Research outputs
2025
Investigating deaths of people with autistic spectrum disorder in health and social care in England and Wales
Norris, D., Baker, D., & Richards, G. C. (2025). Investigating deaths of people with autistic spectrum disorder in health and social care in England and Wales. The Journal of Adult Protection, 27(1), 40-52. doi:10.1108/jap-08-2024-0046
2024
Counting and Accounting for Mental Health Related Deaths in England and Wales
Baker, D., Fidalgo, M., & Harrison-Brant, L. (2023). Counting and Accounting for Mental Health Related Deaths in England and Wales. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. doi:10.5204/ijcjsd.2989
2023
Organisational learning, or organised irresponsibility? Risk, opacity and lesson learning about mental health related deaths
Baker, D., Norris, D., Newman, L., & Cherneva, V. (2023). Organisational learning, or organised irresponsibility? Risk, opacity and lesson learning about mental health related deaths. HEALTH RISK & SOCIETY. doi:10.1080/13698575.2023.2201292
2022
Accountability in the aftermath of police related deaths in the US and England and Wales: processes and outcomes
Baker, D. (2022). Accountability in the aftermath of police related deaths in the US and England and Wales: processes and outcomes. POLICING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICE STRATEGIES & MANAGEMENT, 45(4), 556-569. doi:10.1108/PIJPSM-08-2021-0115
2021
Policing societies with firearms
Baker, D., & Norris, D. (2021). Policing societies with firearms. In Firearms (pp. 209-221). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429316951-12
Disenfranchised Grief and Families' Experiences of Death After Police Contact in the United States
Baker, D., Norris, D., & Cherneva, V. (2019). Disenfranchised Grief and Families' Experiences of Death After Police Contact in the United States. Omega, 18 pages. doi:10.1177/0030222819846420
Families’ Experiences of Deaths After Police Contact in the United States: Perceptions of Justice and Injustice
Baker, D., & Norris, D. (2020). Families’ Experiences of Deaths After Police Contact in the United States: Perceptions of Justice and Injustice. International Criminal Justice Review. doi:10.1177/1057567720918928
Daughters of Immigrants
Jeffers, A., & Bryan, C. (Eds.) (2023). Daughters of Immigrants. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. doi:10.5040/9781978728530
2020
Mental health issues and deaths after police contact in the United States and England.’
Baker, D., & Claire, P. (2020). Mental health issues and deaths after police contact in the United States and England.’. In K. Moss, J. McDaniel, & K. Pease (Eds.), Policing and Mental Health: Theory, Policy and Practice.. Abingdon: Routledge.
‘It’s not OK to shoot and kill Americans’: families’ perceptions of police use of lethal force in the United States
Baker, D., & Fidalgo, M. (2020). ‘It’s not OK to shoot and kill Americans’: families’ perceptions of police use of lethal force in the United States. Journal of Crime and Justice. doi:10.1080/0735648x.2020.1717583
“If you call 911 they’re going to kill me”: Mental health and deaths after police contact in the United States
Baker, D. A., & Pillinger, C. (2019). “If you call 911 they’re going to kill me”: Mental health and deaths after police contact in the United States. Policing and Society: an international journal of research and policy. doi:10.1080/10439463.2019.1581193
‘These people are vulnerable, they aren’t criminals’: Mental health, the use of force and deaths after police contact in England
Baker, D., & Pillinger, C. (2020). ‘These people are vulnerable, they aren’t criminals’: Mental health, the use of force and deaths after police contact in England. The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 93(1), 65-81. doi:10.1177/0032258x19839275
2019
‘Five years after Ferguson, has anything changed?’
Baker, D. A. (2019). ‘Five years after Ferguson, has anything changed?’. [Online magazine]. Retrieved from https://www.newstatesman.com/
Using narrative to construct accountability in cases of death after police contact
Baker, D. (2019). Using narrative to construct accountability in cases of death after police contact. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 52(1), 60-75. doi:10.1177/0004865818767227
2018
Making Sense of ‘Excited Delirium’ in Cases of Death after Police Contact
Baker, D. (2018). Making Sense of ‘Excited Delirium’ in Cases of Death after Police Contact. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 12(4), 361-371. doi:10.1093/police/pax028
2017
Deaths After Police Contact Constructing Accountability in the 21st Century
Baker, D. (2017). Deaths After Police Contact Constructing Accountability in the 21st Century. Palgrave McMillan. Retrieved from https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781349954780#otherversion=9781137589675
2016
Deaths after police contact in England and Wales: the effects of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights on coronial practice
Baker, D. (2016). Deaths after police contact in England and Wales: the effects of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights on coronial practice. International Journal of Law in Context, 12(2), 162-177. doi:10.1017/s1744552316000033
Researching deaths after police contact: challenges and solutions
Baker, D. (2016). Researching deaths after police contact: challenges and solutions. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, 2(1), 15-27. doi:10.1108/jcrpp-08-2015-0036