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Addington, Carola; Sundari, Anitha; Baars, Vicki; Day, Katy; Domoney-Lyttle, Zanne; Downes, Julia; Gillies, Jane; Mabrouk, Meriam; Marlow, Emily; McGookin, Naomi; McMillan, Lesley; Reece, Nina; Sundaram, Vanita and Grady, Jo (2021). Eradicating Sexual Violence in Tertiary Education: A report from UCU’s sexual violence task group. UCU, London.

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Downes, Leigh and McCulloch, Daniel (2023). Situating Criminological Knowledge Production. In: Dimou, Eleni; Downes, Leigh; McCulloch, Daniel and Speed, Carly eds. Researching Current Issues in Criminology. Milton Keynes: The Open University, pp. 19–54.

Downes, Leigh (2023). Healing and Recovery. In: Dimou, Eleni; Downes, Leigh; McCulloch, Daniel and Speed, Carly eds. Researching Current Issues in Criminology. Milton Keynes, UK: The Open University, pp. 275–316.

Downes, Leigh and Wall, Ruth (2022). Teaching Emotionally Challenging Topics: An educator’s guide to supporting emotional resilience skills in higher education. The Open University.

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Downes, Julia (2019). Re-imagining an End to Gendered Violence: Prefiguring the worlds we want. In: Hart, Emily; Greener, Joe and Moth, Rich eds. Resist the Punitive State: Grassroots Struggles Across welfare, housing, education and prisons. London: Pluto Press.

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Downes, Julia; Kelly, Liz and Westmarland, Nicole (2019). “It’s a work in progress”: Men’s Accounts of Gender and Change in their Use of Coercive Control. Journal of Gender Based Violence, 3(3) pp. 267–282.

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Downes, Julia (2017). “It’s Not the Abuse That Kills You, It’s the Silence”: The silencing of sexual violence activism in social justice movements in the UK Left. Justice, Power and Resistance, 1(2) pp. 35–58.

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Downes, Julia; Hanson, Karis and Hudson, Rebecca (2016). Salvage: Gendered Violence in Activist Communities. Footprinters Workers Co-op, Leeds.

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Downes, Julia (2014). ‘We are turning cursive letters into knives’: the synthesis of the written word, sound and action in riot grrrl cultural resistance. In: Carroll, Rachel and Hansen, Adam eds. Litpop: Writing and Popular Music. Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 89–105.

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Downes, Julia; Kelly, Liz and Westmarland, Nicole (2014). Ethics in violence and abuse research - a positive empowerment approach. Sociological Research Online, 19(1), article no. 2.

Downes, Julia; Breeze, Maddie and Griffin, Naomi (2013). Researching DIY cultures: towards a situated ethical practice for activist-academia. Graduate Journal of Social Science, 10(3) pp. 100–124.

Downes, Julia (2012). The expansion of punk rock: riot grrrl challenges to gender power relations in British indie music subcultures. Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 41(2) pp. 204–237.

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Downes, Julia (2008). ‘Let Me Hear You Depoliticise My Rhyme’: Queer Feminist Cultural Activisms and Disruptions of Conventional Protest. In: Davy, Zowie; Downes, Julia; Eckert, Lena; Gerodetti, Natalia; Llinares, Dario and Santos, Ana Cristina eds. Bound and Unbound: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Genders and Sexualities. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 181–200.

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Downes, Julia (2007). Riot Grrrl: The legacy and contemporary landscape of DIY feminist cultural activism. In: Monem, Nadine ed. Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now! London: Black Dog Publishing.

Downes, Julia; Hanson, Karis and Seglow Hudson, Rebecca Salvage: Gendered Harms in Activist Communities.

Lister, Kate; Riva, Elena; Hartley, Alison; Waterhouse, Philippa; Moller, Naomi; Downes, Leigh; Coughlan, Tim; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; McPherson, Elaine; Macdonald, Ian; Jones-Tinsley, Sophie; Brown, Cath and Tudor, Ruth (2024). Positive Digital Practices: supporting positive learner identities and student mental wellbeing in technology-enhanced higher education. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2024(1), article no. 5.

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Lamble, Sarah; Serisier, Tanya; Dymock, Alex; Carr, Nicola; Downes, Julia and Boukli, Avi (2020). Guest editorial: Queer theory and criminology. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 20(5) pp. 504–509.

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McGlynn, Clare and Downes, Julia (2018). Section 4 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976. In: Rackley, Erika and Auchmuty, Rosemary eds. Women's Legal Landmarks: Celebrating the history of women and law in the UK and Ireland. Hart Publishing, pp. 327–332.

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McGlynn, Clare; Downes, Julia and Westmarland, Nicole (2017). Seeking justice for survivors of sexual violence: Recognition, voice and consequences. In: Zinsstag, Estelle and Keenan, Marie eds. Restorative Responses to Sexual Violence: Legal, Social and Therapeutic Dimensions. Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice. Routledge, pp. 179–191.

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