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Walter White: The psychopath to whom we can all relate? (2014)
Book Chapter
Wondemaghen, M. (2015). Walter White: The psychopath to whom we can all relate?. In J. Blevins, & D. Wood (Eds.), The Methods of Breaking Bad: Essays on Narrative, Character and Ethics. Jefferson, NC. USA: McFarland

White lies and black consequences: Margaret Jones and the complex dynamics of the publishing industry (2014)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J. (2014). White lies and black consequences: Margaret Jones and the complex dynamics of the publishing industry. In C. O. Garcia, V. Ashanti Young, & C. Pimentel (Eds.), From Uncle Tom's Cabin to The help : critical perspectives on white-authored narratives of black life (143-157). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137446268_11

Numerous autobiographies have been released over the past two decades documenting contemporary African American and Mexican American urban life, including themes of violent gangbanging, drug hustling, and the inner-city search for economic stability... Read More about White lies and black consequences: Margaret Jones and the complex dynamics of the publishing industry.

The impact of welfare reform in Scotland Tracking Study: Year 1 Findings (2014)
Report
Graham, H., Lister, B., Egdell, V., McQuaid, R., & Raeside, R. (2014). The impact of welfare reform in Scotland Tracking Study: Year 1 Findings. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Government

This report presents the findings from the first year of a study that aims to explore the impact of ongoing changes to the welfare system on a range of households in Scotland over time. This report builds on the results of both the Sweep 1 interviews... Read More about The impact of welfare reform in Scotland Tracking Study: Year 1 Findings.

Negotiating 'Victim communities': Reflexivity and method in researching high-profile crimes (2014)
Book Chapter
O'Leary, N. (2014). Negotiating 'Victim communities': Reflexivity and method in researching high-profile crimes. In K. Lumsden, & A. Winter (Eds.), Reflexivity in Criminological Research : Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless (23-34). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137379405_2

Certain crimes seem to embody the mood of the times, entering the pub- lic consciousness in such an enduring way that they almost become public property. Crimes such as the killing of James Bulger in 1993 and the dis- appearance of Madeleine McCann i... Read More about Negotiating 'Victim communities': Reflexivity and method in researching high-profile crimes.

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.

Gendering women: Identity and mental wellbeing through the lifecourse (2014)
Book
Clisby, S., & Holdsworth, J. (2014). Gendering women: Identity and mental wellbeing through the lifecourse. Bristol, UK: Policy Press

© Policy Press 2014. Gendering Women is an engaging and accessible account of how constructions of femininity fundamentally affect women’s mental wellbeing through the life course. Led by women’s life history accounts of growing up and growing older... Read More about Gendering women: Identity and mental wellbeing through the lifecourse.

Demonising 'the other': British Government complicity in the exploitation, social exclusion and vilification of new migrant workers (2014)
Journal Article
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.

Criminal careers in transition: The social context of desistance from crime (2014)
Book
Farrall, S., Hunter, B., Sharpe, G., & Calverley, A. (2014). Criminal careers in transition: The social context of desistance from crime. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199682157.001.0001

There has been a growth of interest in why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated back into the community. This book follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probatione... Read More about Criminal careers in transition: The social context of desistance from crime.

Public trust and performance measurement in charitable organizations (2014)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Living by your word: An interview with Ice-T (2014)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J., & Turner, W. (2016). Living by your word: An interview with Ice-T. In J. Metcalf, & W. Turner (Eds.), Rapper, Writer, Pop-Cultural Player (279-306). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315603612

© Josephine Metcalf and Will Turner and the contributors 2014. The following interview took place in New Jersey in March 2013. In it, we posed a number of questions stemming from the critical points raised by essays in this collection. In his respons... Read More about Living by your word: An interview with Ice-T.

Rapper, writer, pop-cultural player: Ice-T and the politics of black cultural production (2014)
Book
Metcalf, J., & Turner, W. (2014). Rapper, writer, pop-cultural player: Ice-T and the politics of black cultural production. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315603612

This collection of essays critically engages with factors relating to black urban life and cultural representation in the post-civil rights era, using Ice-T and his myriad roles as musician, actor, writer, celebrity, and industrialist as a vehicle th... Read More about Rapper, writer, pop-cultural player: Ice-T and the politics of black cultural production.

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.

The impact of welfare reform in Scotland tracking study: Baseline findings (2014)
Report
Lister, B., Graham, H., Egdell, V., McQuaid, R., & Raeside, R. (2014). The impact of welfare reform in Scotland tracking study: Baseline findings. Scottish Government

The aim of the study is to explore the impact of on-going welfare changes on a range of households in Scotland over time. This report provides a review of the literature and presents the results of the first sweep of interviews which took place from... Read More about The impact of welfare reform in Scotland tracking study: Baseline findings.

Reshaping the field: building restorative capital (2014)
Journal Article
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.