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Henry Yeomans
@henryyeomans.bsky.social
Historical criminologist specialising in all things alcohol. Professor of Criminology at University of Leeds. Once described as bearing a 'striking resemblance to Peter Beardsley'.
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🚗 From joyriding in 1980s Ireland to AI-enhanced traffic stops, the #Cars and #Crime Symposium brought together leading thinkers on topics such as #drink-driving, #speeding, and #policing.

🔗Explore how this symposium reshaped understandings of safety, urban life, and justice.👇
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August 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It's here! The Journal of Historical Criminology volume 1 issue 1 now available! Congratulations to editors Iain Channing and Alex Tepperman. Looks excellent - excited to read more. journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org/jhc-2025-vol...
JHC (2025) Vol 1, Iss 1
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July 31, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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We’re delighted to open our final Early Career Researcher Development Fund. This is a vulnerability and policing open call with £25,000 available for 12-month projects.

Deadline: Monday 29 September 2025, 4pm BST

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Early Career Researcher Development Fund - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
The Centre runs an annual Early Career Researcher Development Fund for research that aligns with the Centre's programme of work.
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk
May 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Good to see this article is now out in print. Worth checking out if you're into historical criminology, regulation or white collar/business crime. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reconnecting genealogies of criminal justice and excise tax enforcement - Henry Yeomans, 2025
Although various state and non-state agencies are central to criminal justice, our understandings of criminal justice's past remain dominated by histories ...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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'Measuring sentence inflation England & Wales', with @sentencingacademy.bsky.social
We estimate that 87% of the increase in sentence severity experienced over the last 2 decades is due to a genuine change in the sentencing practice (sentence inflation).
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Measuring Sentence Inflation in England and Wales – Sentencing Academy
www.sentencingacademy.org.uk
April 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Hello hello

New job in business law at @lawatleeds.bsky.social

Come and work with me and other high calibre individuals!

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Lecturer in Business Law at University of Leeds
Recruiting now: Lecturer in Business Law on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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April 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Pleased to share the call for papers for our upcoming conference on money laundering in insolvency funded by an ESRC IAA Grant. Feel free to share to contacts and colleagues @lssi.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social @cblpleeds.bsky.social @ccjsleeds.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The dataset from my project on illicit alcohol 1780-1914 is now available here doi.org/10.5518/1290. It includes criminal justice, licensing, tax and mortality data. Should be useful for people interested crime history and alcohol policy
Illicit Alcohol, 1789-1914 - Research Data Leeds Repository
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March 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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We are delighted to announce that Prof. @jpinasanchez.bsky.social will deliver the fifth of the 2024-25 Faculty of Social Sciences Inaugural Lectures!

📅30 Jan 2025
🕔5pm
🏫University of Leeds

Follow the link for more info and registration:

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"Estimating Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing": A Faculty Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Jose Pina-Sánchez
Join us for the fifth lecture in the Faculty of Social Sciences Inaugural Lecture Series!
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January 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Ok, I've started a crime history starter pack, hmu to be added!

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November 11, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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Inevitably, I've made a Drinking Studies Network starter pack based on the DSN's members list (drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/members-2/) If you don't want to be included, or if you see people I've missed and could add, please let me know!
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November 10, 2024 at 10:03 AM
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"Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing in England and Wales: Taking Stock and Moving Forward"
📅 Date: 14th November
⏰ Time: 12:00 to 14:30
The event is fully booked, but you can still join us online for the academic presentations!
Watch the live broadcast here: lse.zoom.us/j/8695370919...
November 8, 2024 at 12:33 PM
What is the Excise and why does it matter to criminology? Great to see this published. It’s a paper I’ve been stewing on for years and, with help from the Leverhulme Trust, it’s finally done. It uses the history of the British Excise to argue that...
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October 10, 2024 at 3:19 PM
I'm doing an inaugural professorial lecture in Leeds on the 23rd October. All are welcome so please come along if you're interested. #criminology #historicalcriminology #alcoholstudies #alcohol
October 7, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Hello bluesky! Thought I'd give this place a try. Mostly posting about historical criminology and alcohol. Please follow if interested.
November 27, 2023 at 7:27 AM