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Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change (2024)
Journal Article
Wooff, A. (in press). Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-01-2024-0007

Design/ Methodology This paper draws on data from a study funded by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (2016-2018), entitled ‘Measuring Risk and Efficiency in Police Custody in Scotland’. The paper adopts a qualitative methodology to deve... Read More about Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change.

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.

‘Come on mate, let's make you a cup of tea’: Theorising materiality and its impacts on detainee dignity inside police detention (2023)
Journal Article
Skinns, L., Wooff, A., & Rice, L. (in press). ‘Come on mate, let's make you a cup of tea’: Theorising materiality and its impacts on detainee dignity inside police detention. Theoretical Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1177/13624806231184827

In this paper, we examine detainee experiences of dignity in police detention through the lens of materiality. To do this, we draw on sociological and anthropological literature on the 'material turn' and its application to criminal justice settings,... Read More about ‘Come on mate, let's make you a cup of tea’: Theorising materiality and its impacts on detainee dignity inside police detention.

Systematic review of blue-light service collaboration for community health and well-being (2023)
Journal Article
Dougall, N., MacGillivray, S., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., & Tatnell, A. (2023). Systematic review of blue-light service collaboration for community health and well-being. Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 8(2), 66-74. https://doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.319

Effective cross-service collaboration has been posed as a way of improving outcomes for people, enhancing community safety and well-being, reducing social and health inequalities, and improving service resource efficiencies. However, it was not known... Read More about Systematic review of blue-light service collaboration for community health and well-being.

How cross-service collaboration between ambulance, fire, and policing services can improve community safety and wellbeing: A systematic review and case study of an area experiencing significant disadvantage (2023)
Report
Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Tatnell, A., Wooff, A., & MacGillivray, S. (2023). How cross-service collaboration between ambulance, fire, and policing services can improve community safety and wellbeing: A systematic review and case study of an area experiencing significant disadvantage. SIPR

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: Bristol University Press

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: 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.

Pluralised responses to policing the Pandemic: Analysing the emergence of informal order maintenance strategies, the changing ‘policing web’, and the impacts of COVID-19 in rural communities. A Report on Interim Findings (2021)
Report
Wooff, A., Horgan, S., & Tatnell, A. (2021). Pluralised responses to policing the Pandemic: Analysing the emergence of informal order maintenance strategies, the changing ‘policing web’, and the impacts of COVID-19 in rural communities. A Report on Interim Findings. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

Acknowledging the differential impacts of COVID-19 on communities, this project examines how the policing of rural communities has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed the changing demands made of the police and other key organisations... Read More about Pluralised responses to policing the Pandemic: Analysing the emergence of informal order maintenance strategies, the changing ‘policing web’, and the impacts of COVID-19 in rural communities. A Report on Interim Findings.

“My best day will be my last day!”: Appreciating Appreciative Inquiry in police research (2021)
Journal Article
Skinns, L., Wooff, A., & Sprawson, A. (2022). “My best day will be my last day!”: Appreciating Appreciative Inquiry in police research. Policing and Society, 32(6), 731-747. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2021.1984471

Appreciative Inquiry is a methodology originating from organisational psychology, though it has since been used in criminal justice research including police studies. It is used to identify the actual and potential strengths of an individual or an in... Read More about “My best day will be my last day!”: Appreciating Appreciative Inquiry in police research.

Information sharing in community policing in Europe: Building public confidence (2021)
Journal Article
Aston, L., O'Neill, M., Hail, Y., & Wooff, A. (2023). Information sharing in community policing in Europe: Building public confidence. European Journal of Criminology, 20(4), 1349-1368. https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708211037902

The literature on the importance of procedural justice in policing is extensive. Using the context of information sharing in community policing, this paper argues that interactional, procedural and distributive justice are salient in interactions bet... Read More about Information sharing in community policing in Europe: Building public confidence.

Locked Down, Locked Out?: Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic - A Report on Interim Findings (2021)
Report
Buchan, J., Nogales, C., Wooff, A., & Morrison, K. (2021). Locked Down, Locked Out?: Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic - A Report on Interim Findings. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University

This report presents interim findings from a research project on local partnership working and resilience in the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures. This grant is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of UK... Read More about Locked Down, Locked Out?: Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic - A Report on Interim Findings.

Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Enang, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Aston, E., Wooff, A., Heyman, I., & Grandison, G. (2022). Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review. Policing and Society, 32(4), 540-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2021.1927025

Assessing vulnerability is an international priority area across law enforcement and public health (LEPH). Most contacts with frontline law enforcement professions now relate to ‘vulnerability’; frontline health responders are experiencing a similar... Read More about Vulnerability assessment across the frontline of law enforcement and public health: a systematic review.

'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.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39911-5

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.

Co-creation of five key research priorities across Law Enforcement and Public Health: A methodological example (2020)
Journal Article
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Dougall, N., Wooff, A., Aston, E., & Enang, I. (2021). Co-creation of five key research priorities across Law Enforcement and Public Health: A methodological example. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12664

Introduction Law enforcement professions now assume more responsibility for tackling mental health issues alongside public health colleagues than ever before. The term ‘vulnerability’ is frequently used within Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH... Read More about Co-creation of five key research priorities across Law Enforcement and Public Health: A methodological example.

The special constable in Scotland: understanding the motivations, expectations and the role of the special constabulary within Police Scotland (2020)
Report
Wooff, A., Dickson, G., & Buchan, J. (2020). The special constable in Scotland: understanding the motivations, expectations and the role of the special constabulary within Police Scotland. Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR)

This project sought to examine the nature of the Special Constabulary as a volunteering resource in Scotland, considering the way(s) that the motivations, expectations and management of Special Constables could be understood and improved. By using... Read More about The special constable in Scotland: understanding the motivations, expectations and the role of the special constabulary within Police Scotland.

Pain in police detention: A critical point in the 'penal painscape'? (2020)
Journal Article
Skinns, L., & Wooff, A. (2021). Pain in police detention: A critical point in the 'penal painscape'?. Policing and Society, 31(3), 245-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2019.1706506

In this paper, we analyse pain in police detention and the extent to which Sykes’ pains of imprisonment framework usefully informs this. This analysis is based on extensive in-depth qualitative research in four custody facilities in four English poli... Read More about Pain in police detention: A critical point in the 'penal painscape'?.

Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health (2019)
Report
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., Dougall, N., Aston, L., & Enang, I. (2019). Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health. Scottish Institute for Policing Research

As police contact has and continues to increase with people who are considered vulnerable, it is essential to establish a better understanding of what it means for a person to be vulnerable. To best assess whether someone is vulnerable, some form of... Read More about Co-creation of value: Understanding the assessment of vulnerability across Law Enforcement and Public Health.

Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review. (2019)
Journal Article
Enang, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Wooff, A., Heyman, I., & Aston, E. (2019). Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review. Health and Justice, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0083-z

Historically, police departments focused solely on criminal justice issues. Recently, there has been a dynamic shift in focus, with Law Enforcement professional groups assuming more responsibility for tackling mental health and distress-related issue... Read More about Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review..

Defining and Assessing Vulnerability: Perspectives across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Murray, J., Enang, I., Dougall, N., Wooff, A., Aston, E., & Heyman, I. (2019, January). Defining and Assessing Vulnerability: Perspectives across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH). Paper presented at 4th PUBSIC (Innovation in Public Services and Public Policy) Conference, Milan

Law enforcement has traditionally been considered to focus mainly on criminal justice issues. However, over the past decade, there has been a dynamic shift in focus, with law enforcement professional groups assuming more responsibility for tackling m... Read More about Defining and Assessing Vulnerability: Perspectives across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH).

Law enforcement and public health: setting the research agenda for Scotland . (2018)
Report
Murray, J., Heyman, I., Wooff, A., Dougall, N., Aston, L., & Enang, I. (2018). Law enforcement and public health: setting the research agenda for Scotland . Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research

Police Scotland’s contact with people with vulnerability and health problems has been increasing year-on-year, with significant costs and unknown outcomes associated. This is unsustainable, and pathways involving increased partnership between the pol... Read More about Law enforcement and public health: setting the research agenda for Scotland ..

Treading the front-line: Tartanisation and Police Academic Partnerships (2018)
Journal Article
Martin, D., & Wooff, A. (2020). Treading the front-line: Tartanisation and Police Academic Partnerships. Policing, 14(2), 325-336. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pay065

Recognized as an International Leader in the development of Police Academic Collaborations, the Scottish Institute of Police Research has had a key role in contributing to evidence-based approaches in policing, supporting a strategic approach to inno... Read More about Treading the front-line: Tartanisation and Police Academic Partnerships.

The role of emotion, space and place in police custody in England: Towards a geography of police custody (2017)
Journal Article
Wooff, A., & Skinns, L. (2017). The role of emotion, space and place in police custody in England: Towards a geography of police custody. Punishment and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474517722176

Police custody is a complex environment, where police officers, detainees and other staff interact in a number of different emotional, spatial and transformative ways. Utilising ethnographic and interview data collected as part of a five-year study w... Read More about The role of emotion, space and place in police custody in England: Towards a geography of police custody.

Police legitimacy in context: an exploration of “soft” power in police custody in England (2017)
Journal Article
Skinns, L., Rice, L., Sprawson, A., & Wooff, A. (2017). Police legitimacy in context: an exploration of “soft” power in police custody in England. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 40(3), 601-613. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-06-2016-0077

For the most part, the procedural justice model has been found to generalise across different social groups and social contexts in the Anglo-American world (e.g. Jackson et al. 2013: 17). However, police custody is qualitatively different from other... Read More about Police legitimacy in context: an exploration of “soft” power in police custody in England.

Police custody delivery in the twenty-first century in England and Wales: current arrangements and their implications for patterns of policing. (2017)
Journal Article
Skinns, L., Sprawson, A., Sorsby, A., Smith, R., & Wooff, A. (2017). Police custody delivery in the twenty-first century in England and Wales: current arrangements and their implications for patterns of policing. European Journal of Policing Studies, 4(3), 325-348

Since the 1980s, police custody in England and Wales has experienced civilianization and privatization of roles once performed by the police. The purposes of this paper are to explore these organisational arrangements and to reflect on what they reve... Read More about Police custody delivery in the twenty-first century in England and Wales: current arrangements and their implications for patterns of policing..

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 (Routledge)

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..

Preliminary findings on police custody delivery in the twenty-first century: Is it ‘good’ enough? (2015)
Journal Article
Skinns, L., Wooff, A., & Sprawson, A. (2015). Preliminary findings on police custody delivery in the twenty-first century: Is it ‘good’ enough?. Policing and Society, 27(4), 358-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2015.1058377

Since the 1980s, police custody in England and Wales has seen the civilianisation and privatisation of key roles formerly performed by police officers and changes to how police custody suites are managed and owned. These changes have been encapsulate... Read More about Preliminary findings on police custody delivery in the twenty-first century: Is it ‘good’ enough?.

Relationships and responses: Policing anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland (2014)
Journal Article
Wooff, A. (2015). Relationships and responses: Policing anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland. Journal of Rural Studies, 39, 287-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.11.003

Rural policing, with a few notable exceptions, has been largely absent from the geographic and criminology literature. Yet, examining rural policing is important for revealing details about rural society, and the role that the police play in controll... Read More about Relationships and responses: Policing anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland.

Policing vulnerability? The impacts and implications of no cold calling zones in Angus. (2011)
Report
Wooff, A. & Smith, B. (2011). Policing vulnerability? The impacts and implications of no cold calling zones in Angus. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Institute for Policing Research

Doorstep crime is an increasingly prevalent issue within neighbourhoods around the UK (Doorstoppers, 2011). There were 12,612 cases of distraction theft in 2005, but crimes committed by cold callers are hard to quantify because nine out of ten go un... Read More about Policing vulnerability? The impacts and implications of no cold calling zones in Angus..