholders of the free maternity services for mothers in western Kenya: lessons for universal health coverage (2022)
Journal Article
Ochieng, B. M., Kaseje, M., Kaseje, D. C. O., Oria, K., & Magadi, M. (2022). Perspectives of stakeholders of the free maternity services for mothers in western Kenya: lessons for universal health coverage. BMC health services research, 22(1), Article 226. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07632-z

Background: The strategic aim of universal health coverage (UHC) is to ensure that everyone can use health services they need without risk of financial hardship. Linda Mama (Taking care of the mother) initiative focuses on the most vulnerable women,... Read More about Perspectives of stakeholders of the free maternity services for mothers in western Kenya: lessons for universal health coverage.

Ukraine-Russia: the first shots have already been fired – in cyberspace (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
Dover, R. (2022). Ukraine-Russia: the first shots have already been fired – in cyberspace. London

Penal Servitude: Convicts and long-term imprisonment, 1853-1948 (2022)
Book
Johnston, H., Godfrey, B., & Cox, D. J. (2022). Penal Servitude: Convicts and long-term imprisonment, 1853-1948. McGill-Queen's University Press

Penal Servitude is the first comprehensive study to examine the convict prison system that housed all those sentenced to penal servitude during this time. The research details the administration and evolution of the system, from its creation in the 1... Read More about Penal Servitude: Convicts and long-term imprisonment, 1853-1948.

The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent's use of Sexual and Reproductive Health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Onukwugha, F. I., Smith, L., Kaseje, D., Wafula, C., Kaseje, M., Orton, B., Hayter, M., & Magadi, M. (2022). The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent's use of Sexual and Reproductive Health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. PLoS ONE, 17(1), Article e0261973. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261973

Background mHealth innovations have been proposed as an effective solution to improving adolescent access to and use of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services; particularly in regions with deeply entrenched traditional social norms. However, r... Read More about The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent's use of Sexual and Reproductive Health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.

Work and the Carceral State (2022)
Book
Burnett, J. (2022). Work and the Carceral State. Pluto Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2724535

During 2019-20 in England and Wales, over 17 million hours of labour were carried out by more than 12,500 people incarcerated in prisons, while many people in immigration removal centres also worked. In many cases, such workers constitute a sub-waged... Read More about Work and the Carceral State.