Kate Herrity
@kateherrity.bsky.social
Criminologist with a focus on the sensory and ethnography in prisons. Also running @SensoryPenalities to share exciting new material from www.sensorycriminology.com Author of Sound, Order and Survival in Prison. All about supportive academia
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Pleased to see our chapter (with @sianlewiscrim.bsky.social) out now in the wonderful 'Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology'
February 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Pleased to see our chapter (with @sianlewiscrim.bsky.social) out now in the wonderful 'Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology'
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The number of people dying in prisons in England and Wales has risen to the highest level on record, official data reveal.
Prisons recorded 394 deaths in 2025 – a 15% increase on the previous year.
https://howardleague.org/news/revealed-the-rising-death-toll-in-prisons-in-england-and-wales/
Prisons recorded 394 deaths in 2025 – a 15% increase on the previous year.
https://howardleague.org/news/revealed-the-rising-death-toll-in-prisons-in-england-and-wales/
February 5, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The number of people dying in prisons in England and Wales has risen to the highest level on record, official data reveal.
Prisons recorded 394 deaths in 2025 – a 15% increase on the previous year.
https://howardleague.org/news/revealed-the-rising-death-toll-in-prisons-in-england-and-wales/
Prisons recorded 394 deaths in 2025 – a 15% increase on the previous year.
https://howardleague.org/news/revealed-the-rising-death-toll-in-prisons-in-england-and-wales/
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
And they've arrived!! Thank you @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Check out the Routledge site: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
or the blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... for previews and info for #Teaching and #Research. #AcademicSky #Criminology #CrimSky
Check out the Routledge site: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
or the blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... for previews and info for #Teaching and #Research. #AcademicSky #Criminology #CrimSky
February 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
And they've arrived!! Thank you @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Check out the Routledge site: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
or the blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... for previews and info for #Teaching and #Research. #AcademicSky #Criminology #CrimSky
Check out the Routledge site: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
or the blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... for previews and info for #Teaching and #Research. #AcademicSky #Criminology #CrimSky
And is if that wasn't enough, here's the third blog instalment on the contents of the book - this one on #Colonalism, #Imperialism, #Racism, #DecolonisingCriminology, legacies of #Apartheid and reimagining #Justice: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i...
Launch events reg for tomorrow and Friday 👇
Launch events reg for tomorrow and Friday 👇
February 4, 2026 at 11:57 AM
And is if that wasn't enough, here's the third blog instalment on the contents of the book - this one on #Colonalism, #Imperialism, #Racism, #DecolonisingCriminology, legacies of #Apartheid and reimagining #Justice: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i...
Launch events reg for tomorrow and Friday 👇
Launch events reg for tomorrow and Friday 👇
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📢 Still time to sign up, students particularly welcome! Free, online events to launch the #Sensory #Criminology handbook, share ideas and connect:
1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10am; GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10am; GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Talking Sensory Criminology 1
Join our online launch of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
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February 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
📢 Still time to sign up, students particularly welcome! Free, online events to launch the #Sensory #Criminology handbook, share ideas and connect:
1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10am; GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10am; GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
📢 Still time to sign up, students particularly welcome! Free, online events to launch the #Sensory #Criminology handbook, share ideas and connect:
1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10am; GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10am; GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Talking Sensory Criminology 1
Join our online launch of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
www.eventbrite.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
📢 Still time to sign up, students particularly welcome! Free, online events to launch the #Sensory #Criminology handbook, share ideas and connect:
1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10am; GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10am; GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Online Book Launch!!
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10.00 GMT
2. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10.00 GMT
2. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Book Launch: Talking Sensory Criminology 1
Join our online launch of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
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January 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Online Book Launch!!
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10.00 GMT
2. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10.00 GMT
2. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
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**Please share with your networks**
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
February 2, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Hey #Criminology & #CJS,
If you're interested in #prison & #SensoryCriminology then check out this week's #ThinkingAloud on BBC #Radio4
@kateherrity.bsky.social will be discussing her book Sound, Order and Survival in Prisons: The Rythms and Routines of HMP Midtown
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
If you're interested in #prison & #SensoryCriminology then check out this week's #ThinkingAloud on BBC #Radio4
@kateherrity.bsky.social will be discussing her book Sound, Order and Survival in Prisons: The Rythms and Routines of HMP Midtown
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Prison violence, sound and survival
A prize-winning study of the sounds of prison life, and an exploration of victimisation.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Hey #Criminology & #CJS,
If you're interested in #prison & #SensoryCriminology then check out this week's #ThinkingAloud on BBC #Radio4
@kateherrity.bsky.social will be discussing her book Sound, Order and Survival in Prisons: The Rythms and Routines of HMP Midtown
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
If you're interested in #prison & #SensoryCriminology then check out this week's #ThinkingAloud on BBC #Radio4
@kateherrity.bsky.social will be discussing her book Sound, Order and Survival in Prisons: The Rythms and Routines of HMP Midtown
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
**Please share with your networks**
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
February 2, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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am updating a ppt for an undergrad lecture on prisons in E&W and can't find an easy recent map of where the prisons are -- anyone have one by any chance?
February 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
am updating a ppt for an undergrad lecture on prisons in E&W and can't find an easy recent map of where the prisons are -- anyone have one by any chance?
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Joshua Page, University of Minnesota, will be @glasgow.ac.uk on 11 March to discuss his latest co-authored book, Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice.
This is an in-person event, no need to register.
All welcome.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/legal-...
This is an in-person event, no need to register.
All welcome.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/legal-...
February 2, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Joshua Page, University of Minnesota, will be @glasgow.ac.uk on 11 March to discuss his latest co-authored book, Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice.
This is an in-person event, no need to register.
All welcome.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/legal-...
This is an in-person event, no need to register.
All welcome.
www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/legal-...
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One for the diaries #CrimSky, #AcademicSky
Online Book Launch!!
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Book Launch: Talking Sensory Criminology 1
Join our online launch of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
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January 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
One for the diaries #CrimSky, #AcademicSky
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**Please share with your networks**
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
February 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
**Please share with your networks**
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
**Please share with your networks**
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
February 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
**Please share with your networks**
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
Two free and open online events next week!! Students are particularly welcome so do please let them know. Here's the next instalment on the #SensoryCriminology blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... #AcademicSky #CrimSky. See below for reg and details.
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Hey #Criminology folk
See the 2 posts below with details of 2 FREE online events (5th and 6th Feb) to celebrate the book launch of the Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
Opportunity to chat with editors and authors about all things #sensory
#CriminalJustice
#Victimology
#Harm
See the 2 posts below with details of 2 FREE online events (5th and 6th Feb) to celebrate the book launch of the Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
Opportunity to chat with editors and authors about all things #sensory
#CriminalJustice
#Victimology
#Harm
Online Book Launch!!
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Book Launch: Talking Sensory Criminology 1
Join our online launch of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
www.eventbrite.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Hey #Criminology folk
See the 2 posts below with details of 2 FREE online events (5th and 6th Feb) to celebrate the book launch of the Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
Opportunity to chat with editors and authors about all things #sensory
#CriminalJustice
#Victimology
#Harm
See the 2 posts below with details of 2 FREE online events (5th and 6th Feb) to celebrate the book launch of the Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
Opportunity to chat with editors and authors about all things #sensory
#CriminalJustice
#Victimology
#Harm
Reposted by Kate Herrity
NEW REPORT: the gov’s proposals for judge-only trials will deliver only marginal savings and distract from the real route out of this crisis: reversing recent falls in court productivity.
Trial and error?: The impact of restricting jury trials on court demand | Institute for Government
The government’s reforms will unlock only relatively modest reductions in demand.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
January 22, 2026 at 7:41 AM
NEW REPORT: the gov’s proposals for judge-only trials will deliver only marginal savings and distract from the real route out of this crisis: reversing recent falls in court productivity.
Reposted by Kate Herrity
COLLINS: Did it stand out to you that he said Iceland multiple times when he was talking about Greenland?
NEWSOM: And that every time a windmill turns it costs $1,000. A lot of stuff stands out. None of this is normal. There's a deviancy of consciousness. He's graded off the curve.
NEWSOM: And that every time a windmill turns it costs $1,000. A lot of stuff stands out. None of this is normal. There's a deviancy of consciousness. He's graded off the curve.
January 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM
COLLINS: Did it stand out to you that he said Iceland multiple times when he was talking about Greenland?
NEWSOM: And that every time a windmill turns it costs $1,000. A lot of stuff stands out. None of this is normal. There's a deviancy of consciousness. He's graded off the curve.
NEWSOM: And that every time a windmill turns it costs $1,000. A lot of stuff stands out. None of this is normal. There's a deviancy of consciousness. He's graded off the curve.
Back from a wonderful few days in Oslo celebrating the launch of #Sound and #Detention in true bokbad style. Watch this space for more events and resources of #teaching #academicSky
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sound-and...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sound-and...
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Back from a wonderful few days in Oslo celebrating the launch of #Sound and #Detention in true bokbad style. Watch this space for more events and resources of #teaching #academicSky
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sound-and...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sound-and...
One for the diaries #CrimSky, #AcademicSky
Online Book Launch!!
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Book Launch: Talking Sensory Criminology 1
Join our online launch of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
www.eventbrite.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
One for the diaries #CrimSky, #AcademicSky
Reposted by Kate Herrity
Hey all, please see the call for #Sonic rebellions iii - please share with networks. A great potential opportunity for #phd students as well as broader practitioners and academics in/around #criminology, #soundStudies, #Musicology, #Prisons, #Abolition, #sociology, #policing, #courtrooms
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Hey all, please see the call for #Sonic rebellions iii - please share with networks. A great potential opportunity for #phd students as well as broader practitioners and academics in/around #criminology, #soundStudies, #Musicology, #Prisons, #Abolition, #sociology, #policing, #courtrooms
Hey all, please see the call for #Sonic rebellions iii - please share with networks. A great potential opportunity for #phd students as well as broader practitioners and academics in/around #criminology, #soundStudies, #Musicology, #Prisons, #Abolition, #sociology, #policing, #courtrooms
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Hey all, please see the call for #Sonic rebellions iii - please share with networks. A great potential opportunity for #phd students as well as broader practitioners and academics in/around #criminology, #soundStudies, #Musicology, #Prisons, #Abolition, #sociology, #policing, #courtrooms
Reposted by Kate Herrity
Online Book Launch!!
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Book Launch: Talking Sensory Criminology 1
Join our online launch of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
www.eventbrite.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Online Book Launch!!
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology
We are holding two free online events to cater for different time zones, contributors, and audiences
Event 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT
1. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
#Criminology
#CriminalJustice
#Zemiology
Reposted by Kate Herrity
Dear readers:
We are thrilled to announce the new issue of CrimEn, entitled "We must persist! Towards a Global Criminology of War", guest edited by Hannah Wilkinson & Teresa Degenhardt. As always, entirely open-access!
www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...
@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce the new issue of CrimEn, entitled "We must persist! Towards a Global Criminology of War", guest edited by Hannah Wilkinson & Teresa Degenhardt. As always, entirely open-access!
www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...
@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025): We must persist! Towards a Global Criminology of War
| Criminological Encounters
www.criminologicalencounters.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Dear readers:
We are thrilled to announce the new issue of CrimEn, entitled "We must persist! Towards a Global Criminology of War", guest edited by Hannah Wilkinson & Teresa Degenhardt. As always, entirely open-access!
www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...
@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce the new issue of CrimEn, entitled "We must persist! Towards a Global Criminology of War", guest edited by Hannah Wilkinson & Teresa Degenhardt. As always, entirely open-access!
www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/cr...
@mattiasdebacker.bsky.social