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A multilevel analysis of the determinants and cross-national variations of HIV seropositivity in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the DHS (2011)
Journal Article
Magadi, M., & Desta, M. (2011). A multilevel analysis of the determinants and cross-national variations of HIV seropositivity in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the DHS. Health and Place, 17(5), 1067-1083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.06.004

This paper applies multilevel logistic regression models to Demographic and Health Survey data collected during 2003-2008 from 20 countries of sub-Saharan Africa to examine the determinants and cross-national variations in the risk of HIV seropositiv... Read More about A multilevel analysis of the determinants and cross-national variations of HIV seropositivity in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the DHS.

Household and community HIV/AIDS status and child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the demographic and health surveys (2011)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. A. (2011). Household and community HIV/AIDS status and child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the demographic and health surveys. Social science & medicine, 73(3), 436-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.042

This paper examines the extent to which under five children in households or communities adversely affected by HIV/AIDS are disadvantaged, in comparison with other children in less affected households/communities. The study is based on secondary anal... Read More about Household and community HIV/AIDS status and child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the demographic and health surveys.

Effectiveness of anonymised information sharing and use in health service, police, and local government partnership for preventing violence related injury: experimental study and time series analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Florence, C., Shepherd, J., Brennan, I., & Simon, T. (2011). Effectiveness of anonymised information sharing and use in health service, police, and local government partnership for preventing violence related injury: experimental study and time series analysis. BMJ, 342(7812), d3313-d3313. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d3313

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of anonymised information sharing to prevent injury related to violence. Design: Experimental study and time series analysis of a prototype community partnership between the health service, police, and local g... Read More about Effectiveness of anonymised information sharing and use in health service, police, and local government partnership for preventing violence related injury: experimental study and time series analysis.

Understanding the gender disparity in HIV infection across countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys (2011)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. A. (2011). Understanding the gender disparity in HIV infection across countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys. Sociology of Health and Illness, 33(4), 522-539. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01304.x

Women in sub-SaharanAfrica bear a disproportionate burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, which is exacerbated by their role in society and biological vulnerability. The specific objectives of this article are to (i) determine the e... Read More about Understanding the gender disparity in HIV infection across countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys.

In Vino silentium? individual, situational, and alcohol-related factors in reporting violence to the police (2011)
Journal Article
Brennan, I. R. (2011). In Vino silentium? individual, situational, and alcohol-related factors in reporting violence to the police. Violence and Victims, 26(2), 191-207. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.26.2.191

This study identifies the individual, situational, and alcohol-related factors associated with reporting violent victimization to the police. Factors positively associated with reporting included older age and incident severity (the assailant's use o... Read More about In Vino silentium? individual, situational, and alcohol-related factors in reporting violence to the police.

Predicting and measuring premises-level harm in the night-time economy (2011)
Journal Article
Moore, S. C., Brennan, I., & Murphy, S. (2011). Predicting and measuring premises-level harm in the night-time economy. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 46(3), 357-363. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agr011

Aims: To assess associations between measures of premises-level alcohol-related harm and risk factors for harm. Methods: Thirty-two licensed premises with a history of on-premises violent assault were recruited. An environmental survey of the drinkin... Read More about Predicting and measuring premises-level harm in the night-time economy.

Cross-national analysis of the risk factors of child malnutrition among children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the DHS (2011)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. A. (2011). Cross-national analysis of the risk factors of child malnutrition among children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the DHS. Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, 16(5), 570-578. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02733.x

Objective To examine the risk factors of malnutrition among children whose mothers are infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods Multilevel logistic regression models applied to Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data collected during 2... Read More about Cross-national analysis of the risk factors of child malnutrition among children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the DHS.

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.

Gender and Security (2010)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, C., & Kennedy-Pipe, C. (2010). Gender and Security. In Contemporary Security Studies (106 - 120). (2nd). Oxford University Press

Provides broad coverage of contemporary security studies, giving lecturers the flexibility to use the text in a way that supports their module. Assumes no background knowledge and makes effective use of learning features, making it accessible to stud... Read More about Gender and Security.

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.

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.

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.