Jessica Jacobson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3659540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Jacobson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Jacobson |
| SIGNATURE | JACOBSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birkbeck, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8847-2763 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 180 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Relational legal consciousness and the mobilization of the law of the inquest in England and Wales
This article explores the legal consciousness of bereaved people in contact with the coronial system in England and Wales, drawing on an interview‐based empirical study. Informed by socio‐legal scholarship on relational dimensions of legal consciousness and citizens’ mobilization of the law, the article analyses the relationships within and through which bereaved people mobilize the law of the inquest in pursuit of change. Three key relational ap…
I just felt we were shadows’
The humanising imperative for effective participation
Procedural justice considerations have long justified both the instrumental and intrinsic value of effective participation among court users, where ideals of impartiality, dignity and fairness remain pre-eminent. However, recent developments in socio-legal research as well as legal policy and practice point to an inchoate normative reframing of the law beyond procedural justice grounds, based on what we call the humanising imperative for effectiv…
Missed Opportunities and New Risks
This paper discusses trends in criminal justice and penal policy over the past twenty‐five years. This period has been characterised as a time of penal populism, which originated in the failure of the 1991 Criminal Justice Act, and the competition between the main political parties to be ‘tough on crime’. However, this is not the only trend to be found in penal policy. There has continued to be a strong undertow of support for rehabilitation and …
A global comprehensive review of economic interventions to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV risk behaviours
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are co-occurring global epidemics, with similar root causes of gender and economic inequalities. Economic interventions have become a central approach to preventing IPV and HIV. OBJECTIVE/METHODS: We undertook a comprehensive scoping review of published evaluations of economic interventions that sought to prevent IPV and/or HIV risk behaviours. RESULTS: Forty-five separate analyses of interventi…
Imprisonment Worldwide
Providing a comprehensive account of prison populations worldwide, this new work links prison statistics from the last fifteen years with considerations of how prisons and prison populations are managed. It is a major contribution to the knowledge of those currently debating prisons and the use of imprisonment
Public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences
This article presents the findings of focus group research into public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences. The study was commissioned by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales to inform the development of their new guideline on drug offences. There were two main findings: first, participants’ responses were generally no more punitive than current sentencing practice for less serious offences; second, participants’ overriding conce…
Remanded in Custody
This article present statistics on remand in custody in England and Wales. Currently, these statistics are spread across a wide range of government statistical publications, making it challenging to determine trends. We demonstrate that decisions to remand in custody are not a major contribution to prison overcrowding. However, it is important from perspectives both of human rights and economy to keep trends under close review, and to search for …
When is a Nation not a Nation? The Case of Anglo-British Nationhood
This article examines the articulation of Anglo-British national identity in the tabloid Press, paying particular attention to how the emotions of shame, sorrow, defiance and nostalgia underlie much tabloid discourse of nationhood. These are depicted either as emotions aroused in the writer (and, by extension, the reader) by aspects of the Anglo-British nation; or as emotions which the nation itself (and, again, the reader) is experiencing. The e…
Perceptions of Britishness
The aim of this paper is to contribute to scholarly debate about the nature of national identity by exploring a set of empirical data relating to the complex case of Britishness. The paper considers, with reference to the findings of field‐work conducted within a Pakistani community in London, what can be learnt about Britishness from the attitudes of young British Pakistanis. It is apparent that for such young people British national identity do…
Questions of Cultural Identity
Religion and ethnicity
This article considers the interrelationship between religious and ethnic identities maintained by young British Pakistanis, and addresses the question of why religion is a more significant source of social identity for these young people than ethnicity. There are two basic manifestations of this greater significance of religion. First, it is manifest in the nature of the fundamental distinction made by many young British Pakistanis between relig…
Religion and ethnicity
This article considers the interrelationship between religious and ethnic identities maintained by young British Pakistanis, and addresses the question of why religion is a more significant source of social identity for these young people than ethnicity. There are two basic manifestations of this greater significance of religion. First, it is manifest in the nature of the fundamental distinction made by many young British Pakistanis between relig…
Perceptions of Britishness
The aim of this paper is to contribute to scholarly debate about the nature of national identity by exploring a set of empirical data relating to the complex case of Britishness. The paper considers, with reference to the findings of field‐work conducted within a Pakistani community in London, what can be learnt about Britishness from the attitudes of young British Pakistanis. It is apparent that for such young people British national identity do…
Questions of Cultural Identity
Public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences
This article presents the findings of focus group research into public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences. The study was commissioned by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales to inform the development of their new guideline on drug offences. There were two main findings: first, participants’ responses were generally no more punitive than current sentencing practice for less serious offences; second, participants’ overriding conce…
When is a Nation not a Nation? The Case of Anglo-British Nationhood
This article examines the articulation of Anglo-British national identity in the tabloid Press, paying particular attention to how the emotions of shame, sorrow, defiance and nostalgia underlie much tabloid discourse of nationhood. These are depicted either as emotions aroused in the writer (and, by extension, the reader) by aspects of the Anglo-British nation; or as emotions which the nation itself (and, again, the reader) is experiencing. The e…
Perceptions of Britishness
The aim of this paper is to contribute to scholarly debate about the nature of national identity by exploring a set of empirical data relating to the complex case of Britishness. The paper considers, with reference to the findings of field‐work conducted within a Pakistani community in London, what can be learnt about Britishness from the attitudes of young British Pakistanis. It is apparent that for such young people British national identity do…
Questions of Cultural Identity
Religion and ethnicity
This article considers the interrelationship between religious and ethnic identities maintained by young British Pakistanis, and addresses the question of why religion is a more significant source of social identity for these young people than ethnicity. There are two basic manifestations of this greater significance of religion. First, it is manifest in the nature of the fundamental distinction made by many young British Pakistanis between relig…
When is a Nation not a Nation? The Case of Anglo-British Nationhood
This article examines the articulation of Anglo-British national identity in the tabloid Press, paying particular attention to how the emotions of shame, sorrow, defiance and nostalgia underlie much tabloid discourse of nationhood. These are depicted either as emotions aroused in the writer (and, by extension, the reader) by aspects of the Anglo-British nation; or as emotions which the nation itself (and, again, the reader) is experiencing. The e…
Remanded in Custody
This article present statistics on remand in custody in England and Wales. Currently, these statistics are spread across a wide range of government statistical publications, making it challenging to determine trends. We demonstrate that decisions to remand in custody are not a major contribution to prison overcrowding. However, it is important from perspectives both of human rights and economy to keep trends under close review, and to search for …
Public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences
This article presents the findings of focus group research into public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences. The study was commissioned by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales to inform the development of their new guideline on drug offences. There were two main findings: first, participants’ responses were generally no more punitive than current sentencing practice for less serious offences; second, participants’ overriding conce…
Imprisonment Worldwide
Providing a comprehensive account of prison populations worldwide, this new work links prison statistics from the last fifteen years with considerations of how prisons and prison populations are managed. It is a major contribution to the knowledge of those currently debating prisons and the use of imprisonment
A global comprehensive review of economic interventions to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV risk behaviours
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are co-occurring global epidemics, with similar root causes of gender and economic inequalities. Economic interventions have become a central approach to preventing IPV and HIV. OBJECTIVE/METHODS: We undertook a comprehensive scoping review of published evaluations of economic interventions that sought to prevent IPV and/or HIV risk behaviours. RESULTS: Forty-five separate analyses of interventi…
Missed Opportunities and New Risks
This paper discusses trends in criminal justice and penal policy over the past twenty‐five years. This period has been characterised as a time of penal populism, which originated in the failure of the 1991 Criminal Justice Act, and the competition between the main political parties to be ‘tough on crime’. However, this is not the only trend to be found in penal policy. There has continued to be a strong undertow of support for rehabilitation and …
The humanising imperative for effective participation
Procedural justice considerations have long justified both the instrumental and intrinsic value of effective participation among court users, where ideals of impartiality, dignity and fairness remain pre-eminent. However, recent developments in socio-legal research as well as legal policy and practice point to an inchoate normative reframing of the law beyond procedural justice grounds, based on what we call the humanising imperative for effectiv…
Relational legal consciousness and the mobilization of the law of the inquest in England and Wales
This article explores the legal consciousness of bereaved people in contact with the coronial system in England and Wales, drawing on an interview‐based empirical study. Informed by socio‐legal scholarship on relational dimensions of legal consciousness and citizens’ mobilization of the law, the article analyses the relationships within and through which bereaved people mobilize the law of the inquest in pursuit of change. Three key relational ap…
I just felt we were shadows’
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Identity (music (3 works)