Nicola O’Leary
Biographic Data
| ID | 5238232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicola O’Leary |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicola |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Leary |
| SIGNATURE | O’LEARY N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hull |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6262-3148 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Framing victims: Representations of modern slavery and human trafficking in UK newspapers
This study critically examines how UK print media represents victims of modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT), considering the media’s role in both reflecting and shaping public perceptions and policy responses. Drawing on a content analysis of 619 newspaper articles published between 2020 and 2024 in the United Kingdom’s Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror , this research explores recurring themes in victim represent…
Police victims of domestic abuse: Barriers to reporting victimisation
Policing is the institution responsible for protecting victims of domestic abuse and the institution to which victimisation is formally reported. The police workforce, therefore, are routinely exposed to domestic abuse victimisation, perpetration and its consequences. When police themselves become victims of domestic abuse, the interaction between personal and professional identity and cultures may exacerbate the harms of victimisation and discou…
Prevalence and patterns of domestic abuse victimisation in an English police workforce
Perhaps more than any other occupation, police witness the context and aftermath of domestic abuse but little is known about the police-victim overlap with regard to domestic abuse. This paper, based on survey responses from approximately one-quarter of the workforce in an English police force (weighted n = 876) addresses this gap. In the survey, respondents described personal characteristics, colleague and personal experience of domestic abuse v…
A Victim Community: Stigma and the Media Legacy of High-Profile Crime
A New Approach for Researching Victims: The ‘Strength-Growth-Resilience’ Framework
This paper proposes a new framework for researching victims that blends appreciative inquiry methods used by prison researchers with narrative interview methods used by desistance researchers to investigate victim ‘strength-growth-resilience’. Alongside established victimological concerns with the extent, distribution and treatment of crime victims, this framework offers an alternative lens that focuses on victim agency, identity and transformati…
Service Provider Difficulties in Operationalizing Coercive Control
We examined perspectives of social workers, police officers, and specialist domestic abuse practitioners about their perceived ability and organizational readiness to respond effectively to incidents of coercive and controlling behavior. Interviews revealed intervention and risk assessment strategies structured around an outdated, maladaptive concept of domestic abuse as an unambiguous and violent event and frontline services that lacked apprecia…
Public–private tragedy: Stigma, victimization and community identity
On 13 March 1996, Thomas Hamilton shot and killed 16 children and 1 teacher at Dunblane Primary School, Scotland. In the weeks and months that followed, intense and extensive media coverage focused on the victims, the community, the aftermath and the subsequent intense and emotional outpouring of grief for Dunblane that seemed to come from around the world. The impact of crime on indirect victims has generated a wealth of research; however, surpr…
A New Approach for Researching Victims: The ‘Strength-Growth-Resilience’ Framework
This paper proposes a new framework for researching victims that blends appreciative inquiry methods used by prison researchers with narrative interview methods used by desistance researchers to investigate victim ‘strength-growth-resilience’. Alongside established victimological concerns with the extent, distribution and treatment of crime victims, this framework offers an alternative lens that focuses on victim agency, identity and transformati…
Service Provider Difficulties in Operationalizing Coercive Control
We examined perspectives of social workers, police officers, and specialist domestic abuse practitioners about their perceived ability and organizational readiness to respond effectively to incidents of coercive and controlling behavior. Interviews revealed intervention and risk assessment strategies structured around an outdated, maladaptive concept of domestic abuse as an unambiguous and violent event and frontline services that lacked apprecia…
Prevalence and patterns of domestic abuse victimisation in an English police workforce
Perhaps more than any other occupation, police witness the context and aftermath of domestic abuse but little is known about the police-victim overlap with regard to domestic abuse. This paper, based on survey responses from approximately one-quarter of the workforce in an English police force (weighted n = 876) addresses this gap. In the survey, respondents described personal characteristics, colleague and personal experience of domestic abuse v…
Police victims of domestic abuse: Barriers to reporting victimisation
Policing is the institution responsible for protecting victims of domestic abuse and the institution to which victimisation is formally reported. The police workforce, therefore, are routinely exposed to domestic abuse victimisation, perpetration and its consequences. When police themselves become victims of domestic abuse, the interaction between personal and professional identity and cultures may exacerbate the harms of victimisation and discou…
Public–private tragedy: Stigma, victimization and community identity
On 13 March 1996, Thomas Hamilton shot and killed 16 children and 1 teacher at Dunblane Primary School, Scotland. In the weeks and months that followed, intense and extensive media coverage focused on the victims, the community, the aftermath and the subsequent intense and emotional outpouring of grief for Dunblane that seemed to come from around the world. The impact of crime on indirect victims has generated a wealth of research; however, surpr…
Service Provider Difficulties in Operationalizing Coercive Control
We examined perspectives of social workers, police officers, and specialist domestic abuse practitioners about their perceived ability and organizational readiness to respond effectively to incidents of coercive and controlling behavior. Interviews revealed intervention and risk assessment strategies structured around an outdated, maladaptive concept of domestic abuse as an unambiguous and violent event and frontline services that lacked apprecia…
Public–private tragedy: Stigma, victimization and community identity
On 13 March 1996, Thomas Hamilton shot and killed 16 children and 1 teacher at Dunblane Primary School, Scotland. In the weeks and months that followed, intense and extensive media coverage focused on the victims, the community, the aftermath and the subsequent intense and emotional outpouring of grief for Dunblane that seemed to come from around the world. The impact of crime on indirect victims has generated a wealth of research; however, surpr…
A Victim Community: Stigma and the Media Legacy of High-Profile Crime
A New Approach for Researching Victims: The ‘Strength-Growth-Resilience’ Framework
This paper proposes a new framework for researching victims that blends appreciative inquiry methods used by prison researchers with narrative interview methods used by desistance researchers to investigate victim ‘strength-growth-resilience’. Alongside established victimological concerns with the extent, distribution and treatment of crime victims, this framework offers an alternative lens that focuses on victim agency, identity and transformati…
Police victims of domestic abuse: Barriers to reporting victimisation
Policing is the institution responsible for protecting victims of domestic abuse and the institution to which victimisation is formally reported. The police workforce, therefore, are routinely exposed to domestic abuse victimisation, perpetration and its consequences. When police themselves become victims of domestic abuse, the interaction between personal and professional identity and cultures may exacerbate the harms of victimisation and discou…
Prevalence and patterns of domestic abuse victimisation in an English police workforce
Perhaps more than any other occupation, police witness the context and aftermath of domestic abuse but little is known about the police-victim overlap with regard to domestic abuse. This paper, based on survey responses from approximately one-quarter of the workforce in an English police force (weighted n = 876) addresses this gap. In the survey, respondents described personal characteristics, colleague and personal experience of domestic abuse v…
Framing victims: Representations of modern slavery and human trafficking in UK newspapers
This study critically examines how UK print media represents victims of modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT), considering the media’s role in both reflecting and shaping public perceptions and policy responses. Drawing on a content analysis of 619 newspaper articles published between 2020 and 2024 in the United Kingdom’s Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror , this research explores recurring themes in victim represent…
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (3 works) · Medical emergency (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)