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The disrupted sociologies of young people with harmful sexual behaviours (2019)
Journal Article
Balfe, M., Hackett, S., Masson, H., & Phillips, J. (2019). The disrupted sociologies of young people with harmful sexual behaviours. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 25(2), 177-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2019.1589003

Few studies, particularly few qualitative studies, have focused on the family and social contexts of young people with harmful sexual behaviours. This article, therefore, seeks to provide insight into the more detailed, lived experience of this group... Read More about The disrupted sociologies of young people with harmful sexual behaviours.

How does local government use the planning system to regulate hot food takeaway outlets? A census of current practice in England using document review (2019)
Journal Article
Keeble, M., Burgoine, T., White, M., Summerbell, C., Cummins, S., & Adams, J. (2019). How does local government use the planning system to regulate hot food takeaway outlets? A census of current practice in England using document review. Health & Place, 57, 171-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.03.010

Takeaway food outlets typically sell hot food, ordered and paid for at the till, for consumption off the premises due to limited seating provision. Growing numbers of these outlets has raised concerns about their impact on diet and weight gain. This... Read More about How does local government use the planning system to regulate hot food takeaway outlets? A census of current practice in England using document review.

Pathways to mental health improvement in a community-led area-based empowerment initiative: Evidence from the Big Local ‘Communities in Control’ study, England. (2019)
Journal Article
McGowan, V., Wistow, J., Lewis, S., Popay, J., & Bambra, C. (2019). Pathways to mental health improvement in a community-led area-based empowerment initiative: Evidence from the Big Local ‘Communities in Control’ study, England. Journal of Public Health, 41(4), 850-857. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy192

Background: Area-based initiatives that include a focus on community empowerment are increasingly being seen as potentially an important way of improving health and reducing inequalities. However, there is little empirical evidence on the pathways be... Read More about Pathways to mental health improvement in a community-led area-based empowerment initiative: Evidence from the Big Local ‘Communities in Control’ study, England..

Practising Ethically in Unethical Times: Everyday Resistance in Social Work (2019)
Journal Article
Weinberg, M., & Banks, S. (2019). Practising Ethically in Unethical Times: Everyday Resistance in Social Work. Ethics and Social Welfare, 13(4), 361-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2019.1597141

This article considers the challenges faced by social workers struggling to act ethically in what we characterise as the ‘unethical climate’ of neoliberalism. We offer a brief account of the current context, including the increasing managerialism and... Read More about Practising Ethically in Unethical Times: Everyday Resistance in Social Work.

Children’s rights and residential care in Taiwan: An exploration of the tensions between global standards and culturally situated practices (2019)
Journal Article
Chiu, W. C., & Charnley, H. (2021). Children’s rights and residential care in Taiwan: An exploration of the tensions between global standards and culturally situated practices. International Social Work, 64(6), 837-856. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872819833429

This article examines the tension between the rhetoric of children’s rights and the realities of residential care for children in Taiwan. After reviewing Chinese and English literature, we present an empirical study of children’s experiences of life... Read More about Children’s rights and residential care in Taiwan: An exploration of the tensions between global standards and culturally situated practices.

“One Blood Clot Is One Too Many”: Affected Vocal Users’ Negative Perspectives on Controversial Oral Contraceptives (2019)
Journal Article
Geampana, A. (2019). “One Blood Clot Is One Too Many”: Affected Vocal Users’ Negative Perspectives on Controversial Oral Contraceptives. Qualitative Health Research, 29(10), 1519-1530. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319839027

In this article, I analyze women’s negative experiences with the fourth generation of contraceptive pills: controversial drugs Yaz and Yasmin. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 24 contraceptive users residing in Canada, I highlight how women who ha... Read More about “One Blood Clot Is One Too Many”: Affected Vocal Users’ Negative Perspectives on Controversial Oral Contraceptives.

The 4P Participatory Arts Recovery Model: Peers, Product, Personhood and Positive Interaction (2019)
Journal Article
Fletcher, A., Hackett, S., & Carr, S. (2019). The 4P Participatory Arts Recovery Model: Peers, Product, Personhood and Positive Interaction. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 10(1), 41-56. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.10.1.41_1

Using empirical evidence from a realist evaluation of music-based well-being interventions, we developed a recovery-focussed model for people with mental health issues. Arts-based approaches for mental health are used internationally and the concepts... Read More about The 4P Participatory Arts Recovery Model: Peers, Product, Personhood and Positive Interaction.

Re-tangling the concept of coercive control: A view from the margins and a response to Walby and Towers (2018) (2019)
Journal Article
Donovan, C., & Barnes, R. (2019). Re-tangling the concept of coercive control: A view from the margins and a response to Walby and Towers (2018). Criminology & Criminal Justice, 21(2), 242-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895819864622

This article responds to Walby and Towers’ article, in which they propose a quantitative methodology that evidences gender asymmetry in ‘domestic violence crime’. Through examining core issues including harm, severity and repetition of domestic viole... Read More about Re-tangling the concept of coercive control: A view from the margins and a response to Walby and Towers (2018).

Metrics in Global Health: Situated differences in the valuation of human life (2019)
Journal Article
Maldonado, O., & Moreira, T. (2019). Metrics in Global Health: Situated differences in the valuation of human life. Historical social research. Supplement (Köln), 44(2), 202-224. https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.44.2019.2.202-224

This paper explores the role of knowledge, standards, and metrics in global health. Our point of departure is the observation that the emergence of ‘global health’ as a domain of research, policy, and practice in the last three decades or so has coin... Read More about Metrics in Global Health: Situated differences in the valuation of human life.

Measuring Overeducation: Incidence, Correlation and Overlaps Across Indicators and Countries (2019)
Journal Article
Capsada-Munsech, Q. (2019). Measuring Overeducation: Incidence, Correlation and Overlaps Across Indicators and Countries. Social Indicators Research, 145(1), 279-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-019-02112-0

The methodological debate on how to measure overeducation has been present since the introduction of the topic in the academic debate. Nevertheless, there is still no consensus on a preferred indicator. This article aims at contributing to the existi... Read More about Measuring Overeducation: Incidence, Correlation and Overlaps Across Indicators and Countries.

Health help‐seeking by men in Brunei Darussalam: masculinities and ‘doing’ male identities across the life course (2019)
Journal Article
Idris, D. R., Forrest, S., & Brown, S. (2019). Health help‐seeking by men in Brunei Darussalam: masculinities and ‘doing’ male identities across the life course. Sociology of Health & Illness, 41(6), 1071-1087. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12885

Using data collected through semi‐structured interviews and focus group discussions with 37 adult men living in Brunei Darussalam, this paper explores how masculinities and expectations about male roles across the life course influence men's percepti... Read More about Health help‐seeking by men in Brunei Darussalam: masculinities and ‘doing’ male identities across the life course.

The field of graduate recruitment: leading financial and consultancy firms and elite class formation (2019)
Journal Article
Donnelly, M., & Gamsu, S. (2019). The field of graduate recruitment: leading financial and consultancy firms and elite class formation. British Journal of Sociology, 70(4), 1374-1401. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12659

The symbolic value of being recruited by a high status multinational company likely represents an important marker of distinction. For the first time, a unique Destinations of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE) data‐set is used here to model entry to... Read More about The field of graduate recruitment: leading financial and consultancy firms and elite class formation.

Traumatic landscapes: Two geographies of addiction (2019)
Journal Article
Proudfoot, J. (2019). Traumatic landscapes: Two geographies of addiction. Social Science & Medicine, 228, 194-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.020

The confluence of the contemporary opioid crisis and the fallout from the Great Recession has renewed interest in theories of addiction that can account for the relationship between individual symptoms and large-scale socio-political forces. Gesler's... Read More about Traumatic landscapes: Two geographies of addiction.

Can learning beyond the classroom impact on social responsibility and academic attainment? An evaluation of the Children’s University youth social action programme (2019)
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Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., & See, B. (2019). Can learning beyond the classroom impact on social responsibility and academic attainment? An evaluation of the Children’s University youth social action programme. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 61, 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.03.004

Disadvantaged pupils in England tend to have lower average attainment than their peers. They are also less likely to be involved in wider learning and opportunities for experience beyond the classroom walls. Approaches which support learning activiti... Read More about Can learning beyond the classroom impact on social responsibility and academic attainment? An evaluation of the Children’s University youth social action programme.

Symbolic Survival and Harm: Serious Fraud and Consumer Capitalism’s Perversion of the Causa Sui Project (2019)
Journal Article
Tudor, K. (2019). Symbolic Survival and Harm: Serious Fraud and Consumer Capitalism’s Perversion of the Causa Sui Project. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, 59(5), 1237-1253. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azz009

Based on empirical research carried out with those convicted of serious fraud, the current article explores the motivations behind engagement in acquisitive criminality. Drawing on the work of Ernest Becker, the article seeks to transcend superficial... Read More about Symbolic Survival and Harm: Serious Fraud and Consumer Capitalism’s Perversion of the Causa Sui Project.

Experiences of young people with harmful sexual behaviors in services: a qualitative study (2019)
Journal Article
Balfe, M., Hackett, S., Masson, H., & Phillips, J. (2019). Experiences of young people with harmful sexual behaviors in services: a qualitative study. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 28(6), 649-666. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2019.1573390

Young people are responsible for a significant number of the sexual offenses that are committed every year. These young people are generally referred to specialist services for treatment. This article explores the health characteristics and service e... Read More about Experiences of young people with harmful sexual behaviors in services: a qualitative study.

Controlling active ageing: a study of social imaginaries of older people in Chile (2019)
Journal Article
Meersohn Schmidt, C., & Yang, K. (2020). Controlling active ageing: a study of social imaginaries of older people in Chile. Ageing & Society, 40(7), 1428-1454. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x18001733

A key issue in understanding the social lives of older people is how active they are in coping with the demands of ageing. Often the ‘successfulness’ of ageing is measured with medical and biological criteria. While the notion of ‘active ageing’ is m... Read More about Controlling active ageing: a study of social imaginaries of older people in Chile.

"If I were given the chance", understanding the use of leisure time by adults with learning disabilities (2019)
Journal Article
Charnley, H., Hwang, S., Atkinson, C., & Walton, P. (2019). "If I were given the chance", understanding the use of leisure time by adults with learning disabilities. Disability and Society, 34(4), 540-563. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2018.1522244

Despite UK government policy emphasising the rights and choices of people with learning disabilities, opportunities to choose fulfilling leisure activities remain severely constrained. Following a brief literature review we present a co-inquiry study... Read More about "If I were given the chance", understanding the use of leisure time by adults with learning disabilities.