All Outputs (7)

Researching Police Custody. Past, Present and Future (2023)
Book Chapter
Skinns, L., Banwell-Moore, R., Rice, L., & Wooff, A. (2023). Researching Police Custody. Past, Present and Future. In D. Martin, & S. Tong (Eds.), Introduction to Policing Research. Taking Lessons from Practice (123-137). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003276456-12

Over the last decade, police custody has seen a resurgence of scholarly interest. This chapter maps the contours of this burgeoning field, critically examining the data collection methods that researchers typically use, including observation, intervi... Read More about Researching Police Custody. Past, Present and Future.

Critical perspectives on rural policing in times of change: Cops, communication and context (2022)
Book Chapter
Wooff, A. (2022). Critical perspectives on rural policing in times of change: Cops, communication and context. In M. Bowden, & A. Harkness (Eds.), Rural Transformations and Rural Crime: International Critical Perspectives in Rural Criminology. Bristol Uni

Scotland is classed as 94 percent rural and with 18 percent of the population living in accessible and remote rural locations. Policing in these contexts requires the use of discretion, order maintenance and an intricate knowledge of the rural commun... Read More about Critical perspectives on rural policing in times of change: Cops, communication and context.

The Criminal Justice System in Scotland (2021)
Book Chapter
Morrison, K., Buchan, J., & Wooff, A. (2021). The Criminal Justice System in Scotland. In S. Case, P. Johnson, D. Manlow, R. Smith, & K. Williams (Eds.), The Oxford Textbook on Criminology. (2nd). Oxford University Press

Morrison, K., Buchan, J., & Wooff, A. (2021). The Criminal Justice System in Scotland. In The Oxford Textbook on Criminology. (2nd). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at: https://learninglink.oup.com/access/case2e-student-resources#tag_all-c... Read More about The Criminal Justice System in Scotland.

'I Feel Trapped': The Role Of The Cell In The Embodied And Everyday Practices Of Police Custody (2020)
Book Chapter
Wooff, A. (2020). 'I Feel Trapped': The Role Of The Cell In The Embodied And Everyday Practices Of Police Custody. In J. Turner, & V. Knight (Eds.), The Prison Cell: Embodied and Everyday Spaces of Incarceration (95-118). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.o

This chapter explores the police custody cell from the perspective of policing staff. Legally it is the cornerstone of the criminal investigation process, being the place where arrested persons are taken while charging decisions are made. Police cust... Read More about 'I Feel Trapped': The Role Of The Cell In The Embodied And Everyday Practices Of Police Custody.

The importance of context : understanding the nature of anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland. (2016)
Book Chapter
Wooff, A. (2016). The importance of context : understanding the nature of anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland. In J. F. Donnermeyer (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of rural criminologyTaylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter seeks to provide a starting point for understanding anti-social behaviour (herein ASB) within a rural context, and how this provides important illumination of the broader social processes affecting rural communities. Based on analysis of... Read More about The importance of context : understanding the nature of anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland..

Policing the countryside in a devolving United Kingdom. (2016)
Book Chapter
Yarwood, R., & Wooff, A. (2016). Policing the countryside in a devolving United Kingdom. In J. F. Donnemeyer (Ed.), The Routledge international handbook of rural criminology, (375-386). Taylor & Francis

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The ethics of researching the police : dilemmas and new directions. (2015)
Book Chapter
Skinns, L., Wooff, A., & Sprawson, A. (2015). The ethics of researching the police : dilemmas and new directions. In M. Brunger, S. Tong, & D. Martin (Eds.), Introduction to policing research : taking lessons from practice, 185-203. Taylor & Francis (Rout

This chapter examines key ethical dilemmas faced by social science researchers. It explores informed and voluntary consent, confidentiality and anonymity, and relationships in the field, but with specific reference to research on the police, drawing... Read More about The ethics of researching the police : dilemmas and new directions..