Race, ethnicity and gender

Work conducted under this theme includes studies of the treatment of women in criminal justice and specialist provision for women offenders; research into sex work and its relationship to drug misuse; evaluations of responses to domestic abuse; and assessments of the extent of differential treatment of, and outcomes for, black and minority ethnic groups within the criminal justice system.

Publications

Farren, D. and Hough, Mike (2018) Teenagers’ perceptions of legitimacy and preparedness to break the law: the impact of migrant and ethnic minority status. In: Roche, S. and Hough, Mike(eds.) Minority Youth and Social Integration: The ISRD-3 Study in Europe and the US. New York, U.S.: Springer. ISBN 9783319894614.

Radcliffe, Polly and Hunter, Gillian (2016) ‘It was a safe place for me to be’: accounts of attending women’s community services and moving beyond the offender identity. British Journal of Criminology 56 (5), pp. 976-994.

Jacobson, Jessica, Phillips, C. and Edgar, K. (2010) "Double trouble"? Black, Asian and minority ethnic offenders’ experiences of resettlement. Project Report. Clinks and Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica (2002) When is a nation not a nation? The case of Anglo-British nationhood. Geopolitics 7 (2), pp. 173-192.

Jacobson, Jessica (1997) Islam in transition: religion and identity among British Pakistani youth. London, UK: Routledge.

Jacobson, Jessica (1997) Religion and ethnicity: dual and alternative sources of identity among young British Pakistanis. Ethnic and Racial Studies 20 (2), pp. 238-256.