Understanding the Attraction: Prison Tourism and the Public Gaze
Understanding the Attraction: Prison Tourism and the Public Gaze AbstractResearch undertaken in three decommissioned English prisons offers fresh insight into public attraction. Employing interviews with prison tourists, it reveals dark…
Crime Victims, Immigrants And Social Welfare: Creating The Racialized Other In Sweden
Crime Victims, Immigrants And Social Welfare: Creating The Racialized Other In Sweden AbstractThis study explores the role of immigration and racialization in creating the first Swedish victim support centre in…
Assessing the Distinct Factors Driving Violent, Drug and Disorder-Related Prison Misconduct from Longitudinal Data in Northern Ireland
Assessing the Distinct Factors Driving Violent, Drug and Disorder-Related Prison Misconduct from Longitudinal Data in Northern Ireland AbstractStudies are increasingly interested in how different categories of prison misconduct may affect…
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue – Shifts In Modern Policing
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue – Shifts In Modern Policing AbstractThis article analyses ambiguity and complexity in proactive policing practices and identifies the paradox that despite the focus on increasing…
Unravelling the Mystery of Parole in China
Unravelling the Mystery of Parole in China AbstractAcross a burgeoning literature on punishment and society, the subject of parole has mostly been in the shadows of the disproportionate scholarly attention…
‘She Was Just Like A Lassie’ Analysing The Views of Cis-Women In Custody About Their Experiences of Living With Transgender Women In The Scottish Prison Estate
‘She Was Just Like A Lassie’ Analysing The Views of Cis-Women In Custody About Their Experiences of Living With Transgender Women In The Scottish Prison Estate AbstractThe subject of transgender…
Situating Crime Pattern Theory Into The Explanation Of Co-Offending: Considering Area-Level Convergence Spaces
Situating Crime Pattern Theory Into The Explanation Of Co-Offending: Considering Area-Level Convergence Spaces AbstractFeatures of the environment including activity nodes and the level of connectivity in spaces help offenders develop…
Between Remand and Verdict: Ethnic Minority Prisoners’ Legal and Penal Consciousness
Between Remand and Verdict: Ethnic Minority Prisoners’ Legal and Penal Consciousness AbstractThis article combines the analytical perspectives ‘legal’ and ‘penal’ consciousness in order to analyse how ethnic minority prisoners in…
Criminal Careers and Early Death: Relationships In the Cambridge Study In Delinquent Development
Criminal Careers and Early Death: Relationships In the Cambridge Study In Delinquent Development AbstractPrior research shows that convicted and incarcerated persons tend to die early, but this research does not…
Talking Good: Analysing Narratives of Desistance in Norway
Talking Good: Analysing Narratives of Desistance in Norway AbstractDespite significant research interest in Norwegian penality, there remains much to be learned about how people in Norway experience life during and…
‘God Is Protecting Me … And I Have Mace’: Defensive Labour In Precarious Workplaces
‘God Is Protecting Me … And I Have Mace’: Defensive Labour In Precarious Workplaces AbstractSince the 1970s, welfare cuts and market deregulation have made jobs increasingly precarious and workers have…
Techniques To Exploit Vulnerabilities: Persuasion And Education In Chinese Police Interrogations
Techniques To Exploit Vulnerabilities: Persuasion And Education In Chinese Police Interrogations AbstractDrawing upon in-depth interviews with frontline police officers, this article examines persuasion and education as a psychological interrogation method…