Browsing by Author "Westwood, Sue"

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    Child Sex Offender Review (CSOR) public disclosure pilots: a process evaluation.
    (Home Office, 2010) Kemshall, Hazel, 1958-; Wood, Jason, 1978-; Westwood, Sue; Stout, Brian; Wilkinson, Bernadette; Kelly, Gill; Mackenzie, Gill
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    Circles of Support and accountability (CoSA): A case file review of two pilots
    (Ministry of Justice, 2014) Kemshall, Hazel, 1958-; McCartan, K.; Westwood, Sue; McKenzie, G.; Solle, J.; Pollard, A.
    This research summary provides a description of Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA), a community-based initiative that aims to prevent further offending and sexual abuse by sexual offenders.
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    Good practice in eliciting disclosures from sex offenders.
    (Taylor and Francis, 2011) Westwood, Sue; Wood, Jason, 1978-; Kemshall, Hazel, 1958-
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    Investigating disclosures made by sexual offenders: preliminary study for the evaluation of mandatory polygraph testing.
    (Ministry of Justice, 2010) Wood, Jason, 1978-; Kemshall, Hazel, 1958-; Westwood, Sue; Fenton, A.; Logue, C.
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    Older LGBT+ Health Inequalities in the United Kingdom: Setting a Research Agenda
    (BMJ, 2020-02-21) Westwood, Sue; Willis, Paul; Fish, Julie; Hafford-Letchfield, Trish; Semlyen, Joanna; King, Andrew; Beach, Brian; Almack, Kathryn; Kneale, Dylan; Toze, Michael; Becares, Lara
    Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans+a (LGBT+) people report poorer health than the general population and worse experiences of healthcare particularly cancer, palliative/end-of-life, dementia and mental health provision. This is attributable to: a) social inequalities, including ‘minority stress’; b) associated health-risk behaviours (e.g. smoking, excessive drug/alcohol use, obesity); c) loneliness and isolation, affecting physical/mental health and mortality; d) anticipated/experienced discrimination and e) inadequate understandings of needs among healthcare providers. Older LGBT+ people are particularly affected, due to the effects of both cumulative disadvantage and ageing. There is a need for greater and more robust research data to support growing international and national government initiatives aimed at addressing these health inequalities. We identify seven key research strategies: 1) Production of large datasets; 2) Comparative data collection; 3) Addressing diversity and intersectionality among LGBT+ older people; 4) Investigation of healthcare services’ capacity to deliver LGBT+ affirmative healthcare and associated education and training needs; 5) Identification of effective health promotion and/or treatment interventions for older LGBT+ people, and sub-groups within this umbrella category; 6) Development an (older) LGBT+ health equity model; 7) Utilisation of social justice concepts to ensure meaningful, change-orientated data production which will inform and support government policy, health promotion and healthcare interventions.
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    Serious Offending by Mobile European Criminals: Comparative field work report.
    (European Union and confederation of European Probation, 2015) Kemshall, Hazel, 1958-; Hilder, Sarah; Kelly, Gill; Wilkinson, Bernadette; Westwood, Sue
    A number of tragic examples have exposed weaknesses within the European Union (EU) where a serious violent or sexual offender has travelled to one Member State from another without any public safety organisation within the receiving Member State being made aware of the harm they may pose.1 Often only once a further criminal act has occurred have checks been made, revealing antecedents and an indication of the previously known concerns. Serious violent or sexual offenders are therefore able to integrate into communities across the EU free from any management, supervision or surveillance, which may lead to an increase in the risk to public safety. Whilst significant strides have been made in EU community law enforcement cooperation to address issues of organised crime, human trafficking, child exploitation, terrorism and football hooliganism, the “common interest” of protecting EU citizens from the single transient serious violent or sexual offender has not been so apparent.
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    Youth work: preparation for practice.
    (Routledge, 2015) Wood, Jason, 1978-; Westwood, Sue; Thomspon, Gill