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Denise Martin
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Professor of Criminology and Policing at Northumbria University
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.
June 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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New Episode - New Insight!
Victoria Canning: Perspectives on Criminology, Witchcraft Persecution, Violence, and Torture witchhuntshow.com/2025/03/11/v...
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...
witchhuntshow.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Very happy week 7 couch to 5k 25mins 4k done.
December 10, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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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.

consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-comm...
#Criminology #Law #AcademicSky
November 15, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Autumn by the sea
November 15, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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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.
Rehabilitating Probation
Rehabilitating Probation:
rehabilitating-probation.org.uk
November 14, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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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

ifs.org.uk/publications...
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.
ifs.org.uk
November 14, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Hello Blue-sky a new adventure begins. Hello fellow Criminology colleagues 😀
November 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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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
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.
bit.ly
November 12, 2024 at 1:50 PM