Developing Age-Friendly Communities In An Emergent Post-Pandemic World: Final Project Report (2024)
Report
Kelly, S., & Clark, A. (in press). Developing Age-Friendly Communities In An Emergent Post-Pandemic World: Final Project Report. Dunhill Medical Trust

This report presents findings from the 'Developing Age-friendly Communities in an Emergent Post-Pandemic World' research project. The Dunhill Medical Trust funded the work, which has been completed by a partnership led by the University of Salford wi... Read More about Developing Age-Friendly Communities In An Emergent Post-Pandemic World: Final Project Report.

Developing Age-Friendly Communities in an Emergent Post-Pandemic World: Executive Summary (2024)
Report
Kelly, S., & Clark, A. (in press). Developing Age-Friendly Communities in an Emergent Post-Pandemic World: Executive Summary. Dunhill Medical Trust

‘Developing Age-Friendly Communities in an Emergent Post-Pandemic World’ was a research project led by the University of Salford in partnership with Inspiring Communities Together and Manchester Metropolitan University. It was funded by the Dunhill M... Read More about Developing Age-Friendly Communities in an Emergent Post-Pandemic World: Executive Summary.

Police engagement with football fans online during the English 2022/23 season (2024)
Journal Article
Ralph, L., Aitken, A., & Robinson, P. (in press). Police engagement with football fans online during the English 2022/23 season. Policing, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae102

Dialogue policing favours constructive forms of police-fan engagement, and there is overwhelming evidence that it leads to greater trust and self-regulation behaviours amongst fans. However, little is known about if and how dialogue policing can be f... Read More about Police engagement with football fans online during the English 2022/23 season.

How do those who have served deserve to be treated? Military veterans in the UK social security system (2024)
Journal Article
Martin, P., Scullion, L., Young, D., Pardoe, J., Hynes, C., & Jones, K. (in press). How do those who have served deserve to be treated? Military veterans in the UK social security system. Armed Forces and Society,

Military service has often been a basis for civilian welfare entitlements. If mass wartime service justified collective provision, (Titmuss, 2018) it is now suggested professional militaries have been co-opted to support reformed welfare models in w... Read More about How do those who have served deserve to be treated? Military veterans in the UK social security system.

RCPCH responds to NSPCC’s corporal punishment data (2024)
Other
Rowland, A., Fussey, E., & Kennedy, L. (2024). RCPCH responds to NSPCC’s corporal punishment data. [Online]. London

The negative health impacts of physical punishment in childhood are well documented, clear and need no further debate. Children who experience physical punishment are more likely to develop poorer mental health and are more likely to experience serio... Read More about RCPCH responds to NSPCC’s corporal punishment data.

The ecocide-genocide nexus: for a ‘logics of destruction approach’ which definitely overcomes liberal definitional legalism and its deceptive bearing on ecocide-genocide prevention (2024)
Journal Article
Frade, C. (in press). The ecocide-genocide nexus: for a ‘logics of destruction approach’ which definitely overcomes liberal definitional legalism and its deceptive bearing on ecocide-genocide prevention. #Journal not on list, 9(Special Issue: Climate Change Criminology), 1-13

This article is an intervention in a growing scholarly literature and debate on ecocide, genocide and their nexus aimed as much at the teaching of these issues as at their study and research. The context for this debate is what the Permanent Peoples’... Read More about The ecocide-genocide nexus: for a ‘logics of destruction approach’ which definitely overcomes liberal definitional legalism and its deceptive bearing on ecocide-genocide prevention.

Austerity alive and well in Wales and UBI in intensive care (2024)
Journal Article
Gwilym, H., & Beck, D. (2024). Austerity alive and well in Wales and UBI in intensive care. Critical Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183241262727

There have been many Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilots worldwide and a large literature has emerged outlining mostly positive findings but also acknowledging that no government has implemented the policy. In June 2022 the Welsh Government launched... Read More about Austerity alive and well in Wales and UBI in intensive care.

Sex education against the algorithm: the algorithmically enforced deplatforming of YouTube sex edutainment (2024)
Journal Article
Garwood-Cross, L., Light, B., Cooper-Ryan, A., & Vasilica, C. (2024). Sex education against the algorithm: the algorithmically enforced deplatforming of YouTube sex edutainment. Journal of Gender Studies, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2024.2374752

Deplatforming of sexual content has increased across social media, usually operationalized by commercially charged, and algorithmically enforced, platform policies. This paper extends work on the algorithmic deplatforming of sex through the case stud... Read More about Sex education against the algorithm: the algorithmically enforced deplatforming of YouTube sex edutainment.

A cost-of-learning crisis: Poverty among university students (2024)
Other
Beck, D. (2024). A cost-of-learning crisis: Poverty among university students. [Blog]. Online

As the academic year for many draws to an end, many students across the UK will be breathing a sigh of relief, not simply because the summer represents a break from studying per se, but because a campus breather such as this offers respite from possi... Read More about A cost-of-learning crisis: Poverty among university students.

Developing Age-Friendly Communities in an Emergent Post-Pandemic World: Phase 2 Elicitation Interviews Report (2024)
Report
Kelly, S., Clark, A., Ahmed, A., & Blezard, E. Developing Age-Friendly Communities in an Emergent Post-Pandemic World: Phase 2 Elicitation Interviews Report. Dunhill Medical Trust

This report presents findings from Phase 2 of the 'Developing Age-friendly Communities in an Emergent Post-Pandemic World' research project. The Dunhill Medical Trust funded the work which has been completed by a partnership led by the University of... Read More about Developing Age-Friendly Communities in an Emergent Post-Pandemic World: Phase 2 Elicitation Interviews Report.

Researching the lived-experience of underemployment: exploring working lives through a mixed-methods study (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Magnus, L., Beck, V., Fuertes, V., Kamerade, D., Munoz, M., Torres, L., & Warren, T. (2024, June). Researching the lived-experience of underemployment: exploring working lives through a mixed-methods study. Paper presented at Contemplating Qualitative Longitudinal Research: Temporalities, Theories and Methods, Helsinki

‘Child First’ and desistance (2024)
Book Chapter
Hazel, N., & Case, S. (2024). ‘Child First’ and desistance. In Desistance and Children (37-56). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447369127.ch002

The neoliberal focus on crime reduction has meant that many youth justice systems see ‘desistance’ from crime as their primary goal. This chapter contends that their attempts to address children’s offending directly and literally has promoted a reduc... Read More about ‘Child First’ and desistance.

The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas (2024)
Journal Article
Vik, P., Kamerade, D., & Dayson, K. (2024). The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas. Journal of Consumer Policy, 47(3), 373-393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-024-09567-w

Financial and digital inclusion are key consumer policy agendas for governments globally. Yet, despite the importance of online interfaces to manage finances and make payments, the link between financial and digital inclusion remains under-researched... Read More about The Link Between Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion—Evidence from Consumers Survey Data from Low-Income Areas.

Composite Critical Criminology & Collective Stewardship (Khalifa): a theoretical exploration of preventing environmental crimes in Malaysia (2024)
Journal Article
Quraishi, M. (2024). Composite Critical Criminology & Collective Stewardship (Khalifa): a theoretical exploration of preventing environmental crimes in Malaysia. #Journal not on list, 9(1), 1-14

This paper identifies and
interrogates a novel theoretical lens to address
environmental ‘crime’ understood as a ‘composite
critical criminological’ approach (Quraishi, 2020:90)
incorporating three main conceptual strands:
1)Evaluating pert... Read More about Composite Critical Criminology & Collective Stewardship (Khalifa): a theoretical exploration of preventing environmental crimes in Malaysia.

Frames as pre-signal context: using a semiotic framing approach to explain how prior experiences shape present interpretations of control signals (2024)
Journal Article
Aitken, A. (2024). Frames as pre-signal context: using a semiotic framing approach to explain how prior experiences shape present interpretations of control signals. Semiotica, https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2023-0025

Innes’s “control signals” provides a semiotic perspective for explaining how acts of social control send “signals” about the effectiveness of security mechanisms. A cross-cutting theme infers that “culture and situation matter” in the reception of si... Read More about Frames as pre-signal context: using a semiotic framing approach to explain how prior experiences shape present interpretations of control signals.

Child Protection - Update RCPCH Conference 2024 (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Fussey, E., & Rowland, A. (2024, March). Child Protection - Update RCPCH Conference 2024. Presented at Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual Conference 2024, Birmingham

Let's ditch age assessment X-Rays (2024)
Other
Fussey, E., & Rowland, A. (2024). Let's ditch age assessment X-Rays. [PDF]. London

Ageing Women’s Workplace Wellbeing: A Global Political Imperative (2024)
Journal Article
Edge, C., & Swift, E. (2024). Ageing Women’s Workplace Wellbeing: A Global Political Imperative. #Journal not on list,

Making It Stick: The UK Four-Day Week Pilot One Year On (2024)
Report
Pignon, T., Lewis, K., Mullally, L., Kikuchi, L., Kellam, J., Western, G., …White, J. (2024). Making It Stick: The UK Four-Day Week Pilot One Year On. UK: Autonomy

One year on from the results of the world’s biggest ever four-day working week pilot which took place in the UK in 2022, companies that took part have reported significant and lasting success.

The report offers new insight into the effects of a fo... Read More about Making It Stick: The UK Four-Day Week Pilot One Year On.

Police use of Twitter during a sporting mega-event (2023)
Journal Article
Aitken, A., Ralph, L., & Robinson, P. (2023). Police use of Twitter during a sporting mega-event. Policing, 17, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad016

There exists a range of sporting mega-event security case studies from respective Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, FIFA World Cup, and UEFA European Football Championships. This literature tends to focus on outlining the policing and physical secur... Read More about Police use of Twitter during a sporting mega-event.