In this article we analyse the significance of silence in qualitative interviews with 36
individuals interviewed about high-risk, illegal activities. We describe how silence expresses …

This book is open access and available on www. bloomsburycollections. com. It is funded by
the University of Sussex, UK. How can we know about children's everyday lives in a digitally …

This article explores the experiences of young people leaving state care during COVID-19.
Twenty-one young people, predominantly from Wales, engaged in semi-structured …

I was approached to write this book by a representative of SAGE shortly after I had given a
presentation at a conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) on a …

Young people's lives continue to be the topic of public scrutiny and recurring 'moral panics'.
Smoking cannabis, speeding, and engaging in street-level fights are depicted as activities …

Adverse childhood experiences are strongly associated with the development of mental
health disorders during the life span. When mental health issues are not effectively dealt …

The article explores the role of belonging in the narratives of young people leaving out-of-
home care, drawing theoretically on a relational framework in which belonging is formed …

Background There is increasing awareness of the need to analyse symptoms of mental ill-
health among early school leavers. Dropping out of compulsory education limits access to …

In this article I reflect on research relationships in a qualitative longitudinal (QL) project from
a relational perspective, understanding agency as interdependent and evolving. My …

The realities young people often face on leaving care may mean that transitions they
experience involve potential “journeys of exclusion”(Atwool, 2016). The young people, those …