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Ben Jarman
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Criminologist and prison researcher. Scholar of punishment, fascinated by human extremes. Husband of better half, Quaker, lover of silence, servant of unquiet spaniel and toddler. https://benjarman.uk for more on my work.
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I presented exploratory findings on life-sentenced prisoners' experiences of the parole process at the British Society of Criminology conference last week.

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New talk – Ben Jarman
Exploring themes of time, moral evaluation, and performativity in parole processes
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July 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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My PhD thesis is now open access: "Moral messages, ethical responses" - research on how men serving life sentences navigate the moral dimensions of their punishment. Interview-based study completed at Cambridge last year. Links at benjarman.uk/news/phd-ava...
New publication – Ben Jarman
PhD now available open access
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June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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A letter from the Clerk of my Quaker meeting to the Meeting's MP, about the police raid at our Meeting House in Covent Garden last Thursday. It's a space I've used and treasured, since my first visit 20 years ago next month. Reading about the raid felt like learning that my home had been violated.
Screenshot of a letter (truncated to meet character limits): Dear Rachel Blake, I am sure that you will have heard in the press about the forcible entry by police into Westminster Quaker Meeting House on the evening of Thursday 27 March. This is the first time that there has been forcible entry into a Meeting House since the early days of Quakers during the persecution of the late seventeenth century, and it has profoundly disturbed those who worship at our Meeting House as well as other community groups that hire rooms there. We hope that you will take this matter up with the Home Secretary. What has happened at Westminster Meeting House is a – probably unintended - consequence of how the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023 have criminalised many forms of protest. Quakers are well known for speaking truth to power over many centuries, and this violation of our place of worship is an example of the erosion of our rights and those of many people far more vulnerable than us. Westminster Quakers have worked hard to create a place of peace and calm in the centre of the City of Westminster. More than twenty police officers forced entry into the building although there were Quakers and staff on site who would have opened the door if they had rung the bell. They damaged the door of our Grade 2 listed building and entered every room, disturbing our hirers including a therapy session and a life drawing class. The police arrested six women who had hired a room for a Youth Demand social event. They were eating humous and bread sticks when the police arrived. We are making a formal complaint to the police, and will be asking for compensation to cover the cost of repairing the door and entry system (although police attending said that compensation was unlikely because arrests were made). We have been heartened by messages of support from Quakers around the world, and from people of faith and no faith across London and beyond.
April 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Have you been a juror on a child sexual abuse trial? Please help improve the experience for others through this innovative study, being carried out by @unisouthampton.bsky.social PhD student Stephen Hanvey:

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March 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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New talk: Moving beyond FAIR data publication principles in qualitative research. Using prisons to explore how we balance transparency with obligations to research participants, with ref to recent debates in US #Criminology.

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Feedback welcome.

#OpenData #OpenResearch
New talk – Ben Jarman
Exploring qualitative research data and transparency through the lens of prison research
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February 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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📢Shaping Sentencing Reform!

Professor @harryannison.bsky.social and Dr @benjarman.uk of the Law School have made significant contributions to the Independent Sentencing Review consultation through a series of responses.

📝Read more: https://buff.ly/3WPJdD1
#SentencingReform #PublicPolicy
February 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Strongly agree with this and linked thread. Of course people want the offender to be present for the sentence and it is often deeply painful for families and victims when they refuse to attend. But there are limits to what can practically be done.
legalclaret.bsky.social legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · Jan 23
I hate to point out the obvious, but we could not have a clearer demonstration of why a “must attend” law is unworkable.

“Axel Rudakubana is disrupting his sentencing, shouting that he feels ill, has chest pains and needs a paramedic.
legalclaret.bsky.social legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · Jan 21
With the utmost sympathy to the relatives of anyone brutally murdered, there is absolutely no way sentencing is going yo take place in E&W courts with a disruptive and violent defendant in the dock. No chance whatsoever.
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January 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Sharing my response to the MoJ's Independent Sentencing Review. It examines how we might think differently about the progression of long-sentenced prisoners while maintaining public confidence.

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New publication – Ben Jarman
Announcing publication of consultation response on sentencing
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January 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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I saw this in the kitchen at the new office yesterday, and somehow felt just a little bit more at home.
An arch, pleasingly silly printed notice posted above a microwave in a shared office kitchen.
December 19, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Publication question: how long would you wait after submitting an article, before starting to pursue the editors for an answer? This one was submitted in May, and is still showing as under review. First chaser email, sent about a month ago, got no response at all. Also: any tips on how to chase?
December 17, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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Remembering the Fishmongers Hall tragedy, on this day in 2019. Some thoughts on loss, and violence's long shadow, and on how I want to remember Jack five years on.

Never forgotten.

#LTForever

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Remembering Fishmongers Hall – Ben Jarman
Reflections on and remembrance of the 2019 London Bridge attack
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November 29, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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Excited to launch my new homepage (benjarman.uk/news/welcome...) as I prepare to join @unisouthampton.bsky.social Law School next week. Visit for my research, including open-access publications and blogs. More content coming soon on parole decision-making. #criminology #imprisonment #penology
Welcome to my new academic homepage – Ben Jarman
Announcing the launch of benjarman.uk
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November 27, 2024 at 2:54 PM