• Psychosocial Studies (BA Hons)
• Psychosocial Studies MA by Distance Learning.

• PS1204 Knowledge, Skills and Experience
• PS105 Key Concepts & Debates in Psychosocial Studies
• PS2206 Mental Health and Disorder
• PS3221 Psychosocial Perspectives on Crime

Books:

Emotions: Psychosocial Approaches Palgrave: Basingstoke (2009)---- Edited by Shelley Day Sclater, David W Jones, Heather Price and Candy Yates

Emotions: New Psychosocial Approaches is a collection of specially commissioned essays from leading scholars draws on sociology, psychology, media and cultural studies, and psychoanalysis to explore the emotional undercurrents of everyday phenomena. Topics covered include war reporting, popular culture, advertising, education, criminality, public policy, political speeches and motherhood. The book presents a new interdisciplinary perspective on emotion based on pioneering research and original theory, with an integrative approach, linking theory, method and practice.

Understanding Criminal Behaviour: Psychosocial Approaches to Criminality (2008) Jones, D,W. Willan Press: Cullompton. Book details     Reviews of Understanding Criminal Behaviour

"Understanding Criminal Behaviour's strap line should be 'the holy grail' as it promises a whole new level of understanding of criminal behaviour. Probably once in a professional career is a paradigm shift of this significance ever proposed, and several conditions have to be right for this to happen...David Jones proposes an eclectic psychological approach to understanding the nature of criminal behaviour that promises to integrate criminological and clincal perspercitves into a holistic theory."

Monica Lloyd (Forensic Psychologist, NOMS) in Probation Journal, 2009, Vol 56(3): 291-292.

"Jones breaks new ground in integrating psychological perspectives into the mainstream of criminological theory. He makes a compelling case that by emphasizing a psychosocial outlook as opposed to the traditional psychological approach, scholars may more effectively analyze criminality. . . . Jones presents a well conceived, timely, and well packaged work that begins to build a bridge between adversarial approaches. Highly recommended."

F.E Knowles in CHOICE, 46 (5 ), January 2009.

"This is a timely book given the growth of psychosocial studies and the increasing political and cultural focus on criminality. Jones’s book is both comprehensive and detailed in its outline of explanations of criminal behaviour, and Jones gives a convincing account of why psychological research has been increasingly omitted from criminological topics."

Amanda Holt in The Psychologist, September 2008, p.778.

" . . . Jones succeeds admirably in his goal to present "a constructive view of how psychology already does contribute, but might have more to contribute, to the debate about the problem of crime" (pxx) . . . Anyone working in the criminological field knows that Jones is right about the depth of division that currently exists between psychology and sociology. To those who are as bored as I am with these pointless and destructive theory wars, Jones’ book is a refreshing tonic."

Richard Wortley, International Criminal Justice Review, 2009; 19: 347-348.

Myths, Madness and the Family: The Impact of Mental Illness on Families.(2001) Jones, D, W.  Palgrave

Reviews:

'I commend this book . . . It offers a number of helpful pathways to the mental health practitioner, in particular in support of what I would call collaborative or co-operative practice with people with a mental illness and their relatives...This book...analyses and represents, straightforwardly, important views of relatives. It is a well-organized book with a helpful, critical literature. It enables the reader to extract its useful messages without too much difficulty.' 

Chris Warren-Adamson, University of Southampton, Child and Family Social Work

'This powerfully written book is a welcome addition to the social work literature.' - Kate Cavanagh, University of Glasgow, The British Journal of Social Work

Articles

 'Bubbles and Bees: Historical Exploration of Psychosocial Thinking.' Jones, D.W. (2011) Journal of Psychosocial Studies 5 (1) available on-line - http://hls.uwe.ac.uk/research/1archiveback-issues.asp'

Shame and Loss: narrative and identity in families with a member suffering from mental illness.' Jones, D,W. International Journal of Crticial Psychology (2004) 10 69-93summary

‘Intergenerational relationships among UK stepfamilies.' Dimmock, B, Bornat, J, Peace, S & Jones, D,W. in Harper, S (ed) The Family in an Ageing Society, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2004).

'Families and Serious Mental Illness: Working with Loss and Ambivalence.' Jones, D. W . British Journal of Social Work (2004) 34 (7) 961-979

Madness, The Family and Psychiatry' Jones, D,W . (2002) Critical Social Policy 22 (2) 247-272. 

Book Chapters:

"Psychosocial Perspectives: Men, Madness and Violence."  In - "New Directions in Criminological Theory" Jones, D, W. Eds Hall, S and Winlow, S. - due to be published by Routledge June 2012

A Psychosocial Understanding of Personality Disorder: the historical problem of Moral Insanity.' (2009) Jones, D,W. in Emotions: Psychosocial Approaches Palgrave: Basingstoke eds, Day Sclater, Jones, Price and Yates.

Day Sclater,S., Yates, C. Price, H. and Jones, D.W (2009) ‘Introducing Psychosocial Studies of Emotion.’ in Emotions: Psychosocial Approaches Palgrave: Basingstoke eds, Day Sclater, Jones, Price and Yates.
 
Richards, B. Jones, D, W.Yates, C., Price, H. (2009)  ‘Psychosocial Studies – A Therapeutic Project.’ ’ in Emotions: Psychosocial Approaches Palgrave: Basingstoke eds, Day Sclater, Jones, Price and Yates

• ‘A review of the SKIDZ motor project: 1999-2000' Jones,D,W. Thames Valley Community Safety Trust. (Available at www.skidz.org.uk ) (2001)
• ‘The Impact of Family Change in older people: the case of stepfamilies.' Household and Population change. Ed McRae, S. Oxford University Press: Oxford . Co-authored Bornat, J. Dimmock, B., W. and Peace, S. (1999)
• ‘Stepfamilies and older people: evaluating the implications of family change for an ageing population.' Bornat, J. Dimmock, B. Jones, D,W. and Peace, S. Ageing and Society 19 239-261. (1999)
• ‘Generational Ties and the ‘New' family: Changing contexts for traditional obligations.' In The New Family? Eds. Silva, E. and Smart, C. Sage: London . Co-authored with Bornat, J. Dimmock, B. and Peace, S. (1999)
• ‘Distressing Histories and Unhappy Interviewing.' Jones, D, W. Oral History Journal 26 (2)49-56. (1998)