All Outputs (6)

What if police bail was abolished? (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper

This paper presents an argument for the abolition of police bail without charge. The police have extensive powers to release on bail a person who they have arrested, without charging them with an offence. Moreover, they have extensive powers to attac... Read More about What if police bail was abolished?.

Written evidence for the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy Conflict, Stability and Security Fund inquiry - publications (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper

The evidence will first discuss the disconnection existing between policy makers and academics in the context of threat analysis and organised crime control policy making.

Climate change, the environment and armed conflict (2015)
Preprint / Working Paper

Asking attitude, intention and prediction questions as a social influence technique: A meta-analysis of the question-behavior effect
Preprint / Working Paper

The question-behavior effect, how asking attitude, intention and prediction questions influences behavior, has been widely examined since its discovery by Sherman (1980). In the present study, a meta-analysis is carried out to examine the effectivene... Read More about Asking attitude, intention and prediction questions as a social influence technique: A meta-analysis of the question-behavior effect.

SMEs access to formal finance in post-communist economies: Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter?
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In post-communist economies, a disproportionately greater share of formal finance is channelled to larger enterprises and SMEs lack appropriately-priced formal finance. This article examines whether institutional structure and interpersonal connected... Read More about SMEs access to formal finance in post-communist economies: Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter?.

Human trafficking in Wales 2010
Preprint / Working Paper