Tara Young (PhD)
@youngt.bsky.social
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Kent. Research focuses on violent crime, 'gang-related' offending and joint enterprise.
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
This, this is s truly appalling situation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones
Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This, this is s truly appalling situation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Fixed term teaching post (10 months) in critical criminology in the University of Liverpool's Department of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMV424/l...
Lecturer - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
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April 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Fixed term teaching post (10 months) in critical criminology in the University of Liverpool's Department of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMV424/l...
One to watch.
💭 Are you interested in learning more about how prisons in Brazil are governed, and what role major organised crime groups like the PCC play?
Join us 26 March, 4pm (UK time) for this online talk with Prof. Vitor Stegemann Dieter to find out more.
Register now bit.ly/brazil-prison
Join us 26 March, 4pm (UK time) for this online talk with Prof. Vitor Stegemann Dieter to find out more.
Register now bit.ly/brazil-prison
Prison co-governance in a Brazilian prison: The role of prison gangs
Drawing on Gramscian concepts Prof Stegemann Dieter interprets the prison as a hegemonic apparatus and the PCC as a counter-hegemonic force.
bit.ly
March 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One to watch.
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💭 Are you interested in learning more about how prisons in Brazil are governed, and what role major organised crime groups like the PCC play?
Join us 26 March, 4pm (UK time) for this online talk with Prof. Vitor Stegemann Dieter to find out more.
Register now bit.ly/brazil-prison
Join us 26 March, 4pm (UK time) for this online talk with Prof. Vitor Stegemann Dieter to find out more.
Register now bit.ly/brazil-prison
Prison co-governance in a Brazilian prison: The role of prison gangs
Drawing on Gramscian concepts Prof Stegemann Dieter interprets the prison as a hegemonic apparatus and the PCC as a counter-hegemonic force.
bit.ly
March 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
💭 Are you interested in learning more about how prisons in Brazil are governed, and what role major organised crime groups like the PCC play?
Join us 26 March, 4pm (UK time) for this online talk with Prof. Vitor Stegemann Dieter to find out more.
Register now bit.ly/brazil-prison
Join us 26 March, 4pm (UK time) for this online talk with Prof. Vitor Stegemann Dieter to find out more.
Register now bit.ly/brazil-prison
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We're hiring...!
Could you be our Communications Coordinator?
This is a part-time role (two days per week) to cover a staff colleague on maternity leave for 12 months from April 2025.
Deadline to apply: Friday 21 March 2025.
howardleague.org/about-us/vac...
Could you be our Communications Coordinator?
This is a part-time role (two days per week) to cover a staff colleague on maternity leave for 12 months from April 2025.
Deadline to apply: Friday 21 March 2025.
howardleague.org/about-us/vac...
March 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We're hiring...!
Could you be our Communications Coordinator?
This is a part-time role (two days per week) to cover a staff colleague on maternity leave for 12 months from April 2025.
Deadline to apply: Friday 21 March 2025.
howardleague.org/about-us/vac...
Could you be our Communications Coordinator?
This is a part-time role (two days per week) to cover a staff colleague on maternity leave for 12 months from April 2025.
Deadline to apply: Friday 21 March 2025.
howardleague.org/about-us/vac...
Just watched this thought-provoking documentary about boarding school and trauma. It's worth a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=stMv...
Boarding on Insanity With Dr. Gabor Maté: Childhood Trauma & Our Leaders: Full Trailer | Piers Cross
YouTube video by Piers Cross
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March 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just watched this thought-provoking documentary about boarding school and trauma. It's worth a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=stMv...
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New survey findings show that experiences of racial discrimination have not decreased over the last decade, when placed alongside earlier studies, and that confidence in anti-discrimination efforts has continued to decline. @profkatsmith.bsky.social @lizaston.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social
UofG led survey shows that racial discrimination continues to rise in Scotland
Around one-third (35%) of people in Scotland’s Black, Asian, and visible minority ethnic communities say they have faced discrimination within the past two years - and confidence in anti-discriminatio...
www.gla.ac.uk
March 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
New survey findings show that experiences of racial discrimination have not decreased over the last decade, when placed alongside earlier studies, and that confidence in anti-discrimination efforts has continued to decline. @profkatsmith.bsky.social @lizaston.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social
A report written by Susie Hulley and me on the potential benefits, risks, and limitations of Offensive Weapons Homicide Reviews (OWHRs). www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/learning-tra...
Learning from tragedy | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk
March 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
A report written by Susie Hulley and me on the potential benefits, risks, and limitations of Offensive Weapons Homicide Reviews (OWHRs). www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/learning-tra...
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“Holding bystanders responsible for what was ‘sadly an unplanned, spontaneous stabbing’ committed by an individual had ‘delayed justice’.”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
Joint enterprise law reform will help solve UK justice system crisis, say experts
Campaigners give evidence on principle under which black defendants are 16 times more likely to be prosecuted
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“Holding bystanders responsible for what was ‘sadly an unplanned, spontaneous stabbing’ committed by an individual had ‘delayed justice’.”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
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Fancy a life changing opportunity?
We're looking for a person with character and chemistry.https://www.oasisuk.org/job/lead-youth-practitioner-ae-oasis-hub-waterloo/
We're looking for a person with character and chemistry.https://www.oasisuk.org/job/lead-youth-practitioner-ae-oasis-hub-waterloo/
February 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fancy a life changing opportunity?
We're looking for a person with character and chemistry.https://www.oasisuk.org/job/lead-youth-practitioner-ae-oasis-hub-waterloo/
We're looking for a person with character and chemistry.https://www.oasisuk.org/job/lead-youth-practitioner-ae-oasis-hub-waterloo/
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“We’re talking about human misery for... wrongly convicted people in prison. It can’t just be a joke show. It can’t be a circus. It’s got to be a properly functioning organisation”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
Former solicitor general: UK’s miscarriage of justice watchdog is ‘beyond a joke’
Exclusive: Lord Garnier’s comments come after allegations about the ‘absent leadership’ of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
“We’re talking about human misery for... wrongly convicted people in prison. It can’t just be a joke show. It can’t be a circus. It’s got to be a properly functioning organisation”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
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Ok so Joined Blue sky @midwifeteacher.bsky.social
Let’s see how this goes
Total pleasure to work together on this book ( as always 💪🏻)
Let’s see how this goes
Total pleasure to work together on this book ( as always 💪🏻)
1st book on pregnancy and motherhood in prison in the UK (unbelievably!) by the brilliant Lucy Baldwin & me, published by Bristol University Press policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/pregnancy-an...
February 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ok so Joined Blue sky @midwifeteacher.bsky.social
Let’s see how this goes
Total pleasure to work together on this book ( as always 💪🏻)
Let’s see how this goes
Total pleasure to work together on this book ( as always 💪🏻)
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If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds).
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
February 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds).
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
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Useful overview of knife crime statistics in England and Wales from the House of Commons Library
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Knife crime statistics England and Wales
Knife crime is a crime involving an object with a blade or sharp instrument. This briefing presents and analyses statistics on knife crime in England and Wales.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
January 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Useful overview of knife crime statistics in England and Wales from the House of Commons Library
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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Important seminar on Intersecting Trauma and Justice: Violence Against Women and Families. Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield, 5th March 2025. Featuring Dr Michaela Rogers, Dr Moninuola Ifayomi and Dr Sadiq Bhanbhro. www.sheffield.ac.uk/ccr/events/c...
CCR Seminar Series: Intersecting Trauma and Justice: Violence Against Women and Families
The Centre for Criminological Research is hosting a series of seminars and events centred around the theme of 'Health, crime and criminal justice'. The links between crime and health are increasingly ...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Important seminar on Intersecting Trauma and Justice: Violence Against Women and Families. Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield, 5th March 2025. Featuring Dr Michaela Rogers, Dr Moninuola Ifayomi and Dr Sadiq Bhanbhro. www.sheffield.ac.uk/ccr/events/c...
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Have you been involved in health-related research with people in prison or on probation in England? If so, the Chief Medical Officer wants to hear from you.
Complete the 10-15 minute survey by midnight on 26 January, to contribute to the CMO's latest report 👇
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/P1ZZ4N/
Complete the 10-15 minute survey by midnight on 26 January, to contribute to the CMO's latest report 👇
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/P1ZZ4N/
Health research with people in prison or on probation in England
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
www.smartsurvey.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Have you been involved in health-related research with people in prison or on probation in England? If so, the Chief Medical Officer wants to hear from you.
Complete the 10-15 minute survey by midnight on 26 January, to contribute to the CMO's latest report 👇
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/P1ZZ4N/
Complete the 10-15 minute survey by midnight on 26 January, to contribute to the CMO's latest report 👇
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/P1ZZ4N/
Great opportunity for someone!
👀 This is a great opportunity to contribute to a major new, multi-institution programme of research examining the intersection of health and justice issues in Scotland AND you get to work with some of our amazing colleagues too!
Get your applications in by 21 Feb.
Get your applications in by 21 Feb.
JOB: Research Associate at the University of Glasgow. Fixed-term part-time post working in #Criminology and #Sociology team @thesccjr.bsky.social at Glasgow.
The role will focus on contributing to a deeper understanding of community experiences of health and justice.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN483/r...
The role will focus on contributing to a deeper understanding of community experiences of health and justice.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN483/r...
January 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Great opportunity for someone!
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Just published 🎉
Our #realistreview on #police #stopandsearch has just been published in the European Journal of Criminology.
Conducted during my PhD research with my brilliant supervisors @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social @profalexstevens.bsky.social
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our #realistreview on #police #stopandsearch has just been published in the European Journal of Criminology.
Conducted during my PhD research with my brilliant supervisors @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social @profalexstevens.bsky.social
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A realist review on the police use of stop and search powers - Winifred Agnew-Pauley, Caitlin Elizabeth Hughes, Alex Stevens, 2025
Proponents of police use of stop and search powers argue that they are essential to prevent crime and improve public safety. However, there is increasing eviden...
journals.sagepub.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just published 🎉
Our #realistreview on #police #stopandsearch has just been published in the European Journal of Criminology.
Conducted during my PhD research with my brilliant supervisors @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social @profalexstevens.bsky.social
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our #realistreview on #police #stopandsearch has just been published in the European Journal of Criminology.
Conducted during my PhD research with my brilliant supervisors @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social @profalexstevens.bsky.social
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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One for colleagues in England & Wales:
The Women's Justice Board meet for first time today.
They are seeking Expressions of Interest to appoint 7 specialists to Women’s Justice Partnership Delivery Group. Examples: Chief Execs, indep. experts, women with lived experience
www.gov.uk/government/g...
The Women's Justice Board meet for first time today.
They are seeking Expressions of Interest to appoint 7 specialists to Women’s Justice Partnership Delivery Group. Examples: Chief Execs, indep. experts, women with lived experience
www.gov.uk/government/g...
Women’s Justice Board
The Women’s Justice Board has the clear goal of reducing the number of women in prison and addressing the distinct needs of women in the criminal justice system.
www.gov.uk
January 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
One for colleagues in England & Wales:
The Women's Justice Board meet for first time today.
They are seeking Expressions of Interest to appoint 7 specialists to Women’s Justice Partnership Delivery Group. Examples: Chief Execs, indep. experts, women with lived experience
www.gov.uk/government/g...
The Women's Justice Board meet for first time today.
They are seeking Expressions of Interest to appoint 7 specialists to Women’s Justice Partnership Delivery Group. Examples: Chief Execs, indep. experts, women with lived experience
www.gov.uk/government/g...
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Thanks to @ungripp.bsky.social for continuing to highlight this travesty of justice. Thanks to my
MP @paulabarkermp.bsky.social for her support.
MP @paulabarkermp.bsky.social for her support.
Last week we had a drop in for MPs to find out about IPP sentences
23 MPs & peers came & offfered their support. Many were there because IPP was raised by one of their constituents
We would like to thank them all for attending & showing their support
Photos: @andyaitchison.bsky.social
23 MPs & peers came & offfered their support. Many were there because IPP was raised by one of their constituents
We would like to thank them all for attending & showing their support
Photos: @andyaitchison.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Thanks to @ungripp.bsky.social for continuing to highlight this travesty of justice. Thanks to my
MP @paulabarkermp.bsky.social for her support.
MP @paulabarkermp.bsky.social for her support.
Nice article by @crimegirl.co.uk on pseudo-law.
January 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nice article by @crimegirl.co.uk on pseudo-law.
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Our guide 'Your legal rights on remand', is designed to help young adults understand their legal rights if they are remanded in custody. It is aimed at 18- to 25-year-olds but may also be helpful to older adults on remand.
⬇️ Download it here: howardleague.org/publications...
⬇️ Download it here: howardleague.org/publications...
January 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Our guide 'Your legal rights on remand', is designed to help young adults understand their legal rights if they are remanded in custody. It is aimed at 18- to 25-year-olds but may also be helpful to older adults on remand.
⬇️ Download it here: howardleague.org/publications...
⬇️ Download it here: howardleague.org/publications...