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Uncanny intimacies: Humans and machines in film (2016)
Book Chapter
Ornella, A. D. (2016). Uncanny intimacies: Humans and machines in film. In M. Hauskeller, T. D. Philbeck, & C. D. Carbonell (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television (330-338). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137430328_33

In its Riley v. California ruling requiring the police to get a search warrant to access mobile phone content, the US Supreme Court argued that: ‘modern cell phones, (…) are now such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial vi... Read More about Uncanny intimacies: Humans and machines in film.

Losers, food, and sex: clerical masculinity in the BBC sitcom Rev (2016)
Journal Article
Ornella, A. (2016). Losers, food, and sex: clerical masculinity in the BBC sitcom Rev. Journal for Religion, Film and Media, 99-122. https://doi.org/10.25364/05.2%3A2016.2.6

Clerical masculinities, much like their lay/secular counterparts, often appear unchanging because they are the products of naturalization processes. Clerical masculinities, however, are far from being stable but the live and breathe the dynamics of b... Read More about Losers, food, and sex: clerical masculinity in the BBC sitcom Rev.

HIV/AIDS and contraceptive use: Factors associated with contraceptive use among sexually-active HIV-positive women in Kenya (2016)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. A., & Magadi, W. A. (2017). HIV/AIDS and contraceptive use: Factors associated with contraceptive use among sexually-active HIV-positive women in Kenya. Contraception, 95(3), 312-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2016.10.013

Objectives: With increased availability of anti-retroviral therapy and improved survival for people living with HIV, more HIV-positive women are leading full reproductive lives. However, HIV-positive women have special contraceptive needs/concerns. T... Read More about HIV/AIDS and contraceptive use: Factors associated with contraceptive use among sexually-active HIV-positive women in Kenya.

Rethinking democracy and terrorism: a quantitative analysis of attitudes to democratic politics and support for terrorism in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Littler, M. (2017). Rethinking democracy and terrorism: a quantitative analysis of attitudes to democratic politics and support for terrorism in the UK. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 9(1), 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2016.1245211

© 2016 Society for Terrorism Research. The relationship between democracy and terrorism remains a source of significant debate, with academic evidence suggesting that democracy both inhibits and encourages acts of terrorism and political violence. Ac... Read More about Rethinking democracy and terrorism: a quantitative analysis of attitudes to democratic politics and support for terrorism in the UK.

[in progress-JLE] Transnational crime (2016)
Journal Article
Laverick, W. (2017). [in progress-JLE] Transnational crime. Policing and Society, 27(3), 324-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2016.1250054

(De)constructing difference: a qualitative review of the ‘othering’ of UK Muslim communities, extremism, soft harms, and Twitter analytics (2016)
Journal Article
Carter, D. M. (2017). (De)constructing difference: a qualitative review of the ‘othering’ of UK Muslim communities, extremism, soft harms, and Twitter analytics. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 9(1), 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2016.1236142

There is some evidence that, in the UK, current counter terrorism initiatives reproduce and amplify both real and imagined differences between Muslim and anti-Muslim groups, leading in turn to social and community polarisation and isolation. It is fa... Read More about (De)constructing difference: a qualitative review of the ‘othering’ of UK Muslim communities, extremism, soft harms, and Twitter analytics.

Entitlement and belonging: social restructuring and multicultural Britain (2016)
Journal Article
Burnett, J. (2016). Entitlement and belonging: social restructuring and multicultural Britain. Race & class, 56(2), 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396816657723

In May 2016, two flagship measures of the Conservative UK government, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and the Immigration Act 2016 were passed, despite opposition from rights and advocacy organisations, charities and individuals in both fields. Bas... Read More about Entitlement and belonging: social restructuring and multicultural Britain.

Gender and caste intersectionality in India: An analysis of the Nirbhaya case, 16 December 2012 (2016)
Book Chapter
Dey, A., & Orton, B. (2016). Gender and caste intersectionality in India: An analysis of the Nirbhaya case, 16 December 2012. In S. Takhar (Ed.), Gender and race matter: Global perspectives on being a woman (87-105). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-212620160000021006

Copyright © 2016 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: This chapter deals with the concept of intersectionality with particular reference to the interconnectedness of gender, class and caste discrimination in India. Even though much of the wo... Read More about Gender and caste intersectionality in India: An analysis of the Nirbhaya case, 16 December 2012.

Gender security/sexuality in South Africa: 'I am HIV-positive. How could you do this to me?' (2016)
Book Chapter
Orton, B. (2016). Gender security/sexuality in South Africa: 'I am HIV-positive. How could you do this to me?'. In S. Takhar (Ed.), Gender and race matter: Global perspectives on being a woman (127-147). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1529-212620160000021008

Copyright © 2016 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: This chapter focuses on gender, sexuality and security in post-Apartheid South Africa. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology includes secondary analysis of policy and research with... Read More about Gender security/sexuality in South Africa: 'I am HIV-positive. How could you do this to me?'.