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Journeys towards learning in a new key: Researching the challenge of introducing deep cultural and psychological resources in classrooms (2017)
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Warner, C., & Tarr, J. (2017). Journeys towards learning in a new key: Researching the challenge of introducing deep cultural and psychological resources in classrooms. Revista ESC - Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, 50,

This paper seeks to explore and reflect upon the staged process that took place in the LINK project to introduce musical listening and improvisation as a regular social, emotional and therapeutic experience in the classroom. It will describe the grad... Read More about Journeys towards learning in a new key: Researching the challenge of introducing deep cultural and psychological resources in classrooms.

Police officer attitudes to the practicalities of the sex offenders’ register, ViSOR and Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Scheme in England and Wales (2017)
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McCartan, K., Hoggett, J., & O'Sullivan, J. (2018). Police officer attitudes to the practicalities of the sex offenders’ register, ViSOR and Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Scheme in England and Wales. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 24(1), 37-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2017.1411641

© 2017 National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers. This paper examines police officer understandings of and attitudes to the sex offenders’ register, Violent and Sex Offenders’ Register (ViSOR) and Child Sexual Offender Disclosure Scheme(CSOD... Read More about Police officer attitudes to the practicalities of the sex offenders’ register, ViSOR and Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure Scheme in England and Wales.

Reflecting on bisexual identities and relationships: Nikki Hayfield in conversation with Annukka Lahti (2017)
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Hayfield, N., & Lahti, A. (2017). Reflecting on bisexual identities and relationships: Nikki Hayfield in conversation with Annukka Lahti. Psychology of Sexualities Section Review, 8(2), 68-75

Annukka Lahti is a Doctoral Student (Gender Studies) in the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland . Before starting her doctoral studies, she taught psychology at The Open University of the University of... Read More about Reflecting on bisexual identities and relationships: Nikki Hayfield in conversation with Annukka Lahti.

Development of a Parenting Support Program to Prevent Abuse of Adolescents in South Africa: Findings From a Pilot Pre-Post Study (2017)
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Cluver, L. D., Lachman, J. M., Ward, C. L., Gardner, F., Peterson, T., Hutchings, J. M., …Redfern, A. A. (2017). Development of a Parenting Support Program to Prevent Abuse of Adolescents in South Africa: Findings From a Pilot Pre-Post Study. Research on Social Work Practice, 27(7), 758-766. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731516628647

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Purpose: Violence against children increases in adolescence, but there is a research and practice gap in research-supported child abuse prevention for the adolescent years. A pilot program for low-resource settings was d... Read More about Development of a Parenting Support Program to Prevent Abuse of Adolescents in South Africa: Findings From a Pilot Pre-Post Study.

Brexit and devolution (2017)
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Greer, A. (2018). Brexit and devolution. Political Quarterly, 89(1), 134-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12442

A report on debates about Brexit in relation to devolution and the relationships between the 'UK' government and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Book review: Jodi Dean, Crowds and Party; Donatella della Porta et al, Movement Parties against Austerity; Richard Seymour, Corbyn (2017)
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Mathers, A. (2017). Book review: Jodi Dean, Crowds and Party; Donatella della Porta et al, Movement Parties against Austerity; Richard Seymour, Corbyn. Interface, 9(2), 389-444

The crisis of neoliberalism and the associated austerity politics generated a global wave of protests which in turn has produced a renewed interest amongst activists and academics for political parties as means of expressing social movements and addr... Read More about Book review: Jodi Dean, Crowds and Party; Donatella della Porta et al, Movement Parties against Austerity; Richard Seymour, Corbyn.

Science fiction and science futures: Considering the role of fictions in public engagement and science communication work (2017)
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Reinsborough, M. (2017). Science fiction and science futures: Considering the role of fictions in public engagement and science communication work. Journal of Science Communication, 16(4),

The imagination of possible scientific futures has a colourful history of interaction with scientific research agendas and public expectations. The 2017 annual UK Science in Public conference included a panel discussing this. Emphasizing fiction as a... Read More about Science fiction and science futures: Considering the role of fictions in public engagement and science communication work.

Ethics and Issues of Secondary Prevention Efforts in Child Sexual Abuse (2017)
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McCartan, K., Merdian, H. L., Perkins, D. E., & Kettleborough, D. (2018). Ethics and Issues of Secondary Prevention Efforts in Child Sexual Abuse. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62(9), 2548-2566. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X17723951

© 2017, The Author(s). This article discusses the ethical, practical, and moral issues surrounding secondary prevention efforts of child sexual abuse from a professional and practice-based perspective. Transcripts of a semistructured consultation eve... Read More about Ethics and Issues of Secondary Prevention Efforts in Child Sexual Abuse.

The role of the family in HIV status disclosure among women in Vietnam: Familial dependence and independence (2017)
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Nguyen, C. T., Dinh, D., White, J. L., Hipwell, M., & Pharris, A. (2018). The role of the family in HIV status disclosure among women in Vietnam: Familial dependence and independence. Health Care for Women International, 39(4), 415-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2017.1358723

© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Insights into disclosure by people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) can inform strategies for treatment and support, yet Vietnamese women's self-disclosure patterns are poorly understood. We conducted interviews... Read More about The role of the family in HIV status disclosure among women in Vietnam: Familial dependence and independence.

Deleuze, art and social work (2017)
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Crociani-Windland, L. (2017). Deleuze, art and social work. Journal of Social Work Practice, 31(2), 251-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2017.1305341

© 2017 GAPS. This article outlines the value of Deleuze’s philosophy to social work in offering a different understanding of the constitution of reality and being human and the importance of the visual by way of artistic and craft activities. The key... Read More about Deleuze, art and social work.

Strength-based approaches to online child sexual abuse: Using self-management strategies to enhance desistance behaviour in users of child sexual exploitation material (2017)
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Merdian, H., Kettleborough, D., McCartan, K., & Perkins, D. E. (2017). Strength-based approaches to online child sexual abuse: Using self-management strategies to enhance desistance behaviour in users of child sexual exploitation material. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 7(3), 182-191. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-10-2016-0035

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Increasing numbers of convictions for the use of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) call for enhanced measures to prevent this type of offending. Strength-based approaches such as the good lives m... Read More about Strength-based approaches to online child sexual abuse: Using self-management strategies to enhance desistance behaviour in users of child sexual exploitation material.

Lesbian/queer masculinities (2017)
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Mackay, F. (2017). Lesbian/queer masculinities

Questions about the resonance and relevance of this classic and much stereotyped lesbian identity are not, of course, new questions. Perhaps the most well-known interrogation occurred during the famous ‘sex-wars’ of the 1980s, but arguably these deba... Read More about Lesbian/queer masculinities.

The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
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Hughes, K., Bellis, M. A., Hardcastle, K. A., Sethi, D., Butchart, A., Mikton, C., …Dunne, M. P. (2017). The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health, 2(8), e356-e366. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667%2817%2930118-4

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Background A growing body of research identifies the harmful effects that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs; occurring during childho... Read More about The effect of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The influence of small states on superpowers: Jamaica and U.S. foreign policy; Michael Manley and Jamaican Democracy, 1972—1980: The word is love; Michael Manley—The Biography (2017)
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Clegg, P. (2017). The influence of small states on superpowers: Jamaica and U.S. foreign policy; Michael Manley and Jamaican Democracy, 1972—1980: The word is love; Michael Manley—The Biography. Round Table, 106(4), 488-491. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2017.1348023

Former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley was a powerful and influential figure both at home and abroad. He was determined to improve the position of the Jamaican people by reconfiguring both political and economic orthodoxies, which he and many... Read More about The influence of small states on superpowers: Jamaica and U.S. foreign policy; Michael Manley and Jamaican Democracy, 1972—1980: The word is love; Michael Manley—The Biography.

Outsiders and learners: Negotiating meaning in comparative European social work research practice (2017)
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Höjer, S., Frost, L., Campanini, A., Sicora, A., & Kullberg, K. (2017). Outsiders and learners: Negotiating meaning in comparative European social work research practice. Qualitative Social Work, 16(4), 465-480. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325015621124

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. This paper draws on two experiences of undertaking comparative research in England, Sweden and Italy, and offers a discussion of the kinds of dilemmas raised in relation to language and meaning surfaced by these. Its pri... Read More about Outsiders and learners: Negotiating meaning in comparative European social work research practice.

Post-exceptional politics in agriculture: an examination of the 2013 CAP reform (2017)
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Greer, A. (2017). Post-exceptional politics in agriculture: an examination of the 2013 CAP reform. Journal of European Public Policy, 24(11), 1585-1603. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1334080

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. A core claim about agricultural policy making is that it is ‘compartmentalized’ and ‘exceptional’. In this picture, the policy process is insulated from other policy concerns, has a dist... Read More about Post-exceptional politics in agriculture: an examination of the 2013 CAP reform.

Un-teaching for boys (2017)
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Mackay, F. (2017). Un-teaching for boys

Ungendering our children - the harms of stereotyping and how to avoid them.

Falling behind: The decline of the rights of asylum seekers in the UK and its impact on their day-to-day lives (2017)
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Parker, S. (2017). Falling behind: The decline of the rights of asylum seekers in the UK and its impact on their day-to-day lives. eSharp, 25(1), 83-95

In September 2015 photographs of the body of a young Syrian boy, who had drowned attempting to make the crossing by boat from Turkey to Greece, were published in newspapers around the world. These images led to a rise in public and political sympathy... Read More about Falling behind: The decline of the rights of asylum seekers in the UK and its impact on their day-to-day lives.