Dan Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5997571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dan Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dan |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Liverpool Hope University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5687-3623 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Romani and Traveller rights, social work, and the struggle against antigypsyism in Europe
Addressing Racial Family Injustice Through Improved Data Practices: The Urgent Need to Improve the Visibility of Romani Gypsy, Roma, and Irish Traveller Children in England’s Child Welfare System
Romani (British) Gypsy, Roma, and Irish Traveller children remain significantly overrepresented in England’s child welfare system. This perspective paper extends the work of Allen and Hamnett (Citation2022) by analysing publicly available data from the Department for Education (DfE) between 2010 and 2024 to assess disproportionality in the number of children looked after by the state. Using disparity ratios, our analysis reveals that both ‘Gypsy/…
Suicidal Behaviour Among Male Victims and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review
Traditionally, research on the psychological effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) has centered predominantly on women, with relatively limited attention given to the experiences of men, particularly concerning suicide risk. Although a growing body of evidence acknowledges that men can also be victims or survivors of IPV, the association between IPV and male suicidality has not been explored with comparable depth or urgency. As a result, cri…
Bridging divides to build connections: A scoping review of police practices, behaviours and actions with Roma and Traveller communities
Across Europe, police are expected to maintain productive human rights-based relationships with the public. This scoping review focuses on how police achieve this aim with Roma and Traveller communities. Review questions consider the way that policing practices, behaviours and actions with Roma and Traveller communities are described in the existing literature. Additionally, they identify gaps in knowledge within this area of study. Applying qual…
A scoping review of social work with Roma and Traveller communities: Introducing the Roma model
Although The Strasbourg Declaration on Roma presents a list of priorities that aim to address the social and economic marginalisation of Roma and Traveller people in Europe, the contribution that social work is making to efforts to achieve these aims is unclear. Therefore, a scoping review of current scholarship was conducted to summarise the existing body of knowledge and identify how social work can help to achieve The Strasbourg Declaration on…
Domestic violence and abuse within Roma and Traveller communities: A scoping review
Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a global human rights problem. This scoping review focuses on the characteristics, impacts and risk and protective factors for DVA within Roma and Traveller communities. Applying a socio‐ecological model for thematic analysis, this review underscores the pervasive influence of patriarchal and gendered norms, which manifest at the individual, family and community levels and prevent women from escaping abusive r…
Enhancing learning for the future: A document analysis of serious child safeguarding case reviews with Romani and Traveller communities in England
Integrating document analysis with the core principles of critical social research, this article aims to dig beneath the surface of historically specific social structures of child welfare services. Analysing the descriptive content presented in 13 serious child safeguarding case reviews, formal reports published after the death or serious injury of a Romani or Traveller child in England, this article shines a light on how the child welfare syste…
Transitional support interventions for care leavers: A scoping review
The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and map knowledge on different types of transitional support interventions currently available to support transition to independent living for care leavers. An extensive search using four research databases was undertaken, resulting in 36 relevant articles for inclusion. Findings were organised thematically into four broad areas: (1) Extended care; (2) A Helping Relationship; (3) Family; and (4) …
Embedding Reflexivity in Social Work Research through the Critical Reflexive Framework
Following the global pandemic, there is a need for more cross-national social work research which speaks to the increased and widespread, intra and international, effects of global social phenomenon. Achieving this aim requires social work researchers to be responsive to the intersection of complex lives, complicated problems and dynamic structural contexts. It is, therefore, important that researchers recognise how their identity and positionali…
Staying Close’: Enabling social interdependence for young people leaving residential care in England
Applying social interdependence theory as a framework for document analysis, this paper considers eight evaluations of an extended care scheme in England known as ‘Staying Close’. Findings suggest that for extended care projects like ‘Staying Close’ to work, any service offer designed to support the transition from residential care to independent living must be seen by the young person, the carer, and the wider social network, as a continuation o…
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England
Over the last five decades, there has been a growing concern that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children are overrepresented in child welfare services (CWS) in Europe. However, statistical data used to substantiate this concern often conflates ethnicity and nationality limiting our full understanding of the reported situation. This article provides a more comprehensive illustration of overrepresentation, advancing the quantitative study of this topic…
Understanding Family Support: Policy, Practice and Theory, John Canavan, John Pinkerton and Pat Dolan
Much of the theoretical and empirical evidence which underpins the concept of family support emanates from the deficiencies found in investigation and surveillance approaches to child and family welfare (Gentles-Gibbs, 2016; Tilbury, 2016). Within the body of this literature, it is frequently suggested that increasing attention towards preventative and supportive approaches will ensure that families are able to receive specifically designed servi…
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense, 3rd edn, Jane Maidment and Ronnie Egan (eds)
It is reported that students in social work, and other disciplines related to human services, can enter into some practice placements with a feeling of uncertainty (Gelman and Baum, 2010; Rawles, 2016). Feelings of anxiety are often magnified when students feel unconfident to practically apply the knowledge, values and skills that they have been learning in the classroom (Hemy et al., 2016). Whilst social work and welfare education is generally s…
New Lives in the New World
Embedding Reflexivity in Social Work Research through the Critical Reflexive Framework
Following the global pandemic, there is a need for more cross-national social work research which speaks to the increased and widespread, intra and international, effects of global social phenomenon. Achieving this aim requires social work researchers to be responsive to the intersection of complex lives, complicated problems and dynamic structural contexts. It is, therefore, important that researchers recognise how their identity and positionali…
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England
Over the last five decades, there has been a growing concern that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children are overrepresented in child welfare services (CWS) in Europe. However, statistical data used to substantiate this concern often conflates ethnicity and nationality limiting our full understanding of the reported situation. This article provides a more comprehensive illustration of overrepresentation, advancing the quantitative study of this topic…
New Lives in the New World
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense, 3rd edn, Jane Maidment and Ronnie Egan (eds)
It is reported that students in social work, and other disciplines related to human services, can enter into some practice placements with a feeling of uncertainty (Gelman and Baum, 2010; Rawles, 2016). Feelings of anxiety are often magnified when students feel unconfident to practically apply the knowledge, values and skills that they have been learning in the classroom (Hemy et al., 2016). Whilst social work and welfare education is generally s…
Understanding Family Support: Policy, Practice and Theory, John Canavan, John Pinkerton and Pat Dolan
Much of the theoretical and empirical evidence which underpins the concept of family support emanates from the deficiencies found in investigation and surveillance approaches to child and family welfare (Gentles-Gibbs, 2016; Tilbury, 2016). Within the body of this literature, it is frequently suggested that increasing attention towards preventative and supportive approaches will ensure that families are able to receive specifically designed servi…
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Child Welfare Services in England
Over the last five decades, there has been a growing concern that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children are overrepresented in child welfare services (CWS) in Europe. However, statistical data used to substantiate this concern often conflates ethnicity and nationality limiting our full understanding of the reported situation. This article provides a more comprehensive illustration of overrepresentation, advancing the quantitative study of this topic…
Staying Close’: Enabling social interdependence for young people leaving residential care in England
Applying social interdependence theory as a framework for document analysis, this paper considers eight evaluations of an extended care scheme in England known as ‘Staying Close’. Findings suggest that for extended care projects like ‘Staying Close’ to work, any service offer designed to support the transition from residential care to independent living must be seen by the young person, the carer, and the wider social network, as a continuation o…
Transitional support interventions for care leavers: A scoping review
The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and map knowledge on different types of transitional support interventions currently available to support transition to independent living for care leavers. An extensive search using four research databases was undertaken, resulting in 36 relevant articles for inclusion. Findings were organised thematically into four broad areas: (1) Extended care; (2) A Helping Relationship; (3) Family; and (4) …
Embedding Reflexivity in Social Work Research through the Critical Reflexive Framework
Following the global pandemic, there is a need for more cross-national social work research which speaks to the increased and widespread, intra and international, effects of global social phenomenon. Achieving this aim requires social work researchers to be responsive to the intersection of complex lives, complicated problems and dynamic structural contexts. It is, therefore, important that researchers recognise how their identity and positionali…
Bridging divides to build connections: A scoping review of police practices, behaviours and actions with Roma and Traveller communities
Across Europe, police are expected to maintain productive human rights-based relationships with the public. This scoping review focuses on how police achieve this aim with Roma and Traveller communities. Review questions consider the way that policing practices, behaviours and actions with Roma and Traveller communities are described in the existing literature. Additionally, they identify gaps in knowledge within this area of study. Applying qual…
A scoping review of social work with Roma and Traveller communities: Introducing the Roma model
Although The Strasbourg Declaration on Roma presents a list of priorities that aim to address the social and economic marginalisation of Roma and Traveller people in Europe, the contribution that social work is making to efforts to achieve these aims is unclear. Therefore, a scoping review of current scholarship was conducted to summarise the existing body of knowledge and identify how social work can help to achieve The Strasbourg Declaration on…
Domestic violence and abuse within Roma and Traveller communities: A scoping review
Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a global human rights problem. This scoping review focuses on the characteristics, impacts and risk and protective factors for DVA within Roma and Traveller communities. Applying a socio‐ecological model for thematic analysis, this review underscores the pervasive influence of patriarchal and gendered norms, which manifest at the individual, family and community levels and prevent women from escaping abusive r…
Enhancing learning for the future: A document analysis of serious child safeguarding case reviews with Romani and Traveller communities in England
Integrating document analysis with the core principles of critical social research, this article aims to dig beneath the surface of historically specific social structures of child welfare services. Analysing the descriptive content presented in 13 serious child safeguarding case reviews, formal reports published after the death or serious injury of a Romani or Traveller child in England, this article shines a light on how the child welfare syste…
Romani and Traveller rights, social work, and the struggle against antigypsyism in Europe
Addressing Racial Family Injustice Through Improved Data Practices: The Urgent Need to Improve the Visibility of Romani Gypsy, Roma, and Irish Traveller Children in England’s Child Welfare System
Romani (British) Gypsy, Roma, and Irish Traveller children remain significantly overrepresented in England’s child welfare system. This perspective paper extends the work of Allen and Hamnett (Citation2022) by analysing publicly available data from the Department for Education (DfE) between 2010 and 2024 to assess disproportionality in the number of children looked after by the state. Using disparity ratios, our analysis reveals that both ‘Gypsy/…
Suicidal Behaviour Among Male Victims and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review
Traditionally, research on the psychological effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) has centered predominantly on women, with relatively limited attention given to the experiences of men, particularly concerning suicide risk. Although a growing body of evidence acknowledges that men can also be victims or survivors of IPV, the association between IPV and male suicidality has not been explored with comparable depth or urgency. As a result, cri…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Romani and Gypsy Studies (6 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Welfare (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 works)