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Welfare Reform, Homelessness and the Research Time-Lag

Emma Jackson | Posted 25.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Homelessness, Academic Publishing, Ref, Social Research, Housing Benefit, UK Universities, Youth Homelessness, UK Universities & Education News
Emma Jackson

It is highly unlikely that cutting off benefits would stop all desperate young people leaving intolerable domestic circumstances. In places like London, we could expect to see an increase in youth street homelessness. Meanwhile, those who do stay at home and are at risk from their own families or peers would be left stuck in an unsafe situation.

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The Riots, the Aftermath and the Role of Sociology

Emma Jackson | Posted 16.11.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Sociological Imagination, UK Higher Education, C WrighT Mills, Social Research, Sociology, The Riots, UK Universities & Education News
Emma Jackson

The night of the Tottenham riots I was leaving to catch a plane. On holiday, I texted friends and worried about what was going on. As well as the concerns for people in my adopted home city, there was also a nagging feeling that I was missing something.

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