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Words Behind Walls: A Creative Writing Project with Prison Staff (2024)
Journal Article
Metcalf, J., & Westoby, C. (2024). Words Behind Walls: A Creative Writing Project with Prison Staff. Lapidus International Research and Innovation Community Journal, 4(1), 30-51

Research from the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge recognises that prison officers are productive role models for prisoners and that the pop-cultural stereotype of the officer beating the inmate into submission has diminished. Yet a report publi... Read More about Words Behind Walls: A Creative Writing Project with Prison Staff.

Infrastructure shortcuts: the private cloud infrastructure of data-driven policing and its political consequences (2024)
Book Chapter
Marciniak, D. (2024). Infrastructure shortcuts: the private cloud infrastructure of data-driven policing and its political consequences. In M. Avis, D. Marciniak, & M. Sapignoli (Eds.), States of Surveillance. Ethnographies of New Technologies in Policing and Justice (143-163). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003412908

Described interchangeably as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and big data, recent years have seen an increasing move towards the use of automated forms of data analysis and scoring mobilised to reorganise and “improve” policing. One f... Read More about Infrastructure shortcuts: the private cloud infrastructure of data-driven policing and its political consequences.

India-Israel Cooperation in Spy Satellites: Materialism to Idealism (2024)
Journal Article
Krishnan, V., & Paramesha, D. (2024). India-Israel Cooperation in Spy Satellites: Materialism to Idealism. Strategic Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2024.2357516

This article argues that India-Israel cooperation in space-based imagery originated under a realist logic but has been developing under an increasingly strong value-based commitment in countering terrorism. In this regard, the relationship is somewha... Read More about India-Israel Cooperation in Spy Satellites: Materialism to Idealism.

It’s not ok to not be ok . . . when you’re a prison governor:The impact of workplace culture on prison governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales (2024)
Journal Article
Nichols, H., Saunders, G., Harrison, K., Mason, R., Smith, L., & Hall, L. (2024). It’s not ok to not be ok . . . when you’re a prison governor:The impact of workplace culture on prison governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales. Incarceration, 5, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663241253698

The wellbeing of prison governors has received little attention in penological research to date. The findings of this research reveal that governors’ wellbeing is negatively impacted by a dominant Masculinity Contest Culture (MCC) permeating through... Read More about It’s not ok to not be ok . . . when you’re a prison governor:The impact of workplace culture on prison governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales.

"Freedom is a constant struggle”: Women’s journeys after modern slavery in the United Kingdom (2024)
Thesis
Nghishitende, N. J. "Freedom is a constant struggle”: Women’s journeys after modern slavery in the United Kingdom. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4867012

This thesis provides insights into the journeys of women who have left situations classified as modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) and are remodelling their lives in the UK. Employing critical methodologies, this thesis utilises narrative an... Read More about "Freedom is a constant struggle”: Women’s journeys after modern slavery in the United Kingdom.

The investigation and representation of multi-perpetrator child sexual exploitation (CSE) in England and Wales (2024)
Thesis
Colley, S. The investigation and representation of multi-perpetrator child sexual exploitation (CSE) in England and Wales. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4867065

This thesis explores the challenges of investigating multi-perpetrator child sexual exploitation (CSE). There is a lack of overall knowledge of who the offenders are within this form of sexual offending against children. This research addresses this... Read More about The investigation and representation of multi-perpetrator child sexual exploitation (CSE) in England and Wales.

Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Simanovic, T., McFarlane, P., Brennan, I., Sutherland, A., & Graham, W. (2024). Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0301023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301023

Introduction Focused deterrence (FD) is a frequently cited intervention for preventing violence, particularly against violent urban gangs. The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) believes it could be effective in the UK, based primarily on research conducted... Read More about Focused deterrence: A protocol for a realist multisite randomised controlled trial for evaluating a violence prevention intervention in the UK.

Surveillance, State Violence and Resistance: A History of “Dangerous Incidents” between Police Officers and Black Individuals in the United States (2024)
Thesis
Blance, K. (2023). Surveillance, State Violence and Resistance: A History of “Dangerous Incidents” between Police Officers and Black Individuals in the United States. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4587924

[From the introduction]:
This thesis will seek to explore racialised surveillance and Black resistance to this surveillance in both historical and contemporary forms in the United States. At its core, this research will argue that racialised surveil... Read More about Surveillance, State Violence and Resistance: A History of “Dangerous Incidents” between Police Officers and Black Individuals in the United States.

Wage Theft and the Contours of Accumulation (2024)
Journal Article
Burnett, J., & Chebe, F. (2024). Wage Theft and the Contours of Accumulation. Justice, power and resistance, 7(1), 39-59. https://doi.org/10.1332/26352338Y2024D000000009

This article examines the theft of migrant workers’ wages in England by their employers, drawing from original accounts and testimonies of a sample of workers employed between 2018 and 2023. It builds on and establishes new conceptual understandings... Read More about Wage Theft and the Contours of Accumulation.

The Sino-Indian War and the Evolution of Wireless Monitoring Capabilities in the Indian Intelligence Bureau (1959-1968) (2024)
Journal Article
Paramesha, D. (online). The Sino-Indian War and the Evolution of Wireless Monitoring Capabilities in the Indian Intelligence Bureau (1959-1968). Journal of Intelligence History, https://doi.org/10.1080/16161262.2024.2311479

This article is the first academic work exploring the evolution of wireless monitoring capabilities (COMINT) in India’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) between 1959 and 1968. Until 1968, the IB was India’s foreign intelligence agency and experienced its lar... Read More about The Sino-Indian War and the Evolution of Wireless Monitoring Capabilities in the Indian Intelligence Bureau (1959-1968).

Policing the pandemic: Exploring public perceptions of the enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article
Boulton, L., Simanovic, T., McManus, M., & Walker, D. (in press). Policing the pandemic: Exploring public perceptions of the enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom. Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X241228048

Traditional UK policing relies on Peelian principles of policing by consent in which public views of police legitimacy are crucial. This study used a mixed methods survey design to explore the impact of the Coronavirus Act 2020 on public perceptions... Read More about Policing the pandemic: Exploring public perceptions of the enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom.