Research writing
In addition to the regular School of Law and Social Justice blog, academics from the Department of Sociology, Social Policy, and Criminology will sometimes discuss in more detail a topic that relates to an area of their research expertise. Links and references are provided for further reading.
Punishing rape
On 3rd October 2021, then UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. It was just a few days after Wayne Couzens, a serving Metropolitan police officer, had been given a whole life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard.
Suicide and political crisis
What do young people think about protest-related suicided in Hong Kong?
Inside the English Education Lab
For over 20 years, reform in the English education system has been dramatic. The introduction of the academies programme has seen a complete restructuring of the way schools in England are run and governed.
What is the meaning of old age?
As a small child spending my holidays in the company of an 80-year-old grandmother, this was my version of the question: ‘What is the meaning of life?’
Climate crisis: Extinction Rebellion radio
Runaway global heating threatens most life on earth. If you think this is an over-statement, check the last few reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and consider that humanity is increasing its fossil fuel consumption, not decreasing it.
Haunting tales: Exploring the ghosts of Australia's prisons
The air shimmers as I walk up a winding drive, shaded by red gums. As my 23-year-old self crosses the threshold, I shiver. Rows of heads gleam hunched over dusty tomes. Everyone here is researching the dead.
Hags and short-lived queens: Can we overcome generational antagonisms between women?
Earlier this year, Victoria Smith’s polemic, Hags: the demonisation of middle-aged women, came out to considerable and well-deserved acclaim.
The Ageing of Simone de Beauvoir
For most of her life, Simone de Beauvoir feared and loathed the idea of ageing so much that she could see no good in it at all.
The end of the pilot stage: The long and winding road to drug checking in the UK
Saturday 27th January 2024 is a red-letter day for drug checking and for harm reduction more generally in the UK.
The importance of individual stories in understanding health and social care: A personal viewpoint
The ‘story’ is an important instrument in qualitative research about long term conditions.
Changing expressions of filial piety and forms of intergenerational solidarity in neoliberal India
There are mixed views about care homes for older people (commonly referred to as ‘old age homes’) in India.
'Size matters': High strength ecstasy pills are back, so harm reduction communications need to adapt
The Loop’s dedicated multidisciplinary team of chemists, health professionals, researchers and media officers returns to the fields this summer, delivering harm reduction services onsite at UK music festivals and issuing alerts and community information posts where useful, to enhance the safety of revellers up and down the country.
Daughters as later-life caregivers: A cultural shift in later-life care in India
Later-life care in India is mostly the responsibility of adult sons and their spouses. Although legally daughters are also obligated to look after their older parents, nonetheless, culturally the expectation is from the son and his spouse.