Katrin Hohl OBE
@katrinhohl.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at City St George‘s, University of London.
Independent advisor to the UK government.
Researches and writes about police & criminal justice responses to sexual violence and domestic abuse.
Independent advisor to the UK government.
Researches and writes about police & criminal justice responses to sexual violence and domestic abuse.
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How victims of sexual violence are treated by the police can either lead them to withdraw from the process of prosecution, or affirm their dignity, agency and sense of justice, argue
@jacksojp.bsky.social @katrinhohl.bsky.social and
@benbradford.bsky.social.
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@benbradford.bsky.social.
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February 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How victims of sexual violence are treated by the police can either lead them to withdraw from the process of prosecution, or affirm their dignity, agency and sense of justice, argue
@jacksojp.bsky.social @katrinhohl.bsky.social and
@benbradford.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
@jacksojp.bsky.social @katrinhohl.bsky.social and
@benbradford.bsky.social.
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Listen to us discussing crime prevention - including sexual violence and domestic abuse - on BBC radio 4 rethink
Another great Rethink coming up today on R4 at 4pm on crime prediction and prevention. With @criminologist.bsky.social @katrinhohl.bsky.social @rickmuirbskysocial.bsky.social and Alex Murray. Does evidence based policing work and what kind of evidence do we need?
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BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... crime prevention
40% of English and Welsh crimes went unsolved in 2024. So is prevention better than cure?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Listen to us discussing crime prevention - including sexual violence and domestic abuse - on BBC radio 4 rethink
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🚔 Rape survivors seek justice, but police investigations can either restore or damage their sense of agency & trust.
❗ A new study reveals the profound long-term effects of policing on victims' well-being.
Full paper here➡️ https://buff.ly/413jxp2
❗ A new study reveals the profound long-term effects of policing on victims' well-being.
Full paper here➡️ https://buff.ly/413jxp2
February 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚔 Rape survivors seek justice, but police investigations can either restore or damage their sense of agency & trust.
❗ A new study reveals the profound long-term effects of policing on victims' well-being.
Full paper here➡️ https://buff.ly/413jxp2
❗ A new study reveals the profound long-term effects of policing on victims' well-being.
Full paper here➡️ https://buff.ly/413jxp2
New open access paper with @jacksojp.bsky.social and @benbradford.bsky.social on how rape and sexual assault survivors experiences of the police compel us to rethink procedural justice theory academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
Relational In/Justice Journeys: Revising Procedural Justice Theory Through An Analysis of Rape and Sexual Assault Victims’ Experiences of Police Investigations
Abstract. Procedural justice theory has much to say about police-citizen interactions, but the high-stakes, long-duration and quite specific nature of poli
academic.oup.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
New open access paper with @jacksojp.bsky.social and @benbradford.bsky.social on how rape and sexual assault survivors experiences of the police compel us to rethink procedural justice theory academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
Big news: with Soteria “old hands” Kelly Johnson, Emma Williams, Jo Lovett, Tiggey May and DA experts Nicole Westmarland and Amanda Robinson are applying our Soteria approach to domestic abuse with Avon & Somerset Police www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘We’re coming for you,’ English police chief tells domestic abusers
Exclusive: Sarah Crew of Avon and Somerset says early intervention is part of new national approach to rapists
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Big news: with Soteria “old hands” Kelly Johnson, Emma Williams, Jo Lovett, Tiggey May and DA experts Nicole Westmarland and Amanda Robinson are applying our Soteria approach to domestic abuse with Avon & Somerset Police www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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the third cohort of the No10 Innovation Fellowship launched last week as part of CDLs speech on public sector reform ... no10innovationfellows.campaign.gov.uk don't TALK about rewiring government DO IT!
No10 Innovation Fellowship
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December 17, 2024 at 5:09 PM
the third cohort of the No10 Innovation Fellowship launched last week as part of CDLs speech on public sector reform ... no10innovationfellows.campaign.gov.uk don't TALK about rewiring government DO IT!
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I spent yesterday campaigning against cuts to victims’ services. Court backlogs are longer than ever. Cutting victims’ services is not the right way to get the criminal justice system back on its feet. This decision is devastating and must be reversed.
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December 5, 2024 at 6:38 AM
I spent yesterday campaigning against cuts to victims’ services. Court backlogs are longer than ever. Cutting victims’ services is not the right way to get the criminal justice system back on its feet. This decision is devastating and must be reversed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Today, @rapecrisis.bsky.social CEO @ciarabergman.bsky.social has publicly and directly criticised the total absence of the sexual violence reduction - or any VAWG mission related mention - in the PMs milestones speech & the real term cut in victim services funding. rapecrisis.org.uk/news/our-ceo...
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December 5, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Today, @rapecrisis.bsky.social CEO @ciarabergman.bsky.social has publicly and directly criticised the total absence of the sexual violence reduction - or any VAWG mission related mention - in the PMs milestones speech & the real term cut in victim services funding. rapecrisis.org.uk/news/our-ceo...
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We marked Victim Support’s 50th birthday in Parliament with a brilliant speech from @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social & moving testimony from 2 amazing service users. Wonderful to celebrate with colleagues from VS and beyond with @katrinhohl.bsky.social, ASB Help, the Victims’ Commissioner and more.
November 26, 2024 at 3:50 PM
We marked Victim Support’s 50th birthday in Parliament with a brilliant speech from @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social & moving testimony from 2 amazing service users. Wonderful to celebrate with colleagues from VS and beyond with @katrinhohl.bsky.social, ASB Help, the Victims’ Commissioner and more.
More (free) tickets released for today’s online seminar on the findings of our latest #OpSoteria police experience survey for survivors of rape and sexual assault. Book a place here:
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Police responses to rape and sexual assault: Op. Soteria survivor survey
Online webinar series to mark the 16 Days of Activism re: Violence Against Women and Girls
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November 26, 2024 at 9:12 AM
More (free) tickets released for today’s online seminar on the findings of our latest #OpSoteria police experience survey for survivors of rape and sexual assault. Book a place here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/police-res...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/police-res...
A must-read!
Hot off the press! New open access article from us out of #OperationSoteria on the unintended consequences of changes to police recording on rape. Read, enjoy, and weep at the cycle of one step forward two steps back in criminal justice reform academic.oup.com/policing/art...
The unintended consequences of improving police recording of rape in England and Wales
ABSTRACT. A strong focus in recent policy and media coverage has been the increase in reporting of rape coupled with an associated fall in the charge rate,
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November 21, 2024 at 10:29 PM
A must-read!
Public seminar tomorrow: Reducing sexual violence: an impossible task for policing?
📆Thursday 21 November
⏰ 17:00
🪧 Cambridge Institute of Criminology in-person or online
Register here www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/reduc...
📆Thursday 21 November
⏰ 17:00
🪧 Cambridge Institute of Criminology in-person or online
Register here www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/reduc...
Reducing sexual violence: an impossible task for policing? | Institute of Criminology
Reducing sexual violence is an element of the UK government’s mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade. Stopping their attacker from perpetrating further sexual violence is al...
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November 20, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Public seminar tomorrow: Reducing sexual violence: an impossible task for policing?
📆Thursday 21 November
⏰ 17:00
🪧 Cambridge Institute of Criminology in-person or online
Register here www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/reduc...
📆Thursday 21 November
⏰ 17:00
🪧 Cambridge Institute of Criminology in-person or online
Register here www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/reduc...
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There are some bloody brilliant people on this #CriminalJustice #StarterPack
Lawyers, commentators and NGOs working in/ discussing topics from the police to the courts to prisons (hi 👋) to probation…
Please do share - and let me know if you’d like to be added
go.bsky.app/2sQ9xmz
Lawyers, commentators and NGOs working in/ discussing topics from the police to the courts to prisons (hi 👋) to probation…
Please do share - and let me know if you’d like to be added
go.bsky.app/2sQ9xmz
November 18, 2024 at 10:12 PM
There are some bloody brilliant people on this #CriminalJustice #StarterPack
Lawyers, commentators and NGOs working in/ discussing topics from the police to the courts to prisons (hi 👋) to probation…
Please do share - and let me know if you’d like to be added
go.bsky.app/2sQ9xmz
Lawyers, commentators and NGOs working in/ discussing topics from the police to the courts to prisons (hi 👋) to probation…
Please do share - and let me know if you’d like to be added
go.bsky.app/2sQ9xmz
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Summary findings from the @vp-centre.bsky.social Minimum Policing Standard national survey with @benbradford.bsky.social published today
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Police are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service, researchers find - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
Police services across Britain are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service delivery, according to a new Centre report.
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November 18, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Summary findings from the @vp-centre.bsky.social Minimum Policing Standard national survey with @benbradford.bsky.social published today
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vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/police-...
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vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/news/police-...
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Small start pack on researchers, activists, journos, anyone really working on violence against women and girls. Message me to add yourself/others. Let's try to find folk on here! go.bsky.app/4u3Rk6g
November 14, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Small start pack on researchers, activists, journos, anyone really working on violence against women and girls. Message me to add yourself/others. Let's try to find folk on here! go.bsky.app/4u3Rk6g
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Resharing for the new folks :-) go.bsky.app/NCCEjuu
November 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Resharing for the new folks :-) go.bsky.app/NCCEjuu
As a social media geriatric I’m not sure I can be bothered to get active on the bluesky dancefloor - but I’ve turned up, and no longer on X.
November 13, 2024 at 6:40 PM
As a social media geriatric I’m not sure I can be bothered to get active on the bluesky dancefloor - but I’ve turned up, and no longer on X.