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Sex offender disclosure: Knowledge exchange and practice (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Hudson, K., Kemshall, H., & McCartan, K. (2012, June). Sex offender disclosure: Knowledge exchange and practice. Paper presented at 8th North / South Irish Criminology Conference, Dublin, Ireland

Professionals' understanding of government strategies for the management of child sexual abusers (2012)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2012). Professionals' understanding of government strategies for the management of child sexual abusers. Probation Journal, 59(2), 124-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550512438603

This article discusses contemporary professional understandings of the UK Government's attitudes to and policies around the management of child sexual abusers. This study is based upon empirical qualitative research with a range of professionals' wor... Read More about Professionals' understanding of government strategies for the management of child sexual abusers.

Post G20: The Challenge of Change, Implementing Evidence-based Public Order Policing (2012)
Journal Article
Hoggett, J., & Stott, C. (2012). Post G20: The Challenge of Change, Implementing Evidence-based Public Order Policing. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 9(2), 174-183. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1360

In the wake of the 2011 'riots', public order policing tactics in England and Wales have once again been brought into question. Yet, the riots came two years since police regulatory authorities in the UK called for fundamental reforms to the policing... Read More about Post G20: The Challenge of Change, Implementing Evidence-based Public Order Policing.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment: A critical review of the psychological literature (2012)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., Hayfield, N., & Huxley, C. (2012). Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment: A critical review of the psychological literature. Psychology of Sexualities Section Review, 3(1), 51-70

This paper provides a review of the psychological literature on LGBT appearance and embodiment. Research on ‘outsider’ perceptions of LGBT appearance and embodiment has focused on the links between perceptions of physical attractiveness and homosexua... Read More about Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans appearance and embodiment: A critical review of the psychological literature.

Categorising NEDs: An exploration of the factors which inform the adoption of different conceptions of representation & accountability amongst non-executive directors, an early discussion (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Oliver, T. (2012, May). Categorising NEDs: An exploration of the factors which inform the adoption of different conceptions of representation & accountability amongst non-executive directors, an early discussion. Paper presented at Joint International Research Conference: Oxford Brookes University Faculty of Business and Burgundy School of Business, Oxford Brookes University

Debates emerging from the financial crisis have called into question both current ownership models and present accountability mechanisms as the optimum mechanism with which to provide oversight, challenge and scrutiny of the actions of corporate boar... Read More about Categorising NEDs: An exploration of the factors which inform the adoption of different conceptions of representation & accountability amongst non-executive directors, an early discussion.

A visual inquiry into ethics and change (2012)
Journal Article
Page, M. L., Warren, S., McLean, C., Davison, J., & Gaggiotti, H. (2012). A visual inquiry into ethics and change. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, 7(1), 72-85. https://doi.org/10.1108/17465641211223474

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the practices and findings of a visual inquiry developed by the co-authors with students in a Business School in the south west of England. The authors are interested in how students engaged with the visual a... Read More about A visual inquiry into ethics and change.

The development of the EU asylum policy: Venue-shopping in perspective (2012)
Journal Article
Kaunert, C., & Léonard, S. (2012). The development of the EU asylum policy: Venue-shopping in perspective. Journal of European Public Policy, 19(9), 1396-1413. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2012.677191

The development of the EU asylum and migration policy is often explained as the result of ‘venue-shopping’, that is, the move by policy-makers to an EU policy venue in order to avoid national constraints. This article demonstrates that, contrary to w... Read More about The development of the EU asylum policy: Venue-shopping in perspective.

Assessments and admissions during the first 6 years of a UK medium secure DSPD service (2012)
Journal Article
Freestone, M., Taylor, C., Milsom, S., Mikton, C., Ullrich, S., Phillips, O., & Coid, J. (2012). Assessments and admissions during the first 6 years of a UK medium secure DSPD service. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 22(2), 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.1823

Background: Offenders with personality disorder represent a considerable burden on mental health and criminal justice services. Millfields Unit was one of the pilot medium secure units (MSUs) established by the UK Department of Health and Ministry of... Read More about Assessments and admissions during the first 6 years of a UK medium secure DSPD service.

Longings for Berlin: Exploring the workings of the psycho-social imaginary in British migration (2012)
Journal Article
Maile, S., & Griffiths, D. (2012). Longings for Berlin: Exploring the workings of the psycho-social imaginary in British migration. Journal of Psychosocial Studies, 6(1), 30-53

This article explores the ways in which the dominant tropes and spaces of Berlin are used affectively and imaginatively to create meaning for individual migrants as psycho-social agents with unique biographies. Depth interpretation, drawing upon psyc... Read More about Longings for Berlin: Exploring the workings of the psycho-social imaginary in British migration.

The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre (2012)
Journal Article
McClean, S., Bunt, L., & Daykin, N. (2012). The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(4), 402-407

Background: This article explores the theme of spirituality, health, and wellbeing, in relation to an emerging body of research on the impact of music therapy in cancer care. The focus of the article is a music therapy service established as part of... Read More about The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre.

Pounds shillings and pence; ways to cost NHS complementary therapy services – the ‘Seat’ and ‘Biscuit’ studies (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Wye, L., & McClean, S. (2012, March). Pounds shillings and pence; ways to cost NHS complementary therapy services – the ‘Seat’ and ‘Biscuit’ studies. Paper presented at CAMSTRAND, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Background To inform their decisions, commissioners need to know if particular services reduce NHS costs and procur cost savings elsewhere within the system. A review of service evaluations of NHS complementary therapy services found that most did n... Read More about Pounds shillings and pence; ways to cost NHS complementary therapy services – the ‘Seat’ and ‘Biscuit’ studies.

Service users of a hospital based Alexander Technique service for pain have decreased pain levels and reduce their NHS costs associated with pain by half: Results of a mixed methods service evaluation (2012)
Presentation / Conference
McClean, S., & Wye, L. (2012, March). Service users of a hospital based Alexander Technique service for pain have decreased pain levels and reduce their NHS costs associated with pain by half: Results of a mixed methods service evaluation. Paper presented at CAMSTRAND, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Background: Recent evidence indicates that Alexander Technique (AT) is helpful for relieving the pain of backache (Little et al. 2008), which costs the NHS an estimated £480 million per annum with non NHS costs (such as private consultations and pres... Read More about Service users of a hospital based Alexander Technique service for pain have decreased pain levels and reduce their NHS costs associated with pain by half: Results of a mixed methods service evaluation.