Harriet Smailes

Datos Biográficos

ID4427140
NOMBREHarriet Smailes
NOMBRESHarriet
APELLIDOSmailes
FIRMASMAILES H
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Leicester
ORCID0000-0003-0430-7053
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAS0
OBRAS COMO AUTOR7
OBRAS COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Building the Statistical Evidence Base for Crime Linkage Decision-Support Tools with Sexual Offences

    Open AccessMatthew J Tonkin, Jan Lemeire et al.ARTICLEJournal of Quantitative Criminology2026

  • Perceptions of help-seeking for sexual violence and harassment by minoritised UK higher education students

    Kate Butterby, Catherine Donovan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gender-Based Violence2026

    Sexual violence affecting university students is a significant problem worldwide. Though recent legislation introduced into UK universities aims to tackle the problem, it remains to be seen how effective this will be. Furthermore, within much existing research and legislation, the voices of minoritised students in relation to the issue are absent. This research utilised qualitative focus groups and interviews with 38 minoritised students from two…

  • The Health Needs of Sex Workers and the Factors that Enable or Hinder Their Access to Services

    Open AccessRumandeep Tiwana, Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2026Referencias: 4

    Background ‘Sex work’ encompasses various services, including online and direct selling of sex, both indoors and outdoors. While legal in the United Kingdom, certain activities (e.g., soliciting) are prohibited. Globally, sex workers encounter multiple challenges, with legal frameworks and societal attitudes affecting their health and safety. Despite this, literature on sex workers’ health needs is limited and tends to focus on sexual health and …

  • Sex workers’ experiences of criminal justice in the United Kingdom

    Open AccessTeela Sanders, Jane Scoular et al.ARTICLECriminology & Criminal Justice2025Referencias: 12

    While there is no attempt here to connect commercial sex with violence intrinsically, types of harms and violence are often experienced by those working in the sex industry. Yet, sex workers often have negative perceptions and experiences of the criminal justice systems that should exist to help protect and deliver justice to all victims/survivors. The following analyses come from a mixed-methods, cross-national study exploring sexual violations …

  • Sexual violence in higher education

    Open AccessClare Gunby, Laura Machin et al.ARTICLEGender and Education2025Referencias: 3

  • The Scope, Range and Use of Voluntary Sector Specialist Sexual Violence Services in England

    Open AccessCaroline Bradbury-Jones, Sarah Damery et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2025Referencias: 1

    Sexual violence is a global problem with significant individual and societal health and social costs. Services that support victim‐survivors of sexual violence across a range of sectors are crucial. This study investigated the scope, range, funding and commissioning of voluntary sector specialist (VSS) sexual violence services in England and victim‐survivors’ experiences of using such services. The specialist voluntary sector plays a pivotal role…

  • Working the Edge

    Open AccessClare Gunby, Louise Isham et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2024Referencias: 5

    The specialist voluntary sector plays a crucial role in supporting survivors of sexual violence. However, in England, short-term funding underpins the sector's financial stability. This article examines sector leaders' ways of coping, resisting and being affected by funding practices. Using the concept of edgework, we show how funding and commissioning dynamics push individuals to the edge of service sustainability, job satisfaction, and emotiona…