All Outputs (4)

“Their Normal is Just Different to Ours”: How Does Police Occupational Culture Contribute to Their Understanding of Autism? (2023)
Thesis
Hepworth, D. (2023). “Their Normal is Just Different to Ours”: How Does Police Occupational Culture Contribute to Their Understanding of Autism?. (Thesis). University of Salford

This exploratory, qualitative PhD study aimed to explore how police occupational culture theory can be used to view police behaviours and attitudes towards autism, and how autistic individuals perceive the police following experiences as suspects. P... Read More about “Their Normal is Just Different to Ours”: How Does Police Occupational Culture Contribute to Their Understanding of Autism?.

“Cardboard Gangsters”; “In Crowd” and “No Control” : a case study of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the prison environment (2022)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Wood, A. (2022). “Cardboard Gangsters”; “In Crowd” and “No Control” : a case study of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the prison environment. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1108/JIDOB-02-2022-0002

Purpose: Prisoners with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) need to be identified in order that they are given the necessary and appropriate support and safeguards. It is increasingly recognised that, for individuals with ASD, prison can be more challengi... Read More about “Cardboard Gangsters”; “In Crowd” and “No Control” : a case study of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the prison environment.

The gendered nature of prison work : empathy, mothering and emotions of female prison officers in a women's prison (2020)
Book Chapter
Wood, A. (2020). The gendered nature of prison work : empathy, mothering and emotions of female prison officers in a women's prison. In K. Lockwood (Ed.), Mothering from the inside : research on motherhood and imprisonment (145-162). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-343-320201011

Academic literature portrays prison officers in various ways; as insensitive figures lurking in the background (Cohen & Taylor, 1972) as brutes prone to violence (Kauffman, 1988) or more positively as noble people struggling to get the job done as be... Read More about The gendered nature of prison work : empathy, mothering and emotions of female prison officers in a women's prison.

The importance of identifying vulnerable females and males with autism in the prison environment (2018)
Book Chapter
Allely, C., Wood, A., & Gillberg, C. (2018). The importance of identifying vulnerable females and males with autism in the prison environment. In P. Cooper, & L. Hunting (Eds.), Access to Justice for Vulnerable People (156-166). London: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterised by impairments in social reciprocal interactions and communication and by restrictive, repetitive pattern of interests and behaviour (American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2000, 2013). T... Read More about The importance of identifying vulnerable females and males with autism in the prison environment.