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Matt cracknell

@drmattcracknell.bsky.social

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Criminologist at Brunel university. Interested in prisons, probation, resettlement and short prison sentences.

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Matt cracknell @drmattcracknell.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I really hope the sentencing review focuses on women in prison and finds better alternatives.

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Matt cracknell @drmattcracknell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I appreciate the harms antisocial behaviour can cause communities, however, we’ll be stuck in this endless cycle of prison crisis unless governments’ reliance on pointless ‘crackdowns’ & use of prison as a deterrence ends, and we find alternative solutions to imprisoning people we’re mad at

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Matt cracknell @drmattcracknell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Another example of government inconsistency and the challenges the sentencing review will face in reducing the prison population. amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

amp.theguardian.com

Yvette Cooper to set out crackdown on antisocial behaviour including jail terms | Crime | The Guardian

Persistent offenders will face up to two years in prison under Respect orders, as police get powers to seize vehicles

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Matt cracknell @drmattcracknell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

This is an interesting article about the growth of the ‘true crime industry’ and how it undermines criminology. The serial killer exhibition it describes seems particularly distasteful. www.newstatesman.com/culture/2024...

newstatesman.com

How true crime became “victim-centred”

The genre can no longer justify itself in terms of entertainment value alone. Enter the ubiquitous invocation of the victim.

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