Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice: Volume 7 Issue 2

Attitudes towards offenders with intellectual disability

Rachel Worthington, Sarah Rossetti

Public attitudes are considered influential in the successful reintegration of offenders into society after release, however research into attitudes towards offenders with…

Profiting from a tainted trade: private investigators’ views on the popular culture glamorisation of their trade

Michael King

The public fascination for private investigators has led to an abundance of imagery in popular culture media. This study aims to examine the views of practising private…

Operational policing and child abuse: examining the impact of feminism, exploring the application of intersectionality

Ineke Romeyn, Philip Birch

This paper aims to examine operational policing practice and child abuse. The paper acknowledges the influence second-wave feminism has had on police practice in terms of…

Grey corruption issues in the public sector

Tim Prenzler

This paper aims to identify key learnings around the concept of “grey corruption” by systematically reviewing the extant literature. The concept is addressed in terms of areas of…

Criminal thinking and gang affiliation: antecedents and consequences

Glenn D. Walters

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between gang affiliation and criminal thinking.

The sexual life of men with psychopathic traits

Georgia Zara, Henriette Bergstrøm, David P. Farrington

This paper aims to explore the sexuality of individuals with psychopathic traits. Sexuality is not only a physiological need but also a way by which people connect to others…

Therapeutic institutions of violence: conceptualising the biographical narratives of mental health service users/survivors accessing long term “treatment” in England

Stephen J. Macdonald

This paper aims to conceptualise the residential and psychiatric hospital as a space where criminality and social harms can emerge. Because of recent media scandals over the past…