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'We capture their comments before we leave the station': Service user involvement in the delivery of Appropriate Adult Schemes (2022)
Journal Article
Peacock, D., Macdonald, S., Podd, W., & Cosgrove, F. (2023). 'We capture their comments before we leave the station': Service user involvement in the delivery of Appropriate Adult Schemes. Social work & social sciences review, 24(1), 28-49

The concept of participation is now widely accepted in healthcare and social services, but is less apparent in the delivery of services for vulnerable people who encounter the Criminal Justice System and its associated agencies (Buck et al, 2020). Th... Read More about 'We capture their comments before we leave the station': Service user involvement in the delivery of Appropriate Adult Schemes.

Becoming cuckooed: conceptualising the relationship between disability, home takeovers and criminal exploitation (2022)
Journal Article
Macdonald, S. J., Donovan, C., Clayton, J., & Husband, M. (2024). Becoming cuckooed: conceptualising the relationship between disability, home takeovers and criminal exploitation. Disability and Society, 39(2), 485-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2071680

This article explores the phenomenon whereby disabled people’s homes are being occupied (i.e. cuckooed) by local perpetrators and/or county lines organised criminal groups. This study employs a qualitative biographical methodology that collects data... Read More about Becoming cuckooed: conceptualising the relationship between disability, home takeovers and criminal exploitation.

Re-Conceptualising Repeat Reports of Hate Crime/Incidents as Hate Relationships Based on Coercive Control and Space for Action (2022)
Journal Article
Donovan, C., Macdonald, S., & Clayton, J. (2023). Re-Conceptualising Repeat Reports of Hate Crime/Incidents as Hate Relationships Based on Coercive Control and Space for Action. Sociological Research Online, 28(2), 502–517. https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804211065052

Developing from existing research in the field of hate studies, this article outlines a new approach to understanding repeated experiences of hate by perpetrators who live in close proximity as neighbours to those victimised. Building on previous wor... Read More about Re-Conceptualising Repeat Reports of Hate Crime/Incidents as Hate Relationships Based on Coercive Control and Space for Action.