De Montfort University Open Research Archive DORA: Recent submissions
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Engagement event SUI with Sexual Violence Domestic Violence Services
(Other)This inter-disciplinary project’s aim was to build research capacity collaboratively with service providers in Sexual Violence Domestic Violence (SVDV) services in Leicestershire at a networking event. This event builds ... -
Children and Pets: The Hidden Victims of Domestic Violence & Abuse (DVA): Where Action & Activism merge!
(Image)Children and Pets: The Hidden Victims of Domestic Violence & Abuse (DVA): Where Action & Activism merge! Researchers such as Harne (2011) and Radford et al (2011) have long championed the area of Children’s rights in ... -
Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA), Companion Animals and Independent Agency: Why as criminologists we need to start a conversation beyond speciesism and towards an intersectional approach.
(Conference)Government strategies (such as VAWG) and the Domestic Abuse Consultation (2019) have begun to recognise the importance of supporting and developing strategies to address other ‘invisible’ and ‘vulnerable’ victims/survivors ... -
Empowering children and young people affected by domestic abuse through involvement in service provision
(Conference)In the past decade, there has been an increase in evidence showing the extent to which children and young people in the UK are affected by domestic abuse. It is now known that around 130,000 children and young people live ... -
Realigning the domestic violence planet; bringing speciesism into focus – Starting a conversation on a new intersectionality and victimhood
(Presentation)The Domestic Abuse Bill (2019) and various Government Strategies ( e.g. VAWG) has seen an uptick in recognition of the importance of ‘hidden’ victims/survivors of DVA as distinct topics for empirical study and practical ... -
Recycling of plastics for low cost construction
(Book chapter)The impact of waste plastics has been a key part of the environmental discourse in recent years and prominent environmentalists/sustainable development scholars have called for urgent action. This article discusses some ... -
School Cultures and Trans and Gender Diverse Children: Parents' Perspectives
(Article)In the United Kingdom, trans and gender-diverse children are increasingly visible within the school system. We examined data obtained from 23 parents who are supportive of their trans and gender-diverse children. We draw ... -
Honour beliefs and identity among British South Asian gay men
(Book chapter)Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities in the United Kingdom have made significant strides in gaining equality over the last fifty years. Homophobia appears to be decreasing in British society. Many ... -
Prison Nurses’ Professional Identity
(Article)Recruitment and retention to the specialist field of Health and Justice Nursing, specifically prison nursing, is problematic in the UK. This article considers the background to the current situation in prison nursing and ... -
The effects of a combined aerobic and resistance exercise programme on insulin resistance among prediabetes subjects
(Article)Aim: Insulin resistance is a common health disorder that contributes to developed overt diabetes among prediabetes subjects. The aim of the study is to examine the effects of a combined programme of aerobic and resistance ... -
An exploration of how British South Asian male survivors of childhood sexual abuse make sense of their experiences
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Despite the existence of long settled South Asian communities in Britain, there is a dearth of research on child sexual abuse. Moreover, most of the existing literature considers the experiences of women. This study aims ... -
Small and medium enterprises and the effectiveness of technology business incubators in Saudi Arabia
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Multiple studies have examined incubators in developed countries. However, as the literature review illustrates, there is a dearth of research concerning Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) in developing countries. This ... -
Algorithms to Detect and Rectify Multiplicative and Ordinal Inconsistencies of Fuzzy Preference Relations
(Article)Consistency, multiplicative and ordinal, of fuzzy preference relations (FPRs) is investigated. The geometric consistency index (GCI) approximated thresholds are extended to measure the degree of consistency for an FPR. For ... -
Online Communities and Entrepreneuring Mothers
(Conference)Although entrepreneurship is well recognised as a gendered phenomenon which is embedded within the family domain, less is known about the interplay of individual, communal and social influences on women’s entrepreneurship ...