Provision of peer support at the intersection of homelessness and problem substance use services: a systematic ‘state of the art’ review
Journal Article
Miler, J. A., Carver, H., Foster, R., & Parkes, T. (2020)
Provision of peer support at the intersection of homelessness and problem substance use services: a systematic ‘state of the art’ review. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 641. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8407-4
Background
Peer support refers to a process whereby individuals with lived experience of a particular phenomenon provide support to others by explicitly drawing on their perso...
Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J., Cimini, N., Post, J., & Corry, J. (2020)
Trade unions and career services: Potential partners for promoting social justice at work. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 44(1), 5-12. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4401
This paper argues that trade unions represent natural allies for career services, as they have shared interests in addressing issues of social justice at work. This potentiall...
The Paradox Of Scottish Life Imprisonment
Journal Article
Van Zyl Smit, D., & Morrison, K. (2020)
The Paradox Of Scottish Life Imprisonment. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 28(1), 76-102. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718174-02801004
More people are serving life sentences in Scotland as a proportion of the national population than in any other country in Europe. Yet Scotland claims to adopt a welfarist rat...
Midlife Creativity and Identity: Life into Art
Journal Article
Maclean, G. (2019)
Midlife Creativity and Identity: Life into Art. Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change, 4(2),
Review of the book "Midlife Creativity and Identity: Life into Art" by Philip Miles.
Spaces and Places of Friendship. Thinking about Geo-spatiality in Practices of Friendship
Presentation / Conference
Kulpa, R. (2019, September)
Spaces and Places of Friendship. Thinking about Geo-spatiality in Practices of Friendship. Paper presented at European Geographies of Sexualities Conference, Prague, CZ
Presentation titled: "Spaces and Places of Friendship. Thinking about Geo-spatiality in Practices of Friendship". To: 5th European Geographies of Sexualities Conference. Pragu...
Public Understanding of Trafficking in Human Beings in Great Britain, Hungary and Ukraine
Journal Article
Sharapov, K. (2019)
Public Understanding of Trafficking in Human Beings in Great Britain, Hungary and Ukraine. Anti-trafficking review, 13, 30-49. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201219133
This article provides a summary of research undertaken to investigate public awareness and understanding of human trafficking in Great Britain, Ukraine, and Hungary. Respondin...
Scottish Institute for Policing Research: Annual Report for 2018/19
Report
Aston, E., & Boyle, M. (2019)
Scottish Institute for Policing Research: Annual Report for 2018/19. Edinburgh: Scottish Institute for Policing Research
Engaging young working class men in the delivery of sex and relationships education
Journal Article
Brown, S., & McQueen, F. (2020)
Engaging young working class men in the delivery of sex and relationships education. Sex Education, 20(2), 186-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2019.1636780
Despite a substantial body of research on young people’s wishes about the content and delivery of sex and relationships education (SRE), studies still indicate dissatisfaction...
Experiences of families using prison visitors’ centres
Book Chapter
Foster, R. (2019)
Experiences of families using prison visitors’ centres. In M. Hutton, & D. Moran (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family (251-272). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12744-2_13
Prison visitors’ centres are unique spaces, typically distinct from the prisons they are connected to; they are the areas where families wait prior to entering the prison wher...
The Impact of Non-customers with High Influencer Value in Social Networks
Presentation / Conference
Azer, J., & Ranaweera, C. (2019, June)
The Impact of Non-customers with High Influencer Value in Social Networks. Paper presented at QUIS16, The 16th International Research Symposium on Advancing Service Research and Practice!, Karlstad, Sweden
This paper provides new insights about customer influencer value in social networks. Thereby, identifying customers with high degrees of influence, not only by their network s...