Getting a grip on social work (2010)
Journal Article
This paper describes the visceral nature of social work practice from a more subjective and personal point of view, using a case study involving three small children who I have worked with. The youngest boy was removed from his parent's care by socia... Read More about Getting a grip on social work.
The role of crowd theory in determining the use of force in public order policing (2010)
Journal Article
Social psychological research suggests that where police hold a theoretical view of the crowd in line with the 'classic' crowd psychology of Gustavé Le Bon this can lead to police practices that inadvertently escalate public disorder. This research r... Read More about The role of crowd theory in determining the use of force in public order policing.
Crowd psychology, public order police training and the policing of football crowds (2010)
Journal Article
Purpose – This study seeks to examine what theory of crowd psychology is being applied within public order police training in England and Wales and what accounts of crowds, police strategies and tactics subsequently emerge among officers who undertak... Read More about Crowd psychology, public order police training and the policing of football crowds.
Are contemporary media images which seem to display women as sexually empowered actually harmful to women? (2010)
Journal Article
There has been a shift in the depiction of women in advertising from objectifying representations of women as passive sex objects to agentic sexual representations where the women appear powerful and in control (Gill, 2007a, 2008), and there is subst... Read More about Are contemporary media images which seem to display women as sexually empowered actually harmful to women?.
Sociology’s contribution to an understanding of pentecostalism (2010)
Book Chapter