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Anarchism and abolitionism in restorative justice: from promises to subjugated discourses

Presentation / Conference
Maglione, G. (2016, March)
Anarchism and abolitionism in restorative justice: from promises to subjugated discourses. Paper presented at European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control British/Irish section Conference, Dundee
Over the past 40 years, restorative justice (RJ) has slowly emerged as one of the most promising novelties within western contemporary penality, a relentlessly growing field o...

Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain

Book
Sharapov, K. (2016)
Productive Ignorance: Assessing Public Understanding of Human Trafficking in Ukraine, Hungary and Great Britain. In P. Rigby, & M. Malloch (Eds.), Human Trafficking: The Complexities of Exploitation, 17-40. Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474401128.003.0002
Focusing on three national case studies this chapter explores the comparative empirical data on public knowledge and understanding of human trafficking, examining the link bet...

Risk, resistance and the neoliberal agenda: young people, health and well-being in the UK, Canada and Australia

Journal Article
Brown, S., Shoveller, J., Chabot, C., & LaMontagne, A. D. (2013)
Risk, resistance and the neoliberal agenda: young people, health and well-being in the UK, Canada and Australia. Health, Risk and Society, 15, 333-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2013.796346
In this article we describe how concepts of risk are both generated by and used to reinforce a neoliberal agenda in relation to the health and well-being of young people. We e...

Good practice towards homeless drug users: research evidence from Scotland.

Journal Article
Neale, J., & Kennedy, C. (2002)
Good practice towards homeless drug users: research evidence from Scotland. Health and Social Care in the Community, 10, 196-205. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2524.2002.00357.x
Evidence of large numbers of people who are both homeless and drug dependent, the complexity of their needs, and the many difficulties which they can encounter when trying to ...

The links between begging and rough sleeping: a question of legitimacy?

Journal Article
question of legitimacy?. Housing Studies, 16, 549-568. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673030120080053

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question of legitimacy?. Housing Studies, 16, 549-568. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673030120080053
Begging is one of the most potent, and controversial, symbols of social exclusion in modern British society. This paper concentrates on the relationship between begging and ro...

Exploring potentialities of (Health)care in Glasgow and beyond: Negotiations of social security among Czech-and Slovak-speaking migrants.

Journal Article
Guma, T. (2018)
Exploring potentialities of (Health)care in Glasgow and beyond: Negotiations of social security among Czech-and Slovak-speaking migrants. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, 7(1), 73-90. https://doi.org/10.17467/ceemr.2018.02
This paper draws on an anthropological perspective on social security to explore the complex ways in which Czech-and Slovak-speaking migrants living in Glasgow negotiated thei...

Are risk factors for drug use and offending similar during the teenage years?

Journal Article
Aston, E. V. (2015)
Are risk factors for drug use and offending similar during the teenage years?. International Journal of Drug Policy, 26(4), 396-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.11.002
Background This paper explores whether at different stages of the developmental cycle of adolescence, drug use and offending are associated with a similar set of risk factors ...

Sensational interests are not a simple predictor of adolescent offending: Evidence from a large normal British sample

Journal Article
Charles, K. E., & Egan, V. (2009)
Sensational interests are not a simple predictor of adolescent offending: Evidence from a large normal British sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(4), 235-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.005
Anecdote and samples from extreme populations suggest military interests and ‘esoteric’ or Gothic interests (collectively referred to as sensational interests) are a predictor...

Begging, rough sleeping and social exclusion: Implications for social policy.

Journal Article
Kennedy, C., & Fitzpatrick, S. (2001)
Begging, rough sleeping and social exclusion: Implications for social policy. Urban Studies, 38, 2001-2016. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980120080907
Begging has become highly visible in the urban centres of Britain in recent years, yet the experiences and motivations of people involved in this activity have remained underr...

Turning citizens into immigrants: state practices of welfare ‘cancellations’ and document retention among EU nationals living in Glasgow

Journal Article
Guma, T. (2018)
Turning citizens into immigrants: state practices of welfare ‘cancellations’ and document retention among EU nationals living in Glasgow. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(13), 2647-2663. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2018.1535313
This article examines the everyday experiences of welfare provision among EU migrants living in Glasgow, demonstrating how the process of restricting the rights of EU citizens...