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Community Sentence Treatment Requirement Cambridgeshire Report July 2020 – June 2025
No full textThis report presents analysis from the Community Sentence Treatment Requirement Cambridgeshire Evaluation, completed by the Institute for Public Safety, Crime and Justice. Data were provided from Cambridgeshire relating to the period of July 2020– June 2025 with data being provided for 681 cases. It must be noted that the files submitted include live cases and as such would not yet have progressed beyond initial assessment
Grief and Sorrow in the Roman World:Republic to Empire
No full textEngaging with the long history of emotions, this book provides a new narrative of how grief was defined, experienced and used in Ancient Rome. From studies of tears and weeping, to Roman funerary monuments and inscriptions, the role of female grief in navigating political conflict, and letters of consolation, Grief and Sorrow in the Roman World explores the language of grief and individuality of sorrow in Rome, and asks how and why they shaped their emotions in this way.Revisiting familiar sources such as Livy and Plutarch it offers new interpretations to place the Roman emotional framework against our own. Can we recognise our own notions of grief in the Ancient World? Do we feel pain in the same way as our Roman ancestors did? Exploring these questions and more, Anthony Smart challenges existing perceptions of grief and sorrow in the Roman world and places emotions at the centre of this rich culture
The Experience of Allotment Gardening for Individuals from Low-Income Areas: A Multimodal Ethnographic Study
No full textDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, people accessed nature for a sense of support from the isolation of lockdown restrictions in the UK. For many this involved accessing local greenspace and private gardens to benefit mental wellbeing. However, for those within low-income areas nature was accessed to a lesser extent due to a lack of public and private greenspace within these areas. One type of nature-based activity which has been found to benefit individuals from low-income areas is allotment gardening. Within these areas allotments have been found to be sites of positive community change, benefitting wellbeing through allowing for escape, social cohesion with likeminded people and empowerment. As allotments are grounded within the community, they often allow for residents to access nature whilst not leading to the gentrification of the local area. Therefore, allotment gardening may provide a solution to the problem of greening low-income areas without causing the displacement of residents. This thesis explores the experience of allotment gardening for individuals living within low-income areas of Nottingham. Using a combination of ethnography, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) and Experiential Reflexive Thematic Analysis (ERTA) alongside photo elicitation, surveys and field notes, this thesis provides a rich account of the experiences of two groups of participants who use the allotment site; new tenants from low-income areas of Nottingham and members of staff and volunteers who work on the site. The analysis of data revealed the following themes. In chapter six, “It’s always going to be something which I associate myself with”: Connection to Self, “It’s not just your allotment”: Connection with Others and “I find the allotment a safe place”: A Space of Sanctuary were identified. In chapter seven, “Commonness amongst all the other people”: Connection with Allotment Culture, “This one’s mine”: Empowerment through Ownership and “you just lose yourself”: Tuning into Nature were highlighted. Finally, chapter eight outlined the themes “It attaches to so many families”: Community Cohesion, “A real sense of freedom”: A Place for Personal Growth and “There’s no hard energies”: A Refuge for Mental Health. The findings demonstrate the importance of allotment gardening within low-income areas for individual identity, social cohesion, empowerment and mental health. The research also highlights the efficacy of combining ethnography with IPA and ERTA to provide a rich and rounded approach to exploring individual experience. Finally, this thesis has implications for government and local councils by highlighting the importance of allotments for tacking the issue of greening low-income areas
Called to teach? The contribution of positive psychology constructs in the retention of secondary school teachers in England
No full textDespite low wellbeing and high attrition in the sector, many teachers remain in the profession so there is value in understanding factors that predict retention. The purpose of this research is to measure a range of implicit belief variables and contextual factors predicting Wellbeing, Resilience, and Intention to Quit, in secondary schoolteachers in England.A sample of 279 secondary schoolteachers completed an online survey measuring contextual factors (such as type of role and school, length of service, weekly hours worked) and the implicit belief variables of Hope, Self-efficacy, Optimism, Mindset, Job crafting, Resilience, Wellbeing, and Intention to Quit teaching.Results showed that length of service and positions of responsibility were associated with higher scores on the implicit belief variables, Resilience, and Wellbeing, and with lower Intention to Quit teaching. Self-efficacy and Optimism were significant predictors of Resilience. Hope and Optimism contributed significantly to Wellbeing. Work-Orientation-Calling and Optimism predicted to Intention to Quit.Findings suggest that Work Orientation-Calling should be developed in teachers as this was the strongest predictor of lower Intention to Quit. Interventions to improve Optimism, and Resilience and Wellbeing are also recommended to improve retention and teachers’ experience in the workplace. <br/
Whither Fascism?:Fascist Studies in the Digital Age Editorial Essay
No full textIn this editorial essay, the authors suggest that scholars of fascism can profitably pay greater attention to internet activism, digital subcultures, and online content. We explore this issue by calling for what we have termed ‘Fascism Studies 2.0’—a digital turn in the field of comparative fascist studies. The first section briefly delineates the importance of the internet in promoting contemporary forms of fascism and far-right activism, before turning to online gaming cultures and their connections with the far right—including the ‘gamification’ of terrorism—as a case study. The necessity of analysing online contexts through the lens of fascism studies is then further established through a detailed exploration of the militant accelerationist culture, a movement that has developed in recent times, and which is deeply imbued with fascist qualities. This aspect of fascism 2.0 is also powerfully emotive, and the discussion here also reflects on the need for fascism studies to engage effectively with the affective/emotional turn in the humanities and social sciences
Editorial Introduction
No full textFascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies begins a new year with a new publisher, as well as changes to its editorial team. After thirteen successful volumes of the journal published under Brill, we are moving to Central European University Press, an imprint of Amsterdam University Press, in order to continue publishing as a diamond open-access journal with the support of ComFas, the International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies, and the niod Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the Netherlands. Marjo Bakker continues as the journal’s Managing Editor, and Bethan Johnson remains our Book Reviews Editor, while Paul Jackson and Helen Roche are the journal’s new joint Editors in Chief
Parks, public health, and the politics of urban greenspace: visualising the 'lungs of the community' in Northampton, UK
No full textWithin this visual essay, we share some personal, poetic, political and artistic reflections on why parks matter for public health. Insights are mostly drawn from a qualitative research project that sought to understand the everyday significance of urban greenspaces to people and communities. Through images, illustrations, storytelling and critical commentary, we explore what were considered the ‘lungs of the community’ to many of the park visitors we interviewed in Northampton, UK. Whilst our focus could be considered geographically specific, we situate our discussion against a broader context of neoliberal policies and practices that are dominant across many Western capitalist societies. Such a political landscape has contributed to funding for public goods, such as parks, to suffer deep and enduring cuts. This leads us to argue for the international importance of protecting and publicly funding parks, as these key community spaces appear to be vital for people’s health, well-being and flourishing. To that end, we conclude by calling for policymakers to reclassify parks as statutory services, thus binding states to a legal responsibility to provide them to communities. Throughout, we also make comment on the merits of visual-based scholarship for knowledge generation in urban health studies broadly, and greenspaces research particularly
Assessing the Views of Special Constables in England and Wales
No full textThis report presents the views of Special Constables in England and Wales collected in an online survey in the Spring of 2025. It explores their experiences of recruitment, training and their role as well as their views towards how the Special Constabulary can develop in the future
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