Source Whilst I was on maternity leave the government guidance on screen time, Screen time guidance for under 5s was published. This included the phrase: ‘Juggling family life and raising children …

Source In a world where switching off is increasingly difficult and people’s mental health is consistently being battered, the opportunity to exercise and move the body is encouraged, and personall…

There have been some interesting and to be quite honest, quite scary pieces of news that have emerged over the last few weeks. The more recent, concerns the risk to humanity from the unfettered dev…

There is currently a growing public debate about the cost of higher education. At a time when the cost of living is widely recognised as a crisis, questions about whether university offers “v…

Lunch atop a Skyscraper The academic year 25/26 will shortly come to an end with the last assessments submitted and graded. Here at the Thoughts From the Criminology Team we’re going to take a litt…

The latest news regarding the online racist abuse aimed at certain Netherlands players, following the team’s premature exit from the world cup, probably comes as no surprise to most and feels like …

Source Today I’m talking about all things Jay Z. Reasonable Doubt, his debut album, turned thirty on the 25th of June, and Roc Nation has spent the last week or so turning New York into one l…

As this month draws to a close, it is worth remembering that for several years now June has been recognised as Pride Month. It is a significant date in the calendar for the LGBTQ+ community both na…

Source: Tony Morris Back in May, during the assessment period, where campus, whilst still abuzz, had begun to quiet down, I walked through the library looking for some print sources for some summer…

Source As regular readers will now I often blog about violence, both institutional and interpersonal, often with a focus on girls and women. In my most recent entry focused on Violence Against Wome…

The sentences passed down to three teenagers for serious sexual offences and the subsequent furore over the perceived leniency hit the headlines recently.  I think I should add right now this blog …

Source Having been posed the question about what success might look like for students, I pondered for a few days trying to conjure up an appropriate answer.   You might think the answer is simple, …

“You saw it in the tears of those who survived” — Words by Ben Okri & Art by Ben Eine, Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, London EC2A 3PQ June 14 2026 will mark 9 years since th…

Source As we draw closer to the end of semester 2, Criminology students across the 3 cohorts will have recently submitted, or be in the process of submitting, assessments which contain research dat…

The Parthenon Marbles, British Museum The question of whether museums remain relevant comes up often in discussions about heritage and old artifacts. Yet the evidence suggests they continue to play…

Source It’s been an interesting few weeks discussing ethics and professionalism with my students, well those that turn up, but that’s a different debate, albeit I guess, in a way linked to the esse…

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Alex Bertulis-Fernandes Imagine a little boy1 called Jimmy, he could be called, Aaron, Daniel, Joshua, Matthew, Samuel or any other other traditionally male name, but for expediency, we’…

Dr Stephen O’Brien is the Dean for the Faculty of Health and Society at the University of Northampton Before I start this blog, it is important to declare my personal position. I am a lifelong supp…

Source As an individual who does not practice or celebrate Easter religiously, there are two things which make this time of year special: the Bank Holidays (and hopefully delightful spring weather)…

When I reflect on my journey into academia it does feel surreal at times. From starting a BA in History and Criminology, to a Masters in Criminology and Criminal Justice to my PhD in criminology. I…

There are two kinds of criminology conversations I get embroiled in these days!  Those with people who read criminology where we discuss many social/cultural phenomena under a specific lens or thos…

Source The so called ‘special relationship’ between the United States of America and the United Kingdom is certainly being tested at the moment.  It is bizarre how the two leaders, if you can call …

Let me be upfront, I study crime for a living. I am not a wellness guru. I do not own a journal with an inspirational quote on the cover and I have never once made a green smoothie by choice. So if…

I think this will be somewhat of a poem; I guess.About all the tears I’ve held space for lately.There has been quite a lot. Is it any surprise?Big ones, small ones. Happy and sad ones. Not really s…

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Source Tuesday marked the 8th “official” birthday of our blog. I say official because although the site was created in November of 2016, the writing did not start in earnest until 3 Mar…

Source Fridays are an especially busy day for the BA Criminology and BA Criminology with Psychology students and staff: for some there are 6hours of classes today, finishing their Friday at 6pm! Wh…

Source Fifty years after Lombroso’s theory of the “born criminal” an American criminologist explored the origins of criminality from a different perspective.  For Edwin Sutherland people weren…

Source This is a two-part blog on embracing some of the criminological theory origin stories in the Western hemisphere.  Is crime the product of bad genes or bad society?  Are we born or …

Source The Home Secretary’s White Paper ‘From Local to National: A New Model for Policing’ promises a complete revamp of policing in England and Wales.  The Northamptonshire Police Federation websi…

Source Introduction What is a can of soup? If you ask a market expert, it is a high-profit item currently pushing £2.30 (branded) in some UK shops[i]. If you ask a historian[ii], it is the very bed…

Source In this blog entry, I am going to introduce a seemingly disconnected set of ideas. I say seemingly, because at the end, all will hopefully make sense. I suspect the following also demonstrat…

Source So, they actually did it, eh? It’s January 2026, and I, for one, am still trying to remember my work logins and wondering if this is the year that Aliens invade Earth. Yet, across the pond, …

Source If I was a Roman, I would be sitting in my comfortable triclinium eating sweet grapes and dictating my thoughts to a scribe.  It was the Roman custom of celebrating a double-faced god t…

When we began, criminology was a single programme, a bold idea with big ambitions. Over the years, that idea grew into a department, and today, into a vibrant academic community offering a diverse …

Source The festive season is almost upon us, and for many of us this means a well-deserved break! As the calendar wraps up and the holidays beckon, why not give your criminological mind a holiday, …

Source The festive season is almost upon us, and for many of us this means a well-deserved break! As the calendar wraps up and the holidays beckon, why not give your criminological mind a holiday, …

Source As part of preparing for University, new students were encouraged to engage in a number of different activities. For CRI1009 Imagining Crime, students were invited to contribute a blog on th…

“No justice, no peace”, written on the walls of Malé, 2014 It was reported in the news a couple of days ago that a super complaint has been lodged against the police in England and Wale…

Source As part of preparing for University, new students were encouraged to engage in a number of different activities. For CRI1009 Imagining Crime, students were invited to contribute a blog on th…

Source I’ve thought long and hard about whether or not to write this blog, it contains nothing new, it adds nothing to the discussion and it is borne of frustration, not just mine. Neverthele…

Source As part of preparing for University, new students were encouraged to engage in a number of different activities. For CRI1009 Imagining Crime, students were invited to contribute a blog on th…