Publications

Books

Ashton, S-A. (2023 forthcoming). Pathways to adolescent male violent offending. Routledge.

Peer Reviewed Journals

Ashton, S-A. & Bussu, A. (2022). The social dynamics of adolescent co-offending. Youth Justice. 

Ashton, S-A. & Ward, J. (2022). Bridging the gap between criminal psychology and frontline youth work. A case study in programme development and evaluation Assessment & Development Matters. The British Psychological Society.

2022 Ashton, S-A. & Ioannou, M. The relationship of gang membership, social and psychological risk factors to desistance from crime in adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Gang Research 29(2): 1-25.

2021 Ashton, S-A., Valentine, M., & Chan, B. Understanding the offending profiles and associated risks of violent young offenders using police data International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

2020 Ashton, S-A. & Bussu, A. Gangs, groups, and organised crime in the narratives of adolescent male offenders. Journal of Criminal Psychology. 10(4). [Literati Award for Outstanding Paper].

2020 Ashton, S-A., Ioannou, M., & Hammond, L., & Synnott, J. The relationship of offending style to psychological and social risk factors in a sample of adolescent males. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling 17: 76-92.

2020 Ashton, S-A., Ioannou, M., & Hammond, L. The relationship of gang membership status to psychological and social risk factors in a sample of adolescent and young adult males, Journal of Gang Research [Accepted April 2020]

2018 Ashton, S-A., Ioannou, M., Hammond, L. (2018) Offending patterns of youth gang members and leavers, Journal of Gang Research25(2): 29-49.

2018 Tzani-Pepelasi, C., Ioannou, M., Synnott, J, & Ashton, S-A. (2018) Comparing risk factors related to school-bullying and cyber-bullying, Crime Psychology Review 4(1): 1-25.

Book chapters

Ashton, S-A. & Betts, J., (forthcoming 2023). Combs from Kemet. Exploring the potential of ancient Egyptian material culture for working with incarcerated communities In J. Thum, et al. eds. Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice. New York: Routledge.

Ashton, S-A. & Bussu, A. (2022). Youth offending: nature, causes and implications. In S. Stanley ed. Contemporary Social Problems in the UK. London: Routledge, Chapter 8.