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Lisa Tompson

@lisatompson.bsky.social
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Crime Scientist UK -> NZ Interested in generating and synthesising evidence for better crime prevention and policing policy. Methodologically promiscuous.

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A man (50s?) with an indignant air is saying to his partner: "That's the problem with politicians. They never do what they say they're gonna do! It's all promises and no bloody action!" His partner takes a measured bite of her bagel and says: "Just like you and tidying the shed eh?"
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dr Emily Moir will present a seminar on 29 October at 2 pm, exploring the application of environmental criminology to financial elder abuse Register 👉https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/882478d6-afd0-4821-b9b3-26cf334fb801@220f5dc3-9452-48e5-9b4f-888df42f7a2d?mc_cid=169b830316&mc_eid=UNIQID
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Dr Luke Oldfield shares findings from his PhD research on public opinion, politics, and prison sentencing in Aotearoa New Zealand. 🎥 Watch the full seminar recording on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZkd...
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In July, our team attended the Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference in Brisbane, Australasia's leading conference for practice-focused crime and justice research.
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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
Also, David's 'Unstructured Time' theory is very compelling. I reckon in due course it will be recognised as a major explanation for the causes of crime.
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Andy Wheeler @crimede-coder.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Some recent additions to the hall of hallucinations. Journals include British Journal of Crim article (2nd example), Trends in Organized Crime, Crime Media & Culture, and Policing & Society. AI hallucinations are not just a problem in Computer Science! veruscite.com/hallucinations
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Academia gives you the extraordinary freedom to choose which impossible deadline you are currently missing
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Dr Luke Oldfield from Victoria University of Wellington will present a seminar on Thursday 3 September from 2-3pm exploring the politics of imprisonment and what kind of mandate governments can reasonably claim for "tough on crime" approaches. Register 👉 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a22664...
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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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Shaun Hendy @hendysh.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The strongest finding in my reanalysis is that social sciences and humanities are dramatically underweighted in NZ (humanities receives just one fifth of the share of funding it does in the SAEs), and these aren’t well covered by the government’s four new funding pillars. 6/n
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
New Blog post: Which Data Repository Should you Use? In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends! daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...
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Which Data Repository Should You Use?
The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After F...
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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Looking forward to Digital hate, real harm: Mapping the landscape of online misogyny in Wellington on 3 September. Register here: events.massey.ac.nz/digital-hate...
Digital hate, real harm: Mapping the landscape of online misogyny
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A National Symposium.
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Andy Wheeler @crimede-coder.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
VerusCite costs me about $40 to month to run. If you want to see my infra notes on how it works, check out this blog post. crimede-coder.com/blogposts/20... Single deployed VPS.
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Architecture Notes on VerusCite
This blog post describes the agentic LLM processing and low-cost hosting infrastructure of the VerusCite application I created. If you want a similar app, Crime De-Coder can help.
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
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CrimRxiv @crimrxiv.com · 29/07/2026
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Disparities are easier to identify than explain: An evidence and gap map of police outcomes research
Objectives: To systematically map global evidence on disparities in police outcomes and identify evidence concentrations, gaps, and methodological limitations. Methods: An evidence and gap map was developed using systematic searches of the Global Policing Database. Eligible...
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David Buil-Gil @davidbuil.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Any Wikipedia editors in the room? Anyone willing to help us create a Wikipedia entry for @crimrxiv.com?
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Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · 27/07/2026
Is crime in London ‘through the roof’? No. In comparison to other major global cities, people in London are fairly safe from most types of crime, as I talk about on this week’s episode of More or Less:
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BBC Radio 4 - More or Less, Is crime in London ‘through the roof’?
How does violent crime in London compare to other global cities?
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Felt that one, only the 2nd in nearly 5 years here.
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
‼️ New paper alert: In this study, Dr Jordan Tomkins, AProf @lisatompson.bsky.social and Prof Devon Polaschek found that stalking may not warrant a special status in predicting IPV recurrence, because it often co-occurs with other risk factors that collectively provide stronger predictive utility 🤔
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Professor Laura Huey @drlaurahuey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The intro to the upcoming issue of @evidencebasejnl.bsky.social Earlier version here: crimrxiv.com/pub/4gndg0ku/r…
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Dr Tina Murphy: can procedural justice de-escalste volatile interactions with 'Sovereign Citizens' (anti-govt)? Analysis of BWC footage suggests more compliance & less resistance, so yes. More respectful dialogue = less resistence & more legitimacy #ARCJC2026
Dr Murphy presenting characteristics of 'Sovereign citizens', an increasing trend since Covid, with tragic consequences in Aus in recent years with police murdered.Examples of police dialogue that comply (and don't) with procedural justice principlesLo and behold, dialogue that complied with procedural justice principles has better outcomes
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Dr Matt Davies on his RCT of a co-designed Whāriki Haumaru initiative partnering with Māori wardens to address failures to appear at court. Fusing beh sci & culturally grounded principles, positive results (qual & quant). Excellent e.g. of the fusion needed to improve CJS exp for Māori #ARCJC2026
Dr Davies' slide about the special role Māori wardens have in the Policing whānauDr Davies' slide on qualitative positive feedback gathered from people who experienced this initiative Dr Davies' quantitative results showing when the call was answered from a Māori warden statistically significant improvement in attendance at court (which prevents more serious CJS interaction).
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Lyndel Bates presenting their RCT of procedurally just random breath tests with an army of researchers from Griffith Criminology Institute. Key finding: people who were treated with PJ principles subsequently drove slower than comparators.
Lyndel presenting on rct research design of their study
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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 21/07/2026
Peak Finder might be one of the most useful apps I have when on photography roadies.
A screen shot of an app that draws an outline of the mountains & annotates with name & height of each peak. A screen shot of an app that draws an outline of the mountains & annotates with name & height of each peak. A screen shot of an app that draws an outline of the mountains & annotates with name & height of each peak.
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Dr Li Eriksson presenting fascinating research on the situational and social differences between non-fatal, near-fatal and fatal violence. Some familiar and surprising patterns. Published in Homicide Studies. #ARCJC2026
Dr Eriksson presenting findings about incidents where alcohol was involved.
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Dr Julia Yesburg presenting her work (w/ @jolliffesimpson.bsky.social ) on the relationship between procedural justice and levels of support in NZ for the 2024 Gangs Act #ARCJC2026
Dr Yesburg presenting her conceptual model of the relationship between procedural justice and support for new police powers in NZ
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Prof Ben Bradford now talking about procedural justice in digital forms. Can machines recognise the humanity in interactions and judge people as worthy of dignity and respect? Good question! #ARCJC
Prof Bradford presenting experimental results that show people associat fairness with more moral agency
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Excited to be here at the #ARCJC2026 Prof Rebecca Wilkes opening
Prof Wicks on stage opening the Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference.
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The flight I'm on that's landed in Brisbane is currently being towed to another gate because of 'our kangaroo friends' 😂
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The flight I'm on that's landed in Brisbane is currently being towed to another gate because of 'our kangaroo friends' 😂
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The recording of this talk is now available on our youtube channel! youtu.be/jf6A_jq7qIQ
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Key Findings of the Youth Victimisation and Harm Report 2025
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Join us for a free online seminar later this month where Dr Linda Fatialofa will present the descriptive model of youth offending that she developed during her PhD research 💡 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c8714b...
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Knighthood for Bellingham, surely?😇😅
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Absolutely my week this week 😆
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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT FEELS
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Here come the people who always knew England were the worst and we were stupid to ever believe. I’m proud to support this England team, win or lose. It’s been an absolute RIDE and I wouldn’t change a single moment of the stress and heartbreak and joy and wonder. FOUR MORE YEARS.
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Alex Trinidad @alextrinidad.eurosky.social · 14/07/2026
⏰A quick reminder that nominations are closing soon! Submit your nomination before the deadline (16/07/2026)!
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The manuscript about this study has now been published! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Situational contexts of homicide: variations across homicide types - Crime Science
Purpose While it has been widely recognised by researchers that many homicides are reactions to immediate circumstances, there is little research that formally analyses homicide from the situational c...
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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Don't make me tap the sign
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The youtube recording for this seminar is now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd3U...
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Understanding corrections officer safety in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Register for the next instalment of the Te Puna Haumaru Seminar Series where Laura Adlam and Patrick Neilands from the Ministry of Justice Research and Evaluation team will present findings from the recently published report into youth victimisation & harm: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/734ea7...
Seminar being held on 16 July 2026 from 2-3pm NZ time
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Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · 26/06/2026
Fantastic @reducingcrime.com podcast discussion between my colleague Shane Johnson and @jerryratcliffe.net on some of the many ways all types of crime are changing due to technology. Essential listening if you’re interested in crime of any sort.
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Stream #96 (Shane Johnson) by Reducing Crime on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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Andrew Chen @andrewtychen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
We have just launched a parliamentary petition calling for mandatory AI transparency in the public sector. If AI is going to be used in the delivery of public services, it must be AI that is worthy of our trust. Sign: petitions.parliament.nz/7bfe1c60-b99... Read more: www.trustworthyai.nz
petitions.parliament.nz
Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This discourse prompted some discussion among the Editorial team at #EvidenceBase. I'm exploring whether a special type of special issue is viable: a commissioned and deeply nuanced discussion about the ethics of 'Open' Criminology. Including, but not limited to open data practices.
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This discourse prompted some discussion among the Editorial team at #EvidenceBase. I'm exploring whether a special type of special issue is viable: a commissioned and deeply nuanced discussion about the ethics of 'Open' Criminology. Including, but not limited to open data practices.
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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The University of Waikato are advertising for a full-time Lecturer in Criminology, based in either Hamilton or Tauranga 👀 Check it out here 👉 elhs.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Lecturer in Criminology
Teach, research and supervise in criminology within a collaborative university focused on innovation, inclusion and community impact.
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Apriel Jolliffe Simpson @jolliffesimpson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
What shapes police legitimacy in Aotearoa New Zealand? 👮 💡 According to our new paper led by Dr Julia Yesberg, procedural justice is more strongly associated with legitimacy than instrumental concerns (i.e., effectiveness). ‼️ At the same time, there was important variation across ethnic groups
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Returning to this (sorry Matt, I partially agree with you), what happens to research that isnt paid for by the taxpayers? E.g., philanthropically funded, passion projects, and research in the Global South. Does that change anything about the moral calculus?
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Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · 07/05/2026
I don’t think this changes anything, for me at least. There are multiple reasons for sharing data, but I think the most important one morally is this one, and gen AI potentially using data doesn’t change that: bsky.app/profile/kati...
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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
No matter how many times I see the end of a rainbow it never fails to amaze 🙂
A view of the rolling Waikato hills, from the expressway, with the end of a rainbow to the right of the road.
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