This project involved a number of colleagues from the School of Social and Political Sciences. It drew on case studies of three major pieces of legislation (the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, the Academies Act 2010, and the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 to do consider the use of evidence in the scrutiny process and…Continue Reading Legislative scrutiny: the use of evidence; measuring success and failure
Year: 2019
100 years of gambling machines : from the Liberty Bell to the Fixed Odds Betting Terminal
Fixed Odds Betting Terminals, a form of high stakes gambling machine, have been very much in the news in 2018. Parliament has been persuaded that such machines, dubbed as the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ need tighter regulation. The debate about gambling machines is, however, not new. Coin operated machines have existed for over 2000 years,…Continue Reading 100 years of gambling machines : from the Liberty Bell to the Fixed Odds Betting Terminal
Research Showcase: Striking Women
Dr Sundari Anitha talks about her ground-breaking research into south Asian woman and the Grunwick and Gate Gourmet industrial disputes of the 1970’s and 80’s….Continue Reading Research Showcase: Striking Women
Dr Ross Bartels Publishes New Paper on Mousetracking Sexual Interests
Congratulations to Dr Ross Bartels who, with his colleagues, has published a 3-study paper in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour, entitled ‘Tracking Mouse Trajectories Related to Decisions About Sexual Interest’. Bartels, R. M., Lister, V. P., Imhoff, R., & Banse, R. (2019). Tracking mouse trajectories related to decisions about sexual interest. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Advanced online…Continue Reading Dr Ross Bartels Publishes New Paper on Mousetracking Sexual Interests
Working With Victims of Crime
Professor Mathew Hall talks about his work with victims of crime …Continue Reading Working With Victims of Crime
Parliament and Social Policy
From the mid-2000’s, Hugh Bochel and Andrew Defty have undertaken interviews with MPs and Peers to explore their attitudes to social policy issues (such as the role of the state in providing welfare, how welfare provision should be financed, and more specific issues such as the NHS and the social security…Continue Reading Parliament and Social Policy
Planning for the future: Exploring the experiences of older carers of adult children with a learning disability
There are a significant number of adults with a learning disability who live with and are cared for by their parents. There is a pressing need for interventions to support older parent carers with their role and to plan for a time when they can no longer continue caring. This article reports on the…Continue Reading Planning for the future: Exploring the experiences of older carers of adult children with a learning disability
We propose a method for analyzing repeated residential movements based on graphical loglinear models. This method allows an explicit representation of residential presence and absence patterns from several areas without defining mobility measures. We make use of our method to analyze data from one of the most comprehensive demographic surveillance sites in Africa that is…Continue Reading
Louise Canacott (DClinPsy Trainee) and Dr Nima Moghaddam Publish New Article
Louise Canacott – a DClinPsy trainee- and Dr Nima Moghaddam have had a new article published: Canacott, L., Moghaddam, N., & Tickle, A. (2019). Is the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) efficacious for improving personal and clinical recovery outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/prj0000368 The meta-analyses revealed that, relative…Continue Reading Louise Canacott (DClinPsy Trainee) and Dr Nima Moghaddam Publish New Article