Sunderland Repository records the research produced by the University of Sunderland including practice-based research and theses.
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Aggar, Emma and Deacon, Lesley (2025) What does pastoral supervision look like for Incumbents in the Diocese of Newcastle? Project Report. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Alhassan, Yahaya, Nwagbara, Uzoechi and Bellamy, Lawrence (2025) The Impact of FinTech Integration on the Accessibility and Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions. In: Microfinance, Financial Innovation, and Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Economics. IGI Global, pp. 183-212. ISBN 9798369366226
Connelly, Sarah and Naisby, Lauren (2025) Northumbria Local Appropriate Adult Scheme (NLAAS) - Evaluation 2024. Other. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Davidson, Keeley and Wilcock, Angela (2025) A Critical Analysis of What Works for the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Sexual and Violent Offenders: A Review of Practitioners’ Approaches. (De) Constructing Criminology An International Perspective. (Submitted)
Deacon, Lesley, Colley, Louise, Bell, Natalie, Robson, Andrew, Yoxall, Anna, Salked, Lindsey, Mortimer, Lucy, Aspray, Kate, Rankin, Colette and Rodwell, Chantahl (2025) “It’s about adapting to the person not the label”: Exploring social care practitioners’ understanding of neurodiversity. Project Report. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Doyle, Lauren (2025) Exploring the Boundary Between Harm and Criminalization of Behaviours in the Digital World. In: Mental Health, Crime and Justice. Critical Criminological Perspectives . Palgrave MacMillan Cham, Netherlands, pp. 261-283. ISBN 978-3-031-83389-2
Doyle, Lauren (2025) The Rise of the Victorian Asylum. In: Routledge Handbook of Disability, Crime and Justice. Routledge International Handbooks . Routledge, London. ISBN 9781032391731 (In Press)
Howard, Helen and Wishart, Hannah/HW (2025) Seen and Not Heard’: In Defence of Children, Neuroscience and Effective Participation at Trial. In: International Perspectives of Neuroscience in the Youth Justice Courtroom. Routlegde. ISBN 9781032571133 (In Press)
Huizinga, Rik P., Hopkins, Peter, Benwell, Matthew C., De Backer, Mattias, Finlay, Robin, Hörschelmann, Kathrin, Kirndörfer, Elisabeth and Van Liempt, Ilse (2025) Ethical and Methodological Considerations in Research with Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Youth in European Cities. Social Sciences, 14 (4). pp. 1-19. ISSN 2076-0760
Hussey, Rose (2025) Support Available to People With Learning Disabilities Who Experience Sexual Violence - A Systematic Review. In: St Mary's 22nd Annual Conference, 29-30 Apr 2025, Manchester. (Unpublished)
Jackson, Jessica, Deacon, Lesley, King, Tess and Tony-Obot, Ola (2025) Ethical Considerations in Health and Social Care Research. In: Research in Health and Social Care. Routledge. ISBN 9781916925304
Jobe, Alison and Williams, Helen (2025) Criminal justice responses to victim- survivors of sexual violence with learning disabilities: Findings from a local study in North East England. Journal of Gender Based Violence. ISSN 2398-6808 (In Press)
Jobe, Alison and Williams, Helen (2025) Towards inclusive criminal justice responses to victims of sexual violence. Findings from participatory research. In: Nordic Network on Disability Research Conference, 07-09 May 2025, Helsinki, Finland.
Jobe, Alison and Williams, Helen (2025) Towards inclusive responses to victims of sexual violence. Presenting findings from a participatory theatre project. In: European Conference of Social Work, 12-14 Mar 2025, Munich. (Unpublished)
Jobe, Alison and Williams, Helen (2025) Us Too: Alisha’s Story. In: Saint Mary’s SARC Annual Conference 2025, 29-30 Apr 2025, Manchester. (Unpublished)
Kirk, Tracy, Brown, Aaron and Wishart, Hannah/HW (2025) COVID-19, Children's Rights and the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility. Child and Family Law Quarterly. ISSN 1742-6618 (In Press)
Lee, Amanda (2025) Enhancing Cultural Competence in Health Education Through Patient, Carer and Public Involvement. In: National Staff Network Day Conference, 14th May 2025, University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Lonbay, Sarah (2025) Experiences of (un)safety in later life: Insights from research with older people. In: International Conference: Integrated systems of long-term care@ IX-th edition., 6-7 May, 2025, Iasi, Romania.
Lonbay, Sarah and Cavener, John (2025) Enhancing 'Best Practice' in Trauma-Informed Police Education: Insights from a study exploring police educators' and student officers' classroom-based experiences. Police Journal: Theory, Practice, and Principles. ISSN 0032-258X
McCarthy, Andrea and Deacon, Lesley (2025) ‘I feel so much better after I’ve had supervision’: Social workers’ experience of supervision in statutory social work in England. In: 14TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH, 12-14 Mar 2025, Munich, Germany. (Unpublished)
Nazmi, S, Behmanesh, F, Nikbakht, HA, Mehrabi, M, Fili, R, Omrani, Atefeh and Hamzehpour, R (2025) Gamification for pubertal and menstrual health education in adolescent girls: Study protocol. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 14 (1). ISSN 2277-9531
Phillips, Carrie, Burrows, Daniel and Deacon, Lesley (2025) Ageism and age-positive attitudes in health and social care: Examples from a study on hospital social work. European Journal of Social Work. ISSN 1369-1457 (In Press)
Roberts, Nicola (2025) Protecting students from sexual violence. In: The Safeguarding Students in Higher Education Conference 2025, Government Events, 04 Feb 2025, Online. (Unpublished)
Roberts, Nicola, Doyle, Lauren and Roberts, Mark (2025) Deconstructing dangerous discourse: an analysis of personal safety advice to students on UK universities’ websites. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 9 (1). pp. 58-75. ISSN 2398-6808
Sixsmith, Amy and Blakey, Rachael (2025) Family Mediation and Domestic Abuse: Lessons from Australia. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. ISSN 0964-9069 (In Press)
Williams, Helen (2025) Victims with Learning Disabilities and/or Neurodivergence. In: Intersectionality of Sexual Violence: Impact on Marginalised Groups, 06 Feb 2025, Nottingham Trent University. (Unpublished)
Williams, Helen and Jobe, Alison (2025) Testimonial Injustice? Police decision-making in sexual offences where the victim/survivor has learning disabilities and/or neurodiversity. In: 17th NNDR Conference: Disability in Local and Global Contexts, 07-09 May 2025, University of Helsinki. (Unpublished)
Wishart, Hannah/HW (2025) Children, Neuroscience and Effective Participation at trial. In: Invited Speaker, Criminal Law Workshop, 29 Jan 2025, Centre for Rights and Justice, Nottingham Trent University. (Submitted)
Wishart, Hannah/HW (2025) International Perspectives of Neuroscience in the Youth Justice Courtroom. Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure . Routledge. ISBN 9781032571133 (In Press)
Wishart, Hannah/HW (2025) Searching for Justice: New Reform – Sentencing of Children//Young People Convicted of Murder. In: Justice Denied: Exploring Inequities in the Legal System. Routledge. ISBN 9781032803791 (In Press)
Wishart, Hannah/HW and Arthur, Ray (2025) Children’s Rights and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child: Relevancy of Neuroscience in UK Youth Justice. In: International Perspectives of Neuroscience in the Youth Justice Courtroom. Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure . Routledge. ISBN 9781032571133 (In Press)
Wishart, Hannah/HW, Arthur, Ray and Butts, Thomas (2025) Outlining the relationship between the English Youth Justice System and the Developmental Neurobiology of the Human Brain. In: International Perspectives of Neuroscience in the Youth Justice Courtroom. Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure . Routledge. ISBN 9781032571133 (In Press)