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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To mark Menopause Awareness Month the Women Empowerment Network (WEN) are hosting an event about experiences of menopause and how University of Hull can provide support during this life stage. www.eventbrite.com/e/experience...
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Experiences of Menopause
A free, inclusive event for University of Hull during Menopause Awareness Month
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Clearing places avaliable on our Criminology, Law, Politics, and Policing degrees
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Jennifer Wallis-Bernard @harbottlestores.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@drstephaniebrown.bsky.social's paper on the spatial politics of abortion was also brilliant, with the "retrospective policing" of domestic space reminiscent of Amy Bell's work on crime scene photos. Really useful for my own research on post-mortems in domestic space too. #c19
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our colleagues @historyathull.bsky.social are hiring ⬇️
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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fab new #openaccess Special Issue of Prison Service Journal, ed. @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social; @interwarcrime.bsky.social & Ben Bethell on late 18th/early 19th C prison history ⚖️📄incl. @kiranmehta.bsky.social @sysgak.bsky.social @drannaloismckay.bsky.social www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-servi...
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Prison Service Journal 285 | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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David Buil-Gil @davidbuil.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Are you around Manchester on 7 October? We've invited @iainbrennan.bsky.social to deliver a public seminar at @criminologyuom.bsky.social titled “Focused deterrence: Evaluating America's most successful violence intervention in an English context”. Registrations: eventbrite.co.uk/e/prof-iain-...
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@universityofhull.bsky.social Great to make a small contribution to the new series of #ahousethroughtime episode 3 tonight included item on prison officers working lives in early 20th century @davidolusoga.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - A House Through Time, Series 6: Edinburgh, Episode 3
Residents are involved in bigamy and brutality at the start of the 20th century.
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thanks to @britishacademy.bsky.social for small research grant funding my next project ‘A Halfway House to Freedom’: open prisons in 20th century. @universityofhull.bsky.social
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Clearing places avaliable on our Criminology, Law, Politics, and Policing degrees
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The long-term imprisonment of women: Penal servitude and release of female offenders serving long sentences, 1853–1900 - Helen Johnston, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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The long-term imprisonment of women: Penal servitude and release of female offenders serving long sentences, 1853–1900 - Helen Johnston, 2026
This article explores the experiences and impact of long-term imprisonment on the lives of women sentenced to lengthy periods of incarceration (serving at least...
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
New publication: Unfit for Labour: Histories of disability & ill-health in Victorian prisons in great new ed. collection: Routledge Handbook on Disability, Crime & Justice #criminology #disabilityhistory #prisons www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Unfit for Labour | 6 | Histories of disability and ill-health in the V
This chapter explores the experiences of, and policies toward, disabled prisoners and prisoners with long-term health conditions in a historical context. How
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
COME WORK WITH US! We are hiring for a fixed term Lecturer in Criminology. Deadline 4 June. Reach out if you have any questions about the role or the department. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL957/l...
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Lecturer in Criminology at University of Hull
An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Criminology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Ndukuba Umeh, one of our MSc Social Research Students, has submitted an excellent policy brief UK Immigration Policy, “Illegal Migration”, and International Students. crimsoc.hull.ac.uk/2026/05/06/p...
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Policy Brief: UK Immigration Policy, “Illegal Migration”, and International Students | Criminology, Sociology and Policing at Hull
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Beth Darby, Craig Barlow, Alicia Heys & Simon Green @wilberforcehull.bsky.social have published 'Child criminal exploitation and the victim–offender overlap: A trauma-informed reconceptualisation' in Criminology & Criminal Justice. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Child criminal exploitation and the victim–offender overlap: A trauma-informed reconceptualisation - Bethany Darby, Craig Barlow, Alicia Heys, Simon Green, 2026
Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) is currently receiving significant attention in the United Kingdom with the proposal of a new dedicated offence. Presently, CC...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Publication news: @iainbrennan.bsky.social, Nicola O’Leary, & colleagues have published 'A pilot pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a combined deterrence message and audio-recording enabled domestic abuse alarm intervention’ in Crime Science link.springer.com/article/10.1....
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A pilot pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a combined deterrence message and audio-recording enabled domestic abuse alarm intervention - Crime Science
Accounts of technological advances in the area of domestic abuse have tended to focus on their role in facilitating abuse with less attention paid to how technology can be used to protect victims and ...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Our Lecturer in Criminology @drstephaniebrown.bsky.social is publishing her debut trade book on medieval murder
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Dr Stephanie Brown @drstephaniebrown.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Tonight I am speaking about the @medimurdermaps.bsky.social as part of Colliderfest @uniofhull.bsky.social It is free, but seats can be booked here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/hul...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This was a great talk. Thanks to the Centre for Violence, Victimisation and Vulnerability for organising.
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Iain Brennan @iainbrennan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This Wednesday 2-3.30pm GMT @crimsochull.bsky.social: Jimmy Paul (Head of Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit) discussing 20 yrs of violence reduction in Scotland and the challenges of sustained violence reduction. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...
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“The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU): Past, Present and Future”
Join the first session of our CV3 Speaker Series with Jimmy Paul, Head of Scotland’s Violence Reduction Unit.
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Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · 28/01/2026
This analysis of homicide offenders in England and Wales comes from a report written by me and @iainbrennan.bsky.social for the UK College of Policing. You can get more detail at lesscrime.info/post/homicid...
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Homicide in England and Wales, Part 3: Homicide offenders – Matt Ashby
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Ridings of Yorkshire Society @roysociety.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Don't forget that the Call for Papers for #ROYS26 is open! Working on Yorkshire's past, any time period, any discipline? If so, please do send an abstract to ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com. Find out more: ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk/call-for-papers-2026/ #Skystorians #History #Culture #York
Ridings of yorkshire society call for papers. For a plaintext version please email ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Dr Victoria Burton @victorialou22.bsky.social is doing a charity fundraiser for Dove House Hospice www.justgiving.com/page/vicky-b...
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Dove House Hospice Strictly Learn to Dance (dancing in memory of Nicola Dean)
Help Victoria Burton raise money to support Dove House Hospice
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Wendy Laverick and her collaborator, Peter Joyce have published their second volume on police governance: Governance of the Police in England and Wales, Vol II: Reform and Development of Tripartite Governance 1979–2025, link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Governance of the Police in England and Wales, Volume II
This volume (II) covers reform and development of tripartite governance from 1979-2025. Volume I starts from the Anglo Saxon period.
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Lots of publications from us this week...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Last week, our lecturer Dr Meron Wondemaghen discussed her latest research on ‘Policing psychiatric illness: An organisational paradox for Health & Law’ for the Workshop on Ethical and Legal Aspects of Suicide Surveillance Technologies as part of a project funded by the NIHR.
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
On Wednesday 12th November, Dr Matt Beech spoke at Durham University's Centre for Political Thought on "The Life and Work of Raymond Plant". This is one of a series of events to disseminate his research from The Idea of the Good Society: Essays in Honour of Raymond Plant (OUP, 2025).
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Our lecturer Dr Alice Rizzuti, and Simone Santorso, have published the following article: Trust and technology: barriers to police–prison cooperation in addressing organised crime in UK prisons, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Volume 19, 2025, paaf040, doi.org/10.1093/poli...
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Trust and technology: barriers to police–prison cooperation in addressing organised crime in UK prisons
Abstract. This article explores barriers to police–prison cooperation in tackling organised crime groups (OCGs) in the United Kingdom. The UK Government’s
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Yesterday I was on The Long View giving historical perspective to current issues in the prison system www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Long View - Criminals on the Loose - BBC Sounds
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of presidential candidates who have stood trial.
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Dr Jessica Moriarty (Brighton), and Christina Reading (independent artist), on “How Can a Process of Writing and Walking Help to Navigate Liminal Life Spaces?: Our Collaborative Creative Recovery” at Cultures of Incarceration Seminar 12 Nov, 4:30pm - hybrid. www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-universi...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Fantastic keynote from @uniofhull.bsky.social alumna @tracyborman.bsky.social at AHTV 2025 🤩
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Our lecturer, Dr Alice Rizzuti and co-author, Jon Davies (Manchester), have published open access the following article: 'Understanding Blockchain Technology against Food Fraud: A Criminological Perspective'. Eur J Crim Policy Res (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s106...
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Understanding Blockchain Technology against Food Fraud: A Criminological Perspective - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
Food frauds, including the intentional adulteration or misrepresentation of a food product for financial gain, undermine the safety, reliability, and integrity of food supply chains and networks. Such...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Giada Giacomini contributed to ‘Fireside Chat - Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and the Role of Indigenous Populations’ www.agda.ac.ae/media-centre... And delivered an invited lecture on human rights and climate change at the UAE Ministry for Climate Change and the Environment.
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Fireside Chat  -Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and the Role of Indigenous Populations
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Publication alert from our lecturer @drhelennichols.bsky.social: ’Supporting public safety leaders: Applying empirical findings to the emerging evidence’ (Rachael Mason, Lauren Smith, Karen Harrison, Helen Nichols) - Journal of Community Safety and Well-being www.journalcswb.ca/index.php/cs...
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Supporting public safety leaders: Applying empirical findings to the emerging evidence | Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Prof @iainbrennan.bsky.social was quoted in this Times Education Supplement article on knife crime and schools: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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What the data on knife crime suggests schools should do next
New figures show that in-school knife crime incidents have decreased in many areas of England. Ellen Peirson-Hagger hears from leaders about what they are doing to drive this reduction, and whether it...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Last week our lecturers Mike McKue and Gill Hodgson hosted the THRIVE TRUST and young people's parliament from local schools.
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Dr Kyja Noack-Lundberg @kyjanl.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
One of my colleagues @stephemmabrown.bsky.social worked on this, but that's not the only reason I'm sharing it. I adore a good map! And historical inquests are fascinating.
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Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Found a reference to industrial or reformatory school in your family history? Useful tips here: ourcriminalancestors.org/industrial-a...
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Industrial and Reformatory School Registers - Our Criminal Ancestors
Industrial and Reformatory Schools registers contain a great deal of information about the criminal and destitute children who were sent to these institutions from the mid-nineteenth century until 193...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Call for chapters, for collection edited by our colleagues: Reparations in Historical and Contemporary Slavery: Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
We have spaces on: M930 BA Criminology M931 BA Criminology (with Foundation Year) LM39 BA Criminology and Sociology M9F4 BA Criminology with Forensic Science M9M1 BA Criminology with Law M9C8 BA Criminology with Psychology Call us or apply online www.hull.ac.uk/study/underg...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Simon Green, Alicia Heys, and Craig Barlow have published the following article: 'Conducive Environment: Reconceptualizing the Exploitation of Human Beings | The British Journal of Criminology academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
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The Conducive Environment: Reconceptualizing the Exploitation of Human Beings
Abstract. Where does exploitation start and stop? When does cheap labour become forced labour? Where is the line drawn between destitution and coercion? Th
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Our lecturer @stephemmabrown.bsky.social wrote an article @theconversation.com on 'The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 #heatwave'
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Written evidence from @drhelennichols.bsky.social collaboration with Professor Karen Harrison & Rachel Mason on prison staff wellbeing has been cited in this House of Lords Report, Better prisons: less crime. committees.parliament.uk/committee/51...
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Prisons need to have reducing reoffending as their core purpose, says Lords committee - Committees - UK Parliament
The Justice and Home Affairs Committee today publishes its report Better prisons: less crime. The report examines the purpose, leadership, and oversight of prisons in England and Wales, as well as loo...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Last week our lecturer and programme director, Mike McKue, attended the British Society of Criminology conference in Portsmouth. He presented on 'Barriers to trust and confidence in the policing of minority communities'.
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Dr Kyja Noack-Lundberg @kyjanl.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
We were so proud of all our graduates yesterday!
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Our lecturer, Dr Jon Burnett recently spoke at the following symposium in London, Criminal (In)justice, State Racism and Colonial Legacies in the Law Jon is also speaking at an Open University roundtable discussion on social justice this afternoon.
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Congrats to two new postdocs @wilberforcehull.bsky.social Drs Bethany Darby and Craig Barlow are funded via the AHRC Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre. They will work with Dr Alicia Heys on the Legal Enforcement of Modern Slavery. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Today the Wilberforce Institute is thrilled to welcome Dr Bethany Darby and Dr. | Wilberforce Institute
Today the Wilberforce Institute is thrilled to welcome Dr Bethany Darby and Dr. Craig Barlow as Post-Doctoral Research Assistants. They will be working alongside Dr Alicia Heys, supporting the workst...
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Our lecturer, Dr Nicola O'Leary, presented at the Humber Violence Prevention Partnership about the Home Office funded project to understand 'Community insights into high visibility policing in the Humber Region'.
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University of Hull @uniofhull.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
A big welcome to everyone on campus for our This Is Hull festival! 👋 It's going to be a jam-packed week full of fun activities to get involved with so you can get a taste of uni life. We hope you enjoy your time at the Uni of Hull! 🤩
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Our Lecturer @stephemmabrown.bsky.social is a BBC / AHRC New Generation Thinker and researcher-in-residence for Woman's Hour
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Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Busy week for prof @iainbrennan.bsky.social New report: Rollings, J., Cornish, R., Brennan, I. and Teyhan, A. (2025). Association between school exclusion, suspension, absence, and violent crime. Youth Endowment Fund. research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati...
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Association between school exclusion, suspension, absence, and violent crime
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