Arts in CJS, Creative Arts, Mentoring, Professional Development

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 and Buck, G. (2021) An evaluation of the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance’s Professional Mentoring Scheme 2020/21. Report. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

Arts in prisons; Arts in corrections; creative methodology; narrative criminology; narratology

Simpson, Ella ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 and Gardner, Amanda (2024) Chapter 9. Making the story count: an argument for the development of a narrative evaluation tool in the Arts in criminal justice sector. In: Gardner, Amanda and Caulfield, Laura, (eds.) Arts in Criminal Justice and Corrections: International Perspectives on Methods, Journeys, and Challenges. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London; Milton Park, Oxon. ISBN 978-1032512976; 978-1003401582; 1032512970 (In Press)

Creative Arts, Prisons, Desistance, Rehabilitation

Caulfield, L.S. and Simpson, E.A ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2019) Arts-based interventions in the justice system. In: Ugwudike, Pamela, Graham, Hannah, McNeill, Fergus and Raynor, Peter F., (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon., pp. 396-408. ISBN 9781138103320

Creative Writing, Narrative Criminology, Prisons, Relationships, Desistance

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2022) Narratives of transgression: the life stories of creative writing practitioners at work in the prison. In: European Society of Criminology 22nd Annual Conference, 21st-24th September, University of Malaga, Spain.

Creative Writing, Prisons, Arts Interventions, Desistance, Alterity

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2018) Being the change you want to see: the importance of frontline practitioners' stories in understanding the penal voluntary sector. In: The Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector: Emerging Scholarship, 10th January, British Academy.

Creative Writing, Prisons, Stories

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2016) Stories are good. In: Koestler Awards Prize Giving Ceremony, 1st October 2016, HMP Wakefield, UK..

Creative arts, Creative writing, prisons,

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2021) 'Starting at the end: a storyboard'. In: Fruish, A., (ed.) Toolbox: Red - Ideas, Inspirations, Games. Fruishion/Arts Council, pp. 101-103.

Creative arts, prisons, arts interventions, fashion, desistance, women and prison

Caulfield, L.S, Curtis, K. and Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2018) Making for change - an independent evaluation of Making for Change: skills in a Fashion Training & Manufacturing Workshop. HMPPS, Maidstone.

Creativity, Creative Writing, Narrative, Refuge, Criminal Justice, Tricksters

Soyinka, B. and Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2018) Story as refuge. In: Storytelling and Refuge / Storytelling as Refuge, 6th-7th April 2018, George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling Annual Symposium, University of South Wales, Cardiff.

Creativity, Prison-University Partnerships

Morgan, C. and Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2015) Creative collaborations: a case study. In: Knowledge Exchange in University Prison Partnerships. In: ESRC Festival of Social Science: Social Sciences Shaping as Sustainable World, 15th November 2015, Bath Spa University, UK.

Empathy, Creative Writing, Criminal Justice, Alienation

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2019) ‘The Alienation of Empathy: Outsiders and Insiders in the Criminal Justice System'. In: Empathy in Research: Writing and Empathy Research Group, 15th June 2019, Bath Spa University.

LGBTIQ+, MENA, Human Rights, Health and Wellbeing

Simpson, Ella ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2023) Learning from the silence: an exploratory study of the status, rights and lived experience of hidden LGBTIQ+ individuals and communities. Report. UN Women. (Unpublished)

Music, Young Offenders, Community Sentence, Creative Arts Interventions

Caulfied, L.S., Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 and Jacobs, C (2016) An evaluation of the Birmingham Youth Offending Service Youth Music Project (Compliance, completion, and success). Bath Spa University, Bath.

Music, Youth Offending, Creative Arts Interventions, Desistance

Caulfield, L.S., Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 and Jacobs, C. (2017) Improving resilience and well-being through the arts: exploring methodologies using an example of research in youth justice. In: Culture, Health and wellbeing international conference Culture, Health and wellbeing international conference, 19th-21st June 2017, University of Bristol, UK..

Narrative Criminology, Creative Writing, Prisons, Deviance, Alterity

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2022) Stories from the Inside: The narratives of creative writing practitioners in prisons. In: 3rd Narrative Criminology Symposium, 16th-18th June 2022, University of Genoa, Italy.

Narrative Criminology, Creative Writing, Prisons, Narratology

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2017) Authoring desistance: the role of practitioners in creative interventions. In: The Second Narrative Criminology Symposium, 14th-15th June 2017, University of Oslo, Norway.

Narrative Criminology, Creative Writing, Prisons, Relationships

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2023) Narratives of transgression: the life stories of creative writing practitioners in prison arts practice. In: Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 60th Annual Conference, 14th-18th March 2023, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland, USA.

Narrative Criminology, Crime Fiction, Positivism, Writers

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2015) The story of crime: offending scientific tradition and the role of crime fiction. In: Captivating Criminality: Crime Fiction, Traditions and Transgressions, 23rd-25th June 2015, Bath Spa University, UK.

Narrative Criminology, Moral Philosophy, Ethics, Creative Writing, Prisons

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2022) ‘The interior landscape on the outside’: Understanding therapy and ethics in creative writing practitioners’ work in prisons. In: Moral and Ethical Worlds of Confinement Symposium, 7th-8th July 2022, University of Cambridge, UK.

lived experience; leadership; programme theory; constructive alignment; education; employability; social justice; social change; policy

Simpson, Ella ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 and Schreeche-Powell, Edwin ORCID: 0000-0002-5551-9649 (2024) An Eye-Opener and a Door-Opener: a process evaluation of the ELEVATE CJS leadership programme (2023/24). Report. University of Greenwich - The Criminal Justice Alliance, London, UK.

mixed methods, music, well-being, Youth Offending Team

Caulfield, L.S., Jolly, A., Simpson, Ella ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 and Devi-McGleish, Y. (2022) ‘It’s not just music, it helps you from Inside’: mixing methods to understand the Impact of music on young people in contact with the criminal justice system. Youth Justice, 22 (1). pp. 67-84. (doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225420938151)

narrative criminology; prisons; creative arts; desistance

Simpson, Ella ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 (2022) ‘In on the outside’: the stories of creative writing practitioners working in prisons and their role in the desistance journey. Basingstoke . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. (In Press)

penal voluntary sector; narrative criminology; arts interventions; prisons; alterity

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5561-4606 , Morgan, C. and Caulfield, L.S. (2019) From the outside in: narratives of creative arts practitioners working in the criminal justice system. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 58 (3). pp. 384-403. (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12318)