Outputs (532)

Outsiders and learners: Negotiating meaning in comparative European social work research practice (2017)
Journal Article

© 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.

UK counselling psychology training placements: Where are we now? (2014)
Journal Article

Background: Quality training placements are crucial to producing professional practitioner psychologists. However, as in other professions, accessing high-quality placements remains a struggle for trainee counselling psychologists. There is also a la... Read More about UK counselling psychology training placements: Where are we now?.

Rethinking feminism (2014)
Digital Artefact

What goals should modern feminists adopt? “World-changing woman” (Guardian) and founder of the London Feminist Network Dr Finn Mackay outlines a bold new manifesto. Why is there an epidemic of violence against women? Are men to blame? Where is the... Read More about Rethinking feminism.

The governance of justice and internal security in Scotland: Between the Scottish independence referendum and British decisions on the EU (2014)
Journal Article

This article examines how the governance of justice and internal security in Scotland could be affected by the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum in September 2014. The article argues that it is currently impossible to equate a specific... Read More about The governance of justice and internal security in Scotland: Between the Scottish independence referendum and British decisions on the EU.

Developing an evidence base for sex offenders as a “service user” (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A research paper, based on work with CoSA, looking at the relevance of the service user voice.

Historical construction of heroin withdrawal: A work in progress (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The international dimensions of sexual abuse (2014)
Journal Article

Assessing the directly elected mayoral model in Bristol: An empirical investigation of the contrasting definitions of the role of a directly elected mayor (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

When Bristol’s first directly elected mayor Independent George Ferguson was sworn in during a ceremony at Brunel’s historic Temple Meads station he asserted “I believe today we have voted for a new way of doing things.” Now into second year of his te... Read More about Assessing the directly elected mayoral model in Bristol: An empirical investigation of the contrasting definitions of the role of a directly elected mayor.

Scotland headed towards "Independence-Lite"? (2014)
Journal Article

The only certainty is that we do not know what the future holds for the UK, except that there will be radical changes in its relationship with Scotland, with unknown consequences for the country’s future.

Maconochie at Birmingham prison, 1849-1851: Reformative rhetoric and corporal practice (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Both Alexander Maconochie and Birmingham prison feature prominently in the historiography of mid nineteenth-century punishment. Maconochie is portrayed as a benevolent reformer who invented the ‘mark system’; an innovative contribution to penal theor... Read More about Maconochie at Birmingham prison, 1849-1851: Reformative rhetoric and corporal practice.

The hypothesis of nature's logic in Schelling's Naturphilosophie (2014)
Book Chapter

Schelling’s Naturphilosophie is either considered one of several phases through which his philosophy passed or, as Schelling repeatedly states, it is “one side of philosophy” until at least 1830 and, since he wrote his last work on the subject in 184... Read More about The hypothesis of nature's logic in Schelling's Naturphilosophie.

Thematic analysis (2014)
Book Chapter

Thematic analysis (TA) is a method for identifying, analysing and interpreting patterned meanings or ‘themes’ in qualitative data. In this chapter we outline our approach to TA (Braun & Clarke, 2006, 2012, 2013) and demonstrate core processes of codi... Read More about Thematic analysis.

Responding to Sexual Offending: Perceptions, Risk Management and Public Protection (2014)
Book

Preface (2014)
Book Chapter

Managing sex offenders in the UK: Challenges for policy and practice (2014)
Book Chapter

What can "thematic analysis" offer health and wellbeing researchers? (2014)
Journal Article

How to use thematic analysis with interview data (process research) (2014)
Book Chapter

This chapter introduces you to thematic analysis (TA), one of the many methods of analysis for qualitative research. Qualitative research, like all research, begins with a research question. In contrast to quantitative research, in which the research... Read More about How to use thematic analysis with interview data (process research).

Developing evidence-based policy in sex offender working (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Community engagement with sexual offenders; Research and evidence (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This lecture delivered by Kieran Mccartan will examine the community management of sexual offenders in the UK and how this is impacted by the changing role of the state, public attitudes to sex offenders and emerging research into prevention/public h... Read More about Community engagement with sexual offenders; Research and evidence.

Who or what is to blame for deaths in custody? (2014)
Journal Article

Toby Harris' inquiry into deaths in custody will focus on the 'vulnerabilities' of those who have died rather than the increasingly harsh conditions inside prisons, argues JM Moore.