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Justice, law and human rights

A pair of old shoes
by Traute Meyer and Paul Bridgen  |  1st July 2022

Based on their Journal of Poverty and Social Justice article, Traute Meyer and Paul Bridgen look at the effects of the post-Brexit immigration system on the household incomes of migrant workers.…Read more

People working on sewing machines

This World Refugee Day, Evan Easton-Calabria reveals how, in a quest to foster self-reliance among refugee communities, states and agencies are neglecting to notice that refugees are struggling to survive. …Read more

Person wearing a hoodie at a train station

Based on 'Boys, Childhood Domestic Abuse, and Gang Involvement' by Jade Levell, this policy briefing covers key messages and policy recommendations including a dramatic rethink on the ways in which children are supported both during and after an abusive adult perpetrating DVA is present in their lives. …Read more

School lockers painted in the colours of the rainbow
by Madelaine Adelman and Eliza Byard  |  8th June 2022

Madelaine Adelman and Eliza Byard, contributors to the Global Agenda for Social Justice, show why stakeholders of all ages and at all levels must address the social problem of anti-LGBTQ+ bias in school communities.…Read more

by Jon Burnett Ida Nafstad and Lisa White  |  31st May 2022

Lisa White, Jon Burnett and Ida Nafstad relaunch 'Justice, Power and Resistance' with a special issue critically engaging with pandemics, policing and protest. …Read more

Shadows of people walking down the hill at sunset.
by Sarah Hupp Williamson  |  26th May 2022

Sarah Hupp Williamson, author of 'Human Trafficking in the Era of Global Migration', outlines some of the difficulties of assuming that conditions that drive human trafficking are the same everywhere, and that the same solutions can be applied internationally.…Read more

Vietnam pride
by Yên Mai  |  19th May 2022

Yên Mai looks at the role of emotions in Vietnamese LGBTQ activism.…Read more

Peeling painting of angels on a wall
by Aaron Pycroft  |  20th April 2022

Aaron Pycroft, co-author of 'Redemptive Criminology', re-examines the theological, philosophical and criminological basis for punishment, arguing that it prevents genuine transformation by perpetuating the myth of rehabilitation.…Read more

Purple and red paint merging.
by Kaveri Qureshi and Zubaida Metlo  |  14th April 2022

Kaveri Qureshi and Zubaida Metlo look at how the views and actions of close family members, as well as webs of culture and belief, can shape people’s reasoning through the separation/divorce process.…Read more

Woman with eyes crossed out
by Caroline Gorden and Christopher Birkbeck  |  8th April 2022

In this episode, authors Caroline Gorden and Christopher Birkbeck speak with Jess Miles about the social construction of guilt and innocence, people's morbid fascination with violent crime and why a single explanation of a trial verdict is always likely to be insufficient.…Read more