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Melanie Flynn
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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.
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#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
Flyer for Listening to the Unheard: The effects of fisheries regulations on coastal communities. This webinar launcges the Just SeaCurity Dialogues based at the University of St Andrews, which creates opportunities for emerging researchers to: shae ongoing work and receive expert feedback, explore theoretical and methodological approaches, build collaborative relationships across institutions, connect with diverse ocean governance networks, contribute to special issues and an edited book project. NB This webinar is the first of a 2-part series that targets both researchers (1) and practitioners (2).
September 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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50% off @brisunipress.bsky.social so I treated myself!
Three new books: Island Criminology by John Scott and Zoe Staines, SpyCops by Raphael Schlembach, and Criminal Justice, Wildlife Conservation and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene edited by Ragnhild Sollund and Martine Lie.
July 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Day 29 of #30DaysWild.
A bike ride (walk for me). We thought about how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place.
Two boys sit on a bench in the countryside, their bikes propped up behind them. They are looking at the view across a valley containing a reservoir. Hills and trees can be seen in the distance.
June 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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We also see this dude.
A bee sits on a pink thistle.
June 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Day 28 of #30DaysWild.
We visited the garden centre today to re-stock the hanging basket. (We bought a couple of chilli plants too).
Various plants are set out on a table ready to be planted into a hanging basket. A child’s hand reaches over pointing at some lobelia. The finished hanging basket ready to be hung by our front door. Silver cineraria can be seen in the centre, with two pink brachyscome. Trailing lobelia has been planted all around the edge of the basket.
June 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Day 27 of #30DaysWild.
We played Plop Trumps and learned about various animals and their poo!
Two top trumps cards. The word kestrel can be seen on the bottom card. The one on top says fox. There is a picture of fox poo, a panel on the left contains information about foxes and on the right are various scores for Frequency, Hardness, Length, Width, Smelliness, and Yuck Factor.
June 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Day 26 of #30DaysWild.
Another walk and we spotted a ladybird pupa!
A black and orange ladybird pupa attached to a green leaf.
June 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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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.
Two small Lego plant pots, one blue, one yellow, contain Lego plants. Both have arms and a smiling face.
June 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Day 24 of #30DaysWild.
Another local walk. Flowers of many different colours.
A collage of 9 pictures showing flowers, leaves and seed pods of various colours: purples, pinks, yellows, oranges, whites, and greens.
June 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Day 23 of #30DaysWild.
We watched a nature documentary about marine life and then built a Lego fish (from a set).
A blue and yellow tropical-style fish built from Lego.
June 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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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!
A dark grey snail, with a shell of dark brown and accents of white and yellow, sits atop green foliage. A pale grey snail with a yellow shell decorated with dark brown circles sits on a green hedge. At least eight snails can be seen at the bottom of a hedgerow and on the tarmac pavement (sidewalk).
June 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Day 20 of #30DaysWild.
Spent some time in the garden.
Close up of two small, red strawberries growing down the side of a flowerpot Close up of a bee. It is black and yellow striped with a white bottom. It sits on a white flower. Small lilac-coloured flowers on a lemon thyme plant. Close-up of yellow buds on a silver-grey curry plant (which resembles rosemary).
June 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Day 19 of #30DaysWild. A scavenger hunt. Still not up to going out, I drew various shapes for them to find in the garden.
A sheet of paper contains various drawings of different leaf shapes (and a spider web).
June 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Day 18 of #30DaysWild. We grounded ourselves by standing barefoot on the grass.
(A day late as I was in bed with Covid yesterday).
A child stands barefoot on grass. A child stands barefoot on grass.
June 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Day 16 of #30DaysWild.
Today was a reading day and some interesting facts were learnt, including about pandas, turkeys, quail, and the Amazon rainforest.
Two books. ‘Mammals’ with a cover containing a picture of a lion and ‘That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals’ by Ruby Roth, illustrated with a stylised drawing of various ‘farmed’ animals.
June 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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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).
The game Centipede. A computerised centipede made up of several blocks moves across the screen while players try to shoot it. The game Millipede. A retro game screen displays mushrooms, a jumping spider and a millipede.
June 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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We also watched the rain!
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Day 14 of #30DaysWild.
We spent time contemplating the sky and clouds (and suggesting what things they looked like).
A moody sky heavy with clouds. Colours range from dark grey to white, with small pockets of blue sky peeking through. A sky full of white and grey clouds. Some blue sky can be seen.
June 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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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.
A child’s drawing. The poster says 30 Days Wild in ‘3D’ writing. Below is an explanation of what this is and drawings of a tree and flowers. Several cards are laid out on the floor to form the game surface of Canopy. Some show wildlife, others plants and yet others form trees of differing heights.
June 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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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.
A diagram with lines coming out of a centre point. At the ends of these lines are the sounds that could be heard, such as a car, birds tweeting, rustling leaves. A diagram with lines coming out of a centre point. At the ends of these lines are the sounds that could be heard, such as leaves rustling, a car door, bees buzzing. A diagram with lines coming out of a centre point. At the ends of these lines are the sounds that could be heard, such as tweet tweet, coo, whoosh
June 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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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
New Criminology Masters at Liverpool Hope University: MA International Criminology and Security Studies; MRes Green Criminology and Environmental Crime; MRes Transnational Crime; MRes International Terrorism and Extremism. MRes courses consist of a 30-credit subject-specific module + 30 credits of research methods + 120 credit dissertation. MA course is 3x30-credit subject-specific modules from the three MRes + 30 credits research methods + 60 credit dissertation.
June 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Day 10 of #30DaysWild.
Nana took over today when the boys visited after school. Flower seeds planted to keep the butterflies happy.
A pink plant pot filled with dark compost.
June 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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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.
A 300 piece jigsaw with facts about rainforests and drawings of flora and fauna.
June 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Day 8 of #30DaysWild.
We did wildlife quizzes today and spotted a duck when we went to the shops!
Screenshot of an online quiz. A close up of a frog with the words “HOP ON IN TO SOME QUIZZES” A duck shares some feed with pigeons.
June 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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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.
A game board with 9 squares featuring different bugs. Two are covered with tokens decorated with leaves. Photo of a TV screen showing a squirrel leaping through the air. A child sits at a hospital wearing a black medical boot.
June 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM