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Mapping so-called ‘anti-gender’ discourses in parliamentary and media spaces across the ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ geopolitical imaginations of ‘Europe’. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2024, September). Mapping so-called ‘anti-gender’ discourses in parliamentary and media spaces across the ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ geopolitical imaginations of ‘Europe’. Presented at 7th European Geographies of Sexualities Conference (EGSC) 2024, University of Brighton, UK

Anti-feminist and anti-LGBTIQ+ mobilisations have taken roots transnationally, denying individuals autonomy, rights to bodily integrity or self-determination, and attacking selected groups of people (e.g. trans* people, people doing abortion) in orde... Read More about Mapping so-called ‘anti-gender’ discourses in parliamentary and media spaces across the ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ geopolitical imaginations of ‘Europe’..

Kenyan police use excessive force because they’re serving political elites, not the public – policy analyst (2024)
Digital Artefact
Wairuri, K. (2024). Kenyan police use excessive force because they’re serving political elites, not the public – policy analyst. [Blog post]

Public protests in Kenya have often been criminalised, leading to brutal police crackdowns. This played out in recent protests against the cost of living in Kenya, and amid an attempt by the government to introduce new taxes. The police responded wit... Read More about Kenyan police use excessive force because they’re serving political elites, not the public – policy analyst.

The trouble with trauma: interconnected forms of violence in the lives of repeatedly criminalised men (2024)
Journal Article
Anderson, S. (in press). The trouble with trauma: interconnected forms of violence in the lives of repeatedly criminalised men. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12578

Focus on the interconnection of interpersonal violence, “ACEs”, trauma and justice-involvement has increased interest internationally among policymakers and practitioners working within criminal justice contexts for ‘trauma-informed’ approaches and i... Read More about The trouble with trauma: interconnected forms of violence in the lives of repeatedly criminalised men.

The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World (2024)
Journal Article
Easton, M., de Paepe, J., Aston, L., & Clayton, E. (2024). The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000018

In the ever-evolving landscape of law enforcement, the advent of the digital age has ushered in transformative shifts in police practices. These shifts have sparked scholarly attention and fuelled an increased volume of research dedicated to unravell... Read More about The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World.

“Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact (2024)
Journal Article
Wells, H., Andrews, W., Clayton, E., Bradford, B., Aston, E. V., & O’Neill, M. (2024). “Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 14-35. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000017

Police organizations in England and Wales, as in many other contexts, are increasingly shifting crime reporting and other public-facing contact online. In this article, we explore the beliefs, motivations and objectives of those tasked with “deliveri... Read More about “Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact.

Digital Deviance/Digital Compliance: Criminology, Social Interaction and the Videogame (2024)
Report
Henry, A., & Horgan, S. (2024). Digital Deviance/Digital Compliance: Criminology, Social Interaction and the Videogame. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research

This project sought to begin a process of scoping out and developing criminological perspectives on videogames and the social worlds of videogames and gamers through two interactive workshops. Its starting orientation was social interactionism and th... Read More about Digital Deviance/Digital Compliance: Criminology, Social Interaction and the Videogame.

The first national subject benchmark statement for UK higher education in policing: the importance of effective partnership and collaboration (2024)
Journal Article
Pepper, I., Cox, C., Fee, R., Horgan, S., Jarman, R., Jones, M., Policek, N., Rogers, C., & Tattum, C. (2024). The first national subject benchmark statement for UK higher education in policing: the importance of effective partnership and collaboration. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 14(5), 1106-1120. https://doi.org/10.1108/heswbl-02-2023-0042

Purpose
The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education in the UK focuses on maintaining, enhancing and standardising the quality of higher education. Of significant impact are the development of subject benchmark statements (SBS) by the QA... Read More about The first national subject benchmark statement for UK higher education in policing: the importance of effective partnership and collaboration.

Influence Government, Platform Power And The Patchwork Profile: Exploring The Appropriation Of Targeted Advertising Infrastructures For Government Behaviour Change Campaigns (2024)
Journal Article
Collier, B., Stewart, J., Horgan, S., Thomas, D. R., & Wilson, L. (2024). Influence Government, Platform Power And The Patchwork Profile: Exploring The Appropriation Of Targeted Advertising Infrastructures For Government Behaviour Change Campaigns. First Monday, 29(1), https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v29i2.13579

The targeted digital advertising infrastructures on which the business models of the social media platform economy rest have been the subject of significant academic and political interest. In this paper, we explore and theorise the appropriation of... Read More about Influence Government, Platform Power And The Patchwork Profile: Exploring The Appropriation Of Targeted Advertising Infrastructures For Government Behaviour Change Campaigns.

Scottish Drug Checking Project summary (2024)
Report
Carver, H., Falzon, D., Aston, E., Craik, V., Masterson, W., & Parkes, T. (2024). Scottish Drug Checking Project summary. Corra Foundation

Italy: Post-1990 Policies and Trends at Europe's Southern Border (2023)
Book Chapter
Paynter, E., & Soliman, F. (2023). Italy: Post-1990 Policies and Trends at Europe's Southern Border. In A. Vila-Freyer, & I. Sirkeci (Eds.), Global Atlas of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (161-176). Transnational Press London

This chapter focuses on how Italy’s position as a key port of entry for migrants reaching Europe has influenced shifts in trends and policy, including external border governance, as well as asylum protocols and reception and detention policies. We si... Read More about Italy: Post-1990 Policies and Trends at Europe's Southern Border.

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Justice Voluntary Sector (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Skelton, F., & Haddow, C. (2023, September). The Impact of COVID-19 on the Justice Voluntary Sector. Paper presented at European Society of Criminology (Eurocrim), Florence

Though the Justice Voluntary Sector (JVS) has long supported statutory organisations, recent years have seen the sector becoming enmeshed with the Criminal Justice System and integral to its functioning (Hucklesby & Corcoran, 2016). When COVID-19 loc... Read More about The Impact of COVID-19 on the Justice Voluntary Sector.

Influence policing: Strategic communications, digital nudges, and behaviour change marketing in Scottish and UK preventative policing (2023)
Report
Collier, B., Stewart, J., Horgan, S., Wilson, L., & Thomas, D. (2023). Influence policing: Strategic communications, digital nudges, and behaviour change marketing in Scottish and UK preventative policing. Scottish Institute for Policing Research

Influence policing is an emerging phenomenon: the use of digital targeted ‘nudge’ communications campaigns by police forces and law enforcement agencies to directly achieve strategic policing outcomes. While scholarship, civil society, and journalism... Read More about Influence policing: Strategic communications, digital nudges, and behaviour change marketing in Scottish and UK preventative policing.

Ask the Criminologists: Webinar for Modern Studies teachers (2023)
Digital Artefact
Mabon, K., Gumulinska, I., Clayton, E., Morrison, K., Graham, H., & Foster (PI), R. (2023). Ask the Criminologists: Webinar for Modern Studies teachers. [YouTube video]

Webinar content prepared and recorded by our SCCJR project team for Modern Studies teachers in Scotland. We invited questions from Modern Studies teachers across Scotland and answered them, alongside questions ‘from the floor’ in this live webinar. T... Read More about Ask the Criminologists: Webinar for Modern Studies teachers.

Global security and its social dimensions (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adalja, A., Al-Rodhan, N., & Soliman, F. (2023, May). Global security and its social dimensions. Presented at Global Security Programme Roundtable, Online

This panel will interrogate the social dimensions of global security. It will discuss the lived experiences of individuals, the role of social sectors such as public health, and innovative ways of studying the social dimensions of global security.

YouTube: Modern Studies learners webinar (2023)
Digital Artefact
Mabon, K., Gumulinska, I., Clayton, E., Morrison, K., Graham, H., & Foster, R. (2023). YouTube: Modern Studies learners webinar. [YouTube video]

Webinar content prepared and recorded by our SCCJR project team for Modern Studies learners in Scotland. We invited questions from Modern Studies learners across Scotland and answered them in this pre-recorded webinar.