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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 (89-104). 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.

The Promethean myth : an argument for methodological atheism (2009)
Journal Article
Ornella, A. (2009). The Promethean myth : an argument for methodological atheism. Masaryk University journal of law and technology, 3(1), 125-151

In public perception (in particular in secular Europe), technosciences are often considered as something verifiable, neutral, and without any relation to the religious realm. Looking back at ancient times, however, powerful mythical figures like Prom... Read More about The Promethean myth : an argument for methodological atheism.

Transforming the prison: histories of prison and imprisonment, 1770-1952 (2009)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2009). Transforming the prison: histories of prison and imprisonment, 1770-1952. In Criminal Justice (125 - 143). OUP Oxford

This chapter considers the emergence of imprisonment as the predominant form of punishment for the majority offences from the mid-nineteenth century onwards in Britain.  It examines imprisonment before and during the eighteenth century through to the... Read More about Transforming the prison: histories of prison and imprisonment, 1770-1952.

Integrating the restorative and rehabilitative models: lessons from one family group conferencing project (2009)
Journal Article
Zernova, M. (2009). Integrating the restorative and rehabilitative models: lessons from one family group conferencing project. Contemporary Justice Review, 12(1), 59-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580802681758

The article will examine the relationship between restorative justice and offender rehabilitation on the basis of the evidence collected in the course of an empirical study. The study was conducted in a family group conferencing project which aspired... Read More about Integrating the restorative and rehabilitative models: lessons from one family group conferencing project.

Weapons and violence: a review of theory and research (2009)
Journal Article
Brennan, I. R., & Moore, S. C. (2009). Weapons and violence: a review of theory and research. Aggression and violent behavior, 14(3), 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2009.03.003

Weapons are used in approximately one quarter of all violent incidents and the majority of homicides in the US, and the UK. Despite their overwhelming contribution to violent harm, theories of weapon related behaviors are scarce, and little is known... Read More about Weapons and violence: a review of theory and research.

‘Cavemen in an era of speed-of-light technology’ : historical and contemporary perspectives on communication within prisons (2009)
Journal Article
Jewkes, Y., & Johnston, H. (2009). ‘Cavemen in an era of speed-of-light technology’ : historical and contemporary perspectives on communication within prisons. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 48(2), 132-143. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2311.2009.00559.x

Many prisoners believe that the restricted access they have to computer-mediated communcation (CMC) technologies and, in particular, the almost total absence of computers and Internet access in prisons is a form of censure that renders them second-cl... Read More about ‘Cavemen in an era of speed-of-light technology’ : historical and contemporary perspectives on communication within prisons.

The service needs of migrant workers in the Humber sub-region (2008)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M. (2008). The service needs of migrant workers in the Humber sub-region. The Yorkshire &. Humber Regional Review, 23 - 25

The Humber Improvement Partnership Commissioned research from the University of Hull into the servicec needs of migrant workers in the Humber sub-region (Adamson et al., 2008).  This is a companion to the quantitative analysis published by Sue Adamso... Read More about The service needs of migrant workers in the Humber sub-region.

Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Yorkshire and Humber, 1999 - 2008: a review of literature for Yorkshire Futures (2008)
Report
Craig, G., Lewis, H., Adamson, S., & Wilkinson, M. (2008). Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Yorkshire and Humber, 1999 - 2008: a review of literature for Yorkshire Futures

This research was commissioned by Yorkshire Futures, with help from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Migration Partnership, to draw together, synthesise and summarise the literature on refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Yorkshire and Humber. ... Read More about Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Yorkshire and Humber, 1999 - 2008: a review of literature for Yorkshire Futures.

Determinants of transitions to first sexual intercourse, marriage and pregnancy among female adolescents: evidence from South Nyanza, Kenya (2008)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. A., & Agwanda, A. O. (2009). Determinants of transitions to first sexual intercourse, marriage and pregnancy among female adolescents: evidence from South Nyanza, Kenya. Journal of biosocial science, 41(3), 409-427. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932008003210

Summary The timing of transitions to sexual activity, marriage and childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing profound changes. This study investigates the determinants of adolescent transitions in South Nyanza, a socioeconomically deprived set... Read More about Determinants of transitions to first sexual intercourse, marriage and pregnancy among female adolescents: evidence from South Nyanza, Kenya.

Victorian Prisons (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Victorian Prisons. In Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (305 - 307). Willan

The 'Victorian Prison' refers to prisons during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).  The Victorian period is key to our understanding of prisons and imprisonment, not only in terms of the significant change4s that were made in teh administration... Read More about Victorian Prisons.

Separate and Silent Systems (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Separate and Silent Systems. In Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (270 - 271). Willan

The separate and silent systems were two disciplinary regimes that became prominent in prisons during the early to mid-nineteenth century.  Both systems were based on the idea of reforming prisoners either through isolation or throught silent-associa... Read More about Separate and Silent Systems.

Less Eligibility (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H. (2008). Less Eligibility. In Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment (151 - 152). Willan

The principle of less eligibility is based on the notion that those in prisons (or work-houses, historically) should ensure material living conditions that compare unfavourably with those of similarly disadvantaged people outside these institutions.