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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..

See No Evil: The Moors Murders on Screen (2022)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I., Foley, M., & King, M. (2022). See No Evil: The Moors Murders on Screen. In S. Fanning, & C. O'Callaghan (Eds.), Serial Killing on Screen : Adaptation, True Crime and Popular Culture (163-185). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2

This chapter discusses the TV dramatisation of the Moors Murders, See No Evil (2006). The two-part original drama was made by Granada TV to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of Brady and Hindley’s trial, and it remains the only dramatisation of... Read More about See No Evil: The Moors Murders on Screen.

The New Left and Social Work (2022)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2022). The New Left and Social Work. In S. Webb (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of International Critical Social Work. Taylor and Francis

The New Left is a term that is applied to a group of intellectuals and academics that emerged in the UK in the late 1950s and 1960s. The group sought to develop a new political perspective. The Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 meant that several me... Read More about The New Left and Social Work.

‘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.

That photograph : serial killer as modern celebrity (2021)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I., Foley, M., & King, M. (2021). That photograph : serial killer as modern celebrity. In M. Mellins, & S. Moore (Eds.), Critiquing Violent Crime in the Media (233-254). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83758-7_9

In October 1965, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were arrested for the murder of seventeen-year-old Edwards Evan. Since that date, the Moors Murders case has never disappeared from popular and media culture. Brady and Hindley became icons of evil, a refer... Read More about That photograph : serial killer as modern celebrity.

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.

Welfare and Punishment : from Thatcherism to austerity (2021)
Book
Cummins, I. (2021). Welfare and Punishment : from Thatcherism to austerity. Bristol University Press (Policy Press)

In this enlightening study, Ian Cummins traces changing attitudes to penal and welfare systems. From Margaret Thatcher’s first cabinet to austerity politics via New Labour, the book reveals the ideological shifts that have led successive governme... Read More about Welfare and Punishment : from Thatcherism to austerity.

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).

Causal relationships or casual associations? Assessing the nature and character of mental illness/disorder and crime (2020)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2020). Causal relationships or casual associations? Assessing the nature and character of mental illness/disorder and crime. In P. Taylor, S. Morley, & J. Powell (Eds.), Mental Health and Punishments : critical perspectives in theory and practice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351240611-4

The link between mental illness, violence and other offending remains an area of controversy. The debate can become polarised around two extremes: that no such link exists or the mentally ill as a group are violent. This chapter will place these deba... Read More about Causal relationships or casual associations? Assessing the nature and character of mental illness/disorder and crime.

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.

Mental health services and community care : a critical history (2020)
Book
Cummins, I. (2020). Mental health services and community care : a critical history. Bristol: Policy Press

This critical interdisciplinary study charts the modern history of mental health services, reflects upon the evolution of care in communities, and considers the most effective policies and practices for the future. Starting with the development of... Read More about Mental health services and community care : a critical history.

Policing, vulnerability and mental health (2020)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2020). Policing, vulnerability and mental health. In J. McDaniel, K. Moss, & K. Pease (Eds.), Policing and Mental Health: theory, policy and practice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429470882-13

Police forces across the world have played an increasing role in responding to mental health crises and emergency situations. This chapter will examine the debates about whether this is an appropriate role for police officers, who on the whole have l... Read More about Policing, vulnerability and mental health.

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

Conservatism (2019)
Book Chapter
Williams, B. (2019). Conservatism. In S. Pollock, K. Parkinson, & I. Cummins (Eds.), Social Work and Society: Political and Ideological Perspectives (34-50). UK: Policy Press

When focusing on the subject matter of ideology, Conservatism is generally viewed to be one of the older and most-established types, along with liberalism and socialism. However, on a very fundamental level, there has been some significant academic d... Read More about Conservatism.

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.

Social Work and Society Political and Ideological Perspectives (2019)
Book
Pollock, S., Parkinson, K., & Cummins, I. (Eds.). (2019). Social Work and Society Political and Ideological Perspectives. Bristol: Policy Press

It is essential that social work students understand the lasting impact political decision making can have on service users, yet little guidance exists on this subject. This valuable book provides a comprehensive introduction to politics in social wo... Read More about Social Work and Society Political and Ideological Perspectives.

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.

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.

Reading Stuart Hall : the influence of the New Left on social work (2019)
Journal Article
social work. Critical and Radical Social Work, 7(3), 367-379. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986019X15668423845081

This article will discuss the work of the late cultural and political theorist Professor Stuart Hall (1932–2014). Hall made hugely significant contributions in cultural studies. In addition, he was one of the first thinkers on the Left to recognise t... Read More about Reading Stuart Hall : the influence of the New Left on social work.

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.

Viewpoint : Fineman and vulnerability (2019)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2019). Viewpoint : Fineman and vulnerability. Journal of Adult Protection, 21(2), 85-88. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-10-2018-0021

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to argue that the work of the American feminist political and legal philosopher, Martha Fineman can be the basis for a shift away from the proceduralism and managerialism that has come to dominate social work pra... Read More about Viewpoint : Fineman and vulnerability.

Viewpoint : CPS guidance on prosecuting rape and sexual assault cases (2019)
Journal Article
Foley, M., & Cummins, I. (2019). Viewpoint : CPS guidance on prosecuting rape and sexual assault cases. Journal of Adult Protection, 21(1), 32-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-10-2018-0022

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlight concerns about recent CPS guidance on the prosecution of rape and sexual assault cases. Design/methodology/approach: The paper places the CPS guidance in the wider policy context of concerns abo... Read More about Viewpoint : CPS guidance on prosecuting rape and sexual assault cases.

Vulnerability and the myth of autonomy (2019)
Book Chapter
Cummins, I. (2019). Vulnerability and the myth of autonomy. In S. Webb (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of critical social work. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351264402-30

This chapter examines the notions of individualism that are such a key feature of neoliberalism. It outlines the main themes in M. Fineman’s argument and discusses notion of “the vulnerable subject”. The chapter argues that vulnerability is a constan... Read More about Vulnerability and the myth of autonomy.

Serial killers and the media : the Moors Murders legacy (2019)
Book
Cummins, I., Foley, M., & King, M. (2019). Serial killers and the media : the Moors Murders legacy. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04876-1

This book examines the media and cultural responses to the awful crimes of Brady and Hindley, whose murders provided a template for future media reporting on serial killers. It explores a wide variety of topics relating to the Moors Murders case incl... Read More about Serial killers and the media : the Moors Murders legacy.

The impact of austerity on mental health service provision : a UK perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2018). The impact of austerity on mental health service provision : a UK perspective. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), 1145. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061145

This is a discussion paper which examines the impact of austerity policies on the provision of mental health services in the United Kingdom. Austerity is a shorthand for a series of policies introduced by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalit... Read More about The impact of austerity on mental health service provision : a UK perspective.

Reporting sexual violence on mental health wards (2018)
Journal Article
Foley, M., & Cummins, I. (2018). Reporting sexual violence on mental health wards. Journal of Adult Protection, 20(2), 93-100. https://doi.org/10.1108/jap-11-2017-0036

Purpose This paper reports the findings of a scoping study that explored the extent of recorded sexual violence perpetrated on inpatients on mental health units. Design/methodology/approach Using Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests, d... Read More about Reporting sexual violence on mental health wards.

Poverty Inequality and Social Work (2018)
Book
Cummins, I. (2018). Poverty Inequality and Social Work. BrIstol: Policy Press

This is a critical, sociological analysis of the domino effect of neoliberalism and austerity politics on welfare provision. It argues that social work should move away from an emphasis on risk management and bureaucracy.

Critical psychiatry : a biography (2017)
Book
Cummins, I. (2017). Critical psychiatry : a biography. Northwich, UK: Critical Publishing

Critical Psychiatry outlines the history of a group of thinkers that has come to be known as the anti-psychiatry movement. Though it has been called a movement, the individual thinkers’ and authors’ ideas were often in conflict but what they share is... Read More about Critical psychiatry : a biography.

Social work and the penal state (2016)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2016). Social work and the penal state. European Journal of Social Work, 20(1), 54-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2016.1206850

The Criminal Justice System (CJS) has historically been a key site of social work intervention. Wacquant (2008, 2009a and 2009b) argues that the growth of social insecurity and the expansion of the penal state are endogenous features of the neo-liber... Read More about Social work and the penal state.

Putting diagnosis into brackets : Franco Basaglia, radical psychiatry, and contemporary mental health services (2016)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2016). Putting diagnosis into brackets : Franco Basaglia, radical psychiatry, and contemporary mental health services. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 26(3), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137316659206

Mental health services in England and Wales are facing a crisis. The vision of properly funded, flexible, and service-user focused community-based services, that was one of the key drivers of deinstitutionalization, has never been realized. This arti... Read More about Putting diagnosis into brackets : Franco Basaglia, radical psychiatry, and contemporary mental health services.

From hero of the counterculture to risk assessment : a consideration of two portrayals of the “psychiatric patient” (2016)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2016). From hero of the counterculture to risk assessment : a consideration of two portrayals of the “psychiatric patient”. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 26(2), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137316649734

This article is based on a comparative thematic analysis of two novels that explore the experiences of institutional psychiatric care. Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a classic of modern U.S. literature. It is argued here th... Read More about From hero of the counterculture to risk assessment : a consideration of two portrayals of the “psychiatric patient”.

Mental health and the criminal justice system : a social work perspective (2016)
Book
Cummins, I. (2016). Mental health and the criminal justice system : a social work perspective. Critical Publishing Ltd

The Criminal Justice System is becoming a de facto provider of mental health care, according to a series of recent prison inspections and reports on policing and mental illness which have highlighted the crisis in mental health services. However, th... Read More about Mental health and the criminal justice system : a social work perspective.

Wacquant, urban marginality, territorial stigmatization and social work (2016)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2016). Wacquant, urban marginality, territorial stigmatization and social work. Aotearoa New Zealand social work (Online), 28(2), 75-83. https://doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol28iss2id226

Loic Wacquant is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Berkeley. He has written extensively on issues related to urban poverty, race and the expansion of the use of imprisonment. Wacquant is heavily influenced by the wor... Read More about Wacquant, urban marginality, territorial stigmatization and social work.

The strange case of Ian Stuart Brady and the Mental Health Review Tribunal (2016)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., Foley, M., & King, M. (2016). The strange case of Ian Stuart Brady and the Mental Health Review Tribunal. ˜The œInternet journal of criminology,

Haggerty (2009) argues that serial killing is essentially a phenomenon of modernity. One of the key features of modernity is the role of mass media and the rise of celebrity culture. He suggests that there is a symbiotic relationship between the medi... Read More about The strange case of Ian Stuart Brady and the Mental Health Review Tribunal.

Policing and street triage (2016)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., & Edmondson, D. (2016). Policing and street triage. Journal of Adult Protection, 18(1), 40-52. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-03-2015-0009

Purpose – In his recent report, Lord Adebowale (2013) described mental health issues as “core police business”. The recent retrenchment in mental health and wider public services mean that the demands on the police in this area are likely to incre... Read More about Policing and street triage.

'Drowning in here in his bloody sea' : exploring TV cop drama's representations of the impact of stress in modern policing (2015)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., & King, M. (2015). 'Drowning in here in his bloody sea' : exploring TV cop drama's representations of the impact of stress in modern policing. Policing and Society, 27(8), 832-846. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2015.1112387

The Criminal Justice System is a part of society that is both familiar and hidden. It is familiar in that a large part of daily news and television drama is devoted to it (Carrabine, 2008; Jewkes, 2011). It is hidden in the sense that the majority of... Read More about 'Drowning in here in his bloody sea' : exploring TV cop drama's representations of the impact of stress in modern policing.

Reading the death of Mrs A : a serious case review (2015)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., & Foley, M. (2015). Reading the death of Mrs A : a serious case review. Journal of Adult Protection, 17(5), 321-330. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-12-2014-0038

Purpose – The purpose is to report the main themes identified into the SCR produced by Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) regarding the suicide of Mrs A in January 2013. Design –A case study approach is used to examine the SCR. The article li... Read More about Reading the death of Mrs A : a serious case review.

The criminal entrepreneur in David Peace’s Red Riding (2015)
Journal Article
King, M., & Cummins, I. (2015). The criminal entrepreneur in David Peace’s Red Riding. Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship research (Print), 5, 155-177. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620150000005013

Purpose: David Peace’s Red Riding quartet ( 1974; 1977; 1980; 1983 ) was published in the UK between 1999 and 2002. The novels are an excoriating portrayal of the violences of men, focusing on paedophilia and child murder, the hunt for the Yorkshire... Read More about The criminal entrepreneur in David Peace’s Red Riding.

Reading Wacquant : social work and advanced marginality (2015)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2015). Reading Wacquant : social work and advanced marginality. European Journal of Social Work, 19(2), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2015.1022861

Professor Loic Wacquant was born in Montpelier in 1960. He was educated in Francebefore completing a Ph.D. in Chicago in 1994. He is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Berkeley. His work is concerned with the impact o... Read More about Reading Wacquant : social work and advanced marginality.

Discussing race, racism and mental health : two mental health inquiries reconsidered (2015)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2015). Discussing race, racism and mental health : two mental health inquiries reconsidered. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 8(3), 160-172. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-08-2014-0017

The failings of “community care” in the late 1980s and early 1990s led to a number of Inquiries. This paper will examine one of these key issues that is rarely if ever at the forefront of the inquiry process – the experiences of young black men of Af... Read More about Discussing race, racism and mental health : two mental health inquiries reconsidered.

Happy like profilers: Gordon Burn, modernity and serial killing (2014)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., & King, M. (2014). Happy like profilers: Gordon Burn, modernity and serial killing. International journal of criminology & sociological theory, 7(3),

Haggerty (2009) has outlined the ways, in which, “serial killers” can be seen as a product of modernity. In particular, he highlights the ways, in which, a symbiotic relationship has developed between the media and “serial killers”. A significa... Read More about Happy like profilers: Gordon Burn, modernity and serial killing.

‘. . . And after the break’: Police officers’ views of TV crime drama (2014)
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views of TV crime drama. Policing, 8(2), 205-211. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pau014

The police procedural drama is a staple feature of the TV listings. Detective fiction dominates the best sellers’ lists. Despite this, the day-to-day reality of policing is obscured from the vast majority of the public who have little direct contac... Read More about ‘. . . And after the break’: Police officers’ views of TV crime drama.

The violences of men : David Peace’s 1974 (2014)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., & King, M. (2014). The violences of men : David Peace’s 1974. Culture, society & masculinities (Print), 6(1), 91-108

This article examines representations of hegemonic masculinity and the resultant “violences of men” in the context of literature on representations of men and masculinities and representations of policing in TV and films. Using bricolage as a theoret... Read More about The violences of men : David Peace’s 1974.

Policing and mental illness in the era of deinstutionalisation and mass incarceration: A UK Perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2013). Policing and mental illness in the era of deinstutionalisation and mass incarceration: A UK Perspective. International journal of criminology & sociological theory, 6(4), 92-104

The policy of deinstitutionalisation, a progressive policy aimed at reducing the civic and social isolation of the mentally ill, did not achieve its utopian aims. Wolff (2005)/Moon (2000) argue that the Asylum has been replaced by fragmented, disloca... Read More about Policing and mental illness in the era of deinstutionalisation and mass incarceration: A UK Perspective.

Our side of the mirror : the (re)-construction of 1970s’ masculinity in David Peace’s Red Riding (2013)
Journal Article
King, M., & Cummins, I. (2013). Our side of the mirror : the (re)-construction of 1970s’ masculinity in David Peace’s Red Riding. https://doi.org/10.4172/2375-4435.1000104

David Peace and the late Gordon Burn are two British novelists who have used a mixture of fact and fiction in their works to explore the nature of fame, celebrity and the media representations of individuals caught up in events, including investiga... Read More about Our side of the mirror : the (re)-construction of 1970s’ masculinity in David Peace’s Red Riding.

“Dead cities, crows, the rain and their ripper, the Yorkshire ripper”: The red riding novels (1974, 1977, 1980, 1983) of David Peace as Lieux d’horreur (2013)
Journal Article
King, M., & Cummins, I. (2013). “Dead cities, crows, the rain and their ripper, the Yorkshire ripper”: The red riding novels (1974, 1977, 1980, 1983) of David Peace as Lieux d’horreur. International journal of criminology & sociological theory, 6(3), 43-56

This article explores the role and importance of place in the Red Riding novels of David Peace. Drawing on Nora’s (1989) concept of Lieux de mémoire and Rejinders’ (2010) development of this work in relation to the imaginary world of the TV detective... Read More about “Dead cities, crows, the rain and their ripper, the Yorkshire ripper”: The red riding novels (1974, 1977, 1980, 1983) of David Peace as Lieux d’horreur.

Using Simon's Governing through crime to explore the development of mental health policy in England and Wales since 1983 (2013)
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since 1983. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 34(3), 325-337. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2012.750482

The reform of the Mental Health Act in 2007 saw the introduction of SupervisedCommunity Treatment Orders (CTOs) in England and Wales. It is argued that this marks a fundamental shift in the rights of those subject to mental health legislation.This pa... Read More about Using Simon's Governing through crime to explore the development of mental health policy in England and Wales since 1983.

Policing and mental illness in England and Wales post Bradley (2012)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2012). Policing and mental illness in England and Wales post Bradley. Policing, 6(4), 365-376. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pas024

The Bradley Review (2009) is a major analysis of the treatment of people with mental problems and learning disabilities within the Criminal Justice System (CJS). The legal system and penal policy in UK and similar legaljurisdictions do not regard of... Read More about Policing and mental illness in England and Wales post Bradley.

Mental health and custody: a follow on study (2012)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2012). Mental health and custody: a follow on study. Journal of Adult Protection, 14(2), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.1108/14668201211217521

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to report the findings of a small scale indicative research project. The project explores the assessment of detained persons in police custody by Forensic Physicians (FP). Design/methodology/approach – A range... Read More about Mental health and custody: a follow on study.

‘The other side of silence’: The role of the appropriate adult post-Bradley (2011)
Journal Article
of the appropriate adult post-Bradley. Ethics and Social Welfare, 5(3), 306-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2011.597163

The publication of the Bradley review in the United Kingdom is a watershed in the development of policy regarding the way that the Criminal Justice System responds to individuals with mental health problems. It then goes on to explore one aspect o... Read More about ‘The other side of silence’: The role of the appropriate adult post-Bradley.

Distant Voices Still Lives: reflections on the impact of media reporting of the cases of Christopher Clunis and Ben Silcock (2010)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2010). Distant Voices Still Lives: reflections on the impact of media reporting of the cases of Christopher Clunis and Ben Silcock. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 3(4), 18-29. https://doi.org/10.5042/eihsc.2011.0074

One of the main features of the reform of the Mental Health Act (2007) was the introduction of Community Treatment Orders (CTOs). CTOs represent a fundamental shift in the rights of people with severe mental health problems, who have been detained in... Read More about Distant Voices Still Lives: reflections on the impact of media reporting of the cases of Christopher Clunis and Ben Silcock.

Deinstitutionalisation; mental health services in the age of neo-liberalism (2010)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2010). Deinstitutionalisation; mental health services in the age of neo-liberalism. Journal of Social Policy and Social Work in Transition, 1(2), 55-74

The policy of deinstitutionalisation i.e. the closure of large psychiatric hospitals and a move towards community-based mental health services has been a feature of services developments in liberal democracies. This policy was the result of a series... Read More about Deinstitutionalisation; mental health services in the age of neo-liberalism.

Blue remembered skills : mental health awareness training for police officers (2010)
Journal Article
Cummins, I., & Jones, S. (2010). Blue remembered skills : mental health awareness training for police officers. Journal of Adult Protection, 12(3), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.5042/jap.2010.0410

The Bradley Report (Bradley, 2009) has raised a number of important questions regarding the treatment of individuals who are experiencing mental health problems and find themselves in the criminal justice system. One of the key recommendations is th... Read More about Blue remembered skills : mental health awareness training for police officers.

Sex on the desk, coke in the toilet, bribery and corruption on the streets. An investigation of Spiral as a representation of contemporary policing
Presentation / Conference
contemporary policing. Presented at International Conference on Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), Paris, France

Policing is widely recognised as one of the most stressful occupations. Numerous studies have explored the ways in which stress impacts on the personal and professional lives of officers. Using this literature as context, the paper explores the way... Read More about Sex on the desk, coke in the toilet, bribery and corruption on the streets. An investigation of Spiral as a representation of contemporary policing.

Policing madness : a case study analysis of the management of mental illness in custody settings in England and Wales
Thesis
Cummins, I. (in press). Policing madness : a case study analysis of the management of mental illness in custody settings in England and Wales. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis presents a collection of nine published works in key peer reviewed journals alongside five further papers, a book and a book chapter. The papers explore two interlocking themes the impact of deinstitutionalisation and the decline of the s... Read More about Policing madness : a case study analysis of the management of mental illness in custody settings in England and Wales.

A path not taken? Mentally disordered offenders and the criminal justice system
Journal Article
Cummins, I. A path not taken? Mentally disordered offenders and the criminal justice system. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 28(3), 267-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649060601119466

The long stated aim of UK Government policy has been to divert mentally disordered offenders from the Criminal Justice system to services where their mental health needs can be adequately addressed. An examination of the rates of mental disorder am... Read More about A path not taken? Mentally disordered offenders and the criminal justice system.