Last leg on journey home after great day discussing Police Misconduct. A good mix of academics practitioners and key stakeholders. Special edition on papers coming soonish. Thanks to Sara Grace and Layla Skinns my Co organisers.

Victoria Canning: Perspectives on Criminology, Witchcraft Persecution, Violence, and Torture In this episode, Professor Victoria Canning examines the connection between criminology and witchcraft persecution, emphasizing the concept of "torturous violence." This approach highlights the damagi...

New Episode - New Insight!
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Very happy week 7 couch to 5k 25mins 4k done.

Blue square with white text outlining some of the themes the Independent Sentencing Review are interested in.

Screenshot of the seven themes the panel are interested in on sentencing, prison, community sentences, technology, and needs of victims and offenders.

Interesting to see the Independent Sentencing Review in England & Wales have launched an open call for evidence across 7 themes. Submissions are encouraged to be ambitious, challenging, innovative, and spotlighting good practice.

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#Criminology #Law #AcademicSky

Autumn by the sea

A classic

Rehabilitating Probation Rehabilitating Probation:

Welcome to the Bluesky feed for our three-year ESRC funded project, Rehabilitating Probation. See our website rehabilitating-probation.org.uk to learn more about our research, read our work, and to listen to our podcasts.

The effects of youth clubs on education and crime | Institute for Fiscal Studies Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime.

New research from the IFS showing the closure of youth centres during the 2010s was shortsighted. For every £1 saved, the costs to affected users, crime victims and public spending in the police and the criminal justice system amount to £2.85

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Hello Blue-sky a new adventure begins. Hello fellow Criminology colleagues 😀

Structural gender biases in the Spanish prison system Ana Ballesteros Pena's presentation aims to understand what happens when gender equality policies cross prison walls.

What happens when gender equality policies cross prison walls?

Ana Ballesteros Pena, Complutense University of Madrid, will look at the gender biases she found in Spanish prisons on Wed 27 Nov, 4pm UK time, Online.

Register now: bit.ly/3O5yCPG

#criminology #prison #gender #feminism