Angela Sorsby

Biographic Data

ID5238612
NAMEAngela Sorsby
GIVEN NAMESAngela
FAMILY NAMESorsby
SIGNATURESORSBY A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Sheffield
ORCID0000-0001-9204-5430
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX2

  • Treat them as a human being”

    Open AccessLayla Skinns, Angela Sorsby et al.ARTICLEThe British Journal of Criminology2020References: 34

    Here, we examine the factors influencing whether those detained by the police feel treated with dignity. We develop a human rights-oriented conception of dignity rooted in the equal worth of human beings, encapsulated in detainees’ desire to be ‘treated like a human being’. The predictors of this are examined using multilevel modelling of survey data collected from 371 detainees in 27 custody facilities in 13 police forces in England and Wales in…

  • Preventing crime

    Angela SorsbyARTICLEPolicing & Society2018Cited by: 1

    In Preventing Crime: A Holistic Approach Tore Bjorgo sets out to develop a comprehensive model for preventing crime. The model aims to be comprehensive in both the range of approaches it adopts and

  • Using compliance with probation supervision as an interim outcome measure in evaluating a probation initiative

    Open AccessAngela Sorsby, Joanna Shapland et al.ARTICLECriminology & Criminal Justice2016References: 2

    This article addresses the issues involved in using compliance with probation supervision as an interim outcome measure in evaluation research. We address the complex nature of compliance and what it implies. Like much research on probation and criminal justice more generally, it was not possible to use random assignment to treatment and comparison groups in the case study we address, which evaluated the SEED training programme. We therefore comp…

  • Staging restorative justice encounters against a criminal justice backdrop

    Open AccessJames Dignan, Anne Atkinson et al.ARTICLECriminology & Criminal Justice2007Cited by: 3References: 10

    Drawing from an ongoing evaluation of three major restorative justice schemes in England and Wales, the article employs a dramaturgical perspective to examine a number of process issues that arise when restorative justice processes are deployed within a criminal justice context. They include the rôle and identity of restorative justice facilitators, the locations for restorative justice encounters and associated matters relating to the values of …

  • Restorative Justice In Practice

    Joanna Shapland, Anne Atkinson et al.BOOKRestorative Justice in Practice2006

    This book analyses the practicalities of setting up and running restorative justice schemes, the costs€involved and the key professional and ethical issues involved such as€victims' and offenders' needs and expectations, community and desistance

  • Situating restorative justice within criminal justice

    Open AccessJoanna Shapland, Anne Atkinson et al.ARTICLETheoretical Criminology2006Cited by: 13References: 9

    Drawing from the evaluation of three major restorative justice schemes in England and Wales, the article considers the theoretical implications for process and outcomes of situating restorative justice for adults within criminal justice, including the allocation of roles, the balance of power, the importance of procedural justice, and the tasks of restorative justice (such as apology, rehabilitation, reparation, healing, restoration, and reintegr…

  • Representational demands in mothers' talk to preschool children in two contexts

    Open AccessAngela Sorsby, Angela J Sorsby et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Language1991

    Shared book reading is considered to be an influential factor in language and literacy development and has been associated with more complex and demanding forms of tutorial language use. The present study seeks to examine mothers' discourse in joint picture book reading in terms of the level of representational demand which it places on the child, that is the extent to which it requires the child to engage in abstract thought. This was compared w…