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Dr Alison Jobe's Outputs (21)

Criminal justice responses to victims of sexual violence with learning disabilities: Findings from a local study in North East England (2025)
Journal Article
Jobe, A. (in press). Criminal justice responses to victims of sexual violence with learning disabilities: Findings from a local study in North East England. Journal of Gender Based Violence,

This paper presents findings from research that explored local criminal justice responses to people with learning disabilities reporting sexual violence. The paper presents data collected in interviews with victim-survivors and stakeholders. Findings... Read More about Criminal justice responses to victims of sexual violence with learning disabilities: Findings from a local study in North East England.

Testimonial injustice: exploring ‘credibility’ as a barrier to justice for people with learning disabilities/autism who report sexual violence (2024)
Journal Article
Williams, H., & Jobe, A. (online). Testimonial injustice: exploring ‘credibility’ as a barrier to justice for people with learning disabilities/autism who report sexual violence. Disability and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2024.2323455

Rape/sexual assault cases have high levels of attrition, with reports of sexual violence from people with learning disabilities/autism disproportionately represented. This paper presents the results of a small qualitative study in the UK which focuse... Read More about Testimonial injustice: exploring ‘credibility’ as a barrier to justice for people with learning disabilities/autism who report sexual violence.

Criminal Women: Gender Matters (2022)
Book
Grace, S., O'Neill, M., Walker, T., King, H., Baldwin, L., Jobe, A., Lynch, O., Measham, F., O'Brien, K., & Seaman, V. (2024). Criminal Women: Gender Matters. (1). Bristol University Press

Accounts of female offenders’ journeys into the criminal justice system are often silenced or marginalized.

Featuring a Foreword from Pat Carlen and inspired by her seminal book ‘Criminal Women’, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and n... Read More about Criminal Women: Gender Matters.

Stigma and Service Provision for Women Selling Sex. Findings from Community-based Participatory Research (2022)
Journal Article
Jobe, A., Stockdale, K., & O’Neill, M. (2022). Stigma and Service Provision for Women Selling Sex. Findings from Community-based Participatory Research. Ethics and Social Welfare, 16(2), 112-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2021.2018476

This article presents findings from a community-based participatory research project undertaken with sex workers in North East England. The research included peer-led interviews with 26 women who sell sex in public spaces and/or from private flats or... Read More about Stigma and Service Provision for Women Selling Sex. Findings from Community-based Participatory Research.

Telling the Right Story at the Right Time: women seeking asylum with stories of trafficking into the sex industry (2020)
Journal Article
Jobe, A. (2020). Telling the Right Story at the Right Time: women seeking asylum with stories of trafficking into the sex industry. Sociology, 54(5), 936-952. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038520932019

Exploring the (re)emergence of human trafficking as a global social problem, this article presents an analysis of asylum determinations where claims for Asylum and/or Humanitarian Protection included accounts of trafficking to the UK. The article tra... Read More about Telling the Right Story at the Right Time: women seeking asylum with stories of trafficking into the sex industry.

Gender and Migration (2020)
Book Chapter
O'Neill, M., & Jobe, A. (in press). Gender and Migration. In D. Richardson, & V. Robinson (Eds.), Introducing Gender and Women's Studies: fifth edition. (5th Edition). Red Globe Press

Justice and Civil Liberties on Sex Work in Contemporary International Human Rights Law (2020)
Journal Article
Brooks-Gordon, B., Wijers, M., & Jobe, A. (2020). Justice and Civil Liberties on Sex Work in Contemporary International Human Rights Law. Social Sciences, 9(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9010004

To fulfil obligations in international law State parties have to take the issue of human trafficking seriously. The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) provides General Recommendations (GR) to member st... Read More about Justice and Civil Liberties on Sex Work in Contemporary International Human Rights Law.

Peer Talk: Hidden Stories. A Participatory Research Project with Women Who Sell or Swap Sex in Teesside (2017)
Report
O'Neill, M., Jobe, A., Bilton, C., & Stockdale, K. (2017). Peer Talk: Hidden Stories. A Participatory Research Project with Women Who Sell or Swap Sex in Teesside. [No known commissioning body]

Peer Talk: hidden stories sought to provide an evidence base to inform service provision, knowledge, policy and practice in Teesside and specifically to: Document the lived experience and needs of women selling sex both on and off street including th... Read More about Peer Talk: Hidden Stories. A Participatory Research Project with Women Who Sell or Swap Sex in Teesside.

Young People Who Have Been Maltreated: Different Needs--Different Responses? (2013)
Journal Article
Gorin, S., & Jobe, A. (2013). Young People Who Have Been Maltreated: Different Needs--Different Responses?. The British Journal of Social Work, 43(7), 1330 -1346. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcs055

The maltreatment experiences and needs of young people (aged eleven to seventeen) are often very different from those of younger children. As children get older, they become increasingly vulnerable to a broader range of risks. In comparison to younge... Read More about Young People Who Have Been Maltreated: Different Needs--Different Responses?.

'If kids don't feel safe they don't do anything': young people's views on seeking and receiving help from Children's Social Care Services in England (2012)
Journal Article
Jobe, A., & Gorin, S. (2013). 'If kids don't feel safe they don't do anything': young people's views on seeking and receiving help from Children's Social Care Services in England. Child & Family Social Work, 18(4), 429-438. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00862.x

This paper presents findings from qualitative interviews with 24 young people (11–17 years) who have been referred to Children's Social Care Services in England. The paper explores young people's experiences of help seeking and their experiences of r... Read More about 'If kids don't feel safe they don't do anything': young people's views on seeking and receiving help from Children's Social Care Services in England.

External Evaluation of the Medical Foundation for Care of Victims of Torture, North East/ Department of Health Project: “Building Relationships and Promoting Human Rights: Developing a model of good practice for clinicians who are working with survivors of torture or organised violence in the Newcastle Primary Care Mental Health Service”. (2009)
Report
Jobe, A. (2009). External Evaluation of the Medical Foundation for Care of Victims of Torture, North East/ Department of Health Project: “Building Relationships and Promoting Human Rights: Developing a model of good practice for clinicians who are working with survivors of torture or organised violence in the Newcastle Primary Care Mental Health Service”. [No known commissioning body]

Sexual Trafficking: A New Sexual Story? (2008)
Book Chapter
Jobe, A. (2008). Sexual Trafficking: A New Sexual Story?. In K. Throsby, & F. Alexander (Eds.), Gender and interpersonal violence : language, action and representation (66-82). Palgrave Macmillan