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Dr Oscar

@droscaro.bsky.social
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Criminologist, futurist and writer focussing on social inequality and the future of imprisonment (& too much football) | 📍Berlin #academicsky

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
CALL FOR CHAPTERS! Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Home Office' anti-immigration agenda is strangling growth across the economy. It prevents a closer relationship with Europe, deprives us of the workers we need and undermines universities. getting-out-of-the-hole.uk/labours-red-...
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
A helpful reminder that not all politicians are the same… Some are more corrupt than others… Farage comfortably ahead for private interest earnings this Parliament
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🚨 New publication in @natureportfolio.nature.com!!! ⏰ It’s taken a while, but sometimes good science takes time. 🚽 Near-source wastewater-based epidemiology is a game changer for public health surveillance in prisons. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Near-source wastewater surveillance as a non-invasive tool for disease detection in prisons - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Near-source wastewater surveillance as a non-invasive tool for disease detection in prisons
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
‘LLMs shift work from drafting to verification and correction, offsetting speed gained during initial text generation.’ A wonderful use of police time so far… #cjs #policing #LLMs #AI
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🚨 New publication in @natureportfolio.nature.com!!! ⏰ It’s taken a while, but sometimes good science takes time. 🚽 Near-source wastewater-based epidemiology is a game changer for public health surveillance in prisons. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Near-source wastewater surveillance as a non-invasive tool for disease detection in prisons - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Near-source wastewater surveillance as a non-invasive tool for disease detection in prisons
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Switchback @switchbackldn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
WE ARE HIRING: HEAD OF INFLUENCING Deadline - Tuesday 2nd December switchbackworks.info/head-of-infl... We are looking for someone to build on our fantastic progress shifting policy and perceptions – such as our most recent work influencing government policy on recall. #ReshapeRelease
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Golf, cricket & (real) Ale…
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
As James McEwan enters HMPPS stage left, Phil Copple exits stage right. Phil has been a wonderful public servant for 35 years and that is an extraordinary commitment 👏 But now, after decades of mismanagement, HMPPS is ripping up the playbook. www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
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HMPPS names next chief executive
MoJ chief operating officer James McEwen will take helm of Prison and Probation Service next month
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Sean Rehaag @seanrehaag.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
A busy week... My @refugeelab.ca released our report about tech and alternatives to immigration detention, co-authored by @danghez.bsky.social & @petramolnar.com, and co-published with @kaldorcentre.bsky.social and @idcoalition.bsky.social: www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/...
Cover image for a report entitled "From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention" Accessible text via link
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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
If you work in #Academia, #HigherEducation, or the #Research&Teaching field this is a massively important article. It brings together many of the issues, critiques around the predatory #Tech of (so-called) #AI and its use in our fields, as well as unpicking the hollowness of the pro-AI rhetoric!
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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New study in Nature on the Long-range PM2.5 pollution and health impacts from the 2023 Canadian wildfires www.nature.com/articles/s41... 'We find that 354 million (277–421 million) people in North America and Europe were exposed to daily PM2.5 air pollution caused by Canadian wildfires in 2023'
figure 3 from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09482-1
–c, Daily PM2.5 exposure in Canada (a), from fire sources in different source regions, anthropogenic sources and other sources (for example, biogenic, dust and sea salt). d–f, Cumulative fire-related PM2.5 exposures in Canada (d), from different source regions.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 10/09/2025
"Medicaid coverage is especially important for people post-release, because incarceration can wreck their health. One long-term study... found that imprisonment decreased the life expectancy of a 45-year-old person by 13%."
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How Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Will Slash Health Coverage for People Leaving Prison
The massive cuts will hit the formerly incarcerated hard — and that could increase crime, experts warn.
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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover). Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
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Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Recruiting now: Assistant Professor in Sociology on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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Mike McCarthy @itsmccarthy.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Must read study of class consciousness in class demobilized societies. It reveals more than polls. "...any understanding of political orientations in the contemporary working class should have ambivalence, contradiction, and heterogeneity at its very heart." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
What happened to pressure groups & UK third sector? It all seems passive & compliant these days. No vision, little resistance, & minimal public presence. The ‘noise’ seems to come from MoJ & POA. Why is no one asking, what are short sentences replaced by? How is Govt. supporting these people?
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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Hey #Criminology It lives! 29 chapters. 8 sections. 50+ authors. #ECRs to veterans. Wide range of themes/topics It's been a labour of over 2 years, but it's forthcoming (release in January 2026) #CriminalJustice #Victimology #Zemiology #SensoryCriminology www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology reimagines what criminology can become when we take the senses seriously. Centring the sensory as fundamental to the experience of harm, jus...
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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived). We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!
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Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology - Gonzaga Main Campus, Washington, United States
Title: Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology Area: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Sociology and Criminology Telework Availability: On-campus Position Employee Classification: Tenure...
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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
I think it's part: 1. #TechnoUtopianism - idea that new tech will solve extant problems cheaply 2. Ignorance of the rapacious nature of #SurveillanceCapitalism, the #CodedBias within, and the problems/harms forthcoming 3. Outdated neoliberalism and its desire to both outsource yet maintain control
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Good leadership is knowing when to rip it up and start again Nov-July 3️⃣0️⃣ Oakhill staff suspended for child misconduct 20/7 Director & 2 Deps suspended 21-25/7 CQC find unsanitary conditions & safeguarding concerns G4S must be removed & all contracts reviewed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Youth detention centre in Milton Keynes removes 33 staff members
The chief inspector of Ofsted says children were found to be living in unsanitary conditions.
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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
New evaluation of de-escalation training for law enforcement! . This shows that de-escalation training can actually improve officers' ability to handle volatile situations. doi.org/10.1177/0093...
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Turns out plonking a university down in the 1800s was a long-term investment in civic life. Kinda wish current policy makers would take note...
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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Former German President Joachim Gauck recently appeared on national television and, through tears, described how painful it is for him to criticize Israel. Again, it's about: German pain, German history, and German discomfort with breaking ranks. And not about Palestinian suffering.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
When so much of the media rolls out the comfy red carpet for Farage, Private Eye trips him up and milkshakes him. Be more Private Eye.
Farage promises to build more jails
by Our Reform Correspondent
Nick Money

BRITAIN'S next prime minister, Nigel Farage, has vowed to expand the prison service to deal with the increasing lawlessness in Broken Britain.

Farage said it was imperative that we have more prisons to accommodate law-breakers such as Reform MPs.
Said Farage, "No, let me finish! We are looking at hundreds more Reform MPs after the next election, and with our vetting systems we are guaranteed to have a vast number of criminal members of Parliament, who have stolen public money or pushed their girlfriends down the stairs."

When asked how much all this would cost, the Reform leader explained in great detail that he didn't have a clue and couldn't care less.

Farage also promised to send the worst offenders to El Salvador, following a successful pilot programme sending Reform supporters to live in Dubai.
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Paul Hayward @paulhayward.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Doubtless Scottie Scheffler will get hammered for saying this, but it's a lot more interesting than the usual pre-Open chat about the length of the rough and the speed of the greens.
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Robert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/business/202... Rachel Reeves in thrall to old discredited myths of trickle down economics and identifying national budget with household. Can’t believe she doesn’t know better but do believe she’s bowing to the power of the wealthy
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Reeves to say cuts to City red tape will bring trickle-down benefits to households
Chancellor to announce raft of deregulation changes as City regulators move to pare back transparency rules
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Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Just Published - Parole Futures. Rationalities, Institutions and Practices. Exploring the future of parole.With fabulous contributions from a world-leading panel of experts who draw upon insights from law, sociology, criminology and political science. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/parole-fu...
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Richard Garside @richardjgarside.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Interesting new research out in the British Journal of Criminology Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
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Mano Dura v. Uneasy Peace in El Salvador: Effects of Tough-on-Crime and Gang Truce Policies in the Former Murder Capital of the World
Abstract. Until recently, El Salvador had one of the world’s highest homicide rates, largely driven by criminal groups. Since 2003, the government attempte
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Another reason Labour should be taking Lords reform more seriously (beyond its intrinsic merits) is that Reform (or a Reform like party) government would be able to pack it with their goons as things currently stand.
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prisonservicejourn.bsky.social @prisonservicejourn.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The new edition 279 of Prison Service Journal is available now! This general edition includes articles on the importance of air quality in prisons, and the experience of an art project in HMP/YOI Parc. 🔗https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-service-journal-279 #prisonservice #psj
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
*Another* heatwave arrives this week and it could be the most intense yet. But prisons are ill-prepared to protect prisoners & staff from environmental harm. ✍️ A new paper examines indoor environmental conditions across multiple prisons ❌ It’s not good. www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/stale-and-st...
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Stale and Still | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 27/06/2025
"If you’re going to get politically organised, it’s more likely to be because your neighbour asked you to come along to a local protest than because you saw a bunch of allegedly intelligent people debating policy on TV." Read: graceblakeley.substack.com/p/why-i-stop...
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Why I stopped going on TV
TV debates don’t change minds; organising does.
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
‘The only thing most political journalists in this country care about is their proximity to power; an attitude that I find pretty grotesque’ ✍️ Why I stopped going on TV - ⁦‪@graceblakeley‬⁩ graceblakeley.substack.com/p/why-i-stop...
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Why I stopped going on TV
TV debates don’t change minds; organising does.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Amazing correction in the Telegraph.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? 1. Imprisonment is disconnected from crime rates 2. Prisons are *the* punishment, not for punishment 3. Prisons don’t deter those committing crimes 4. Attraction to minors is a sexual orientation (not mentioning law/exploitation)
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Dr Jo Farrar is back! Former HMPPS CEO & MoJ 2nd Perm Sec is now back to lead as Perm Sec Jo led the pandemic response and will do another wonderful job at a critical time for the department. Smart move 👏
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Criminal Justice Alliance @cjalliance.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🚨Opportunity alert: We're hiring a Policy and Public Affairs Manager! - Lead policy change - Engage with MPs & stakeholders - Amplify impacted voices Ready to help build a fairer justice system? We'd love to hear from you Apply by Monday 23 June www.criminaljusticealliance.org/about-the-cj...
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The CJA is a small but growing team. Find out the latest opportunities to work for the Criminal Justice Alliance.
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 04/06/2025
Incredible: 0% of studies funded by the meat industry have found a link between red meat and cardiovascular ill-health. 73% of studies *not* funded by the meat industry have found a link. www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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Is red meat bad for your heart? Studies leave plenty to chew over
Scientists analyse industry-sponsored research on red meat and heart health
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Minister of Youth & Childhood of Spain @ World Congress on Child Justice: “We must acknowledge that we are here whilst Israel is perpetuating genocide in Gaza” “The world is whitewashing it. We are speaking up for Palestinians. We cannot be hypocritical whilst this massacre is going on.”
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Inspiring Children’s Futures @iicfstrath.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
📢 We’re underway at the 5th World Congress on Justice With Children. Stay tuned below to hear the latest news & events !! #WorldCongress2025 #JusticeWithChildren2025 #SDG16J4C
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Great to be at the World Congress on Justice with Children in Madrid 🇪🇸 If you’re here, do get in touch! Sadly, there don’t seem to be many people from the English Youth Justice system (strong 🇮🇪 Irish contingent) but lots of wonderful speakers & researchers
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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Sad news that the South London Press has closed. It was a great local newspaper. It also ran one of the greatest local newspaper stories ever*, "Squirrels on crack".
A squirrel eating something, probably not crack, on the front page of the South London Press.
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Dr Oscar @droscaro.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Let’s not pretend that this is reform. This ‘review’ is tinkering at best, failing to mention or consider the social determinants of crime (& reoffending) CJS cannot resolve these issues alone. Promoting chemical castration reinforces the individualisation of crime. It ignores structural violence
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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Thank you @martinmckee.bsky.social for your evidence today at #covidinquiry. Made clear we haven't fixed failings to respond to next pandemic 👇 That's why we urging Chair to call Pat McFadden MP to update us on Govt response to recommendations on preparedness. Need action now! @cbffjuk.bsky.social
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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
It's never a bad time to remind everyone:
"British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows" — headline in The Independent in 2013
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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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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🎓Scholarship opportunity Our new Exogeneity Scholarship offers a top-up stipend for a PhD in Applied Public Policy, conducting research related to inequality, social justice, and social sciences. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...
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