Sunderland Repository records the research produced by the University of Sunderland including practice-based research and theses.
Wishart, Hannah/HW and Berryessa, Colleen, eds. (2026) Neuroscience in Criminal Justice Systems The Positive Impact of Neurojustice. Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure . Routledge. ISBN 9781032827599 (In Press)
Amy, Sixsmith and David, Sixsmith (2026) Achieving Cultural Normalisation of Mediation in Low Value Civil Justice: Lessons from British Columbia. In: The place of mediation within the modern civil justice system: Critical Perspectives. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 7-37. ISBN 978-1-0353-4135-1
Amy, Sixsmith and David, Sixsmith (2026) Enhanced Vulnerability Protecting Children from Family Conflict in the Shadow of the Law. International Handbook of Child Protection: Laws, Rights, Policies and Practices. (In Press)
Chappell, Keith (2026) Envisioning Recovery from Moral Injury in the Context of Church-related Abuse: Findings of the Evaluation and Impact Study of Jagged Edges. In: What have we learned? Research Intersections in Moral Injury., 20-22 Apr 2026, University of Durham. (Unpublished)
Connelly, Sarah (2026) Northumbria Local Appropriate Adult Scheme Annual Evaluation 2025. Project Report. University of Sunderland, Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Connelly, Sarah (2026) What meaning does the concept of vulnerability hold for professionals working with vulnerable adults in police custody? In: N8 PRP Policing Innovation Forum : Policing, People and Health, 16 Jun 2026, Newcastle University. (Unpublished)
Connelly, Sarah and Williams, Helen (2026) Supporting Trans and Non-binary Detainees in Custody in England and Wales: Vulnerability, Discretion and Policy Grey Areas. Project Report. Online, Sunderland.
Deacon, Lesley, Stamp, Dean, Caukwell, Mel, Phillips, Carrie, Cuthbertson, Alex, Thomason, Paige, Bikova, Zeta and Keyes, Suzie (2026) ‘Time to talk’: what partner professionals expect from social workers to enhance understanding of safeguarding referral thresholds in order to improve partnership working. European Social Work Research.
Diba, Parisa and Steckles-Young, Lauren (2026) The Harms of Beauty Sam Barnes, Bristol: Bristol University Press (2025) 160pp, £80hb, £27.99eb ISBN 978-1529235357. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. ISSN 2059-1101 (In Press)
Durey, Matthew, J. (2026) Tolerance and the social system. In: A Symposium on Tolerance, Uncomfortable Ideas Group, 11 Jun 2026, University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)
Finlay, Robin, Benwell, Matthew C. and Hopkins, Peter (2026) Domesticating the UK 's Hostile Environment: Forced Migrants' Lived Experiences of Making ‘Home'. The Geographical Journal, 192 (1): e70077. e70077. ISSN 1475-4959
Lonbay, Sarah, Southall, Carole and Aggar, Emma (2026) A Qualitative Systematic Review of the Experiences of Older People and Practitioners in Recognising and Responding to Domestic Abuse in the Older Population. Trauma, Violence and Abuse. ISSN 1524-8380
Pearson, Jeremy (2026) Achieving and Maintaining Workforce Integrity: Rebuilding Trust: Police Ethics and Integrity. In: Building an Outstanding Police Service: Understanding the Police Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Legitimacy (PEEL) Inspection Framework. IGI Global Scientific Publishing, London, UK. (In Press)
Phillips, Carrie and Burrows, Daniel (2026) ‘It’s not just the here and now, it’s the near future’: The role of social workers as a temporal bridge when supporting older people in hospital. British Journal of Social Work, 56 (2). pp. 589-608.
Ramsden, Meghan, Lee, Amanda and Lee, Matthew (2026) From Screens to Streets: The Blurred Boundaries Between Perpetrators and Victims of Gender-Based Violences. In: New Perspectives on Global Gender-Based Violence: Digital, Institutional and Inter-Personal Harms. Critical Criminological Perspectives . Springer Nature, pp. 71-87. ISBN 978-3-032-13210-9
Skinner, Tina, Bloomfield-Utting, Jade, Geoghegan-Fittall, Sophie, Roberts, Nicola, Smith, Olivia and Taylor, Helen (2026) A focus on ethics and researcher wellbeing. In: Research Handbook on Ethics in Social Research. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham. (In Press)
Steckles-Young, Lauren (2026) Thomas, G. M., Williams, O., Spratt, T., & Chandler, A. Recalibrating Stigma: Sociologies of Health and Illness. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 2025. 222pp £27.99 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-5292- 3852-1. Sociology of Health & Illness, 48 (6). ISSN 0141-9889
Steckles-Young, Lauren (2026) Trolling or 'Banter': How the normalisation of technology-facilitated violence can dehumanise the (un)deserving victim. In: New Perspectives on Global Gender-Based Violence Digital, Institutional and Inter-Personal Harms. Critical Criminological Perspectives . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. ISBN 978-3-032-13212-3
Steckles-Young, Lauren and Keighley, Rachel (2026) From Tolerance to Normalisation: Public Perceptions of Online Hate. In: British Society of Criminology Hate Crime and Victims Network Conference: Online Hate, Harm and Victimisation: Emerging challenges for research and practice, 04 June 2026, Northumbria University. (Unpublished)
Steckles-Young, Lauren and Keighley, Rachel (2026) From Tolerance to Normalisation: Public Perceptions of Online Hate. In: British Society of Criminology Annual Conference 2026, 07 - 10 Jul 2026, Nottingham Trent University. (Unpublished)
Wilcock, Angela (2026) The Impact of Stigma Following Migratory Marriage to the Uk: Challenges to the Racialisation of the Thai Bride. In: New Perspectives on Global Gender-Based Violence Digital, Institutional and Inter-Personal Harms. Critical Criminological Perspectives . Springer. ISBN 978-3-032-13212-3
Williams, Helen and Gambles, Ellen-Alyssa (2026) Powerful transformations: The experiences of Higher Education teaching staff who were first-generation university students. British Educational Research Journal. ISSN 1469-3518
Williams, Helen and Jobe, Alison (2026) Dismissing, Discrediting, and Discriminating: Criminal Justice Responses to Survivors of Sexual Violence. In: Handbook on Maltreatment and its Prevention in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Springer. (In Press)
Williams, Helen and Jobe, Alison (2026) Understanding Attrition in Sexual Offence Cases when the Victim has a Learning Disability and/or Autism. Police Practice and Research. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1477-271X
Williams, Helen, Jobe, Alison and Rabe, Janelle (2026) Co-Designing Inclusive Police Spaces. Project Report. Online, Sunderland and Durham.
Williams, Helen, Roberts, Nicola and Webster, William (2026) Institutionalised Gender-Based Harm: Transgender and non-binary students’ experiences of harm at university. In: New Perspectives on Global Gender-Based Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. ISBN 978-3-032-13210-9
Wishart, Hannah/HW and Arthur, Ray (2026) How Has Neuroscience Positively Contributed to English Youth Justice? In: Neuroscience in Criminal Justice Systems The Positive Impact of Neurojustice. Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure . Routledge. ISBN 9781032827599 (In Press)
Wishart, Hannah/HW and Williams, Helen (2026) Police Charging Decisions of Children and Diversion: Impact of Age and Immaturity on Decision-Making. In: Socio-lLegal Studies Association Annual Conference 2026, 30 Mar - 01 Apr 2026, University of Sussex. (Unpublished)