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Invited paper: Legitimacy of fire use: investigating the Contunuum of Fire Use Theory (CoFUT)
This study aims to investigate the CoFUT and to elucidate the process of conceptualising legitimacy in a sample of legitimate fire users. A sample of 16 legitimate fire users underwent semi-structured interviews regarding their own experiences with fire, the factors considered when determining the legitimacy of fire use and the relationships between those factors. The data extracted was subjected to conceptual analysis. Analysis indicated that the legitimacy of fire use is best conceptualised along a continuum. Placement on the continuum required consideration of seven defining attributes: function; location; sca...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - October 19, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Jade Danielle Hope Faye Kathryn Horsley Source Type: research

Process evaluation of an educational programme for preventing recidivism by adult firesetters
This study asked participants of a structured fire education programme for adults how they experienced it and its impact on their feelings about firesetting. Participants were 15 programme completers, including ten males and five females. All were adults that had attended the programme during their sentence, either in the community or whilst in custody. Using an inductive thematic analysis this study interpreted the following themes: a supportive and responsive approach, impactful learning materials and methods, a new way of thinking, and picking up the pieces. This study proposes that the intervention may activa...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - October 19, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Dominic Pearson Maria Merrick Amie Dent Shane Blampied Source Type: research

A systematic review exploring the role of gender in staffs experience of working with sexual offenders
Abbie Woodhouse, Sarah Craven-Staines Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Although literature surrounding sexual criminality is growing; with recent research, this paper aims to focus more upon burnout and emotional impact in therapists who study with sex offenders, little is known about possible gender differences in their experiences. The study presents a systematic review that aims to provide an impartial critical examination of relevant existing literature, with the main aim of exploring the role of gender (both the sta...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - October 12, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Abbie Woodhouse Sarah Craven-Staines Source Type: research

Experiences of the Hungarian criminal jurisdiction concerning the illicit trafficking of cultural properties
This study presents the characteristics of the criminal procedures and the difficulties of both the detection and the evidentiary process to provide educational material for training. The author would like to raise awareness about the problem and draw attention to the need for unified legal practice. (Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice)
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - September 13, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Gabriella K ármán Source Type: research

Social stressors, personality and coping behaviors associated with male inmate violence
Durmus Alper Camlibel, Salih Hakan Can Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study was to expand available knowledge on predictors of male inmate violence by examining a large set of variables offered by the importation, deprivation and threat appraisal and coping theories. A total of 465 male inmates from five medium-security prisons in Wisconsin completed surveys to report demographics, violence, personality, social stressors and healthy coping behaviors to help manage risk by identifying key factors. ...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - August 23, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Durmus Alper Camlibel Salih Hakan Can Source Type: research

Its scouse soldier ’s lad init! An examination of modern Urban street gangs on Merseyside
Its scouse soldier’s lad init! An examination of modern Urban street gangs on Merseyside Robert Francis Hesketh Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to discuss the emergence of the contemporary Urban Street Gang (USG) on Merseyside. In terms of gang scholarship in the UK, Merseyside has been greatly neglected despite regular reports in national mainstream media that suggest Merseyside USGs represent some of the most criminally active and violent members in the UK. A specific methodology has been omitted beca...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - August 16, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Robert Francis Hesketh Source Type: research

Substance use, mental health, chronic medical conditions and criminal justice contact in a nationally representative sample
This study was designed to assess the relationships between various chronic medical conditions, substance use severity, mental health indicators and criminal justice contact using the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Analyses were conducted in three stages to comprehensively examine the relationships between various indicators of physical health, mental health, substance use severity and criminal justice contact. Results demonstrate indicators of substance use severity surpass physical and mental health conditions as stronger determinants of any criminal justice contact, as well as repeated interactions wi...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - August 9, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Albert Kopak Source Type: research

Substance related offending behaviour programme (SROBP): exploring male prisoner ’s experiences of treatment and application of learning
This study aims to develop an idiographical understanding of those processes. Six prisoners who had completed the SROBP were interviewed via a semi-structured schedule to collate their individual experiences of engaging in treatment. Interviews transcripts were analysed by the lead researcher using interpretative phenomenological analysis, and external auditing analysis was conducted by the research supervisors. Three superordinate themes resulted: “Therapeutic processes and relationships,” “Therapeutic outcomes” and “Threats to post treatment recovery.” Participants identified factors which facilitat...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - August 9, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Patricia Howie Darren Johnson Angela Taylor Source Type: research

A qualitative exploration of young people and prison officers ’ experiences of empathy within a young offenders’ institution
This study aims to explore the ways in which young people and prison staff (Prison Officers) within a youth custodial establishment experience empathy. Previous research tends to view empathy as a stable trait and one which people can develop through individual-centred therapy. There has been little consideration of the impact of relationship factors and context in relation to empathy experience and expression. The current study aims to address this by exploring the role of the custodial context in shaping empathy, including the potential impact of relationships, environmental factors and culture. A qualitative approa...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - August 9, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Emily Anne Tarrant Alison Torn Source Type: research

Drug sentencing in Brazil: factors influencing sentencing outcomes in the criminal courts of Recife/PE
Lais Meneses Brasileiro Dourado, Benedikt Fischer Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to examine sentencing decisions for drug-trafficking offences in the criminal courts of the city of Recife to address a gap in quantitative research on drug sentencing and incarceration in Brazil. Using original data obtained from the Court of Justice for Pernambuco, the research used multivariate regression analysis to investigate the effect of case processing, offender, and offence characteristics on sentence length. ...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - July 14, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Lais Meneses Brasileiro Dourado Benedikt Fischer Source Type: research

Social stressors, personality andcoping behaviors associated withmale inmate violence
Durmus Alper Camlibel, Salih Hakan Can Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this study was to expand available knowledge on predictors of male inmate violence by examining a large set of variables offered by the importation, deprivation and threat appraisal and coping theories. A total of 465 male inmates from five medium-security prisons in Wisconsin completed surveys to report demographics, violence, personality, social stressors and healthy coping behaviors to help manage risk by identifying key factors. ...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - July 6, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Durmus Alper Camlibel Salih Hakan Can Source Type: research

A multidisciplinary response to sexual assault: the case review process for previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits
Heather C. Melton Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Sexual assault continues to be a major criminal problem. Sexual assault kits (SAK) are one way to preserve evidence to use to pursue justice in sexual assault cases. In recent years, it has become clear that very often these SAKs are never sent to the crime lab to be processed. In an effort to deal with these unsubmitted kits and to research their impact, the Bureau of Justice Assistance funded various grants, known as the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) nationwide to cr...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - June 26, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Heather C. Melton Source Type: research

How a halfway house became a road toward freedom: a case study of the Kalatapae community
This study aims to examine, and present a unique, alternate experience of the Kalatapae halfway house, which is located in a less privileged community in the southern part of Thailand. The study uses mixed methods by using a qualitative methodology through conducting in-depth interviews with 16 halfway house residents and the house’s manager, and a focus group with government officials and adopting a quantitative methodology through conducting public surveys with the local residents in Kalatapae and its 6 other surrounding communities to inquire about their support for the halfway house and its residents. The s...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - June 14, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Srisombat Chokprajakchat Wanaporn Techagaisiyavanit Tongyai Iyavarakul Source Type: research

Opportunity knocks? Parking regulations and automotive thefts in the age of coronavirus
George Hasnah Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to explore the relationship between adjustments in parking regulations in major American cities in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus and vehicle thefts. Vehicle theft data from the 25 most populous American cities were collected between 2019 and 2020. Information was also collected on the type, severity and number of changes to parking enforcement regulations made in March and April 2020 in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the USA. Thi...
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - May 28, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: George Hasnah Source Type: research

Guest editorial
Matt Tonkin, Amy Burrell Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp.1-3 (Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice)
Source: Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice - March 19, 2021 Category: Criminology Authors: Matt Tonkin Amy Burrell Source Type: research