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Harris, Martyn and Jacobson, Jessica and Provetti, Alessandro (2024) Sentiment and time-series analysis of direct-message conversations. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 49 (301753), pp. 1-14. ISSN 2666-2825.

Cooper, Penny and Jacobson, Jessica and Kong, Camillia (2023) Techniques for questioning vulnerable lay participants. Counsel Magazine ,

Kirby, Amy and Jacobson, Jessica (2022) Procedural justice in the courts. Clinks Evidence Library ,

Fox, Anthony and Jacobson, Jessica (2021) How well do Regulation 28 reports serve future public health and safety ? Medicine, Science and the Law , ISSN 0025-8024.

Jacobson, Jessica and Hough, Mike (2018) Missed opportunities and new risks: penal policy in England and Wales in the past 25 years. Political Quarterly 89 (2), pp. 177-186. ISSN 1467-923X.

Jacobson, Jessica and Sabuni, P. and Talbot, J. (2017) Disability and the criminal justice system in Zambia. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour 8 (2), pp. 59-69. ISSN 2050-8824.

Jacobson, Jessica (2016) Joint enterprise after Jogee: implications for sentencing. Sentencing News , ISSN 0964-8461.

Jacobson, Jessica and Kirby, Amy and Hunter, Gillian (2016) Joint enterprise: towards clarity and transparency? Criminal Law & Justice Weekly 180 , pp. 557-559. ISSN 1759-7943.

Kirby, Amy and Jacobson, Jessica and Hunter, Gillian (2016) Prosecuting joint enterprise cases: seeking ways through the fog? British Society of Criminology Newsletters 79 , pp. 11-15. ISSN 1759-8354.

Kirby, Amy and Jacobson, Jessica (2014) Public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences. Criminology & Criminal Justice 14 (3), pp. 334-350. ISSN 1748-8958.

Player, E. and Roberts, J.V. and Jacobson, Jessica and Hough, Mike and Robottom, J. (2010) Remanded in custody: an analysis of recent trends in England and Wales. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 49 (3), pp. 231-251. ISSN 0265-5527.

Talbot, J. and Jacobson, Jessica (2010) Adult defendants with learning disabilities and the criminal courts. Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour 1 (2), pp. 16-26. ISSN 2042-0927.

Roberts, J.V. and Hough, Mike and Jacobson, Jessica and Moon, N. (2009) Public attitudes to sentencing purposes and sentencing factors: an empirical analysis. Criminal Law Review 11 , pp. 771-782. ISSN 0011-135X.

Roberts, J.V. and Hough, Mike and Jacobson, Jessica and Bredee, A. and Moon, N. (2008) Public attitudes to sentencing offences involving death by driving. Criminal Law Review 7 , pp. 525-538. ISSN 0011-135X.

Smith, Melissa and Jacobson, Jessica and Webb, Barry (2004) Abandoned vehicles in England: impact of the End of Life Directive and new initiatives on likely future trends. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 41 (3), pp. 177-189. ISSN 0921-3449.

Millie, A. and Jacobson, Jessica and Hough, Mike (2003) Understanding the growth in the prison population in England and Wales. Criminology and Criminal Justice 3 (4), pp. 369-387. ISSN 1748-8958.

Jacobson, Jessica (2002) When is a nation not a nation? The case of Anglo-British nationhood. Geopolitics 7 (2), pp. 173-192. ISSN 1465-0045.

Jacobson, Jessica (1997) Perceptions of Britishness. Nations and Nationalism 3 (2), pp. 181-199. ISSN 1354-5078.

Jacobson, Jessica (1997) Religion and ethnicity: dual and alternative sources of identity among young British Pakistanis. Ethnic and Racial Studies 20 (2), pp. 238-256. ISSN 0141-9870.

Book Section

Jacobson, Jessica and Murray, Alex and Rumble, H. and Templeton, L. (2024) Coronial investigations: past deaths and future lives. In: Jones, I. and Trabsky, M. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Law and Death. London, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781032303383. (In Press)

Hough, Mike and Jacobson, Jessica (2023) Guilty pleas as mitigation. In: Roberts, J.V. and Ryberg, J. (eds.) Sentencing the Self-Convicted: The Ethics of Pleading Guilty. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing, pp. 187-210. ISBN 9781509957439. (In Press)

Jacobson, Jessica (2020) Introduction. In: Jacobson, Jessica and Cooper, Penny (eds.) Participation in Courts and Tribunals: Concepts, Realities and Aspirations. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529211290. (In Press)

Jacobson, Jessica (2020) Observed realities of participation. In: Jacobson, Jessica and Cooper, Penny (eds.) Participation in Courts and Tribunals: Concepts, Realities and Aspirations. Bristol: Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529211290. (In Press)

Jacobson, Jessica (2018) Balancing accessibility and authority: towards an integrated approach to vulnerability in the criminal courts. In: Cooper, Penelope and Hunting, L. (eds.) Access to Justice for Vulnerable People. The Advocate's Gateway. London, UK: Wildy and Sons Limited. ISBN 9780854902675.

Jacobson, Jessica and Harlow, L. (2017) Witness support. In: Cooper, Penelope and Norton, H. (eds.) Vulnerable People and the Criminal Justice System: A Guide to Law and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 57-94. ISBN 9780198801115.

Jacobson, Jessica (2017) Introduction. In: Cooper, Penelope and Norton, H. (eds.) Vulnerable People and the Criminal Justice System: A Guide to Law and Practice. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-21. ISBN 9780198801115.

Jacobson, Jessica (2015) 'Community' knows best? Community involvement in criminal justice. In: Wasik, M. and Santatzoglou, S. (eds.) The Management of Change in Criminal Justice: Who Knows Best? Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 80-97. ISBN 9781137462480.

Jacobson, Jessica and Hough, Mike (2011) Personal mitigation: an empirical analysis in England and Wales. In: Roberts, J.V. (ed.) Mitigation and Aggravation at Sentencing. Cambridge Studies in Law and Society. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 60-80. ISBN 9780521197809.

Hough, Mike and Jacobson, Jessica (2009) A Sentencing Council for England and Wales. In: Collins, J. and Siddiqui, S. (eds.) Transforming Justice: New Approaches To The Criminal Justice System. London, UK: The Criminal Justice Alliance, pp. 31-38.

Jacobson, Jessica and Roberts, J.V. and Hough, Mike (2008) A sentencing commission for England and Wales? In: Hough, Mike and Allen, R. and Solomon, E. (eds.) Tackling prison overcrowding Build more prisons? Sentence fewer offenders? Researching Criminal Justice. Bristol, UK: Policy Press. ISBN 9781847421104.

Jacobson, Jessica and Millie, A. and Hough, Mike (2008) Why tackle anti-social behaviour? In: Squires, P. (ed.) ASBO Nation: The Criminalisation Of Nuisance. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 37-56. ISBN 9781847420282.

Hough, Mike and Jacobson, Jessica (2004) Getting to grips with anti-social behaviour. In: Grieve, J. and Howard, R. (eds.) Communities, Social Exclusion and Crime. Smith Institute, pp. 35-42. ISBN 1902488679.

Monograph

Jacobson, Jessica and Bhardwa, Bina and Murray, Alex (2024) 'The internet acts as a level playing field. All it takes is one slip-up.' Online fraud and the sense of pervasive threat. Working Paper. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Templeton, L. and Murray, Alex (2024) ‘I feel like I’ve been swept along on a tsunami’: Bereaved people’s experiences of coroners’ investigations and inquest. Project Report. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Jacobson, Jessica and Templeton, L. and Murray, Alex (2024) ‘I needed more than answers‘: Bereaved people’s expectations of the coronial process. Project Report. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Jacobson, Jessica and Templeton, L. and Murray, Alex (2024) ‘Playing a game you didn’t fully understand, by their rules’: The aspiration to locate bereaved people ‘at the heart’ of the coroner service. Project Report. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Jacobson, Jessica and Murray, Alex and Templeton, L. (2024) Principles for Practice No. 1 - Humanity at the heart of the coronial process: information and communication. Documentation. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Jacobson, Jessica and Murray, Alex and Templeton, L. (2024) Principles for Practice No. 2 - Humanity at the heart of the coronial process: quality of interactions at inquest hearings. Documentation. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Jacobson, Jessica and Murray, Alex and Templeton, L. (2024) Principles for Practice No. 3 - Humanity at the heart of the coronial process: Respecting and including the deceased person. Documentation. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Jacobson, Jessica and Templeton, L. and Murray, Alex (2024) Research context and methodology: The Voicing Loss project on the role of bereaved people in the coronial proces. Project Report. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Jacobson, Jessica and Murray, Alex and Templeton, L. (2024) Voicing Loss - Policy Brief No. 1: Clarifying the role and remit of the coroner. Documentation. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Jacobson, Jessica and Murray, Alex and Templeton, L. (2024) Voicing Loss - Policy Brief No. 2: Locating bereaved people within the coronial process. Documentation. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Templeton, L. and Jacobson, Jessica and Murray, Alex (2024) ‘The more traumatic inquests stick with you forever. But you can remember them all’: How witnesses experience the inquest process. Project Report. Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Univerity of Birkbeck, and Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath.

Hunter, Gillian and Jacobson, Jessica (2021) Exploring procedural justice and problem-solving practice in the Youth Court. Discussion Paper. HM Inspectorate of Probation, Canterbury, UK.

Fair, Helen and Jacobson, Jessica (2021) Keeping COVID out of prisons: approaches in ten countries. Project Report. ICPR, London.

Heard, Catherine and Jacobson, Jessica (2021) Sentencing burglary, drug importation and murder: evidence from ten countries. Project Report. Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research, London, UK.

Hunter, Gillian and Jacobson, Jessica and Kirby, Amy (2018) Judicial perceptions of the quality of criminal advocacy: report of research commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board. Project Report. Solicitors Regulation Authority, London, UK.

Fair, Helen and Jacobson, Jessica (2018) Process evaluation of the Restorative Prisons project. Project Report. Restorative Solutions, London, UK.

Fair, Helen and Jacobson, Jessica (2017) Peer relations: Review of learning from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Prison Reform Fellowships – Part IV. Other. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Fair, Helen (2017) Sense of self and responsibility: a review of learning from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Prison Reform Fellowships – Part V. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Heard, Catherine and Fair, Helen (2017) Prison: evidence of its use and over-use from around the world. Project Report. Institute for Criminal Policy Research & Fair Trials, London, UK.

Fair, Helen and Jacobson, Jessica (2016) Family connections: a review of learning from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Prison Reform Fellowships, Part II. Other. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Fair, Helen (2016) Problem solving approaches: a review of learning from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Prison Reform Fellowships Part III. Other. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Fair, Helen (2016) Connections: a review of learning from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowships. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London.

Jacobson, Jessica and Kirby, Amy and Hunter, Gillian (2016) Joint enterprise: righting a wrong turn? Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Hunter, G. and Kirby, Amy (2015) Structured mayhem: personal experiences of the Crown Court. Project Report. Criminal Justice Alliance, London, UK.

Kirby, Amy and Jacobson, Jessica (2015) Evaluation of the pre-sentence RJ pathfinder: February 2014 to May 2015. Project Report. Restorative Solutions, London, UK.

Bath, C. and Bhardwa, Bina and Jacobson, Jessica and May, Tiggey and Webster, R. (2015) There to help: ensuring provision of appropriate adults for mentally vulnerable adults detained or interviewed by police. Project Report. National Appropriate Adult Network, London, UK.

Wigzell, Ali and Kirby, Amy and Jacobson, Jessica (2015) The Youth Proceedings Advocacy Review: Final Report. Project Report. Bar Standards Board, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Skrine, Oonagh and Kirby, Amy and Hunter, Gillian (2014) Crime and ‘Community’: exploring the scope for community involvement in criminal justice. Other. Institute for Criminal Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.

Kirby, Amy and Jacobson, Jessica and Hunter, Gillian (2014) Effective participation or passive acceptance: How can defendants participate more effectively in the court process? Working Paper. Howard League for Penal Reform.

Hunter, Gillian and Jacobson, Jessica and Kirby, Amy (2013) Out of the shadows: victims' and witnesses' experiences of attending the Crown Court. Project Report. Victim Support, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica (2013) By mistakes we learn? A review of criminal appeals against sentence. Project Report. Transform Justice, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Kirby, Amy (2012) Public attitudes to youth crime report on focus group research. Other. The Home Office, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Kirby, Amy and Hough, Mike (2011) Public attitudes to the sentencing of drug offences. Project Report. Sentencing Council for England & Wales, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Phillips, C. and Edgar, K. (2010) "Double trouble"? Black, Asian and minority ethnic offenders’ experiences of resettlement. Project Report. Clinks and Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Bhardwa, Bina and Gyateng, T. and Hunter, G. and Hough, Mike (2010) Punishing disadvantage - a profile of children in custody. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Hough, Mike (2010) Unjust deserts: imprisonment for public protection. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Hough, Mike and Roberts, J.V. and Jacobson, Jessica (2009) Public attitudes to the principles of sentencing. Project Report. Sentencing Advisory Panel, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Gibbs, P. (2009) Making amends: restorative youth justice in Northern Ireland. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Talbot, J. (2009) Vulnerable defendants in the criminal courts: a review of provision for adults and children. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Hough, Mike and Hunter, G. and Jacobson, Jessica and Cossalter, S. (2008) The impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of crime and disorder: an evaluation. Project Report. The Home Office, London, UK.

Hough, Mike and Roberts, J.V. and Jacobson, Jessica (2008) Attitudes to the sentencing of offences involving death by driving. Project Report. Sentencing Advisory Panel, London, UK.

Hough, Mike and Jacobson, Jessica (2008) Creating a Sentencing Commission for England and Wales: an opportunity to address the prisons crisis. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica (2008) No one knows: police responses to suspects learning disabilities and learning difficulties: a review of policy and practice. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Edgar, K. and Jacobson, Jessica and Biggar, K. (2008) Time well spent: a practical guide to active citizenship and volunteering in prison. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Hough, Mike (2007) Mitigation: the role of personal factors in sentencing. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Kimmett, E. (2007) There when you need them most: pact's first night in custody service. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Millie, A. and Jacobson, Jessica and McDonald, E. and Hough, Mike (2005) Anti-social behaviour strategies: finding a balance. Project Report. Policy Press, Bristol, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Millie, A. and Hough, Mike (2005) Tackling anti-social behaviour: a critical review. Project Report. Institute for Criminal Policy review, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Maitland, L. and Hough, Mike (2003) The Reducing Burglary Initiative: investigating burglary. Project Report. Home Office, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica (2003) The Reducing Burglary Initiative: planning for partnership within a project setting. Project Report. Home Office, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica (2003) The Reducing Burglary Initiative: planning for partnership. Project Report. Home Office, London, UK.

Hough, Mike and Jacobson, Jessica and Millie, A. (2003) The decision to imprison: sentencing and the prison population. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.

Phillips, C. and Jacobson, Jessica and Prime, R. and Carter, M. and Considine, M. (2002) Crime and disorder reduction partnerships: round one progress. Project Report. Home Office, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Davison, T. and Tarling, R. (2002) Tackling abandoned and untaxed vehicles: an evaluation of Operation Cubit. Project Report. Home Office, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Saville, E. (1999) Neighbourhood warden schemes: an overview. Project Report. Home Office, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica (1999) Policing drug hot-spots. Project Report. Home Office, London, UK.

Book

Jacobson, Jessica and Cooper, Penny, eds. (2020) Participation in courts and tribunals: concepts, realities and aspirations. Bristol: Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529211290. (In Press)

Coyle, Andrew and Fair, Helen and Jacobson, Jessica and Walmsley, R. (2016) Imprisonment worldwide: the current situation and an alternative future. Policy Press Shorts Insights. Bristol, UK: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447331759.

Jacobson, Jessica and Hunter, Gillian and Kirby, Amy (2015) Inside Crown Court. Bristol, UK: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447317050.

Jacobson, Jessica (1997) Islam in transition: religion and identity among British Pakistani youth. London, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138007130.

Other

Jacobson, Jessica (2024) When bereaved people are left more distressed by the inquest process, something needs to change. Findings from the Voicing Loss study. Patient Safety Learning Hub.

Jacobson, Jessica and Murray, Alex and Templeton, L. (2024) Written evidence for the Justice Committee follow-up inquiry on the Coroner Service from Birkbeck and the University of Bath. Justice Committee of the UK Parliament, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica (2020) Effective participation in criminal proceedings: principle and practice. British Society of Crimonology.

Jacobson, Jessica (2020) Policy Briefing: Participation in courts and tribunals. Bristol University Press, Bristol, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica (2016) Joint enterprise: the need for clarity and transparency. The Justice Gap.