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 criminology. 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). Routledge

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Anarchism and abolitionism in restorative justice: from promises to subjugated discourses (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maglione, G. (2016, March). Anarchism and abolitionism in restorative justice: from promises to subjugated discourses. Paper presented at European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control British/Irish section Conference, Dundee

Over the past 40 years, restorative justice (RJ) has slowly emerged as one of the most promising novelties within western contemporary penality, a relentlessly growing field of research able to inspire concrete actions within, outside or against many... Read More about Anarchism and abolitionism in restorative justice: from promises to subjugated discourses.

Re-shaping restorative justice: A historical and critical ontology (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maglione, G. (2016, March). Re-shaping restorative justice: A historical and critical ontology. Paper presented at The Howard League for Penal Reform Annual Conference: Justice and Penal Reform: Reshaping the Penal Landscape, Oxford

Maglione, G. (2016, March). Re-shaping restorative justice: A historical and critical ontology. Paper presented at The Howard League for Penal Reform Annual Conference: Justice and Penal Reform: Reshaping the Penal Landscape, Oxford

Won’t bow: Don’t know how: Treme, New Orleans and American exceptionalism (2016)
Journal Article
Keeble, A. (2016). Won’t bow: Don’t know how: Treme, New Orleans and American exceptionalism. European Journal of American Culture, 35(1), 51-67. https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac.35.1.51_1

This article examines the depiction of exceptionalism in David Simon and Eric Overmeyer’s television series, Treme, and argues that the series uses its New Orleans microcosm to articulate wider points about American society. It begins with the unlike... Read More about Won’t bow: Don’t know how: Treme, New Orleans and American exceptionalism.

Rating the revolution: Silicon Valley in normative perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2016). Rating the revolution: Silicon Valley in normative perspective. Information, Communication and Society, 19(11), 1605-1621. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2016.1142594

Silicon Valley, California – home of Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and so on – is widely regarded as the epicentre of the information revolution. However, it is not just a technical or economic phenomenon; it has also made a social revolution. Th... Read More about Rating the revolution: Silicon Valley in normative perspective.

Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain (2016)
Book Chapter
Sharapov, K. (2016). Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain. In M. Malloch, & P. Rigby (Eds.), Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation (17-40). Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474401128.003.0002

Focusing on three national case studies this chapter explores the comparative empirical data on public knowledge and understanding of human trafficking, examining the link between public knowledge and public policies. It highlights how public underst... Read More about Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain.

Association between allopurinol use and hip fracture in older patients (2016)
Journal Article
Basu, U., Goodbrand, J., McMurdo, M. E., Donnan, P. T., McGilchrist, M., Frost, H., George, J., & Witham, M. D. (2016). Association between allopurinol use and hip fracture in older patients. Bone, 84, 189-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2016.01.003

Background Allopurinol reduces oxidative stress and interacts with purinergic signalling systems important in bone metabolism and muscle function. We assessed whether allopurinol use was associated with a reduced incidence of hip fracture in older p... Read More about Association between allopurinol use and hip fracture in older patients.

Extending the semiotics of embodied interaction to blended spaces. (2015)
Journal Article
O'Neill, S., & Benyon, D. (2015). Extending the semiotics of embodied interaction to blended spaces. Human technology an interdisciplinary journal on humans in ICT environments, 11, 30-56. https://doi.org/10.17011/ht/urn.201505061739

In this paper, we develop a new way of understanding interactions in blended spaces. We do this by developing ideas about embodied semiotics and then apply these ideas to the analysis of interaction in mixed-reality blended spaces (where the physical... Read More about Extending the semiotics of embodied interaction to blended spaces..

A micro-social psychology of Restorative Justice: the contribute of the Positioning Theory (2015)
Book Chapter
Maglione, G. (2015). A micro-social psychology of Restorative Justice: the contribute of the Positioning Theory. In T. Gavrielides (Ed.), The Psychology of Restorative Justice: Managing the power within (9-28). Ashgate Publishing

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). 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..

Big Data: how it can predict our future health and well-being (2015)
Journal Article
O'Connor, S. (2015). Big Data: how it can predict our future health and well-being. Association of Commonwealth Universities: Bulletin, 7

The technology to continuously monitor human life (both biological and behavioural) and the environment that surrounds us is here...

The Vicious Cycle: Interrelationship among trauma, substance misuse and offending from the perspective of Scottish incarcerated women – an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (2015)
Thesis
Sierka, A. The Vicious Cycle: Interrelationship among trauma, substance misuse and offending from the perspective of Scottish incarcerated women – an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9825

Background: Existing literature strongly supports the existence of significant relationships among trauma, substance misuse and offending in incarcerated women. However, these experiences are rarely explored simultaneously, the understanding of the n... Read More about The Vicious Cycle: Interrelationship among trauma, substance misuse and offending from the perspective of Scottish incarcerated women – an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

The level and determinants of well-being among Polish economic migrants in Scotland - testing the Sustainable Happiness Model; a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study (2015)
Thesis
Bak-Klimek, A. The level and determinants of well-being among Polish economic migrants in Scotland - testing the Sustainable Happiness Model; a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9829

Background: The available research on economic migration suggested that immigrants may be less happy than the indigenous populations. It was found that relatively stable dispositional factors such as optimism, and cognitive-behavioural factors such a... Read More about The level and determinants of well-being among Polish economic migrants in Scotland - testing the Sustainable Happiness Model; a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study.

Framing the experiences of BME social work students within a narrative of Educating for a Culturally Diverse Workforce (2015)
Journal Article
Hillen, P., & Levy, S. (2015). Framing the experiences of BME social work students within a narrative of Educating for a Culturally Diverse Workforce. Social Work Education, 34(7), 785-798. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2015.1077215

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has noted that a higher percentage of black and minority ethnic (BME) students fail or take longer to complete their social work degrees, compared with the white majority student population. In response to... Read More about Framing the experiences of BME social work students within a narrative of Educating for a Culturally Diverse Workforce.

An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions: An Exploration of Joint Investigative Interview Training in Scotland: An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions (2015)
Journal Article
Goetzold, S. (2017). An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions: An Exploration of Joint Investigative Interview Training in Scotland: An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions. Child Abuse Review, 26(2), 116-129. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2391

Children in Scotland who are subject to child protection interviews should be interviewed jointly by specially trained police officers and social workers who have attended training based on a national curriculum. This study, which was conducted in tw... Read More about An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions: An Exploration of Joint Investigative Interview Training in Scotland: An Open and Shut Case of Closed Questions.

Designing clinical blended spaces: a biophilic inspired digitally augmented evironment for use within a Child Protection Unit. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mival, O., Hamilton, A., & Fischer, H. (2015, July). Designing clinical blended spaces: a biophilic inspired digitally augmented evironment for use within a Child Protection Unit

This paper details the research, design and implementation process of a commissioned artist’s
integration of a biophilic design philosophy into the spatial and interaction design of Glasgow’s new Child Protection Unit (CPU) facility helping children... Read More about Designing clinical blended spaces: a biophilic inspired digitally augmented evironment for use within a Child Protection Unit..

"Horses for Courses" Comment on "Translating Evidence Into Healthcare Policy and Practice: Single Versus Multi-Faceted Implementation Strategies – Is There a Simple Answer to a Complex Question?" (2015)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, J. E., & Frost, H. (2015). "Horses for Courses" Comment on "Translating Evidence Into Healthcare Policy and Practice: Single Versus Multi-Faceted Implementation Strategies – Is There a Simple Answer to a Complex Question?". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 4(10), 685-686

This commentary considers the vexed question of whether or not we should be spending time and resources on using multifaceted interventions to undertake implementation of evidence in healthcare. A review of systematic reviews has suggested that simpl... Read More about "Horses for Courses" Comment on "Translating Evidence Into Healthcare Policy and Practice: Single Versus Multi-Faceted Implementation Strategies – Is There a Simple Answer to a Complex Question?".

Policing anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland. (2015)
Journal Article
Wooff, A. (2015). Policing anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland. Scottish Justice Matters, 3(2), 19-20

The impact of welfare reform in Scotland - tracking study - Sweep 3 report (2015)
Report
Graham, H., Egdell, V., McQuaid, R., & Raeside, R. (2015). The impact of welfare reform in Scotland - tracking study - Sweep 3 report

The aim of the study is to explore the impact of on-going welfare changes on a range of households in Scotland over time. This report provides the findings from the first three sweeps of interviews, conducted between September 2013 and March 2015.The... Read More about The impact of welfare reform in Scotland - tracking study - Sweep 3 report.