Anna Tarrant's revealing research explores the dynamics of men's caring responsibilities in
low-income families' lives. The book draws on pioneering multigenerational research to …

This book critically examines socio-political constructions of risk related to sexual offending
behaviour by and among children and young people and charts the rise of harmful sexual or …

This paper critically explores how contemporary practices of commercialised self-mediation
by “celebrity mothers” increasingly normalise a strongly commodified and consumption …

This book provides a focused discussion of how families are governed through
technologies. It shows how states attempt to influence, shape and govern families as both …

Research linking social and penal policy has grown extensively in recent years. Wacquant
(2009) suggests that retrenchment of welfare support and expansion of the penal system …

Urban societies are experiencing intensified social frictions which have manifested in a
growing occurrence of riots. Urban riots are often treated as ephemeral outbursts which …

This book explores the relationship between sexuality and politics in Britain's recent political
past, in the decade preceding the Covid-19 pandemic, and asks what sexual meanings and …

This article explores the experiences of families within the Troubled Families Programme in
responding to professional concerns about the condition and maintenance of the family …

This doctoral thesis examines the dual penal and welfare aims or 'arms' of the 'state',
foregrounding the often-neglected experiences of marginalised women who are caught …

ABSTRACT The 2018 Windrush Scandal prompted widespread condemnation of the British
government's treatment of older Caribbean migrants. Yet broader questions pertaining to the …