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All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders (2010)
Book Chapter
Calverley, A. (2010). All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders. In S. Farrall, R. Sparks, S. Maruna, & M. Hough (Eds.), Escape routes: contemporary perspectives on life after punishment (182-201). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203835883

In contrast to the widespread (and, rightly, controversial) public and academic focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, existing research has largely overlooked whether processes associated with desistance from crime vary by ethnic... Read More about All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders.

Interventions for disorder and severe intoxication in and around licensed premises, 1989-2009 (2010)
Journal Article
Brennan, I., Moore, S. C., Byrne, E., & Murphy, S. (2011). Interventions for disorder and severe intoxication in and around licensed premises, 1989-2009. Addiction, 106(4), 706-713. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03297.x

Aims To systematically review rigorous evaluation studies into the effectiveness of interventions in and around licensed premises that aimed to reduce severe intoxication and disorder. Methods A systematic search was conducted. Papers that rigorously... Read More about Interventions for disorder and severe intoxication in and around licensed premises, 1989-2009.

The reduction of intoxication and disorder in premises licensed to serve alcohol: An exploratory randomised controlled trial (2010)
Journal Article
Moore, S. C., Brennan, I. R., Murphy, S., Byrne, E., Moore, S. N., Shepherd, J. P., & Moore, L. (2010). The reduction of intoxication and disorder in premises licensed to serve alcohol: An exploratory randomised controlled trial. BMC public health, 10(1), 607. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-607

Background: Licensed premises offer a valuable point of intervention to reduce alcohol-related harm. Objective: To describe the research design for an exploratory trial examining the feasibility and acceptability of a premises-level intervention desi... Read More about The reduction of intoxication and disorder in premises licensed to serve alcohol: An exploratory randomised controlled trial.

The social impact of surveillance in three UK schools : 'angels', 'devils' and 'teen mums' (2010)
Journal Article
McCahill, M., & Finn, R. (2010). The social impact of surveillance in three UK schools : 'angels', 'devils' and 'teen mums'. Surveillance and Society, 7(3-4), 273-289. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v7i3/4.4156

Drawing upon the preliminary findings of a broader ESRC-funded project on the 'surveilled', this paper examines the social impact of 'new surveillance' technologies on the lives of school children living in a Northern City. We conducted fifteen one-h... Read More about The social impact of surveillance in three UK schools : 'angels', 'devils' and 'teen mums'.

Aggression and attitudes to time and risk in weapon-using violent offenders (2010)
Journal Article
Brennan, I., Moore, S. C., & Shepherd, J. P. (2010). Aggression and attitudes to time and risk in weapon-using violent offenders. Psychiatry research, 178(3), 536-539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2009.05.006

The use of weapons in violence increases both the severity of harm to victims and the severity of legal consequences for offenders, but little is known of the characteristics of violent offenders who choose to use weapons. Levels of anger, attitude t... Read More about Aggression and attitudes to time and risk in weapon-using violent offenders.

Risk Factors for Violent Victimisation and Injury from Six Years of the British Crime Survey (2010)
Journal Article
Brennan, I., Moore, S. C., & Shepherd, J. P. (2010). Risk Factors for Violent Victimisation and Injury from Six Years of the British Crime Survey. International review of victimology, 17(2), 209-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/026975801001700204

Identifying factors that increase the likelihood of victimisation and injury reveals the considerable variability across groups and between incidents. It also allows the efficient allocation of prevention resources to protect those at greatest risk o... Read More about Risk Factors for Violent Victimisation and Injury from Six Years of the British Crime Survey.

Cat and Mouse. Haneke's Joy in the Spectator's Distress (2010)
Book Chapter
Ornella, A. (2010). Cat and Mouse. Haneke's Joy in the Spectator's Distress. In A. D. Ornella, & S. Knauss (Eds.), Fascinatingly Disturbing. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Michael Haneke’s Cinema (145-166). Pickwick Publications

Investigating the association between HIV/AIDS and recent fertility patterns in Kenya (2010)
Journal Article
Magadi, M., & Agwanda, A. O. (2010). Investigating the association between HIV/AIDS and recent fertility patterns in Kenya. Social science & medicine, 71(2), 335-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.040

Findings from previous studies linking the HIV/AIDS epidemic and fertility of populations have remained inconclusive. In sub-Saharan Africa, demographic patterns point to the epidemic resulting in fertility reduction. However, evidence from the 2003... Read More about Investigating the association between HIV/AIDS and recent fertility patterns in Kenya.

Captive labour: asylum seekers, migrants and employment in UK Immigration Removal Centres (2010)
Journal Article
Burnett, J., & Chebe, F. (2010). Captive labour: asylum seekers, migrants and employment in UK Immigration Removal Centres. Race & class, 51(4), 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396810363051

The steady growth in the use of immigration detention under the UK's New Labour government has been, it is argued here, mirrored by the concurrent development of a new form of labour market within immigration removal centres (IRCs). This market has g... Read More about Captive labour: asylum seekers, migrants and employment in UK Immigration Removal Centres.

Accessing inside: Ethical dilemmas and pragmatic compromises (2010)
Book Chapter
Laverick, W. (2010). Accessing inside: Ethical dilemmas and pragmatic compromises. In J. Scott-Jones, & S. Watt (Eds.), Ethnography in Social Science Practice (73-88). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203876305

In this chapter, I will focus upon issues relating to accessing and conducting research within the institutional setting of the prison.1 It will discuss particular issues raised in conducting prison research in general and then will go on to discuss... Read More about Accessing inside: Ethical dilemmas and pragmatic compromises.

The Cell: separation, isolation and space in the architecture of the birth of the prison (2010)
Journal Article
Johnston, H. (2010). The Cell: separation, isolation and space in the architecture of the birth of the prison. Prison service journal, 9-14

This article will examine the changing place of architecture and the contested nature of prison space across 100 years of the development of the modern prison. In the mid eighteenth century the architecture of imprisonment was relatively unimportant... Read More about The Cell: separation, isolation and space in the architecture of the birth of the prison.

Risk factors for severe child poverty in the UK (2010)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. (2010). Risk factors for severe child poverty in the UK. Journal of Social Policy, 39(2), 297-316. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279409990651

Despite recent declines in child poverty in the UK, there is evidence that children from the poorest families remain a legitimate concern. Little is known about the circumstances of children in severe poverty for whom policy responses may need to be... Read More about Risk factors for severe child poverty in the UK.

Forced labour in the UK and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (2010)
Report
Gaus, A., Craig, G., & Wilkinson, M. (2010). Forced labour in the UK and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority

The Gangmasters (Licensing) Act was introduced in 2004 to curb exploitative and fraudulent activities by gangmasters/labour providers supplying labour in the agriculture, forestry, horticultire, shellfish-gathering and related food processing and pac... Read More about Forced labour in the UK and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority.