We are experienced researchers. We have a substantial record of conducting and publishing high quality research using a range of research methods.
Winners of the 2024 British Psychological Society Excellence in Research Award.
Our publications include articles in peer reviewed academic journals, book chapters, and Government social research reports.
Wakeling, H. C., Fitzalan Howard, F., & Barnett, G. D. (2026). Bridging custody and community: The role of Approved Premises in successful reintegration. HMI Probation.
Netten, N., Gibson, R., & Wakeling, H. C. (2026). "How do you get people on board?" Exploring what matters for interventions implementation in the community. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F., Wakeling, H. C., & Barnett, G. D. (2006). Criminogenic Risk, Responsivity, and Protective Factors of Children Who Commit Crime: A Rapid Evidence Assessment. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 0(0).
Gibson, R. A., Wakeling, H., & Fitzalan Howard, F. (2025). Developing prison culture: Participatory Action Research (PAR) as an approach to achieve culture change. Ministry of Justice.
Netten, K., & Wakeling, H. (2025). Men subject to supervision who sexually reoffend. A narrative literature review to identify factors which raise risk, and support desistance. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 15(4), 415-431.
Barnett, G., & Wakeling, H. (2025). How can organisations protect the well-being of prison staff? Prison Service Journal, 276, 4-13.
Barnett, G., & Wakeling, H. (Eds.) (2025). Special issue exploring contemporary developments in understanding desistance from sexual offending. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 15(4), 411-414.
Wakeling, H., & Mason, R. (Eds.) (2025). Special Edition: Neurodiversity. Prison Service Journal, 280, 2-3.
Anwar, U., Wakeling, H., Kirsty & Ghilani, T. (2025). The experience of prison by individuals with neurodivergence: A lived experience perspective. Prison Service Journal, 280, 4-8.
Barnett, G. D., Wakeling, H. C., & Short, L. (2024). Bringing evidence into practice: The story of the work to improve outcomes for young adults in prison and probation. Prison Service Journal, 271, 17-25.
Fitzalan Howard, F., Voisey, J., Cunningham, N., & Wakeling, H. C. (2024). From evidence to practice: How to increase procedurally just practice in the handling of prison complaints. Journal of Experimental Criminology.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (2024). Implementing Evidence-Based Practice: A Synthesis of the Evidence. Prison Service Journal, 271, 9-16.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (ed.) (2024). Evidence Based Practice (special edition). Prison Service Journal, 271, 1-80.
Voisey, J., Box, G., Soyel, L, & Wakeling, H.(2024). HMP Five Wells One Year On. What have we learnt? Ministry of Justice.
Wilkinson, K., & Wakeling, H. (2024). Process evaluation of the Drug Strategy Lead role in custody settings and the Health and Justice Partnership Co-ordinator/Manager role in community settings. Ministry of Justice.
Barnett, G. D., & Fitzalan Howard, F. (2023). An evaluation of a brief intervention to protect good decision-making in on-the-day sentencing proposals to courts: A randomised controlled trial. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F., Box, G., & Wakeling, H. C. (2023). Examining procedural justice perceptions in Probation in England and Wales. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F., Gibson, R., & Wakeling, H. C. (2023). Understanding Culture Change. A case study of an English Prison. HMPPS.
Freel, A., & Wakeling, H. C. (2023). The Healthy Sex Programme. An exploration of pre-to-post psychological test change. HMPPS.
Wakeling, H. C., Barnett, G. D., & Baron, S. (2023). An evaluation of a brief intervention to reduce substance use amongst men at HMP Holme House: A randomised control trial. HMPPS.
Cunningham, N., & Wakeling, H. C. (2022). Engagement and co-production with people with lived experience of prison and probation: A synthesis of the evidence base. Prison Service Journal, 262, 3-11.
Fitzalan Howard, F., Box, G., & Thorne, K. (2022). Overcoming vaccine hesitancy in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of practice and our learning about the evidence base. Prison Service Journal, 259, 21-30.
Fitzalan Howard, F., & Wakeling, H. C. (2022). Recovering from disasters or crises: What can we learn from prior research to help us recover from the COVID-19 pandemic? Prison Service Journal, 259, 3-10.
Voisey, J., Fitzalan Howard, F., Wakeling, H. C., Cunningham, N., Lane, S., & Kirkpatrick, J. (2022). Closing the evidence to practice gap: how can we embed procedural justice principles into complaint responses to prisoners? Prison Service Journal, 263, 13-23.
Wakeling, H. C. (2022). Relapses and challenges of desistance: Hearing the voices of men convicted of sexual offences on release from prison. Prison Service Journal, 260, 49-56.
Wakeling, H. C., & Fitzalan Howard, F. (2022). Prison staff's perceptions of procedural justice in English and Welsh prisons: A quantitative study. The Howard Journal and Crime and Justice, 61, 185-202.
Wakeling, H. C., Fitzalan Howard, F., Netten, K., Edge, C., & Hard, J. (2022). Understanding and preventing drug-related deaths, and encouraging treatment uptake, after release from prison. Prison Service Journal, 260, 39-48.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (ed.) (2022). Engagement and Co-production (special edition). Prison Service Journal, 262, 1-58.
Barnett, G. D., Boduszek, D., & Willmott, D. (2021). What works to change identity: a rapid evidence assessment of identity intervention. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51, 698-719.
Barnett, G. D., & Wakeling, H. C. (2021). An evaluation of a brief intervention to reduce reoffending among women serving short sentences. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F., & Wakeling, H. C. (2021). Evaluating the impact of ‘rehabilitative adjudications’ in four English prisons. Psychology, Crime & Law, 27, 1010-1031.
Fitzalan Howard, F., & Wakeling, H. C. (2021). The experience of delivering ‘rehabilitative adjudications’ in English Prisons. Psychology, Crime & Law, 27, 831-848.
Fortescue, B., Fitzalan Howard., F., Howard, P., Kelly, G., & Elwan, M. (2021). Examining the impact of sanctions on custodial misconduct following disciplinary adjudications. Ministry of Justice.
Howard, P., & Wakeling, H. C. (2021). Comparing two predictors of sexual recidivism: the Risk Matrix 2000 and the OASys Sexual Reoffending Predictor. Ministry of Justice.
Wakeling, H. C., & Travers, R. (2021). Evaluating Offending Behaviour Programmes in Prison and Probation. In J. M. Brown &d M. A. H. Horvath (Eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology, Second Edition (pp. 757-782). Cambridge University Press.
Wakeling, H. C., Walton, J., Bloomfield, S., Wilkinson, K., Mathie, N., & Carter, A. (2021). The Development of a Scale for General Paraphilia. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (2020). The experience of electronic monitoring and the implications for effective use. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 59, 17-43.
Fitzalan Howard, F., & Wakeling, H. C. (2020). Evaluating ‘rehabilitative adjudications’ in four English prisons. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F., & Wakeling, H. C. (2020). People in prisons’ perceptions of procedural justice in England and Wales. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 47, 1654-1675.
Pope, L., Wakeling, H. C., Box, G., Avis, S., Travers, R., Mann, R., & George, R. (2020). Body Worn Video Camera (BWVC) Pilot Evaluation. HMPPS.
Ramsay, L., Wakeling, H. C., De Lucchi, R., & Gilbert, H. (2020). Learning disability screening: impact on prison programmes. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 11, 145-158.
Wakeling, H. C. (2020). The Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Aggressors. In J. Proulx, F. Cortoni, L. A. Craig, & J. Letourneau (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook of What Works with Sexual Offenders: Contemporary Perspectives in Theory, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention (pp. 103–122). John Wiley & Sons.
Wakeling, H. C., & Lynch, K. (2020). Exploring Substance Use in Prisons: A case study approach in five closed English prisons. HMPPS.
Wakeling, H. C., & Ramsay, L. (2020). Learning disability and challenges in male prisons: programme screening evaluation. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 11, 49-59.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (2019). The experience of prison recall in England and Wales. The Howard Journal and Crime and Justice, 58, 180-201.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (2019). The impact of adjudications and discipline. In P. Ugwudike, H. Graham, F. McNeill, P. Raynor, F. S. Taxman, & C. Trotter (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice (chapter 72). Routledge.
Fitzalan Howard, F., & Pope, L. (2019). Learning to cope: an exploratory qualitative study of the experience of men who have desisted from self-harm in prison. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F., & Wakeling, H. C. (2019). Prisoner and staff perceptions of procedural justice in English and Welsh prisons. HMPPS.
Mann, R., Barnett, G., Box, G., Fitzalan Howard, F., O’Mara, O., Travers, R., & Wakeling, H. C. (2019). Rehabilitative culture in prisons for people convicted of sexual offending. In N. Bagden, B. Winder, K. Hocken, R. Lievesley, P., Banyard, & H. Elliott (Eds.), Sexual Crime and the Experience of Imprisonment (pp. 1-33). Palgrave.
Barnett, G. D., & Mann, R. E. (2017). Theories of empathy deficits in sexual offenders. In A. R. Beech, & T. Ward (Eds.), The Wiley handbook on the theories, assessment, and treatment of sexual offending, Volume 1 (pp. 223–244). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Barnett, G. D., & Fitzalan Howard, F. (2018). What doesn’t work to reduce reoffending? A review of reviews of ineffective interventions for adults convicted of crime. European Psychologist, 23, 111-129.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (2018). The effect of segregation. Prison Service Journal, 236, 4-10.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (2018). The experience of electronic monitoring and implications for practice: a qualitative research synthesis. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F., Travers, R., Wakeling, C., Webster, C., & Mann, R. (2018). Understanding the process and experience of recall to prison. HMPPS.
Mann, R. E., Fitzalan Howard, F., & Tew, J. (2018). What is a rehabilitative prison culture? Prison Service Journal, 235, 3-9.
Wakeling, H. C. (2018). The Development of a Screen to identify individuals with an intelligence quotient of lower than 80 using the Offender Assessment System (OASys). HMPPS.
Wakeling, H. C., & Saloo, F. (2018). The experiences of men convicted of sexual offences who have reoffended after participating in prison-based treatment. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (2017). Investigating disciplinary adjudications as potential rehabilitative opportunities. HMPPS.
Fitzalan Howard, F. (2017). Disciplinary adjudications as potential rehabilitative opportunities. Prison Service Journal, 230, 15-20.
Fitzalan Howard, F., & Wakeling, H. C. (2017). Procedural justice: why does it matter and how can we apply its principles in prison settings? Journal of the International Corrections and Prisons Association, 4, 16-31.
Mann, R. E., & Barnett, G. D. (2017). Treating cognitive components of sexual offending. In D. P. Boer, A. R. Beech, T. Ward, L. A. Craig, M. Rettenberger, L. E. Marshall, & W. L. Marshall (Eds.), The Wiley handbook on the theories, assessment, and treatment of sexual offending (pp. 1385–1401). Wiley Blackwell.
Wakeling, H. C., & Barnett, G. (2017). Development and validation of a screening assessment of psychosocial maturity for adult males convicted of crime. HMPPS.
Beech, A. R., Wakeling, H. C., Szumski, F., & Freemantle, N. (2016). Problems in the measurement of dynamic risk factors in sexual offenders. Psychology, Crime and Law, 22, 68-83.
Fisher, M., Brown, S., Barnett, G., & Wakeling, H. (2016). Forensic Context Testing. In F. T. L. Leong, D. Bartram, F. Cheung, K. F. Geisinger, & D. Iliescu (Eds.), The ITC International Handbook of Testing and Assessment (pp. 231-244). Oxford University Press.
Harkins, L., Howard, P. D., Barnett, G. D., Wakeling, H. C., & Miles, C. (2015). Relationships between denial, risk, and recidivism in different offender types. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 157-166.
Howard, P. D., & Barnett, G. D. (2015). Development of a new sexual offending predictor. In R. Moore (Ed.), A Compendium of Research and Analysis on the Offender Assessment System (OASys) 2009-2013 (pp. 209-238). Ministry of Justice.
Carter, A. J., Barnett, G. D., Stefanska-Hodge, E., & Higgs, T. (2014). Offense pathways of extrafamilial child offenders: A U.K. study. In J. Proulx, E. Beauregard, P. Lussier, & B. Leclerc (Eds.), Pathways to Sexual Aggression (chapter 13). Routledge.
Farren, L., & Barnett, G. D. (2014). Measuring Offence-Related Sexual Interests in Convicted Sexual Offenders. HMPPS.
Howard, P. D., Barnett, G. D., Mann, R. E., & Wakeling, H. C. (2014). Specialization in and within sexual offending. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 26, 225-251.
Wakeling, H. C., & Barnett, G. D. (2014). The relationship between psychometric test scores and reconviction in sexual offenders undertaking treatment. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 19, 138-145.
Barnett, G. D., & Mann, R. E. (2013). Empathy deficits and sexual offending: A model of obstacles to empathy? Aggression and Violent Behavior, 18, 228-239.
Barnett, G. D., & Mann, R. E. (2013). Cognition, empathy, and sexual offending. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 14, 22-33.
Barnett, G. D., Mandeville-Norden, R., & Rakestrow, J. (2013). The Good Lives Model or Relapse Prevention: What works better in facilitating change? Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 26, 3-33.
Howard, P. D., Barnett, G. D., & Wakeling, H. C. (2013). Predicting nonsexual violent reoffending in sexual offenders: A comparison of four actuarial tools. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 20, 267-287.
Mann, R. E., & Barnett, G. D. (2013). Victim empathy intervention with sexual offenders: Rehabilitation, punishment or correctional quackery? Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 25, 282-301.
Mann, R. E., Webster, S. D., Wakeling, H. C., & Keylock, H. (2013). Why do sexual offenders refuse treatment? Journal of Sexual Aggression, 19, 191-206.
Travers, R., Wakeling, H. C., Mann, R. E., & Hollin, C. R. (2013). Reconviction following a cognitive skills intervention: An alternative quasi-experimental methodology. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 18, 48-65.
Wakeling, H. C., Beech, A. R., & Freemantle, N. (2013). Investigating treatment change and its relationship to recidivism in a sample of 3773 sex offenders in the UK. Psychology, Crime and Law, 19, 233-252.
Huntley, F. L., Palmer, E. J., & Wakeling, H. C. (2012). Validation of an Adaptation of Levenson's Locus of Control Scale With Adult Male Incarcerated Sexual Offenders. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 24, 46-63.
Mann, R. E., Carter, A. J., & Wakeling, H. C. (2012). In defence of NOMS’ view about sex offending treatment effectiveness: A reply to Ho and Ross. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 22, 7-10.
Wakeling, H. C., Mann, R. E., & Carter, A. J. (2012). Do Low-Risk Sexual Offenders Need Treatment? The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 51, 286-299.
Barnett, G. D. (2011). Gender-responsive programming: A qualitative exploration of women’s experiences of a gender-neutral cognitive skills programme. Psychology, Crime & Law, 18, 155-176.
Barnett, G. D. (2011). What is grievance thinking and how can we measure it in sexual offenders? Legal and Criminological Psychology, 16, 37-61.
Barnett, G. D., Wakeling, H. C., Mandeville-Norden, R., & Rakestrow, J. (2011). How useful are psychometric test scores in predicting recidivism for treated sex offenders? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 56, 420-446.
Barnett, G. D., Wakeling, H. C., Mandeville-Norden, R., & Rakestrow, J. (2011). Does Change in Psychometric Test Scores tell us anything about Risk of Reconviction in Sexual Offenders? Psychology, Crime & Law, 19, 85-110.
Dean, C., & Barnett, G. D. (2011). The personal impact of delivering a one-to-one treatment with sexual offenders: Therapists’ experiences. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 17, 304-319.
Mathie, N., & Wakeling, H. C. (2011). Assessing socially desirable responding and its impact on self-report measures among sexual offenders. Psychology, Crime and Law, 17, 215-237.
Wakeling, H. C., & Barnett, G. D. (2011). Measuring grievance thinking in sexual offenders: The revised dissipation-ruminations scale. The Journal of Sexual Aggression, 17, 273-289.
Wakeling, H. C., Freemantle, N., Beech, A. R., & Elliott, I. A. (2011). Identifying predictors of recidivism in a large sample of United Kingdom sexual offenders: A prognostic model. Psychological Services, 8, 307-318.
Wakeling, H. C., Howard, P. D., & Barnett, G. D. (2011). Comparing the validity of the RM2000 scales and OGRS3 for predicting recidivism by internet sexual offenders. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 23, 146-168.
Wakeling, H. C., Mann, R. E., & Milner, R. J. (2011). Interrater reliability of Risk Matrix 2000/s. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 55, 1324-37.
Barnett, G. D., & Mann, R. E. (2010). Good lives and risk assessment: Collaborative approaches to risk assessment with sexual offenders. In H. Kemshall & B. Wilkinson (Eds.), Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Management (pp. 139-155). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Barnett, G., Wakeling, H. C., & Howard, P. (2010). An examination of the predictive validity of the Risk Matrix 2000 in England and Wales. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 22, 443-470.
Wakeling, H. C., & Travers, R. (2010). Evaluating offending behaviour programmes in prison. In J. M. Brown & E. A. Campbell (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology, pp. 820-829. Cambridge University Press.
Pemberton, A. E., & Wakeling, H. C. (2009). Entitled to sex: Attitudes of sexual offenders. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 15, 289-304.
Ware, J., Mann, R. E., & Wakeling, H. C. (2009). Group versus Individual Treatment: What is the Best Modality for Treatment Sexual Offenders? Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand, 2, 2-13.
Barnett, G. D., & Wood, J. L. (2008). Agency, relatedness, inner peace and problem-solving; how sexual offenders prioritise and operationalise their good lives conceptions. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 20, 444-465.
Carter, A., Mann, R. E., & Wakeling, H. C. (2008). Sexual Killers and Post Mortem Sexual Interference Offenders: Assessment, Treatment and Risk Management. In A. J. R. Harris & C. A. Page (Eds.), Sexual Homicide and Paraphilias: The Correctional Service of Canada’s Experts Forum 2007. Correctional Service of Canada.
Underhill, J., Wakeling, H. C., Mann, R. E., & Webster, S. D. (2008). Male Sexual Offenders’ Emotional Openness with Men and Women. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35, 1156-1173.
Mann, R. E., Webster, S. D., Wakeling, H. C., & Marshall, W. L. (2007). The measurement and influence of child sexual abuse supportive beliefs. Psychology, Crime and Law, 13, 443-458.
Wakeling, H. C. (2007). The Psychometric Validation of the Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised with UK Incarcerated Sexual Offenders. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 19, 217-236.
Wakeling, H. C., Webster, S., Moulden, H. M., & Marshall, W. L. (2007). Decisions to offend in men who sexually abuse their daughters. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 13, 81-99.
Webster, S. D., Mann, R. E., Thornton, D., & Wakeling, H. C. (2007). Further validation of the Short Self-esteem Scale with sexual offenders. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 12, 207-216.
Williams, F. M. S., Wakeling, H. C., & Webster, S. D. (2007). A psychometric study of six self-report measures for use with sexual offenders with cognitive and social functioning deficits. Psychology, Crime and Law, 13, 505-522.