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The nature of Trauma Informed Care in the treatment of men convicted of a sexual offence with trauma history (2025)
Journal Article

Individuals who have committed sexual offences are more likely to have experienced trauma or childhood adversity than the general population (Kahn et al., 2020; McMackin et al., 2008). Further, individuals who were convicted of a sexual offence perce... Read More about The nature of Trauma Informed Care in the treatment of men convicted of a sexual offence with trauma history.

Operationalising theory; the role of the pracademic in the pedagogy of student police officers (2024)
Book Chapter

As the growth of degree apprenticeships becomes an ever-increasing provision of universities across England and Wales so the need to extend the experiential knowledge in academic teaching grows. It could be argued that none is more high-profile than... Read More about Operationalising theory; the role of the pracademic in the pedagogy of student police officers.

Across landscapes and lifespan: causes and solutions of gender-based violence from survivors of sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG) (2024)
Journal Article

Violence Against Women and Girls in public spaces has become a focus for violence prevention policy since the murder of Sarah Everard but is this how survivors experience VAWG? This study listened to survivors as part of Safer Spaces funded research.... Read More about Across landscapes and lifespan: causes and solutions of gender-based violence from survivors of sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG).

Follow the Yellow Brick Road: A Reflection on the Development of Police Constable Education at UWE, Bristol (2024)
Book Chapter

Those of us who have undertaken the task of interpreting the Police Education Qualification Framework (PEQF) and designing programmes for police education are attempting to achieve transformation through the vehicle of learning.

This chapter will... Read More about Follow the Yellow Brick Road: A Reflection on the Development of Police Constable Education at UWE, Bristol.

How a learner-centred approach can support and develop problem-solving and critical thinking within the police service (2024)
Book Chapter

Policing has traditionally been taught in a teacher-led, didactic manner which focuses on rules in a quasi-hierarchical process that leaves little room for students’ individual thought or experiences. This has led to police officers who are able to f... Read More about How a learner-centred approach can support and develop problem-solving and critical thinking within the police service.

Racial diversity and police education in England and Wales (2024)
Book Chapter

The curriculum of these entry routes into a career in policing – Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP), Police Constable Degree Apprenticeships (PCDA) and Professional Policing Degree Programme (PPD) is based on the skills required to be a ‘modern’ p... Read More about Racial diversity and police education in England and Wales.

The University Beat: Critical Reflections on the Delivery of Police Education in England and Wales (2024)
Book

This book presents critical reflections on the professionalisation of policing through the delivery of the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA), Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) and Pre-Join degrees by HEIs in the UK. Each chapter is wri... Read More about The University Beat: Critical Reflections on the Delivery of Police Education in England and Wales.

Understanding, defining, engaging and evaluating secondary child sexual abuse prevention interventions (2024)
Report

The first 2PS (Prevent & protect through support) Knowledge Transfer Workshop (KTW) was held with stakeholders on 22nd January 2024 at UWE in Bristol bringing together professionals, practitioners, academics, and policy makers from acro... Read More about Understanding, defining, engaging and evaluating secondary child sexual abuse prevention interventions.

Talking teaching with criminologists - Podcast BSC LTD 'Pracademics in higher education' with Dr Jill Dealey (2024)
Digital Artefact

In this episode Drs Anne Eason (University of the West of England) and Jill Dealey (University of Portsmouth) discuss 'pracademics': criminal justice practitioners moving into full-time university teaching on both traditional and vocational (police,... Read More about Talking teaching with criminologists - Podcast BSC LTD 'Pracademics in higher education' with Dr Jill Dealey.

Issues, challenges and opportunities for trauma-informed practice (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

This report was kindly produced by Dr Sarah Senker, Dr Anne Eason, Dr Chris Pawson and Professor Kieran McCartan, building upon previous Academic Insights papers and highlighting some of the key issues, challenges and opportunities for trauma-informe... Read More about Issues, challenges and opportunities for trauma-informed practice.

Understating the epidemiological criminology approach and how it relates to preventing sexual abuse (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter will discuss the current literature on Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) and why it is important in shaping the way that professionals frame preventing and responding to sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. An EpiCrim approach combi... Read More about Understating the epidemiological criminology approach and how it relates to preventing sexual abuse.

Where next for EpiCrim approaches to understanding, responding to and preventing sexual abuse (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter concludes the book, by drawing the different chapters together to help the reader understand the overall picture of EpiCrim approaches to sexual abuse. The chapter argues that EpiCrim offers a clear and concise approach in responding to... Read More about Where next for EpiCrim approaches to understanding, responding to and preventing sexual abuse.

Developing and Implementing a Public Health and Criminological Approach to Tackling Sexual Abuse: Prevention, Treatment and Integration (2023)
Book

This edited collection draws together and contextualises research on the Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) approaches to sexual abuse carried out by the University of West England (UWE), Bristol. EpiCrim sees crime and offending behaviour, includ... Read More about Developing and Implementing a Public Health and Criminological Approach to Tackling Sexual Abuse: Prevention, Treatment and Integration.

Evaluation of trauma informed training commissioned by Avon and Somerset Violence Reduction Unit and its Trauma informed Approaches steering group (2023)
Report

Avon and Somerset OPCC & Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) Hub commissioned this evaluation research to understand the training delivered through 2022. Rockpool was commissioned to produce 4 training courses (Working with Trauma; Creating a Trauma Inform... Read More about Evaluation of trauma informed training commissioned by Avon and Somerset Violence Reduction Unit and its Trauma informed Approaches steering group.

Introduction/Preface (2023)
Book Chapter

This edited collected is based on a body of work spanning 15 years at the University of the West of England, Bristol, that brings together multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding and responding to sexual abuse. The preface will lay out the res... Read More about Introduction/Preface.

The rise and fall of emotional intelligence in police risk assessments of domestic abuse (2023)
Journal Article

The policing of domestic abuse is a significant and problematic element of the frontline officer’s everyday business. Finding ways through which we can improve officers’ interactions with female victims has been none more pressing than in the post co... Read More about The rise and fall of emotional intelligence in police risk assessments of domestic abuse.

A climate of change (2023)
Book Chapter

The police professionalisation movement has resulted in the development of new pathways of training and education for new recruits. Guided by the College of Policing Police Education Qualifying Framework, the new models involve close collaboration wi... Read More about A climate of change.

Ethics and considering the risks of de-sensitization (2023)
Book Chapter

Ethical practice is nothing new for those who work in the criminal justice sector and policing has its own Code of Ethics within which police practice is framed. The ethical practices required by social researchers are of similar ilk, ensuring the re... Read More about Ethics and considering the risks of de-sensitization.

Introduction (2023)
Book Chapter

In this introduction to the book, some context to the authors is provided, their experience and positioning within the framework of policing, the College of Policing PEQF and its growing relationship with higher education and the academic arena. Each... Read More about Introduction.

A Police Officer’s Guide to Academic Research (2023)
Book

This book highlights how the practical skills of the police officer can be transferred into the realm of academic research and support them in becoming part of the evidence-based policing movement. It starts by exploring the professionalisation of th... Read More about A Police Officer’s Guide to Academic Research.