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Beth Weaver

@bethweaver.bsky.social
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Professor of Criminal and Social Justice at University of Strathclyde, Assoc Dir of Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. Spanning Probation, Desistance, Health and AI along with all the things in between.

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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The successful candidate to this part-time Research Associate post will be working in a research team of wonderful people/academics: @bethweaver.bsky.social @nicolacarr.bsky.social @jakephillips.bsky.social @fergusmcneill.bsky.social Sarah Doxat-Pratt, Jan Flaherty, and me! [2/2]
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
JOB: Research Associate, @unistrathclyde.bsky.social Fixed term, part-time (0.5 FTE) between 19th May - 1st October 2026 on a comparative research project funded by Leverhulme, 'Penal Supervision in Comparative Context.' 🔗 👇 #Criminology #SocialWork strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Screenshot of job ad saying, Research Associate (799929)

Salary: £37,694 - £46,049 (pro rata)

FTE: 0.5 (17.5 hours/week)

Term: Fixed Term (30/09/26)

Closing Date: 06 April 2026.
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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Comparing Penal Supervision team meeting @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. In the final year of a three-year project exploring probation across five nations @bethweaver.bsky.social Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt, Jan Flaherty @jakephillips.bsky.social @fergusmcneill.bsky.social
Comparing Penal Supervision project team meeting @Strathclyde University into the final year of a three year project    across five nations
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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Community Service Orders (CSOs) have existed in Ireland since 1983 as an alternative to short-term imprisonment. Despite legislative efforts, they remain underutilised. This article with Niamh Maguire explores why: www.pbni.org.uk/publication/...
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Irish Probation Journal Volume 22 - Community Service Orders in Ireland: Implementation, Impact and Judicial Perspectives
Nicola Carr and Niamh MaguireCommunity Service Orders (CSOs) have existed in Ireland since 1983 as an alternative to short-term imprisonment. Despite legislative efforts, most notably the Criminal Jus...
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Ardrossan sea/skyscape - no filter, just is. Absolutely breathtakingly wonderful.
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Ardrossan has its moments
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Dr SM Rodriguez (they/them) @smrodriguez.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
📢📢 Job advert 📢📢 LSE is hiring an Assistant Prof in Criminology and Social Policy to begin in Sept 2026! 🎡✨ London is calling ✨🎡 Applications due 2 November 2025 @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><spa...
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Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Fantastic news!
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Why are the BBC giving the ‘reform’ party such a platform?
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Harry Annison @harryannison.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Parole Futures is published! A co-edited collection by me, @nicolacarr.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney featuring a world-leading panel of 27 experts from law, sociology, criminology and political science to explore pressing questions relating to parole. Full details: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/parole-fu...
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Robin Moore @rmooreresearch.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Many thanks to @bethweaver.bsky.social for our latest video with advice for the delivery of high-quality probation services, covering the importance of focusing on the person in front of you, being open to learning, and looking beyond the confines of contemporary probation practice shorturl.at/WRvUU
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Are you curious about ‘working with #OpenAI’ in #Probation and #SocialWork contexts? Then you Might be intrested in our new guide launched by @scotssocialwork.bsky.social - socialworkscotland.org/reports/work...
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Working with OpenAI: A Guide for Social Workers - Social Work Scotland
Working with OpenAI: A Guide for Social Workers May 2025 This guide introduces the responsible use of OpenAI in social ... Learn More
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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
activists aboard the Madleen believe their signal was intercepted by Israel and that the IOF is preparing to commit a war crime, but they are not stopping, they're determine to bring food to gaza. none of us have ever been this brave. keep the more eyes on the madleen the better. keep watching.
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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
There's still time to apply for this p/t post on project comparing penal supervision across 5 nations. Working with great team @bethweaver.bsky.social @fergusmcneill.bsky.social @drhannahgraham.bsky.social @jakephillips.bsky.social Fern Gillon & Sarah Doxat-Pratt. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY924/r...
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Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part Time, Fixed-term) at University of Nottingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part Time, Fixed-term) on jobs.ac.uk!
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
For those who love great dates - it’s 25/5/25
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Probation Institute @probinst2.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
FREE TO ATTEND: 'Has Probation Been Rehabilitated?', 27th June 2025. This major research project has focussed on the experience of practitioners, managers and policy makers of the unification of the Probation Service. www.probation-institute.org/events/has-p... #probation
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'Has Probation Been Rehabilitated?'
Probation Institute Research Event
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
My most beloved Harvey Weaver died this morning while we are in Malta and I can’t begin to tell you the sorrow we feel. Bukowski: That moment - to this ... may be years in the way they measure, but it's only one sentence back in my mind..: I wonder where the living goes when it stops.
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Everyone needs to read this book.
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Criminology & Social Justice Research Cluster @ Strathclyde @crimsocjust.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
*Recommended Reading Alert* for all academics (not just #criminologists) gearing up for conference season Brill blog by @danicadarley.bsky.social Brittany Jackson and Holly Whyte on their experience of attending the BSC 2024 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social as non-academics thebscblog.wordpress.com
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The BSC Blog
all about current issues on crime, criminology and criminal justice
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
JOB: Research Fellow, a part-time post at University of Nottingham. Working with a wonderful team on comparative research: @nicolacarr.bsky.social (PI), Beth Weaver, Jake Phillips, Fergus McNeill, myself, Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt. #Criminology #Probation #Job www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY924/r...
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Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part time, fixed-term) at University of Nottingham
Discover Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part time, fixed-term) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Obviously! 🙄 Saves a trip to El Salvador presumably. Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison
President Trump says the famous island prison off San Francisco is to be reopened to house "ruthless and violent" offenders.
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Happy great date day! It’s 2/5/25 🤩
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I fail to understand the rationale for refusing to resentence people serving IPP sentences. It’s absurd and unjust.
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Revealed: The staggering cost of detaining prisoners on ‘inhumane’ jail terms – and you’re paying for it — The Independent
Exclusive: Locking up IPP prisoners cost £145m in 2024, on top of an estimated £1.6bn spent since the cruel sentence was abolished, analysis shows
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riksredguard.bsky.social @riksredguard.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Spotted in London.
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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
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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...
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Bringing the #WeaverLads to @bsky.app - the most attached and awesome bully brothers 🥰
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Tim Newburn @timnewburn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
This is also a straightforward case where you can clearly see that it is a staggering misuse of imprisonment. If this is the way we use such punishments there is little hope of reducing the absurd numbers we continue to keep behind bars.
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Surviving #StormEowyn
French bulldog wrapped in oodie
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
From one Blue Sky to another. Good morning peeps 👋🏻
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Snow and low Lying cloud over Goat fell #Arran this morning. Even the swans were heading towards the shore.
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Another beautiful #Ardrossan sunset.
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Sunset over #Ardrossan sea now.
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Does anyone else love the numeric rhythm of today’s date?
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Colin Turbett @colinturbett.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unison-sco... Free 1 hr lunchtime event this Weds. Join us for a critical & radically inspired discussion on Justice Services in social work. Great speakers! Please pass on.
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UNISON SCOTLAND LUNCHTIME WEBINAR - CHALLENGES IN JUSTICE SOCIAL WORK
Our latest free one hour webinar critically examines issues facing social workers in Justice settings. With great speakers and Q&A
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Colin Turbett @colinturbett.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
@bethweaver.bsky.social - nearly 200 signed up! Looking forward to this....
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Kirsty Deacon @kirsty-deacon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Looking forward to seeing the outcome of this. It's been a great piece of work to be a (small) part of!
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JENGbA 🦋 @jengba.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We are new to bluesky so asking all those who followed the campaign on “X” to continue supporting our campaign for #justice #jointenterprise is #badlaw that targets the vulnerable.
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Joe Hanley @joehanley.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Join me for this lunchtime webinar where I will discuss how the public actually quite like social workers, and ask the important question: why don't you believe me?? Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:00 - 13:00 GMT. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-social...
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The social work public perception myth: A genealogy of discourse
Unraveling the misconceptions surrounding social work through a historical analysis of public discourse - join us online to debunk the myths
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Gemma Abbott @gemabbott.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
I’m reliably told I need to use hashtags to flag this #criminaljustice #starterpack Intended to cover those working in & around the criminal justice system (lawyers, NGOs, commentators…) Please do share - and let me know if you want to be included? 🙏 go.bsky.app/2sQ9xmz
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Eppie Sprung @eppiesprung.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
At @nextchapterscot.bsky.social we’re building a starter pack for people with (or interested in) lived experience of the criminal justice system. Please throw me your recommendations. #criminaljustice #livedexperience #criminology #humanrights
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Dr Tahaney Alghrani @drtahaneyalghrani.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
My Blog for @BritSocCrim on the research I presented in Glasgow earlier this year on the pathways of girls in and out of Juvenile Institutions for ‘criminal’ and ‘at risk’ girls & how it can inform present-day juvenile justice. thebscblog.wordpress.com #Crimehistory #criminology
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The BSC Blog
all about current issues on crime, criminology and criminal justice
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Well the headline says it all!
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Five still in jail 16 years after being given IPP sentences of below six months, data shows — The Guardian
Exclusive: ‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show some prisoners given indeterminate sentences in England and Wales before 2008 still behind bars
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Harry Annison @harryannison.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
I'm probably just yelling into the void but anyway I'll observe that "prisoners walk free" isn't very helpful as a (putatively neutral BBC) summary of some people being released on licence, supervised with specific conditions, electronically tagged, at 40% point rather than 50% point of sentence.
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Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
If this isn’t the whole point of social media then I don’t know what is. 👇🏼
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Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
This thread, sparked off by the PhD funding opportunities at www.sgsss.ac.uk, is now complete with a list of members of the Criminology subject team inviting applications in the replies. #PhDChat #PhDfunding #Criminology #Edinburgh #Scotland #ESRC
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Scottish Graduate School of Social Science – Sgoil Cheumnaichean Saidheans Sòisealta na h-Alba
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 25/09/2024
Missouri executed Marcellus Williams tonight around 6 PM. "Tonight, we all bear witness to Missouri’s grotesque exercise of state power. Let it not be in vain. This should never happen, and we must not let it continue,” The Midwest Innocence Project said in a statement.
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Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
A starter pack of accounts relevant to #Criminology bsky.app/profile/did:...
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