Arts in CJS, Creative Arts, Mentoring, Professional Development

Simpson, E.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/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 (Unpublished)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: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5561-4606 (2024) 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, London, UK. ISBN 978-1032512976; 978-1003401582; 1032512970 (doi:10.4324/9781003401582-12)

Creative Arts, Prisons, Desistance, Rehabilitation

Caulfield, L.S. and Simpson, E.A ORCID: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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)

Lived experience leadership, criminal justice system, leadership development, outcome evaluation, social change model of leadership, minoritised leaders, confidence and identity, structural barriers, peer networks, mixed methods

Schreeche-Powell, Edwin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5551-9649 and Simpson, Ella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5561-4606 (2026) Elevating voices, shaping change: outcome evaluation of the ELEVATE CJS Leadership Programme. Report. Criminal Justice Alliance (CJA), London. (In Press)

Music, Young Offenders, Community Sentence, Creative Arts Interventions

Caulfied, L.S., Simpson, E.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5561-4606 and Schreeche-Powell, Edwin ORCID: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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:10.1177/1473225420938151)

narrative criminology; prisons; creative arts; desistance

Simpson, Ella ORCID: https://orcid.org/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: https://orcid.org/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:10.1111/hojo.12318)