Health and wellbeing
Anne-Marie Greenslade, contributor to 'Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking', examines the government’s continued attempt to paint migrants as exploitative and not genuine victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. …Read more
Tina Sikka, editor of 'Genetic Science and New Digital Technologies', discusses the effect that health technology such as full-body MRI scans is having on our understanding of what constitutes good health. …Read more
Clive Sealey, author of 'Applying Social Policy to Criminal Justice Practice', shows how criminal justice practice must move away from a narrow emphasis on crime and criminality, to a wider focus that attends to the social policy needs of individuals, groups and communities.…Read more
David C. Lane and Kristen M. Budd, co-editors of 'Beyond Bars', consider what has led to the dire state of mass incarceration in the US. …Read more
The authors of a recent Policy & Politics article examine the politics of the pandemic and suggest that making policy decisions based only on scientific evidence is impossible, as ‘the science’ is always contested and, therefore, represents an abdication of responsibility by politicians. …Read more
Brian Gac, Hanna D. Yakubi and Dorie E. Apollonio examine opioid overdoses in the US which have led to over one million deaths and highlight how the pharmaceutical industry often overstates the benefits while understating the risks.…Read more
Sunit Bagree explains how inclusive urbanisation is all very well, but only if accessibility is affordable for the urban poor, and their human rights are considered. …Read more
Robin Sen and Christian Kerr respond to the BBC's 'Teens In Care' documentary and discuss how it didn't cover society and the government's role in letting down young people in the care system.…Read more
Ceryl Teleri Davies, author of 'Understanding Abuse in Young People’s Intimate Relationships', welcomes the shift in focus to the harmful impact of gendered social norms on the prevalence of abusive behaviour. …Read more
Wulf Livingston, Jo Redcliffe and Abyd Quinn Aziz, editors of 'Social Work in Wales', outline the key findings from their new book on how social work in Wales differs from its English counterpart. …Read more