‘That Doesn’t Leave You’: Psychological Dirt and Taint in Prison Officers’ Occupational Cultures and Identities
‘That Doesn’t Leave You’: Psychological Dirt and Taint in Prison Officers’ Occupational Cultures and Identities AbstractThis article examines the conceptualization of prison officers as psychologically ‘dirty’. It defines the novel…
Coercive Control: Patterns in Crimes, Arrests and Outcomes for a New Domestic Abuse Offence
Coercive Control: Patterns in Crimes, Arrests and Outcomes for a New Domestic Abuse Offence AbstractCritics of the criminalization of coercive control warned that the criminal justice system was ill-prepared for…
Righting the Police: How do Officers Make Sense of Human Rights?
Righting the Police: How do Officers Make Sense of Human Rights? AbstractHuman rights have become a dominant paradigm in police reform projects worldwide, championed by policymakers, legislators and campaigners alike.…
Secrecy as best policy? Stigma management and employment outcomes after release from prison
Secrecy as best policy? Stigma management and employment outcomes after release from prison AbstractLittle is known about how individuals with a criminal record manage their stigma, if they adjust their…
Assessing the Victim–Offender Overlap in Prison Victimization and Misconduct Among Taiwanese Male Inmates
Assessing the Victim–Offender Overlap in Prison Victimization and Misconduct Among Taiwanese Male Inmates AbstractA substantial body of research supports the existence of the victim–offender overlap in the general population. However,…
‘The Usual Suspects’: Knife Crime Prevention Orders and the ‘Difficult’ Regulatory Subject
‘The Usual Suspects’: Knife Crime Prevention Orders and the ‘Difficult’ Regulatory Subject AbstractKnife Crime Prevention Orders (KCPOs) were introduced by the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 with the stated aim of…
Top bunk, bottom bunk: cellsharing in prisons
Top bunk, bottom bunk: cellsharing in prisons AbstractThe politics involved in cell-sharing reach into the most personal parts of prisoners’ lives and are highly determinate of their experiences of imprisonment.…
It’s not just About Poverty: Capital, Inequality, and Antisocial Behaviour in Schools
It’s not just About Poverty: Capital, Inequality, and Antisocial Behaviour in Schools AbstractMany studies about antisocial behaviour (ASB) in the school environment are based on a single conceptual and theoretical…
Purchasing Sex in Sweden—A Risky Business
Purchasing Sex in Sweden—A Risky Business AbstractThis article is based on a study exploring how men who purchase sex in Sweden experience and navigate risk. The focus is on individual…
Ignored but not Forgotten: The Broken Windows Tipping Point and the Question of Functional Form
Ignored but not Forgotten: The Broken Windows Tipping Point and the Question of Functional Form AbstractWilson and Kelling provide a simple instruction to address disorder: direct limited police resources to…
Shadow and Light: Online Narratives of Relationship Dissolution among Former Partners of Incarcerated Men
Shadow and Light: Online Narratives of Relationship Dissolution among Former Partners of Incarcerated Men AbstractCriminological research has explored the challenges that incarceration poses to romantic relationships, but less is known…
‘Social Care Told me I Had to’: Empowerment And Responsibilization in The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
‘Social Care Told me I Had to’: Empowerment And Responsibilization in The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme AbstractDomestic Violence Disclosure Schemes (DVDS), recently introduced in many jurisdictions, aim to empower victim-survivors…