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Kelly Razey
@journey2aphd.bsky.social
Final year PhD student at QUB, researching young peoples journeys through custody in ROI and NI. All views my own ☺️
Something I worked on recently for the fabulous Turnaround Project in Belfast @qubcriminology.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Just landed on my desk-literally! This is class, from my most excellent PhD student, @journey2aphd.bsky.social : coaching and mentoring in the context of criminal justice @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Excited to share that I am one of the lucky people to have been awarded a justice fellowship by CORD-partnership
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/cord-partner... @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie
two women are standing next to each other with their mouths open and they are saying yay !
ALT: two women are standing next to each other with their mouths open and they are saying yay !
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January 23, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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How can we better explain why so many in the criminal justice system have trauma backgrounds (& why so many with trauma backgrounds aren’t)?

In my new book I theorise the link between adversity, trauma & violent offending, proposing a deprivation framework:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Theorising Trauma and Offending
This book synthesises trauma and criminological literature and augments it with the author’s own experience and research
link.springer.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Breaking the Cycle of Youth Offending
www.qub.ac.uk
December 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Take a look 👀
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Mental health and experience of violence: sobering insights from @youthendowmentfund.org.uk , including impact of exposure and system-level challenges addressing MH needs. youthendowmentfund.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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This weeks featured essay is that of UG student Stella Lee. Stella was a first year student when she took the step to contact us to get her essay published @ssesw.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
blogs.qub.ac.uk/sssj/undergr... Submissions are open for the 6th edition of the journal.
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
@bsky.app Received an amazing email this morning. My first ever article as the sole author has been published www.youthandpolicy.org/about-us/ @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Challenging the orthodoxy of ACE dose-response effect among justice involved youth: “Results revealed curvilinear associations for several outcomes, including recidivism and internalizing symptoms, with diminishing effects at higher ACE levels.”

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“Are More ACEs Always Worse? Exploring Nonlinear Associations with Youth Behavior” - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Although it is assumed that more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are associated with worse health and social problems, there is a lack of research testing alternative forms of the ACEs-outcome re...
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August 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Fabulous lunchtime presenting at the QUB ICCJ Three Minute Thesis Competition. Super excited to have placed 3rd @qubcriminology.bsky.social @slsshub.bsky.social
a gold ribbon with the words 3rd place winner written on it
ALT: a gold ribbon with the words 3rd place winner written on it
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October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Received an amazing from QUB Centre for Educational Development. I have won the Teaching Award in the Individual Category. Absolutely thrilled to be the recipient of this award & look forward to the award celebration in December @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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This weeks featured essay is that of 3rd Year Criminology & Sociology UG Zoe Humphries. Her essay is entitled 'Does imprisonment promote rehabilitation & reduce reoffending: A Critical Analysis.' Read it in full here blogs.qub.ac.uk/sssj/ @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #SSSJ
September 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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This weeks featured essay is that of 3rd year Sociology undergraduate Emma Flowers. Their essay is entitled Critical Theory vs Structural Functionalism: A Critical Evaluation blogs.qub.ac.uk/sssj/critica... @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Our published undergraduate students essays our now live on our webpage blogs.qub.ac.uk/sssj/journal...
The first student to be featured is Akanksha Chauhan with their Briefing Paper on The Impact of Overcrowding on Prison Rehabilitation & Staff Safety in NI
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #SSSJ
August 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It’s here 👏🏻 the 5th edition of the social science student journal @danielmuijs.bsky.social
Hot off the press – Edition 5 is here!
We’re excited to launch the 5th edition of the Undergraduate Social Science Student Journal! Packed with critical thinking, and the incredible talent of our undergraduate students. 🧠💬
🌍📖 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
#SSSJ5 #SocialScience#LaunchDay #SSESW
August 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What do people do to help get out of a writing slump? I have lots I need to be writing but when I sit down to start tapping away at the keyboard I just can’t seem to get going? Not the usual state of affairs for me as normally can tap away to my hearts content! #phdlife
July 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Congratulations Eoin 👍👏
New Publication Alert:

REPPP's Dr Eoin O Meara Daly has published 'Youth Justice Services: Relationships, Rehabilitation and the Reality of the Young People Involved—A Meta-synthesis of the Qualitative Literature' in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

link.springer.com/journal/10567
July 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This was such an informative session.
June 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Dr Antoinette Keaney Bell (@slsshub.bsky.social & @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social) presenting 'Hidden Harm - Exploring the use of Geographical Information System geostatistical analysis to identify where Child Criminal Exploitation might cluster' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference
June 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Dr Orlaith Rice (@slsshub.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social) presenting 'Gendered Pathways to Justice Contact: Young People in the Justice System in Northern Ireland' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference

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June 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Aisling Reidy (@slsshub.bsky.social & @unioflimerick.bsky.social) presenting ''No Wrong Door’: Exploring Service Delivery and Complexity through the Voices of Young People, Parents, and Frontline Professionals' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference

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June 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Kelly Razey (@slsshub.bsky.social & @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social) presenting 'Amplifying Marginalised Voices: A Rapid Evidence Review of Participatory Methods Engaging Justice-Involved Youth' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference
June 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Kylie Gill (@slsshub.bsky.social & @unioflimerick.bsky.social) presenting 'Crossing Borders: A Comparative Study of Leaving Care Policies in Ireland and Northern Ireland ' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference

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June 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Really enjoyed presenting at the North/South Crim Conference yesterday! I get so nervous and it most definitely isn’t one of my favourite things to do but the people who attended really made me feel at ease. Such a great day @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social #maynoothcrimcon
June 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM