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Visual ethics beyond the crossroads (2019)
Book Chapter
Clark, A. (2020). Visual ethics beyond the crossroads. In L. Pauwels, & D. Mannay (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods (2nd edition) (682-693). Sage

Child sexual abuse and exploitation (2019)
Book Chapter
Peach, D. (2019). Child sexual abuse and exploitation. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (185-199). Bristol, UK: Policy Press

The sexual abuse and exploitation of children has endured, and continues, on what is arguably an unimaginable scale, with the World Health Organization (WHO and ISPCAN, 2006) estimating that worldwide 223 million children experience child sexual abus... Read More about Child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Neoliberalism (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). Neoliberalism. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (50-62). Policy Press

From the mid 1970s onwards, neoliberalism has been the most influential political ideology. This influence has been exercised in several ways. In the Global North, neoliberal ideas have underpinned the electoral success of politicians such as Margare... Read More about Neoliberalism.

Liberalism (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). Liberalism. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (22-33). Policy Press

The roots of liberalism can be traced back to the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. It became a clear philosophical school during the Age of Enlightenment. The emergence of liberalism as an intellectual tradition is associated with the wr... Read More about Liberalism.

The criminal justice system (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). The criminal justice system. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (132-146). Policy Press

One of the most notable developments in social work practice over the past thirty years in England and Wales has been the marginalisation of its role in the Criminal Justice System (CJS). In particular, the training and roles of probation officers ha... Read More about The criminal justice system.

Radicalisation (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). Radicalisation. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (212-222). Policy Press

In the political context, the term radical has been applied to a wide range of figures. Both Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage could be considered radical in the sense that that they are campaigning for a society based on a different set of political an... Read More about Radicalisation.

Smartphone fitness apps and football fans : a case study of Fan Fit (2019)
Book Chapter
Fenton, A., Cooper-Ryan, A., & Vasilica, C. (2019). Smartphone fitness apps and football fans : a case study of Fan Fit. In P. Krustrup, & D. Parnell (Eds.), Football as Medicine: Prescribing Football for Global Health Promotion. Routledge

The growth of smartphone ownership by fans around the world has continued to increase. Meanwhile, we are seeing a rise in dangerous levels of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. The most at-risk, hard-to-reach groups are often synonymous with footba... Read More about Smartphone fitness apps and football fans : a case study of Fan Fit.

Passing (2019)
Book Chapter
Smith, G. (2019). Passing. In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (1-2). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosp006.pub2

The concept of passing originates in popular and legal discourses of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries about relations between black and white people in the United States. Passing as an analytic concept in sociology owes much to the work o... Read More about Passing.

Sexual orientation and gender identity claims of asylum in Germany : intersectional legal, social and methodological challenges (2019)
Book Chapter
Held, N. (2019). Sexual orientation and gender identity claims of asylum in Germany : intersectional legal, social and methodological challenges. In C. Küppers (Ed.), Refugees & Queers : forschung und bildung an der schnittstelle von LSBTTIQ, fluchtmigration und emanzipationspolitiken (53-80). transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839442111-004

Reflexivity (2019)
Book Chapter
Whitaker, E., & Atkinson, P. (2019). Reflexivity. In P. Atkinson, S. Delamont, A. Cernat, J. Sakshaug, & R. Williams (Eds.), SAGE Research Methods Foundations. SAGE Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526421036819785

Central to reflexivity is an awareness that the researcher and the object of study exist in a mutual relationship with one another. Thus, reflexivity calls for attention to how thinking comes to be, how it is shaped by preexisting knowledge, and how... Read More about Reflexivity.

Social work and advanced marginality (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). Social work and advanced marginality. In Class, Ethnicity and State in the Polarized Metropolis: Putting Wacquant to Work (231-254). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16222-1_10

This chapter explores the impact of broader social and economic policies on social work practice. It argues that the increasing inequality and polarisation of modern urban societies that is outlined in the other chapters of this book has had a direc... Read More about Social work and advanced marginality.

Exploring the potential of the animal-like Robot MiRo as a therapeutic tool for children diagnosed with autism (2019)
Book Chapter
Panagiotidi, M., Wilson, S., & Prescott, T. (2019). Exploring the potential of the animal-like Robot MiRo as a therapeutic tool for children diagnosed with autism. In Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11556. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24741-6_36

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by social interaction and communication deficits and the presence of restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour. One potential intervention for ASD is animal-assisted th... Read More about Exploring the potential of the animal-like Robot MiRo as a therapeutic tool for children diagnosed with autism.

Ethical Issues of Working with Human Remains in Zimbabwe (2019)
Book Chapter
Silika, K., & Squires, K. (2019). Ethical Issues of Working with Human Remains in Zimbabwe. In K. Squires, D. Errickson, & N. Márquez-Grant (Eds.), Ethical Approaches To Human Remains. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32926-6_28

Four key conflicts have taken place in Zimbabwe over the past 50 years. These events have resulted in the deaths of thousands of people and have consequently led to ongoing tensions between the state, victims, and community groups. Moreover, the s... Read More about Ethical Issues of Working with Human Remains in Zimbabwe.

Growing up to belong transnationally : parent perceptions on identity formation among Latvian emigrant children in England (2019)
Book Chapter
Kamerāde, D., & Skubiņa, I. (2019). Growing up to belong transnationally : parent perceptions on identity formation among Latvian emigrant children in England. In R. Kaša, & I. Mieriņa (Eds.), The Emigrant Communities of Latvia: National Identity, Transnational Belonging, and Diaspora Politics (138-155). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12092-4

As a result of the wide availability of social media, cheap flights and free intra-EU movement it has become considerably easier to maintain links with the country of origin than it was only a generation ago. Therefore, the language and identity form... Read More about Growing up to belong transnationally : parent perceptions on identity formation among Latvian emigrant children in England.

Enhancing evolution : the transhuman case for gene doping (2019)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2019). Enhancing evolution : the transhuman case for gene doping. In J. Lightfoot, M. Hubal, & S. Roth (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Exercise Systems Genetics (463-474). Abingdon, UK: Routledge