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Psychiatry, racism and crime: the case of Christopher Clunis reconsidered. (2024)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (in press). Psychiatry, racism and crime: the case of Christopher Clunis reconsidered. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1334020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1334020

In December 2022, the death of Christopher Clunis was made public. He had actually died in February 2021. Christopher Clunis was convicted of the manslaughter of a stranger, Jonathan Zito. He attacked Mr Zito at a train station. This paper will argue... Read More about Psychiatry, racism and crime: the case of Christopher Clunis reconsidered..

‘Defunding the police’: A consideration of the implications for the police role in mental health work (2022)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2022). ‘Defunding the police’: A consideration of the implications for the police role in mental health work. Police Journal, 96(2), 230-244. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258x211047795

This paper examines the role of the police in mental health work. It explores whether the calls to ‘defund the police’ can be the basis for fundamental reforms of mental health services and the police role. The paper outlines the roots of the calls t... Read More about ‘Defunding the police’: A consideration of the implications for the police role in mental health work.

Poverty as a political choice : a comparative analysis of reports of the UN Rapporteur’s visits to the UK and Spain (2021)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., & Gómez-Ciriano, E. (2021). Poverty as a political choice : a comparative analysis of reports of the UN Rapporteur’s visits to the UK and Spain. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 7, 104-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-021-00179-9

This paper presents a comparative analysis of two reports by the UN Rapporteur on extreme poverty and Human Rights, one for Spain and one for the UK. In both countries, austerity policies were introduced following the banking crisis of 2008. The UN R... Read More about Poverty as a political choice : a comparative analysis of reports of the UN Rapporteur’s visits to the UK and Spain.

Narratives of reform : The Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018) (2020)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2020). Narratives of reform : The Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018). Journal of Adult Protection, 22(4), 217-226. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-03-2020-0009

Purpose This paper examines reform of mental health legislation in England and Wales. It covers the period from the introduction of the 1983 MHA to the proposed reforms out-lined in the Wessley Review that was published in December, 2018. Design/me... Read More about Narratives of reform : The Mental Health Act (MHA) in England and Wales from the 1983 MHA to the Wessley Review (2018).

Mass incarceration and neoliberal penality : a response to Lloyd and Whitehead’s Kicked to the Curb (2020)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2020). Mass incarceration and neoliberal penality : a response to Lloyd and Whitehead’s Kicked to the Curb. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 62, 100408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2020.100408

This paper is written in response to Lloyd and Whitehead’s (2018) Kicked to the Curb: The triangular trade of neoliberal polity, social insecurity, and penal expul-sion. Using the “triangular trade” that underpinned chattel slavery as an analytical m... Read More about Mass incarceration and neoliberal penality : a response to Lloyd and Whitehead’s Kicked to the Curb.

Using Fraser’s model of ‘progressive neoliberalism’ to analyse deinstitutionalisation and community care (2020)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2020). Using Fraser’s model of ‘progressive neoliberalism’ to analyse deinstitutionalisation and community care. Critical and Radical Social Work, 8(1), 77-93. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020x15783175560038

This article will argue that Nancy Fraser’s (2017, 2019) notion of ‘progressive neoliberalism’ provides a conceptual lens that can be effective in the development of a critical analysis of mental health policy in England and Wales during the period o... Read More about Using Fraser’s model of ‘progressive neoliberalism’ to analyse deinstitutionalisation and community care.

Using Fraser’s model of “progressive neoliberalism” to analyse deinstitutionalization and community care (2020)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2020). Using Fraser’s model of “progressive neoliberalism” to analyse deinstitutionalization and community care. Critical and Radical Social Work, 8(1), 77-93. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020X15783175560038

This article will argue that Nancy Fraser’s notion of “progressive neoliberalism” (Fraser, 2017, 2019) provides a conceptual lens that can be effective in the development of a critical analysis of mental health policy in England and Wales during the... Read More about Using Fraser’s model of “progressive neoliberalism” to analyse deinstitutionalization and community care.

Lemn Sissay, My name is why : a memoir (2019)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2020). Lemn Sissay, My name is why : a memoir. Qualitative Social Work, 19(1), 161-162

This is a review of Lemn Sissay's memoir of growing up in care