Dr Ian Cummins' Outputs (12)

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.

Bullying, violence, intimidation and suicide – why it’s time to rediscover dignity in prisons (2014)
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Cummins, I. (2014). Bullying, violence, intimidation and suicide – why it’s time to rediscover dignity in prisons

Crisis in mental health services sees vulnerable children taken into police custody (2014)
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Cummins, I. (2014). Crisis in mental health services sees vulnerable children taken into police custody

Probation for profit is a nail in the coffin for offender rehab (2014)
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Cummins, I. (2014). Probation for profit is a nail in the coffin for offender rehab

‘. . . 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.

It’s hard enough for women to report sexual abuse without the system letting them down (2014)
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Cummins, I. (2014). It’s hard enough for women to report sexual abuse without the system letting them down

Reading rehabilitates prisoners: it is not a privilege to be earned (2014)
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Cummins, I. (2014). Reading rehabilitates prisoners: it is not a privilege to be earned

Fact and fiction reveal how bleak life can be on a mental health ward (2014)
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Cummins, I. (2014). Fact and fiction reveal how bleak life can be on a mental health ward

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.

Prison suicides betray problems with our criminal justice system (2014)
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Cummins, I. (2014). Prison suicides betray problems with our criminal justice system

Police cells are no place for mental health patients (2014)
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Cummins, I. (2014). Police cells are no place for mental health patients

Time after time : A review of John Akomfrah’s The Stuart Hall Project: Revolution, politics and the New Experience (2014)
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Cummins, I. (2014). Time after time : A review of John Akomfrah’s The Stuart Hall Project: Revolution, politics and the New Experience

This is a review of a documentary film of the life of the great sociologist Professor Stuart Hall.