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A decade of evolving composites: regression- and meta-analysis

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Frowd, C. D., Lampinen, J. M., Erickson, W. B., Skelton, F. C., McIntyre, A. H., & Hancock, P. J. B. (2015)
A decade of evolving composites: regression- and meta-analysis. Journal of Forensic Practice, 17, 319-334. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-08-2014-0025
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of seven variables that emerge from forensic research on facial-composite construction and naming using contempora...

‘Soft’ Policing in Rural Scotland

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Wooff, A. (2017)
‘Soft’ Policing in Rural Scotland. Policing, 11(2), 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paw031
‘Soft’ policing focuses on the non-coercive elements of policing, typically community engagement, situated knowledge and negotiated order maintenance. Although soft policing a...

Scatters and clusters in time and space: implications for delivering integrated and inclusive transport.

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Hine, J. & Grieco, M. (2003)
Scatters and clusters in time and space: implications for delivering integrated and inclusive transport. Transport Policy. 10, 299-306(8). doi:10.1016/S0967-070X(03)00055-6. ISSN 0967-070X
This paper calls for a refinement in the literature on social exclusion/inclusion, and an alteration in the counterpart policy practices, in order to take account of 'scatter'...

The role of emotion, space and place in police custody in England: Towards a geography of police custody

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Wooff, A., & Skinns, L. (2017)
The role of emotion, space and place in police custody in England: Towards a geography of police custody. Punishment and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474517722176
Police custody is a complex environment, where police officers, detainees and other staff interact in a number of different emotional, spatial and transformative ways. Utilisi...

Preliminary findings on police custody delivery in the twenty-first century: Is it ‘good’ enough?

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Skinns, L., Wooff, A., & Sprawson, A. (2015)
Preliminary findings on police custody delivery in the twenty-first century: Is it ‘good’ enough?. Policing and Society, 27(4), 358-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2015.1058377
Since the 1980s, police custody in England and Wales has seen the civilianisation and privatisation of key roles formerly performed by police officers and changes to how polic...

Treading the front-line: Tartanisation and Police Academic Partnerships

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Martin, D., & Wooff, A. (2020)
Treading the front-line: Tartanisation and Police Academic Partnerships. Policing, 14(2), 325-336. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pay065
Recognized as an International Leader in the development of Police Academic Collaborations, the Scottish Institute of Police Research has had a key role in contributing to evi...

Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness.

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Mayock, P., Corr, M. & O'Sullivan, E. (2010)
Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness. Child and Family Social Work. 16, 391-401. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00753.x. ISSN 1356-7500
The families of homeless young people are most often portrayed as a precipitating factor in their homelessness. However, recent studies, particularly those taking a longitudin...

Young people exiting homelessness: an exploration of process, meaning and definition.

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Mayock, P., O'Sullivan, E. & Corr, M. (2010)
Young people exiting homelessness: an exploration of process, meaning and definition. Housing Studies. 26, 803-826. doi:10.1080/02673037.2011.593131. ISSN 0267-3037
In the past decade in particular, research attention has shifted from an almost exclusive focus on routes or pathways into homelessness towards the investigation of exits from...