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Transitions out of crime: intentions, changes and obstacles on the road towards desistance
(2020-01-25)Desistance from crime is not just the cessation of criminal activity itself, but a process of acquiring roles, identities, and virtues; of developing new social ties, and of inhabiting new spaces. Such a framing of desistance ... -
Targeting Domestic Abuse by Mining Police Records
(2020-02-29)This dissertation presents findings from analyses of three large datasets of domestic abuse records sourced from multiple police forces in England and Wales. It seeks to address research questions in relation to the extent ... -
The problematic dual objective of Psychopathic Personality Disorder: A study of in-school rule-breaking behaviour
(2019-10-26)Objective This thesis aims to challenge the way in which Psychopathic Personality Disorder is defined and understood. There is a major emphasis on PPD’s ability to predict (and some argue explain) criminal behaviour, which ... -
Forensic Psychologists: Vulnerable Adjuncts of Penal Power
This thesis explores the experiences of forensic psychologists who are employed within the contemporary prisons of England and Wales. It is concerned with their occupational morality and perspectives, their experiences of ...
