A Fresh Start or a False Dawn? Assessing the Crime-Preventive Effect of Debt Settlements for People With a History of Conviction
A Fresh Start or a False Dawn? Assessing the Crime-Preventive Effect of Debt Settlements for People With a History of Conviction AbstractPeople with convictions often face financial challenges, which hinder…
Poppers, the Politics of Exemption and the Characteristics of Poppers Users in the annual English Festival Study, 2014–23
Poppers, the Politics of Exemption and the Characteristics of Poppers Users in the annual English Festival Study, 2014–23 AbstractThis paper explores the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics, self-reported alkyl nitrite (‘poppers’)…
Re-imagining Procedural Justice in Policing Sexual Violence: Centring Survivors
Re-imagining Procedural Justice in Policing Sexual Violence: Centring Survivors AbstractProcedural justice is recognized as being of substantial value to policing and, increasingly, victim-survivors. However, little research has engaged with the…
Modern Slavery, Victim Identification and the ‘Victimized State’
Modern Slavery, Victim Identification and the ‘Victimized State’ AbstractResistance to entering the UK government’s modern slavery victim identification mechanism is widespread and part of normal practices of state evasion that…
‘Why on Earth Aren’t You Doing Anything?’: Private and Voluntary Policing of Nightlife in Norway
‘Why on Earth Aren’t You Doing Anything?’: Private and Voluntary Policing of Nightlife in Norway AbstractThis paper explores the role of private security guards and volunteers from ‘The Night Ravens’,…
Erratum to: On Special Liberty and the Motivation to Harm
Erratum to: On Special Liberty and the Motivation to Harm This is an erratum to: Justin Kotzé, On Special Liberty and the Motivation to Harm, The British Journal of Criminology,…
The Ideal Client: Selecting Candidates for Drug Treatment in Prison
The Ideal Client: Selecting Candidates for Drug Treatment in Prison AbstractTherapeutic interventions have been implemented in many prison systems around the world, in an attempt to address high rates of…
‘You’re Walking into Situations Where You Just Really Don’t Know How It’s Going to Go Down’: The Production of Carceral Space and Risk in Parole Work
‘You’re Walking into Situations Where You Just Really Don’t Know How It’s Going to Go Down’: The Production of Carceral Space and Risk in Parole Work AbstractFollowing interviews with 150…
Attitudes to Crime and Punishment in England and Wales, 1964–2023: A Reinterpretation of the 1980s and a Model of Interactions Between Concern, Punitiveness and Prioritization
Attitudes to Crime and Punishment in England and Wales, 1964–2023: A Reinterpretation of the 1980s and a Model of Interactions Between Concern, Punitiveness and Prioritization AbstractThis paper assembles the largest…
‘Seeing Like a Cop’: Police Perception in Spaces of Gender and Racial Criminalization
‘Seeing Like a Cop’: Police Perception in Spaces of Gender and Racial Criminalization AbstractBuilding on conceptions of policing as a colonial project, this article contributes to spatial and sensory understandings…
On Special Liberty and the Motivation to Harm
On Special Liberty and the Motivation to Harm AbstractSpecial liberty is a destructive and criminogenic force operating throughout the social structure and is arguably the main source of social harm…
Realistic Reintegration After Imprisonment. A Sequence Analysis of the Labour Market Paths of Recently Incarcerated Individuals
Realistic Reintegration After Imprisonment. A Sequence Analysis of the Labour Market Paths of Recently Incarcerated Individuals AbstractInstead of focusing on the transition to work as an indicator of social integration…