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Victim responses to violence : the effect of alcohol context on crime labeling (2015)
Journal Article
Brennan, I. (2016). Victim responses to violence : the effect of alcohol context on crime labeling. Journal of interpersonal violence, 31(6), 1116-1140. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260514564068

The labeling of an incident as a crime is an essential precursor to the use of criminal law, but the contextual factors that influence this decision are unknown. One such context that is a frequent setting for violence is the barroom. This study expl... Read More about Victim responses to violence : the effect of alcohol context on crime labeling.

Theorizing surveillance in the UK crime control field (2015)
Journal Article
McCahill, M. (2015). Theorizing surveillance in the UK crime control field. Media and Communication, 3(2), 10-20. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v3i2.251

Drawing upon the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Loic Wacquant, this paper argues that the demise of the Keynesian Welfare State (KWS) and the rise of neo-liberal economic policies in the UK has placed new surveillance technologies at the centre of a rec... Read More about Theorizing surveillance in the UK crime control field.

Beyond the abolition of dual administration: The challenges to NGO governance in 21st century China (2014)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Wilkinson, M., & Zhang, X. (2016). Beyond the abolition of dual administration: The challenges to NGO governance in 21st century China. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 27(5), 2292-2310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9521-7

The abolition of dual administration of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China is an inexorable and essential trend toward a genuine civil society. This article seeks to examine the challenges that come with the abolition of the dual administ... Read More about Beyond the abolition of dual administration: The challenges to NGO governance in 21st century China.

Demonising 'the other': British Government complicity in the exploitation, social exclusion and vilification of new migrant workers (2014)
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Wilkinson, M. (2014). Demonising 'the other': British Government complicity in the exploitation, social exclusion and vilification of new migrant workers. Citizenship Studies, 18(5), 499-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2014.923702

This article demonstrates the close and complex connection between the demonisation, exploitation and exclusion of new migrant workers. In so doing, it testifies to the blurred boundaries between the categories of severe labour exploitation, forced l... Read More about Demonising 'the other': British Government complicity in the exploitation, social exclusion and vilification of new migrant workers.

Public trust and performance measurement in charitable organizations (2014)
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Yang, Y., Brennan, I., & Wilkinson, M. (2014). Public trust and performance measurement in charitable organizations. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 63(6), 779-796. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-09-2013-0159

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to seek to investigate public trust as an important factor of performance in the charitable sector, and explain the necessity of including public trust assessment in charity performance measurement. Design/methodo... Read More about Public trust and performance measurement in charitable organizations.

Investigated or ignored: an analysis of race-related deaths since the Macpherson Report (2014)
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Burnett, J., & Athwal, H. (2014). Investigated or ignored: an analysis of race-related deaths since the Macpherson Report. Race & class, 56(1), 22-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396814531694

Since the publication of the Macpherson Report in February 1999, there have been at least ninety-three deaths with a known or suspected racial element in the UK. Of these, 97 per cent of the victims were from BME communities (including those from Gyp... Read More about Investigated or ignored: an analysis of race-related deaths since the Macpherson Report.

Onset of sexual activity among adolescents in HIV/AIDS affected households in sub-Saharan Africa (2014)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. A., & Uchudi, J. (2015). Onset of sexual activity among adolescents in HIV/AIDS affected households in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of biosocial science, 47(2), 238-257. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932014000200

This paper examines the effect of orphanhood and HIV status of adults in a household on onset of sexual activity among adolescent girls and boys aged 15-17 years in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We apply multilevel logistic models to pooled Demographic a... Read More about Onset of sexual activity among adolescents in HIV/AIDS affected households in sub-Saharan Africa.

Reshaping the field: building restorative capital (2014)
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Green, S., Johnstone, G., & Lambert, C. (2014). Reshaping the field: building restorative capital. Restorative justice, 2(1), 43-63. https://doi.org/10.5235/20504721.2.1.43

Restorative justice is best known as an alternative approach for dealing with crime and wrongdoing. Yet as the restorative movement has grown it is increasingly being deployed in different arenas. Based on a two-year study funded by the UK National L... Read More about Reshaping the field: building restorative capital.

Depressed but not legally mentally impaired (2014)
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Wondemaghen, M. (2014). Depressed but not legally mentally impaired. International journal of law and psychiatry, 37(2), 160-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.11.010

This article examines the mental impairment (insanity) defense in the Australian state of Victoria and argues that the defense is successful only when offenders suffer from psychotic mental illnesses. This raises the question about how non-psychotic... Read More about Depressed but not legally mentally impaired.

Russian police and transition to democracy: lessons from one empirical study (2013)
Journal Article
Zernova, M. (2013). Russian police and transition to democracy: lessons from one empirical study. Internet journal of criminology, 2013(May), 1-39

The paper discusses public experiences of policing in today’s Russia, public attitudes towards police resulting from such experiences and wider social implications of those attitudes. At the basis of the discussion is an empirical study which has bee... Read More about Russian police and transition to democracy: lessons from one empirical study.

What harm, whose justice: excavating the restorative movement (2013)
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Green, S., Johnstone, G., & Lambert, C. (2013). What harm, whose justice: excavating the restorative movement. Contemporary Justice Review, 16(4), 445-460. https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2013.857071

The city of Hull in the northeast of England gave itself the ambitious task of becoming the world's first restorative city. The aim of this strategy was to create a more socially and emotionally confident youth population which in turn would encourag... Read More about What harm, whose justice: excavating the restorative movement.

Gendered prison work: female prison officers in the local prison system, 1877-1939 (2013)
Journal Article
Johnston, H. (2014). Gendered prison work: female prison officers in the local prison system, 1877-1939. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 53(2), 193-212. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12043

This article examines the working lives of female prison officers between 1877 and 1939. It documents a relatively under-researched, but important, period in the history of women's imprisonment in England. In doing so it aims to uncover the working l... Read More about Gendered prison work: female prison officers in the local prison system, 1877-1939.

Legal narratives as significant news sources about mental illness and violent crime (2013)
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Wondemaghen, M. (2014). Legal narratives as significant news sources about mental illness and violent crime. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 38(4), 343-372. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2013.848219

Media coverage about people affected by mental illness is an area of research that is extensively examined. Many scholars argue that the media depicts people with mental illness as inherently violent and dangerous within sensational narratives. These... Read More about Legal narratives as significant news sources about mental illness and violent crime.

An economic evaluation of anonymised information sharing in a partnership between health services, police and local government for preventing violence-related injury (2013)
Journal Article
Florence, C., Shepherd, J., Brennan, I., & Simon, T. R. (2014). An economic evaluation of anonymised information sharing in a partnership between health services, police and local government for preventing violence-related injury. Injury Prevention, 20(2), 108-114. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040622

Objective To assess the costs and bene fi ts of a partnership between health services, police and local government shown to reduce violence-related injury. Methods Benefi t-cost analysis. Results Anonymised information sharing and use led to a reduct... Read More about An economic evaluation of anonymised information sharing in a partnership between health services, police and local government for preventing violence-related injury.

Counterblast: the perennial problem of short prison sentences (2013)
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Johnston, H., & Godfrey, B. (2013). Counterblast: the perennial problem of short prison sentences. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 52(4), 433-437. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12030

In the last three or four years there has been increasing attention on the use of short prison sentences and their effectiveness in the UK. This attention has focused on the continued evidence of high rates of recidivism for those who have served sho... Read More about Counterblast: the perennial problem of short prison sentences.

Media construction of a school shooting as a social problem (2013)
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Wondemaghen, M. (2014). Media construction of a school shooting as a social problem. Journalism, 15(6), 696-712. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884913496498

The Monash University shooting which occurred in 2002, in Melbourne Australia, is analysed using claims-making theory and the four-stage natural history model of social problems. As Spector and Kitsuse argue, social problems 'are what people think th... Read More about Media construction of a school shooting as a social problem.

Migration as a risk factor for HIV infection among youths in sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from the DHS (2013)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. A. (2013). Migration as a risk factor for HIV infection among youths in sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from the DHS. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 648(1), 136-158. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716213482440

Of the estimated 10 million youths living with HIV worldwide, 63 percent live in sub-Saharan Africa. This article focuses on migration as a risk factor of HIV infection among the youths in sub-Saharan Africa. The study is based on multilevel modeling... Read More about Migration as a risk factor for HIV infection among youths in sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from the DHS.

Britain: racial violence and the politics of hate (2013)
Journal Article
Burnett, J. (2013). Britain: racial violence and the politics of hate. Race & class, 54(4), 5-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396813475981

Drawing on research into racist attacks in three cities, this article reveals a changing geography of racial violence in the UK (in terms of new areas and targets), and sets this in the context of the socially destructive impact of neoliberalism and... Read More about Britain: racial violence and the politics of hate.