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
Dr Ian Cummins' Outputs (110)
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 ExperienceThis is a review of a documentary film of the life of the great sociologist Professor Stuart Hall.
Policing and mental illness in the era of deinstutionalisation and mass incarceration: A UK Perspective (2013)
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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), 92-104The 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 Wolff (2005)/Moon (2000) argue that the Asylum has been replaced by fragmented, disloca...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.
Hard evidence: does prison really work? (2013)
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Cummins, I. (2013). Hard evidence: does prison really work?
The Sun splash missed point on ‘mental patient murders (2013)
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Cummins, I. (2013). The Sun splash missed point on ‘mental patient murders
Drunk tanks another private police disaster in the making (2013)
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Cummins, I. (2013). Drunk tanks another private police disaster in the making
While some fight over psychiatry, others are forging better ways ahead (2013)
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Cummins, I. (2013). While some fight over psychiatry, others are forging better ways ahead
Our side of the mirror : the (re)-construction of 1970s’ masculinity in David Peace’s Red Riding (2013)
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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/10.4172/2375-4435.1000104David 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.
50 years after Martin Luther King, black America still dreams of freedom (2013)
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Cummins, I. (2013). 50 years after Martin Luther King, black America still dreams of freedom
Patients sectioned for beds, but hospitals not the best place to be (2013)
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Cummins, I. (2013). Patients sectioned for beds, but hospitals not the best place to be
We ignore the rise of suicide in people with mental illness (2013)
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Cummins, I. (2013). We ignore the rise of suicide in people with mental illness
Police are unprepared to care for people with mental illness (2013)
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Cummins, I. (2013). Police are unprepared to care for people with mental illness
“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)
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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), 43-56This 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.
America’s penal arms race holds few lessons for the UK (2013)
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Cummins, I. (2013). America’s penal arms race holds few lessons for the UK
The link between benefit cuts and suicide can’t be ignored (2013)
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Milner, J., & Cummins, I. (2013). The link between benefit cuts and suicide can’t be ignored
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/10.1080/09649069.2012.750482The 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)
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Cummins, I. (2012). Policing and mental illness in England and Wales post Bradley. Policing, 6(4), 365-376. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pas024The 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)
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Cummins, I. (2012). Mental health and custody: a follow on study. Journal of Adult Protection, 14(2), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.1108/14668201211217521Purpose – 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)
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of the appropriate adult post-Bradley. Ethics and Social Welfare, 5(3), 306-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2011.597163The 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)
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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.2011.0074One 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.