
Yr Athro Jonathan Scourfield
DipSW PhD
Professor
Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
- scourfield@cardiff.ac.uk
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- Siarad Cymraeg
- Sylwebydd y cyfryngau
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Trosolwg
- Gender issues in social welfare
- Distress and suicidal behaviour
- Child well-being
- Social work education and research capacity-building
- Children s identities
Social work research at Cardiff.
Jonathan takes some time to discuss his research interests below.
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Muslim Childhood: Religious Nurture in a European Context is published by Oxford University Press.
Professor Eleanor Nesbitt (Warwick University) has said:
'For everyone who is interested in contemporary childhood, in Islam, and in religious socialisation more generally, here is a meticulously researched and amply referenced study of the experience of Muslim children in the UK from an ethnically diverse range of families. In the context of insightful discussion of (for example) identity, the authors bring us the voices of Muslim children and their parents.'
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Jonathan Scourfield is Professor of Social Work in Cardiff School of Social Sciences, having formerly worked as a probation officer and secondary school teacher. Currently supervising doctorates on whole family interventions; direct payments for disabled people; public discourse on murder-suicide; the role of statutory social workers in suicide prevention and schools-based mental health promotion for young people. Doctoral completions include Jeremy Dixon (lecturer at University of Bath), Steve Gethin-Jones (lecturer at University of Central Lancashire), Lee Quinney (lecturer at University of South Wales), Nina Jacob (post-doctoral fellow in Cardiff School of Social Sciences), Hannah Burgon (Director of Sirona equine-assisted learning project) and Andrew Smith (Senior therapist at Lucy Faithfull Foundation). Updated June 2013.Main Areas of Teaching
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2020
- John, A.et al. 2020. Contacts with primary and secondary healthcare prior to suicide: case-control whole-population-based study using person-level linked routine data in Wales, UK, 2000-2017. British Journal of Psychiatry 217(6), pp. 717-724. (10.1192/bjp.2020.137)
- Channon, S.et al. 2020. Qualitative process evaluation of the Fostering Changes program for foster carers as part of the Confidence in Care randomized controlled trial. Child Abuse and Neglect 109, article number: 104768. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104768)
- Moody, G.et al. 2020. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the fostering changes programme. Child Abuse and Neglect 108, article number: 104646. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104646)
- Webb, C.et al. 2020. Cuts both ways: ethnicity, poverty, and the social gradient in child welfare interventions. Children and Youth Services Review 117, article number: 105299. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105299)
- MacDonald, S.et al. 2020. Theorising health professionals’ prevention and management practices with children and young people experiencing self-harm: a qualitative hospital-based case study. Sociology of Health and Illness (10.1111/1467-9566.13211)
- Marchant, A.et al. 2020. A content analysis and comparison of two peaks of newspaper reporting during a suicide cluster to examine implications for imitation, suggestion and prevention. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 41(5), pp. 398-406. (10.1027/0227-5910/a000655)
- Webb, C.et al. 2020. Income inequality & child welfare interventions in England and Wales. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (10.1136/jech-2020-214501)
- Zhang, M. L.et al. 2020. Social work contact in a UK cohort study: under-reporting, predictors of contact and the emotional and behavioural problems of children. Children and Youth Services Review 115, article number: 105071. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105071)
- Scourfield, J.et al. 2020. Social work fast track programmes: tracking retention and progression - interim report. Department for Education. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-work-fast-track-programmes-tracking-study
- Webb, C.et al. 2020. Untangling child welfare inequalities and the ‘Inverse Intervention Law’ in England. Children and Youth Services Review 111, article number: 104849. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104849)
- Bezeczky, Z.et al. 2020. Intensive family preservaton services to prevent out-of-home placement of children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Child Abuse and Neglect 102, article number: 104394. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104394)
- Mason, W.et al. 2020. Toward full integration of quantitative and qualitative methods in case study research: insights from investigating child welfare inequalities. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 14(2), pp. 164-183. (10.1177/1558689819857972)
- Bywaters, P.et al. 2020. Child welfare inequalities in the four nations of the UK. Journal of Social Work 20(2), pp. 193-215. (10.1177/1468017318793479)
- Turley, R.et al. 2020. Promoting the retention, mental health and wellbeing of child and family social workers: a systematic review of Workforce interventions. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Systematic-Review-of-Workforce-Interventions_July-2020.pdf
- Scourfield, J.et al. 2020. Are youth suicide memorial sites on Facebook different from those for other sudden deaths?. Death Studies 44(12), pp. 793-801. (10.1080/07481187.2019.1614109)
- Nurmatov, U.et al. 2020. Impact of shared decision-making family meetings on children's out-of-home care, family empowerment and satisfaction: a systematic review. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Family_Group_Conferencing_Report.pdf
- Scourfield, J.et al. 2020. Are child welfare intervention rates higher or lower in areas targeted for enhanced early years services?. Child Abuse Review
2019
- Brand, S.et al. 2019. How family budget change interventions affect children being in care: a rapid evidence assessment. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff, Wales: What Works for Children's Social Care. Available at: http://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Family_Budget_Change_rapid_evidence_assessment_Full_Report_Aug2019.pdf
- Scourfield, J.et al. 2019. Overview of administrative data on children's social care in England. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC_Overview_of_administrative_data_Oct_2019.pdf
- Evans, R.et al. 2019. Adolescent self-harm prevention and intervention in secondary schools: A survey of staff in England and Wales. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 24(3), pp. 230-238. (10.1111/camh.12308)
- Scourfield, J.et al. 2019. Evaluation of a fast-track postgraduate social work program in England using simulated practice. Research on Social Work Practice 29(4), pp. 363-374. (10.1177/1049731517735575)
- Bywaters, P.et al. 2019. Paradoxical evidence on ethnic inequities in child welfare: towards a research agenda. Children and Youth Services Review 96, pp. 145-154. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.11.042)
- Brand, S.et al. 2019. Mapping the evidence about what works to safely reduce the entry of children and young people into statutory care: a systematic scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 9(8), article number: e026967. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026967)
- Scourfield, J.et al. 2019. The number and characteristics of newspaper and Twitter reports on suicides and road traffic deaths in young people. Archives of Suicide Research 23(3), pp. 507-522. (10.1080/13811118.2018.1479321)
- 2019. Intensive family preservation services to prevent out-of-home placement of children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/WWCSC-Intensive-Family-Preservation-Services-to-prevent-out-of-home-placement-of-children-v2.pdf
2018
- Scourfield, J.et al. 2018. A profile of UK doctoral candidates in social work and social care. British Journal of Social Work 8(48), pp. 2313-2331. (10.1093/bjsw/bcy008)
- Wijedasa, D., Warner, N. and Scourfield, J. 2018. Exploratory analyses of the rates of children looked after in English local authorities (2012-2017). Technical Report.
- Addis, S.et al. 2018. Reducing the need for children to enter into care: a survey of approaches used by local authorities in England. Project Report. [Online]. London: What Works Centre for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Reducing_the_number_of_children_in_statutory_care_a_survey_of_local_authorities.pdf
- Brand, S.et al. 2018. Mapping the evidence about what works to safely reduce the number of children and young people in statutory care: A systematic scoping review. Technical Report.
- Morris, K.et al. 2018. Social work, deprivation and child welfare interventions. Child and Family Social Work 23(3), pp. 364-372. (10.1111/cfs.12423)
- Elliott, M., Staples, E. and Scourfield, J. 2018. The characteristics of children and young people in residential care in Wales. Child Care in Practice 24(3), pp. 317-330. (10.1080/13575279.2017.1319798)
- Zhang, M.et al. 2018. Comparing fathers and mothers who have social work contact: A research note. Social Work Research 42(2), pp. 131-136. (10.1093/swr/svx027)
- Maxwell, N.et al. 2018. The pre-training characteristics of Frontline participants and mainstream social work students. British Journal of Social Work 48(2), pp. 487-504. (10.1093/bjsw/bcx042)
- Bywaters, P.et al. 2018. Inequalities in English child protection practice under austerity: a universal challenge?. Child & Family Social Work 23(1), pp. 53-61. (10.1111/cfs.12383)
- Moody, G.et al. 2018. Evaluating the long-term impact of the Fostering Changes training programme for foster carers in Wales, the Confidence in Care trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 19, article number: 34. (10.1186/s13063-017-2424-3)
2017
- Segrott, J.et al. 2017. An application of Extended Normalisation Process Theory in a randomised controlled trial of a complex social intervention: process evaluation of the Strengthening Families Programme (10-14) in Wales, UK. SSM - Population Health 3, pp. 255-265. (10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.01.002)
- Evans, R.et al. 2017. Comparison of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and suicide in children and young people in care and non-care populations: systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence. Children and Youth Services Review 82, pp. 122-129. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.020)
- Jacob, N., Evans, R. E. and Scourfield, J. B. 2017. The influence of online images on self-harm: A qualitative study of young people aged 16-24. Journal of Adolescence 60, pp. 140-147. (10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.08.001)
- Burnap, P.et al. 2017. Multi-class machine classification of suicide-related communication on Twitter. Online Social Networks and Media 2, pp. 32-44. (10.1016/j.osnem.2017.08.001)
- Evans, R.et al. 2017. Understanding the diffusion of non-evidence-based health interventions: the role of experiential evidence. Health Education Journal 76(4), pp. 411-422. (10.1177/0017896916688711)
- Zhang, M. L.et al. 2017. Predicting the recipients of social work support, and its impact on emotional and behavioural problems in early childhood. Child and Family Social Work 22(2), pp. 772-781. (10.1111/cfs.12294)
- Warden, R., Scourfield, J. B. and Huxley, P. 2017. Islamic social work in the UK: the service user experience. British Journal of Social Work 47(3), pp. 737-754., article number: bcw006. (10.1093/bjsw/bcw006)
- Elliott, M. and Scourfield, J. 2017. Identifying and understanding inequalities in child welfare intervention rates. Project Report. [Online]. Child Welfare Inequalities Project. Available at: http://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-directories/current-projects/2014/child-welfare-inequality-uk/cwip-project-outputs/
- Scourfield, J.et al. 2017. Learning to be a Muslim. In: Strhan, A., Parker, S. G. and Ridgely, S. B. eds. The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion and Childhood. Bloomsbury, pp. 123-130.
- Sharland, E.et al. 2017. Assembling life history narratives from quantitative longitudinal panel data: what's the story for families using social work?. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 20, pp. 667-679. (10.1080/13645579.2017.1279915)
- John, A.et al. 2017. Newspaper reporting on a cluster of suicides in the UK. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 38(1), pp. 17-25. (10.1027/0227-5910/a000410)
- Teater, B.et al. 2017. Making social work count: A curriculum innovation to teach quantitative research methods and statistical analysis to undergraduate social work students in the United Kingdom. Journal of Teaching in Social Work 37(5), pp. 422-437. (10.1080/08841233.2017.1381216)
2016
- Evans, R.et al. 2016. GW4 Children and young people's self-harm and suicide research collaboration. Report.. Project Report. [Online]. GW4. Available at: http://decipher.uk.net/report-launch-gw4-children-young-peoples-self-harm-suicide-research-collaboration/
- Teater, B.et al. 2016. Quantitative research methods for social work: making social work count. Palgrave.
- Evans, R. E., Scourfield, J. B. and Moore, G. 2016. Gender, relationship breakdown, and suicide risk: a review of research in western countries. Journal of Family Issues 37(16), pp. 2239-2264. (10.1177/0192513X14562608)
- Henderson, M.et al. 2016. Predictors of social service contact among teenagers in England. British Journal of Social Work 46(6), pp. 1485-1501. (10.1093/bjsw/bcv081)
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2016. The response in Twitter to an assisted suicide in a television soap opera. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 37(5), pp. 392-395. (10.1027/0227-5910/a000377)
- Scourfield, J.et al. 2016. Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention. Children and Youth Services Review 69, pp. 259-267. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.08.021)
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2016. The association between characteristics of fathering in infancy and depressive symptoms in adolescence: a UK birth cohort study. Child Abuse & Neglect 58, pp. 119-128. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.06.013)
- Henderson, M.et al. 2016. The effects of social service contact on teenagers in England. Research on Social Work Practice 26(4), pp. 386-398. (10.1177/1049731514557363)
- Henderson, M.et al. 2016. The outcomes of educational welfare officer contact in England. British Educational Research Journal 42(3), pp. 399-416. (10.1002/berj.3212)
- Scourfield, J. B. and Lewinson, E. 2016. Engaging black fathers in child protection services. In: Bernard, C. and Harris, P. eds. Safeguarding Black Children: Good Practice in Child Protection. Jessica Kingsley, pp. 165-176.
- Maxwell, N.et al. 2016. Independent evaluation of the Frontline pilot: Research report. Project Report. [Online]. Department for Education. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/frontline-pilot-independent-evaluation
2015
- Henderson, M.et al. 2015. The effect of social work use on the mental health outcomes of parents and the life satisfaction of children in Britain. Children and Youth Services Review 58, pp. 71-81. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.09.007)
- Bywaters, P.et al. 2015. Exploring inequities in child welfare and child protection services: explaining the 'inverse intervention law'. Children and Youth Services Review 57, pp. 98-105. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.07.017)
- Evans, R. E., Scourfield, J. B. and Murphy, S. 2015. Pragmatic, formative process evaluations of complex interventions and why we need more of them [Editorial]. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 69(10), pp. 925-926. (10.1136/jech-2014-204806)
- Burnap, P., Colombo, G. and Scourfield, J. B. 2015. Machine classification and analysis of suicide-related communication on Twitter. Presented at: 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext & Social Media, Cyprus, 1-4 September 2015HT '15- Proceedings of the 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext & Social Media. Association for Computing Machinery pp. 75-84.
- Scourfield, J. B. and Nasiruddin, Q. 2015. Religious adaptation of a parenting programme: process evaluation of the Family Links Islamic Values course for Muslim fathers. Child: Care, Health and Development 41(5), pp. 697-703. (10.1111/cch.12228)
- Scourfield, J. B. and Evans, R. E. 2015. Why might men be more at risk of suicide after a relationship breakdown? Sociological insights. American Journal of Men's Health 9(5), pp. 380-384. (10.1177/1557988314546395)
- Evans, R., Murphy, S. and Scourfield, J. 2015. Implementation of a school-based social and emotional learning intervention: understanding diffusion processes within complex systems. Prevention Science 16, pp. 754-764. (10.1007/s11121-015-0552-0)
- Evans, R., Scourfield, J. and Murphy, S. 2015. The unintended consequences of targeting: young people's lived experiences of social and emotional learning interventions. British Educational Research Journal 41(3), pp. 381-397. (10.1002/berj.3155)
- Holland, S. and Scourfield, J. B. 2015. Social work: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Stack, S. and Scourfield, J. 2015. Recency of divorce, depression, and suicide risk. Journal of Family Issues 36(6), pp. 695-715. (10.1177/0192513X13494824)
- Scourfield, J. B., Smail, P. and Butler, D. 2015. A systemic approach to improving the engagement of fathers in child safeguarding. Child Abuse Review 24(2), pp. 129-139. (10.1002/car.2333)
- Slater, T., Scourfield, J. and Greenland, K. 2015. Suicide attempts and social worker contact: secondary analysis of a general population study. British Journal of Social Work 45(1), pp. 378-394. (10.1093/bjsw/bct112)
- Colombo, G. B.et al. 2015. Analysing the connectivity and communication of suicidal users on Twitter. Computer Communications 73(B), pp. 291-300. (10.1016/j.comcom.2015.07.018)
- Evans, R. E.et al. 2015. Systematic review of self-harm and suicide in children and young people in the care of the state. Presented at: 28th World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16-20 June 2015. pp. 82-82.
- Evans, R. E., Murphy, S. and Scourfield, J. B. 2015. The unintended consequences of targeting: young people's lived experiences of targeted social and emotional learning interventions. Presented at: Society for Prevention Research 23rd Annual Meeting: Integrating Prevention Science and Public Policy, Washington DC, USA, 29 May 2015. pp. 82-82.
2014
- John, A.et al. 2014. Suicide Information Database-Cymru: a protocol for a population-based, routinely collected data linkage study to explore risks and patterns of healthcare contact prior to suicide to identify opportunities for intervention. BMJ Open 4(11), article number: e006780. (10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006780)
- John, A.et al. 2014. PRINTQUAL - A measure for assessing the quality of newspaper reporting of suicide. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 35(6), pp. 431-435. (10.1027/0227-5910/a000276)
- Scourfield, J., Cheung, S. Y. and Macdonald, G. 2014. Working with fathers to improve children's well-being: Results of a survey exploring service provision and intervention approach in the UK. Children and Youth Services Review 43, pp. 40-50. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.04.009)
- Jacob, N., Scourfield, J. B. and Evans, R. E. 2014. Suicide prevention via the internet. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 35(4), pp. 261-267. (10.1027/0227-5910/a000254)
- Segrott, J.et al. 2014. Cultural adaptation and intervention integrity: a response to Skarstrand, Sundell and Andreasson. The European Journal of Public Health 24(3), pp. 354-355. (10.1093/eurpub/cku039)
- Scourfield, J. 2014. Improving Work With Fathers to Prevent Child Maltreatment: Fathers should be engaged as allies in child abuse and neglect prevention. Child Abuse & Neglect 38(6), pp. 974-981. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.05.002)
- Segrott, J.et al. 2014. Fidelity of implementation of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK in Wales UK: a mixed-method process evaluation within a randomised controlled trial. Presented at: 7th European Public Health Conference, Glasgow, Scotland,, 19-22 November 2014.
- Moore, L. A. R.et al. 2014. Strengthening Families Programme (10-14UK) substance misuse prevention programme: findings from NPRI randomised trial of a proportionate universalism adaptation of an intervention for families with children aged 10-14. Presented at: 10th UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting, Nottingham, 3-4 December 2014. pp. 1642-1647.
- Scourfield, J. B. and Taylor, A. 2014. Using a book group to facilitate student learning about social work. Social Work Education 33(4), pp. 533-538. (10.1080/02615479.2013.832190)
- Segrott, J.et al. 2014. Preventing substance misuse: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK (SFP 10-14 UK). BMC Public Health 14(1), article number: 49. (10.1186/1471-2458-14-49)
- Evans, R. E., Murphy, S. and Scourfield, J. B. 2014. The diffusion of social and emotional learning interventions: exploring and the role and impact of proselytism. Presented at: UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence Conference, Leeds, UK, 19-20 June 2014.
2013
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2013. Muslim childhood: religious nurture in a European context. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Jones, P.et al. 2013. Identifying probable suicide clusters in Wales using national mortality data. PLoS ONE 8(8), article number: e71713. (10.1371/journal.pone.0071713)
- Evans, R. E., Scourfield, J. B. and Murphy, S. 2013. The diffusion of social and emotional learning interventions: is belief and conviction enough?. Presented at: Society for Prevention Research 21st Annual Meeting, The Science of Prevention: Building a Comprehensive National Strategy for Well-being, San Francisco, USA, 28-31 May 2013.
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2013. Religious nurture in British Muslim families: implications for social work. International Social Work 56(3), pp. 326-342. (10.1177/0020872812474032)
2012
- Maxwell, N.et al. 2012. The benefits and challenges of training child protection social workers in father engagement. Child Abuse Review 21(4), pp. 299-310. (10.1002/car.2218)
- Maxwell, N.et al. 2012. Engaging fathers in child welfare services: A narrative review of recent research evidence. Child and Family Social Work 17(2), pp. 160-169. (10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00827.x)
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2012. The intergenerational transmission of Islam in England and Wales: evidence from the Citizenship Survey. Sociology 46(1), pp. 91-108. (10.1177/0038038511419189)
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2012. Sociological autopsy: an integrated approach to the study of suicide in men. Social Science & Medicine 74(4), pp. 466-473. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.054)
- Khan, A.et al. 2012. Reflections on qualitative research with Muslim families. Fieldwork in Religion 7(1), pp. 48-69.
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2012. Results of a training course for social workers on engaging fathers in child protection. Children and Youth Services Review 34(8), pp. 1425-1432. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.03.022)
- Slater, T., Scourfield, J. B. and Sloan, L. 2012. Who is citing whom in social work? A response to Hodge, Lacasse and Benson. British Journal of Social Work 42(8), pp. 1626-1633. (10.1093/bjsw/bcs190)
2011
- Scourfield, J. B., Roen, K. and McDermott, E. 2011. The non-display of authentic distress: public-private dualism in young people's discursive construction of self-harm. Sociology of Health & Illness 33(5), pp. 777-791. (10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01322.x)
- Holliday, J.et al. 2011. Pragmatic trials of non-NHS interventions: experiences from a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families 10-14 UK Programme (SFP10-14 UK). Trials 12(S 1), pp. A98. (10.1186/1745-6215-12-S1-A98)
- Maxwell, N.et al. 2011. UK panel data on social work service users. British Journal of Social Work 42(1), pp. 165-184. (10.1093/bjsw/bcr051)
- Fincham, B.et al. 2011. Understanding suicide: a sociological autopsy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2010
- Featherstone, B. et al. eds. 2010. Gender and child welfare in society. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
2009
- Greenland, K.et al. 2009. Theoretical antecedents of distress disclosure in a community sample of young people. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 39(9), pp. 2045-2068. (10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00515.x)
- Drakeford, M.et al. 2009. Welsh children’s views on government and participation. Childhood 16(2), pp. 247-264. (10.1177/0907568209104404)
- Shiner, M.et al. 2009. When things fall apart: Gender and suicide across the life-course. Social Science & Medicine 69(5), pp. 738-746. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.014)
- Scourfield, J. B. and Maxwell, N. 2009. Social work doctoral students in the UK: a web-based survey and search of the index to theses. British Journal of Social Work 40(2), pp. 548-566. (10.1093/bjsw/bcn165)
2008
- Roen, K., Scourfield, J. B. and McDermott, E. 2008. Making sense of suicide: a discourse analysis of young people's talk about suicidal subjecthood. Social Science & Medicine 67(12), pp. 2089-2097. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.019)
- Scourfield, J. B. 2008. Professional doctorate programmes in social work: the current state of provision in the UK. British Journal of Social Work 40(2), pp. 567-582. (10.1093/bjsw/bcn139)
- Scourfield, J. B. 2008. Mapping the provision of professional doctorate programmes in social work: a survey of UK universities. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Scourfield, J. 2008. Men's mental health. The Irish Social Worker Summer
- Fincham, B., Scourfield, J. b. and Langer, S. 2008. The impact of working with disturbing secondary data: reading suicide files in a coroner's office. Qualitative Health Research 18(6), pp. 853-862. (10.1177/1049732307308945)
- Langer, S., Scourfield, J. B. and Fincham, B. 2008. Documenting the quick and the dead: a study of suicide case files in a coroner's office. The Sociological Review 56(2), pp. 293-308. (10.1111/j.1467-954X.2007.00789.x)
- Scourfield, J., Roen, K. and McDermott, E. 2008. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people's experiences of distress: resilience, ambivalence and self-destructive behaviour. Health and Social Care in the Community 16(3), pp. 329-336. (10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00769.x)
- Lambert, P.et al. 2008. The social context of school bullying: evidence from a survey of children in South Wales. Research Papers in Education 23(3), pp. 269-291. (10.1080/02671520701809866)
- Scourfield, J. B., Holland, S. and Young, C. 2008. Social work in Wales since democratic devolution. Australian Social Work 61(1), pp. 42-56. (10.1080/03124070701818724)
- Scourfield, J. B. and Smalley, N. 2008. Social work doctoral students in the UK. Southampton, UK: The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP). Available at: http://www.swap.ac.uk/docs/projects/rpt_jscourfield_online.pdf
- Holland, S. and Scourfield, J. B. 2008. Managing marginalised masculinities: men and probation. In: Tomsen, S. ed. Crime, criminal justice and masculinities. International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology - Second series Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 427-440.
- McDermott, E., Roen, K. and Scourfield, J. B. 2008. Avoiding shame: young LGBT people, homophobia and self-destructive behaviours. Culture Health and Sexuality 10(8), pp. 815-829. (10.1080/13691050802380974)
2007
- Maegusuku-Hewett, T.et al. 2007. Refugee children in Wales: coping and adaptation in the face of adversity. Children & Society 21(4), pp. 309-321. (10.1111/j.1099-0860.2007.00102.x)
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2007. Young people's gendered interpretations of suicide and attempted suicide. Child & Family Social Work 12(3), pp. 248-257. (10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00498.x)
- Featherstone, B., Rivett, M. and Scourfield, J. B. eds. 2007. Working with men in health and social care. London: SAGE Publications.
- Chaney, P., Scourfield, J. B. and Thompson, A. eds. 2007. Contemporary Wales: an annual review of economic, political and social research. Vol. 19. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
2006
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2006. The significance of place in middle childhood: qualitative research from Wales. British Journal of Sociology 57(4), pp. 577-595. (10.1111/j.1468-4446.2006.00126.x)
- Dunkerley, D.et al. 2006. Children seeking asylum in Wales. Journal of Refugee Studies 19(4), pp. 488-508. (10.1093/refuge/fel019)
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2006. Children, place and identity: nation and locality in middle childhood. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Featherstone, B., Hooper, C. A. and Scourfield, J. B. 2006. Special issue on gender and child welfare [Editorial]. Critical Social Policy 26(2), pp. 291-293. (10.1177/0261018306062583)
- Scourfield, J. B. 2006. Gendered organizational culture in child protection social work. Social Work 51(1), pp. 80-82.
- Scourfield, J. B. 2006. The challenge of engaging fathers in the child protection process. Critical Social Policy 26(2), pp. 440-449. (10.1177/0261018306062594)
- Scourfield, J. B. 2006. Placing gender in social work: the local and national dimensions of gender relations. Social Work Education 25(7), pp. 665-679. (10.1080/02615470600905861)
- Scourfield, J. B. and Pithouse, A. J. 2006. Lay and professional knowledge in social work: reflections from ethnographic research on child protection. European Journal of Social Work 9(3), pp. 323-337. (10.1080/13691450600828382)
- Scourfield, J. B. and Coffey, A. J. 2006. Access, ethics and the (re)construction of gender: the case of researcher as suspected 'paedophile'. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 9(1), pp. 29-40. (10.1080/13645570500436122)
- Dunkerley, D.et al. 2006. The experiences of front-line staff working with children seeking asylum. In: Jones Finer, C. ed. Migration, Immigration and Social Policy. London: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 81-92.
- Chaney, P., Scourfield, J. B. and Thompson, A. eds. 2006. Contemporary Wales: an annual review of economic, political and social research. Vol. 18. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
2005
- Dunkerley, D.et al. 2005. The experiences of frontline staff working with children seeking asylum. Social Policy and Administration 39(6), pp. 640-652. (10.1111/j.1467-9515.2005.00461.x)
- Daniel, B.et al. 2005. Why gender matters for Every Child Matters. British Journal of Social Work 35(8), pp. 1343-1355. (10.1093/bjsw/bch225)
- Smalley, N., Scourfield, J. B. and Greenland, K. 2005. Young people, gender and suicide: A review of research on the social context. Journal of Social Work 5(2), pp. 133-154. (10.1177/1468017305054953)
- Scourfield, J. B. 2005. Suicidal Masculinities. Sociological Research Online 10(2)
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2005. The negotiation of minority ethnic identities in virtually all-white communities: research with children and their families in the South Wales valleys. Children & Society 19(3), pp. 211-224. (10.1002/chi.831)
- Scourfield, J. B. and Davies, A. 2005. Children's accounts of Wales as racialized and inclusive. Ethnicities 5(1), pp. 83-107. (10.1177/1468796805049927)
- Holland, S.et al. 2005. Democratising the family and the state? The case of family group conferences in child welfare. Journal of Social Policy 34(1), pp. 59-78. (10.1017/S0047279404008268)
- Hewett, T.et al. 2005. Uncertain futures: children seeking asylum in Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Save the Children Wales. Available at: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/resources/online-library/uncertain-futures-children-seeking-asylum-in-wales
2004
- Smalley, N. and Scourfield, J. B. 2004. The potential of research project websites. British Journal of Social Work 34(4), pp. 591-598. (10.1093/bjsw/bch068)
- Holland, S. and Scourfield, J. B. 2004. Liberty and respect in child protection. British Journal of Social Work 34(1), pp. 21-36. (10.1093/bjsw/bch003)
- Scourfield, J., Davies, A. and Holland, S. 2004. Wales and Welshness in middle childhood. Contemporary Wales 16(1), pp. 83-100.
- Smalley, N.et al. 2004. Services for suicidal young people: qualitative research on lay and professional perspectives. Youth & Policy:The Journal of Critical Analysis 83, pp. 1-18.
- Chaney, P., Scourfield, J. B. and Thompson, A. eds. 2004. Contemporary Wales: an annual review of economic, political and social research. Vol. 17. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
2003
- Scourfield, J. B. and Welsh, I. 2003. Risk, reflexivity and social control in child protection: new times or same old story?. Critical Social Policy 23(3), pp. 398-420. (10.1177/02610183030233005)
- Scourfield, J. B. 2003. Gender and child protection. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2002
- Scourfield, J. B. and Drakeford, M. 2002. New Labour and the 'Problem of Men'. Critical Social Policy 22(4), pp. 619-640. (10.1177/02610183020220040401)
- Scourfield, J. B. and Coffey, A. J. 2002. Understanding gendered practice in child protection. Qualitative Social Work 1(3), pp. 319-340. (10.1177/1473325002001003644)
- Scourfield, J. B.et al. 2002. Responding to the experiences of minority ethnic children in virtually all-white communities. Child & Family Social Work 7(3), pp. 161-175. (10.1046/j.1365-2206.2002.00243.x)
- Pithouse, A. J. and Scourfield, J. B. 2002. Ready for practice? The DipSW in Wales: views from the workplace on social work training. Journal of Social Work 2(1), pp. 7-27. (10.1177/146801730200200102)
- Scourfield, J. and Welsh, I. 2002. New times or same old story? Risk, reflexivity and social control in child protection. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Scourfield, J. B. 2002. Reflections on gender, knowledge and values in social work. British Journal of Social Work 32(1), pp. 1-15. (10.1093/bjsw/32.1.1)
2001
- Scourfield, J. and Drakeford, M. 2001. New Labour and the politics of masculinity. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Scourfield, J. B. 2001. Constructing men in child protection work. Men and Masculinities 4(1), pp. 70-89. (10.1177/1097184X01004001004)
- Scourfield, J. B. 2001. Constructing women in child protection work. Child & Family Social Work 6(1), pp. 77-87. (10.1046/j.1365-2206.2001.00189.x)
- Scourfield, J. 2001. Interviewing interviewers and knowing about knowledge. In: Shaw, I. and Gould, N. eds. Qualitative Research in Social Work: Method and Context. London: SAGE Publications, pp. 60-73.
2000
- Scourfield, J. B. 2000. The rediscovery of child neglect. Sociological Review 48(3), pp. 365-382. (10.1111/1467-954X.00221)
- Holland, S. and Scourfield, J. B. 2000. Managing marginalised masculinities: men and probation. Journal of Gender Studies 9(2), pp. 199-211. (10.1080/713677981)
1999
- Scourfield, J. B. and Dobash, R. P. 1999. Programmes for violent men: recent developments in the UK. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 38(2), pp. 128-143. (10.1111/1468-2311.00122)
- Scourfield, J. and Drakeford, M. 1999. Boys from nowhere: finding Welsh men and putting them in their place. Contemporary Wales 12, pp. 3-17.
1998
- Pithouse, A., Evans, J. and Scourfield, J. 1998. Standards for accreditation in home care: setting the agenda for induction and staff training. Journal of Integrated Care 6(6), pp. 256-262. (10.1108/14769018199800052)
- Scourfield, J. B. 1998. Probation officers working with men. British Journal of Social Work 28(4), pp. 581-599.
- Pithouse, A. and Scourfield, J. 1998. Engaging with the market; preparing for accreditation: Domiciliary care and the independent sector. Research, Policy and Planning 16(3), pp. 9-15.
1997
- Pithouse, A. and Scourfield, J. 1997. Setting standards in home care accreditation: views from the field. Journal of Social Service Research 4, pp. 13-25.
1995
- Scourfield, J. 1995. Changing Men: UK agencies working with men who are violent towards their women partners. Probation Monographs.
Addysgu
- Gender issues in social welfare
- Distress and suicidal behaviour
- Child well-being
- Social work education and research capacity-building
- Children's identities