Ian Butler
Biographic Data
| ID | 4485332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Butler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Butler |
| SIGNATURE | BUTLER I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bath |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Use of Micro‐ CT Analysis of the Second Metacarpal to Assess Cortical Bone Loss in Archeological Human Skeletal Remains
A Case of Neglect? (1996)
Children and the sociology of childhood unbroken voices children, young people and qualitative methods Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all? Involuntary childlessness and identity I don't eat peas anyway! Classroom stories and the social construction of childhood growing up respectable Safe? Involving children in protection whose life is it anyway? accounting for child prostitution how do young Asian and white people view th…
Parental Experiences of Supporting Children with Clinically Significant Post-Traumatic Distress
The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of parents in providing support to their child following trauma exposure in cases where children are experiencing clinically significant levels of post-traumatic distress. Qualitative interviews were conducted with parents whose child was exposed to a trauma and referred for psychological treatment. Parents reported considerable anxiety in coping with their child's post-traumatic distress. …
This is Abuse… Or is it? Domestic abuse perpetrators’ responses to anti-domestic violence publicity
Social marketing has become a key component of policy initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of domestic abuse. However, its efficacy remains debated, with most measures of effectiveness being somewhat crude. More subtle effects of social marketing, such as the boomerang effect whereby the message engenders the opposite effect to that intended, have been detected, suggesting a need for modes of analysis sensitive to the multiple ways in whic…
New families, new governance and old habits
In December 2011, the UK Government formally launched its ‘troubled families’ initiative. This is a focused programme of interventions, coordinated at local level and paid for by results. It has been described by the Prime Minister as a part of the ‘social recovery’ that has to be set alongside the economic recovery that is his government's priority. It is illustrative of a decisive shift in the nature of the welfare state as it reflects the neo-…
Young teenagers' experiences of domestic abuse
This article reports on the first findings from the Boys to Men Research Project. In total, 1143 pupils aged 13–14 years completed a questionnaire to assess their experiences of domestic abuse as victims, witnesses and perpetrators. Overall, 45% of pupils who had been in a dating relationship reported having been victimised, 25% having perpetrated it, with the only difference in rates of victimisation and perpetration between boys and girls being…
Social Work on Trial
The public inquiry that followed the death of Maria Colwell had profound implications for the developing profession and practice of social work in the UK. This book describes the politics, professional concerns and public interest - both local and national - that surrounded the inquiry and its aftermath, and shows how the concerns of this landmark child abuse case have still failed to find a satisfactory resolution today. Social work, then and no…
Reefer madness
Booing or cheering? Ambiguity in the construction of victimhood in the case of Maria Colwell
This paper presents a microanalysis of the media representation of victimhood in key public narratives. It builds on Peelo's account of the `mediated witness' as part of the struggle for control of the crime agenda. To extend Peelo's analysis to other areas of public policy making, the paper uses the example of an iconic welfare `scandal' (the Maria Colwell case) and focuses particularly on the role of victims themselves in the struggle to own an…
Everyday Tragedies
Scandals do not simply take place, they have to be created. This article investigates the failure of scandal‐generation in contemporary British youth justice, despite the ample raw material, and the conspicuous efforts of authoritative figures to do so. It suggests a series of reasons why scandal has not taken place. The article also argues that such an outcome is not inevitable. It cites a recent example in the field of child care as a deliberat…
Scandal, social policy and social welfare2nd, Rev. Ed
Scandal, social policy and social welfare
This book, by examining the landmark scandals of the post-war period, including more recent ones, such as the Victoria Climbie Inquiry, reveals how scandals are generated, to what purposes they are used and whose interests they are made to serve.
Trusting in Social Work
Two successive terms of a New Labour government have required social work practice in the UK to occupy a particular public policy context that is, at best, indifferent and, at worst, hostile to some of the professional interests and traditional constituencies of social workers. In this paper, the immediate past editors of the Journal reflect on how social work has sought to adapt and survive under these conditions, as revealed in the papers publi…
Scandal, social policy, and social welfare
Social Work With Children and Families
‘The Corruption of Care’
The newspaper story which broke with the Times letter quoted at the end of chapter 2 contained many of the ingredients from which scandals are constructed. One of the signatories, Barbara Robb, was a claims-maker of the first rank. Founder of AEGIS (Aid for Elderly in Government Institutions), Mrs Robb was the mobilising spirit behind the attention which was now drawn to conditions in some of Britain’s oldest and least-well-resourced institutions…
Social policy, social welfare and scandal
Social Policy, Social Welfare and Scandal
Children's involvement in their parents' divorce
The paper reports findings from a research study that explored children's experience of divorce. It shows that children experience parental divorce as a crisis in their lives but that they are able to mobilise internal and external resources to regain a new point of balance. In doing so, children demonstrate the degree to which they are active and competent participants in the process of family dissolution. The implications of the data are then c…
A Code of Ethics for Social Work and Social Care Research
This Critical Commentary is the final product of the Economic and Social Research Council sponsored seminar series, Theorising Social Work Research to appear in the BJSW. The special edition of the British Journal of Social Work published in August 2000 carried several key papers arising from the seminar series as well as reports of some of the events themselves. The responsibility for drafting the Code of Ethics for Social Work and Social Care R…
Understanding Young People and Prostitution
The practice and research literature on young people and prostitution reflects a number of methodological challenges. This paper offers a focused review of the literature in the context of those challenges and attempts to draw conclusions that are strong enough to provide a reflective and strategic approach to service planning and implementation. Definitional issues are discussed, particularly in relation to estimates of prevalence. The robustnes…
The Health of Children Looked after by the Local Authority
Ian Butler and Heather Payne present findings from a local study of the form and practice of statutory medical examinations for children looked after by the local authority. They report that only a quarter of children attend such medical examinations and that the quality of these medical contacts is questionable. The paper discusses these findings in the context of what is known generally about the health of children in public care and makes sugg…
Silence in Court? Language Interpreters in the Courts of England and Wales
This article reports findings from a national study of interpreting practice in the courts of England and Wales. It begins with an account of the legislative and regulatory framework that governs interpreting practice in England and Wales before exploring some conceptual issues concerning the role of the interpreter in a court setting. Selected findings from the study are reported and the paper concludes with a disussion of the wider policy and p…
The Health of Children Looked after by the Local Authority
Ian Butler and Heather Payne present findings from a local study of the form and practice of statutory medical examinations for children looked after by the local authority. They report that only a quarter of children attend such medical examinations and that the quality of these medical contacts is questionable. The paper discusses these findings in the context of what is known generally about the health of children in public care and makes sugg…
A Code of Ethics for Social Work and Social Care Research
This Critical Commentary is the final product of the Economic and Social Research Council sponsored seminar series, Theorising Social Work Research to appear in the BJSW. The special edition of the British Journal of Social Work published in August 2000 carried several key papers arising from the seminar series as well as reports of some of the events themselves. The responsibility for drafting the Code of Ethics for Social Work and Social Care R…
New families, new governance and old habits
In December 2011, the UK Government formally launched its ‘troubled families’ initiative. This is a focused programme of interventions, coordinated at local level and paid for by results. It has been described by the Prime Minister as a part of the ‘social recovery’ that has to be set alongside the economic recovery that is his government's priority. It is illustrative of a decisive shift in the nature of the welfare state as it reflects the neo-…
Young teenagers' experiences of domestic abuse
This article reports on the first findings from the Boys to Men Research Project. In total, 1143 pupils aged 13–14 years completed a questionnaire to assess their experiences of domestic abuse as victims, witnesses and perpetrators. Overall, 45% of pupils who had been in a dating relationship reported having been victimised, 25% having perpetrated it, with the only difference in rates of victimisation and perpetration between boys and girls being…
Understanding Young People and Prostitution
The practice and research literature on young people and prostitution reflects a number of methodological challenges. This paper offers a focused review of the literature in the context of those challenges and attempts to draw conclusions that are strong enough to provide a reflective and strategic approach to service planning and implementation. Definitional issues are discussed, particularly in relation to estimates of prevalence. The robustnes…
Trusting in Social Work
Two successive terms of a New Labour government have required social work practice in the UK to occupy a particular public policy context that is, at best, indifferent and, at worst, hostile to some of the professional interests and traditional constituencies of social workers. In this paper, the immediate past editors of the Journal reflect on how social work has sought to adapt and survive under these conditions, as revealed in the papers publi…
Booing or cheering? Ambiguity in the construction of victimhood in the case of Maria Colwell
This paper presents a microanalysis of the media representation of victimhood in key public narratives. It builds on Peelo's account of the `mediated witness' as part of the struggle for control of the crime agenda. To extend Peelo's analysis to other areas of public policy making, the paper uses the example of an iconic welfare `scandal' (the Maria Colwell case) and focuses particularly on the role of victims themselves in the struggle to own an…
Reefer madness
Silence in Court? Language Interpreters in the Courts of England and Wales
This article reports findings from a national study of interpreting practice in the courts of England and Wales. It begins with an account of the legislative and regulatory framework that governs interpreting practice in England and Wales before exploring some conceptual issues concerning the role of the interpreter in a court setting. Selected findings from the study are reported and the paper concludes with a disussion of the wider policy and p…
The Health of Children Looked after by the Local Authority
Ian Butler and Heather Payne present findings from a local study of the form and practice of statutory medical examinations for children looked after by the local authority. They report that only a quarter of children attend such medical examinations and that the quality of these medical contacts is questionable. The paper discusses these findings in the context of what is known generally about the health of children in public care and makes sugg…
Understanding Young People and Prostitution
The practice and research literature on young people and prostitution reflects a number of methodological challenges. This paper offers a focused review of the literature in the context of those challenges and attempts to draw conclusions that are strong enough to provide a reflective and strategic approach to service planning and implementation. Definitional issues are discussed, particularly in relation to estimates of prevalence. The robustnes…
Social Policy, Social Welfare and Scandal
Children's involvement in their parents' divorce
The paper reports findings from a research study that explored children's experience of divorce. It shows that children experience parental divorce as a crisis in their lives but that they are able to mobilise internal and external resources to regain a new point of balance. In doing so, children demonstrate the degree to which they are active and competent participants in the process of family dissolution. The implications of the data are then c…
A Code of Ethics for Social Work and Social Care Research
This Critical Commentary is the final product of the Economic and Social Research Council sponsored seminar series, Theorising Social Work Research to appear in the BJSW. The special edition of the British Journal of Social Work published in August 2000 carried several key papers arising from the seminar series as well as reports of some of the events themselves. The responsibility for drafting the Code of Ethics for Social Work and Social Care R…
‘The Corruption of Care’
The newspaper story which broke with the Times letter quoted at the end of chapter 2 contained many of the ingredients from which scandals are constructed. One of the signatories, Barbara Robb, was a claims-maker of the first rank. Founder of AEGIS (Aid for Elderly in Government Institutions), Mrs Robb was the mobilising spirit behind the attention which was now drawn to conditions in some of Britain’s oldest and least-well-resourced institutions…
Social policy, social welfare and scandal
Social Work With Children and Families
Scandal, social policy and social welfare2nd, Rev. Ed
Scandal, social policy and social welfare
This book, by examining the landmark scandals of the post-war period, including more recent ones, such as the Victoria Climbie Inquiry, reveals how scandals are generated, to what purposes they are used and whose interests they are made to serve.
Trusting in Social Work
Two successive terms of a New Labour government have required social work practice in the UK to occupy a particular public policy context that is, at best, indifferent and, at worst, hostile to some of the professional interests and traditional constituencies of social workers. In this paper, the immediate past editors of the Journal reflect on how social work has sought to adapt and survive under these conditions, as revealed in the papers publi…
Scandal, social policy, and social welfare
Everyday Tragedies
Scandals do not simply take place, they have to be created. This article investigates the failure of scandal‐generation in contemporary British youth justice, despite the ample raw material, and the conspicuous efforts of authoritative figures to do so. It suggests a series of reasons why scandal has not taken place. The article also argues that such an outcome is not inevitable. It cites a recent example in the field of child care as a deliberat…
Booing or cheering? Ambiguity in the construction of victimhood in the case of Maria Colwell
This paper presents a microanalysis of the media representation of victimhood in key public narratives. It builds on Peelo's account of the `mediated witness' as part of the struggle for control of the crime agenda. To extend Peelo's analysis to other areas of public policy making, the paper uses the example of an iconic welfare `scandal' (the Maria Colwell case) and focuses particularly on the role of victims themselves in the struggle to own an…
Reefer madness
Social Work on Trial
The public inquiry that followed the death of Maria Colwell had profound implications for the developing profession and practice of social work in the UK. This book describes the politics, professional concerns and public interest - both local and national - that surrounded the inquiry and its aftermath, and shows how the concerns of this landmark child abuse case have still failed to find a satisfactory resolution today. Social work, then and no…
Young teenagers' experiences of domestic abuse
This article reports on the first findings from the Boys to Men Research Project. In total, 1143 pupils aged 13–14 years completed a questionnaire to assess their experiences of domestic abuse as victims, witnesses and perpetrators. Overall, 45% of pupils who had been in a dating relationship reported having been victimised, 25% having perpetrated it, with the only difference in rates of victimisation and perpetration between boys and girls being…
This is Abuse… Or is it? Domestic abuse perpetrators’ responses to anti-domestic violence publicity
Social marketing has become a key component of policy initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of domestic abuse. However, its efficacy remains debated, with most measures of effectiveness being somewhat crude. More subtle effects of social marketing, such as the boomerang effect whereby the message engenders the opposite effect to that intended, have been detected, suggesting a need for modes of analysis sensitive to the multiple ways in whic…
New families, new governance and old habits
In December 2011, the UK Government formally launched its ‘troubled families’ initiative. This is a focused programme of interventions, coordinated at local level and paid for by results. It has been described by the Prime Minister as a part of the ‘social recovery’ that has to be set alongside the economic recovery that is his government's priority. It is illustrative of a decisive shift in the nature of the welfare state as it reflects the neo-…
Parental Experiences of Supporting Children with Clinically Significant Post-Traumatic Distress
The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of parents in providing support to their child following trauma exposure in cases where children are experiencing clinically significant levels of post-traumatic distress. Qualitative interviews were conducted with parents whose child was exposed to a trauma and referred for psychological treatment. Parents reported considerable anxiety in coping with their child's post-traumatic distress. …
A Case of Neglect? (1996)
Children and the sociology of childhood unbroken voices children, young people and qualitative methods Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all? Involuntary childlessness and identity I don't eat peas anyway! Classroom stories and the social construction of childhood growing up respectable Safe? Involving children in protection whose life is it anyway? accounting for child prostitution how do young Asian and white people view th…
The Use of Micro‐ CT Analysis of the Second Metacarpal to Assess Cortical Bone Loss in Archeological Human Skeletal Remains
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