Melanie Flynn
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Melanie Flynn
@animalcrim.bsky.social
AKA Crimtweets. Senior Lecturer Criminology & Associate Dean for Research. Nonhuman animal victimology, vegan criminology, environmental justice, crime analysis, crime prevention, evidence based policing, spatial crime concentrations, routine activities.
#Webinar alert. Effects of #fisheriesregulation on #coastalcommunities featuring my own fantastic PhD student Stephanie Young Adika. October 24th 2025, 12:00GMT. Link to register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#marinelaw #oceangoverance #greencriminology
September 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
50% off @brisunipress.bsky.social so I treated myself!
July 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Day 29 of #30DaysWild.
A bike ride (walk for me). We thought about how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place.
June 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We also see this dude.
June 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Day 28 of #30DaysWild.
We visited the garden centre today to re-stock the hanging basket. (We bought a couple of chilli plants too).
June 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Day 27 of #30DaysWild.
We played Plop Trumps and learned about various animals and their poo!
June 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Day 26 of #30DaysWild.
Another walk and we spotted a ladybird pupa!
June 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Day 25 of #30DaysWild.
We bought this Lego as a present for the boys for completing the 30 days, but they’ve been so good while I had Covid and still wanted to keep it up even though I said we could stop. So we let them make them tonight.
June 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Day 24 of #30DaysWild.
Another local walk. Flowers of many different colours.
June 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Day 23 of #30DaysWild.
We watched a nature documentary about marine life and then built a Lego fish (from a set).
June 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Day 22 of #30DaysWild.
Our first walk since week one, when twin 2 hurt his ankle. Just a little, wet, wildlife hunt as I’m still recovering from Covid. We saw many many snails!
June 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Day 20 of #30DaysWild.
Spent some time in the garden.
June 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Day 19 of #30DaysWild. A scavenger hunt. Still not up to going out, I drew various shapes for them to find in the garden.
June 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Day 18 of #30DaysWild. We grounded ourselves by standing barefoot on the grass.
(A day late as I was in bed with Covid yesterday).
June 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Day 16 of #30DaysWild.
Today was a reading day and some interesting facts were learnt, including about pandas, turkeys, quail, and the Amazon rainforest.
June 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Day 15 of #30DaysWild.
Cheat day. We had a family day out at a retro arcade club for Father’s Day. So our ‘wildlife’ was centipede and millipede 😉
(We also saw a real pheasant on the way home).
June 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We also watched the rain!
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Day 14 of #30DaysWild.
We spent time contemplating the sky and clouds (and suggesting what things they looked like).
June 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Day 12 of #30DaysWild.
One of the boys made a poster, while the other one played a game of Canopy with me, where the aim is to grow the most bountiful and ecologically balanced rainforest.
June 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Day 11 of #30DaysWild.
We made sound maps. Stood quietly in the garden and drew a map of the sounds we could hear around us.
June 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Come and join me at Liverpool Hope University for #postgrad study from September. I will be leading our MRes in Green Criminology but we have other options including a taught MA. Info in replies.
#greencriminology #extremism #transnationalcrime #MA #masters #environment #criminology #terrorism
June 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Day 10 of #30DaysWild.
Nana took over today when the boys visited after school. Flower seeds planted to keep the butterflies happy.
June 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Day 9 of #30DaysWild.
Having to get creative with not being able to go out for walks, so tonight we did a jigsaw all about rainforests.
June 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Day 8 of #30DaysWild.
We did wildlife quizzes today and spotted a duck when we went to the shops!
June 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Day 7 of #30DaysWild.
A chipped bone at football has put paid to any walks! So today we played bug bingo and we are now watching a nature documentary.
June 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM