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Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15-24 year-old women in Nigeria: A multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003-2018 (2020)
Journal Article
Onukwugha, F. I., Magadi, M. A., Sarki, A. M., & Smith, L. (2020). Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15-24 year-old women in Nigeria: A multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003-2018. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20(1), Article 550. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03164-8

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Three-quarters of pregnancy terminations in Africa are carried out in unsafe conditions. Unsafe abortion is the leading cause of maternal mortality among 15-24 year-old women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Greater understand... Read More about Trends in and predictors of pregnancy termination among 15-24 year-old women in Nigeria: A multi-level analysis of demographic and health surveys 2003-2018.

Value for money and the commodification of higher education: front-line narratives (2020)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, L. C., & Wilkinson, M. D. (in press). Value for money and the commodification of higher education: front-line narratives. Teaching in higher education, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2020.1819226

This paper provides a critical interrogation of government-led reform of higher education (HE) in England. Its focus is marketisation, and in particular, the concepts of ‘value for money’ (VFM), teaching excellence, and students as educational consum... Read More about Value for money and the commodification of higher education: front-line narratives.

Barriers to sexual and reproductive education among in-school adolescents in Zomba and Mangochi districts, Malawi (2020)
Journal Article
Likupe, G., Chintsanya, J., Magadi, M., Munthali, A., & Makwemba, M. (2021). Barriers to sexual and reproductive education among in-school adolescents in Zomba and Mangochi districts, Malawi. Sex Education, 21(4), 450-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2020.1821181

Teenage pregnancy and child marriage continue to rise in Malawi despite the introduction of compulsory Life Skills education in primary schools in 2002. A qualitative approach, employing focus group discussions with participants was used to explore t... Read More about Barriers to sexual and reproductive education among in-school adolescents in Zomba and Mangochi districts, Malawi.

'It was like an animal in pain': Institutional thoughtlessness and bereavement in prison (2020)
Journal Article
Wilson, M., Johnston, H., & Walker, L. (in press). 'It was like an animal in pain': Institutional thoughtlessness and bereavement in prison. Criminology & criminal Justice, https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820930755

Using the concept of institutional thoughtlessness, this article examines a range of issues embedded within daily prison life which have a detrimental effect upon the lives of those bereaved during a prison sentence. Drawing on in-depth qualitative r... Read More about 'It was like an animal in pain': Institutional thoughtlessness and bereavement in prison.

The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent’s use of sexual and reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Onukwugha, F., Smith, L., Kaseje, . D., Wafula, . C., Kaseje, . M., Were, V., Orton, B., Hayter, M., Jomeen, . J., & Magadi, . M. The effectiveness and characteristics of mHealth interventions to increase adolescent’s use of sexual and reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review

Understanding ethnic variations in HIV prevalence in Kenya: the role of cultural practices (2020)
Journal Article
Magadi, M., Gazimbi, M., Wafula, C., & Kaseje, M. (2021). Understanding ethnic variations in HIV prevalence in Kenya: the role of cultural practices. Culture, health & sexuality, 23(6), 822-839. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2020.1734661

Patterns of HIV prevalence in Kenya suggest that areas where various cultural practices are prevalent bear a disproportionate burden of HIV. This paper examines (i) the contextual effects of cultural practices (polygyny, male circumcision) and relate... Read More about Understanding ethnic variations in HIV prevalence in Kenya: the role of cultural practices.

Gender and release from imprisonment: Convict licensing systems in mid to late 19th century England (2020)
Book Chapter
Johnston, H., & Cox, D. (2020). Gender and release from imprisonment: Convict licensing systems in mid to late 19th century England. In M. Van der Heijden, M. Pluskota, & S. Muurling (Eds.), Women's Criminality in Europe, 1600-1914 (134-147). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774543.007

This paper draws on the research undertaken into the lives and prison experiences of around 650 male and female convicts who were released on licence (an early form of parole) from sentences of long term imprisonment (three years to life) in England... Read More about Gender and release from imprisonment: Convict licensing systems in mid to late 19th century England.

Racial and Religious Hate Crime: The UK From 1945 to Brexit (2019)
Book
Laverick, W., & Joyce, P. (2019). Racial and Religious Hate Crime: The UK From 1945 to Brexit. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21317-6

Offers an in-depth discussion of racial and religious hate crime in the UK and also beyond.
Focusses on 1945 until present with some additional attention to the 1930s when anti-Semitism was especially prominent in the UK.
Devotes particular attenti... Read More about Racial and Religious Hate Crime: The UK From 1945 to Brexit.

Torture and the UK’s ‘War on Asylum’: Medical Power and the Culture of Disbelief (2019)
Book Chapter
Bhatia, M., & Burnett, J. (2019). Torture and the UK’s ‘War on Asylum’: Medical Power and the Culture of Disbelief. In F. Perocco (Ed.), Tortura e migrazioni | Torture and Migration (161-179). Edizioni Ca’Foscari. https://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-358-8/007

This chapter explores medical power in the UK’s ‘war on asylum’, examining how medical expertise has been undermined in the asylum process when this expertise is utilised to add weight to asylum seekers’ claims to have experienced torture. It examine... Read More about Torture and the UK’s ‘War on Asylum’: Medical Power and the Culture of Disbelief.

Towards a Political Economy of Charging Regimes: Fines, Fees and Force in UK Immigration Control (2019)
Journal Article
Burnett, J., & Chebe, F. (2020). Towards a Political Economy of Charging Regimes: Fines, Fees and Force in UK Immigration Control. The British journal of criminology, 60(3), 579-599. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azz070

Charging regimes and the extraction of revenue are integral components of immigration control in the United Kingdom. However, while these have been analysed in their individual guises, to date, there has been little substantive analysis bringing thes... Read More about Towards a Political Economy of Charging Regimes: Fines, Fees and Force in UK Immigration Control.

The menopause and the female police workforce (2019)
Journal Article
Laverick, W., Joyce, P., Calvey, D., & Cain, L. (2019). The menopause and the female police workforce. British journal of community justice : BJCJ, 15(2), 59-81

© 2019 Manchester Metropolitan University. Drawing upon previously unpublished findings from a wider study that addressed the impact of austerity and force change programmes upon the older female police workforce, this paper presents secondary analys... Read More about The menopause and the female police workforce.

Towards effective mobilization of social participation: from an instrumental approach to a value-oriented approach in China (2019)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Xu, Y., & Wilkinson, M. (in press). Towards effective mobilization of social participation: from an instrumental approach to a value-oriented approach in China. Policy studies : the journal of the Policy Studies Institute, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2019.1667966

State mobilization is crucial for promoting social participation in mainland China. Due to its historically weak roots, social participation’s limited popularity reflects the failure of China’s current instrumental mobilization approach which focuses... Read More about Towards effective mobilization of social participation: from an instrumental approach to a value-oriented approach in China.

What Choice Risk And Responsibilisation In Cvd Policy (2019)
Journal Article
Hutchison, J., & Holdsworth, J. (in press). What Choice Risk And Responsibilisation In Cvd Policy. Health,

Employing a policy-as-discourse approach, we explore how the language of choice, risk and responsibilisation influences cardiovascular disease policy. We analyse four key pieces of public health literature produced in the UK between 1999 and 2013 tha... Read More about What Choice Risk And Responsibilisation In Cvd Policy.

Views of Service Providers and Adolescents on Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services by Adolescents: A Systematic Review (2019)
Journal Article
Onukwugha, F. I., Hayter, M., & Magadi, M. A. (2019). Views of Service Providers and Adolescents on Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services by Adolescents: A Systematic Review. African journal of reproductive health, 23(2), 134-147. https://doi.org/10.29063/ajrh2019/v23i2.13

This review examines the literature on adolescents' and providers' views on access and use of Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) information and services. The SRH services referred to in this study were predominantly family planning services, STI t... Read More about Views of Service Providers and Adolescents on Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services by Adolescents: A Systematic Review.

Exploring Processes Of Desistance By Ethnic Status : The Confluence of Community, Familial and Individual Processes (2019)
Book Chapter
Calverley, A. (2019). Exploring Processes Of Desistance By Ethnic Status : The Confluence of Community, Familial and Individual Processes. In S. Farrall (Ed.), The Architecture of Desistance (75-95). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429461804

Although studies of desistance have routinely focussed on how family formation, gaining employment, moving away from criminal friends and identity reconstruction support stopping offending, they have up until recently been less vocal in how meso- and... Read More about Exploring Processes Of Desistance By Ethnic Status : The Confluence of Community, Familial and Individual Processes.

Prison and political violence: the impact and harm of counterterrorism policies. A comparative socio-historical analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Santorso, S. (in press). Prison and political violence: the impact and harm of counterterrorism policies. A comparative socio-historical analysis. Memoria e ricerca, 27(2), 275-292. https://doi.org/10.14647/93540

The decades between the end of 1960s and 1980s have been characterised by radical transformation, drastic changes and an escalation of political violence. Through a comparative socio-historical approach, this paper will explore the British and Italia... Read More about Prison and political violence: the impact and harm of counterterrorism policies. A comparative socio-historical analysis.

Building Bridges: Prisoners, Crime Victims and Restorative Justice (2019)
Book
Brennan, I., & Johnston, G. (2019). Building Bridges: Prisoners, Crime Victims and Restorative Justice. Eleven International Publishing

Across Europe, restorative justice has gained acceptance as a way of resolving disputes and mitigating the harm of crime in the community. Practitioners have also begun to coordinate restorative meetings in prisons in an effort to reduce the harms of... Read More about Building Bridges: Prisoners, Crime Victims and Restorative Justice.

The Legal Status of Israeli-Arabs/Palestinians in Israel (2019)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Wattad, M. S. (2019). The Legal Status of Israeli-Arabs/Palestinians in Israel. GNLU Law and Society Review, 1(1), 1-28

The authors argue for accommodating the interests of the Israeli-Arabs/Palestinians. Israel should strive to safeguard equal rights and liberties for all citizens notwithstanding religion, race, ethnicity, colour, gender, class or sexual orientation,... Read More about The Legal Status of Israeli-Arabs/Palestinians in Israel.

Public Participation and Socio-economic Justice in Eco-restoration Law and Governance: The UN Environment–Ogoniland Case Study (2019)
Book Chapter
Etemire, U., & Muzan, M. (2019). Public Participation and Socio-economic Justice in Eco-restoration Law and Governance: The UN Environment–Ogoniland Case Study. In A. Akhtar-Khavari, & B. J. Richardson (Eds.), Ecological Restoration Law: Concepts and Case Studies (192-213). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429468315

The state-based approach to restoration governance largely has its roots in the political dogma of rational elitism. It postulates that public decision-making should be left almost completely to experts or ‘elites’ with specialised training and exper... Read More about Public Participation and Socio-economic Justice in Eco-restoration Law and Governance: The UN Environment–Ogoniland Case Study.

Race, gender, and surveillance of migrant domestic workers in Asia (2018)
Book Chapter
Lee, M., Johnson, M., & McCahill, M. (2018). Race, gender, and surveillance of migrant domestic workers in Asia. In Race, criminal justice, and migration control: enforcing the boundaries of belonging (13-28). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198814887.003.0002

© Maggy Lee, Mark Johnson, and Mike McCahill, 2017. This chapter provides a transnational analysis of the ways in which migrant workers are placed at the sharp end of migration control based on gendered and racialized notions of domestic labour. Migr... Read More about Race, gender, and surveillance of migrant domestic workers in Asia.