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Stirling Criminology
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Account for the #Criminology team at the University of Stirling, UK. We co-host the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). #AcademicSky
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Wonderful to see three of our criminologists recognised in the University's Research Culture Awards 👏✨️ Congratulations to all.

Outstanding Collaborator: @drashleyrogers.bsky.social

Outstanding Mentor: Dr @niallhsmith.bsky.social

Outstanding Early Career Researcher: Dr Ben Matthews

#Criminology
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October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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📄🆕️ New open access article by @drcconnell.bsky.social and colleagues:

A systematic review on mandated drug and alcohol treatment for justice-involved adults

#JusticeHealth #Health #Drugs #SubstanceUse #Criminology
healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
October 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Dr @niallhsmith.bsky.social is one of the co-authors of this article:

'Participatory Visual Methods and the Mobilization of Community Knowledge: Working Towards Community-Derived Disaster Risk Management in the Context of Advancing #Climatechange'
#Criminology
jprm.scholasticahq.com/article/1298...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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We are delighted that Dr Martha O'Carroll is joining us at the University of Stirling to do an SGSSS ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship #research project on 'Activating Anti-Carceral Archives in Scotland', supported by mentor Dr Phil Crockett Thomas @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social #Criminology #Abolition
September 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Dr Catriona Connell will be giving evidence to Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. It's part of their Inquiry into harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish prisons. See 🔗 for details.

@drcconnell.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social

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www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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📄 NEW Report: Interested in the potential crime and security risks of freeports, in pursuing #NetZero?

'Inverness and Comarty Green Freeport: Assessing Crime and Security Risks'

🔗 to the report in next post 👇
@thesccjr.bsky.social
#ICFGF #GreenFreeport #Criminology #Security #Inverness #Scotland
August 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Research by Dr Wendy Masterton & team shows nature-based programmes such as #gardening and forest walks benefit poor #mentalhealth and substance dependence - but opportunities to develop them are limited.

@sacasrstir.bsky.social colleagues have launched how-to manuals
www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/08...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Congratulations to our students who graduated @stir.ac.uk 👏💐🎓🎉

Hooray for Dr Beth Cairns, Dr @scothunter.bsky.social, & Dr Jade Hooper getting PhDs!

📸 Academics:
@niallhsmith.bsky.social @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social @dianamiranda.bsky.social @drashleyrogers.bsky.social @drhannahgraham.bsky.social
Photo of criminologists Dr Ashley Rogers, Dr Hannah Graham, and Dr Diana Miranda in graduation gowns and smiling. Photo of Prof Peter Matthews and Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith, with Dr Ben Matthews in the background, all wearing graduation gowns at a University of Stirling graduation. Photo of Dr Marina Shapira wearing her graduation gowns and cap, smiling.
June 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Stirling criminologist and social statistics lecturer Dr Ben Matthews is interviewed in a @1919magazine.bsky.social article on crime rates and the difficulties of comparative analysis.
@thesccjr.bsky.social @socsciresearchstir.bsky.social #Criminology

🔗 Article 1919magazine.co.uk/june2025/sco...
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June 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Happy congratulations to our academic colleagues who have been successfully promoted 👏👏👏 In our team, both Dr Ashley Rogers (@drashleyrogers.bsky.social ) and Dr Wendy Masterton have been promoted to Senior Lecturer 💐✨️🎉
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May 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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PhD researcher Rob Walker (online) and Dr Kay Sidebottom from the Education Division present on discourse in 'Adolescence', misogyny, incels, the manosphere, masculinities, macro- and micro- fascisms, and affirmative ethics and education.
#socialscienceresearch #adolescence #Education
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May 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Dr Richard Kjellgren @kjellgren.bsky.social speaking on the RELEASE research in Scotland which seeks to understand mental health and substance use-related services after release from prison. Really interesting and concerning data.
@sacasrstir.bsky.social @drcconnell.bsky.social #Criminology
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May 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Dr Ben Matthews speaking on the crime drop in Scotland. He asks apt questions about how Sentencing Councils, criminal justice agencies and Governments use reconviction rates as a measure to discuss performance and policy and to compare with other nations.
#Criminology #Sentencing
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May 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Dr Paul Rigby offering passionate and wise insights on his experiences over 18 years of doing human trafficking research in Scotland.

Sadly for us, Paul will retire from @socsciresearchstir.bsky.social Stirling shortly and will be missed 🥹😭
#HumanTrafficking #SocialWork #socialscienceresearch
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May 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Today, we are at a @socsciresearchstir.bsky.social research away day – getting to listen to wonderful colleagues speak about #socialscienceresearch

Dr Maggie Grant speaks on research with Stirling colleagues on time & temporality, policymaking, and unaccompanied young people seeking asylum.
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May 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Criminologist Dr @dianamiranda.bsky.social will be speaking on 'Biometric #AI in policing: Exploring the socio-legal and ethical landscape' at this @the-sipr.bsky.social conference.

Scottish International #Policing Conference 2025
28th May in Edinburgh.
www.sipr.ac.uk/events/scott...
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March 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Many thanks to Richard (@richiethomson.bsky.social) from Community Justice Scotland for speaking to our undergraduate #Criminology students. Some good Justice careers and employability questions came up, too.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Our Undergraduate Research Symposium today @stir.ac.uk, with a good turnout of students.

Thanks to Prof Kirstein Rummery and Dr @niallhsmith.bsky.social for chairing, and Prof Margaret Malloch, Dr @dianamiranda.bsky.social and @drhannahgraham.bsky.social for speaking.
#Criminology #Sociology
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January 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Research briefing paper:

@fifimorrison.bsky.social, Margaret Malloch & Alexandra Jundler explore court advocacy in the context of domestic abuse, supporting victim-survivors to navigate complex criminal legal systems
#VAW #DomesticAbuse #Victims #Criminology #Law
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cafada.stir.ac.uk/criminal-jus...
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January 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Research Briefing Paper:

'Exploring Innovation in Multi-Agency Settings: A Study of Domestic Abuse Notification Systems in England', by Dan Ash, Margaret Malloch & Laura Bellussi. @thesccjr.bsky.social

#Criminology #Policing #Education #Schools #VAWG #Victims
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cafada.stir.ac.uk/criminal-jus...
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January 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Call for Papers: For Mid- and Early-Career Academics

A two day Punishment and Society Symposium hosted by @thesccjr.bsky.social in Glasgow, 27-28 August 2025.

For details and event organisers, see the image 👇

🔗Abstract submission form:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#Criminology #CrimSky
January 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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The European Society of #Criminology (ESC) Annual Conference 2025 being hosted in Athens 🇬🇷 is now open for:
(A) Delegate registration; and
(B) Call for Papers: Abstract Submissions.
convention2.allacademic.com/one/esc/esc25/
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January 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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New book chapter by Ben Matthews and Susan McVie

'A crime drop for whom? Conceptualizing and measuring change in
victimization inequality' in the Handbook on Crime and Inequality, edited by @stephenfarrall.bsky.social & Susan McVie.
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
#Criminology @thesccjr.bsky.social
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January 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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We are grateful to Laura and Freya from Community Justice Scotland for coming and speaking to our postgraduates in #Criminology and Substance Use at the University of Stirling. They offered very interesting insights on restorative justice and community justice, with an applied practice focus.
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November 28, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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A thoughtful and thought-provoking research seminar of our Crime and Justice Research Group at the University of Stirling, hearing from Sophie Avery from the University of Antwerp 🇧🇪
#Criminology #VAWG #GBV
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November 18, 2024 at 1:57 PM