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Account of the book and ongoing blog: www.sensorycriminology.com run by Kate Herrity (@kateherrity) + Jason Warr (@warrcrim) for all things foregrounding a #Sensory focus on matters #Criminological. Follow for #Creative and #Sensorial takes on #Criminology

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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We've had a lot of visitors to the contributor guidelines lately, so encouraging you to get in touch! We're an inclusive and supportive bunch, particularly keen to host junior scholars, so please do suggest us to any students getting ready to publish: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/16/t...
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The City That Won’t Let You Sit: Sensory Criminology and Urban Pain
…Western cities govern houselessness through what I conceptualize as deliberate nociception. There is a pervasive, intentional production of sensory pain that functions as a mechanism of regu…
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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
“Dangerous Knowledge”: Entrepreneurialism in Academia, a #SensoryCriminology Book launch! At Kings College, University of Cambridge Tues 17/03/26: 5.30-7pm Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dangerous-... Featuring: @kateherrity.bsky.social, @hannahwilkinson.bsky.social, @amyg97.bsky.social + more
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“Dangerous Knowledge”: Entrepreneurialism in academia, a book launch
Celebrate the book launch of ‘ The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology’ through conversation with its writers.
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I'm seeing lots of consideration of how we've designed out the social in communal spaces and thinking about how this all hangs together. In the meantime, particularly useful for #Teaching #Criminology, the impact of designing in Routine Activities for example. Just very much worth a read #CrimSky
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Kimberly Quinn 🇨🇦 @kimberlyquinn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"If we follow where those who are so 'deterred' go, however, we realize that hostile architectures and associated regulations are not simply about discouraging presence. They are about hurting. Pain is not a side effect of urban governance; it is the technique."
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Also great for stimulating thought in #teaching. What does the world look like when you aren't able to sit and rest? What ideas do we design our world for? How does social control manifest in the #environment and what might it look like to design differently? #CrimSky, #AcademicSky, #Criminology
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A wonderful, evocative, urgent post from Luisa T Schneider on the mundane cruelties of hostile architecture and infliction of pain on houseless bodies: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/16/t... #AcademicSky, #Sensory #Criminology, #Sociology, #CrimSky
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The City That Won’t Let You Sit: Sensory Criminology and Urban Pain
…Western cities govern houselessness through what I conceptualize as deliberate nociception. There is a pervasive, intentional production of sensory pain that functions as a mechanism of regu…
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A great new www.sensorycriminology.com post from fantabulous Luisa Schneider ready to go next Mon. This echoes her marvellous chapter in @routledgebooks.bsky.social int' handbook of #Sensory #Criminology, discussing the impact of the hostile city on the houseless; www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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Sensory Criminology
Exploring sensory experience of the criminological
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Can't wait to see this new post out in the world, contributing to how we think about hostile architecture and the mundanity of policy around urban spaces inflicting perpetual pains on the houseless. So rich and important! #AcademicSky, #CrimSky, #Criminology, #Anthropology, #Sensory
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A great new www.sensorycriminology.com post from fantabulous Luisa Schneider ready to go next Mon. This echoes her marvellous chapter in @routledgebooks.bsky.social int' handbook of #Sensory #Criminology, discussing the impact of the hostile city on the houseless; www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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Sensory Criminology
Exploring sensory experience of the criminological
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Kate Gooch and I discussed our work on #prisons, #sound and #violence with Laurie Taylor for "Thinking allowed" - aired tomorrow: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... The wonderful @brisunipress.bsky.social very kindly made a 50% off code (HRR50) to mark it: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sound-order-...
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BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Prison violence, sound and survival
A prize-winning study of the sounds of prison life, and an exploration of victimisation.
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
And they've arrived!! Thank you @routledgebooks.bsky.social Check out the Routledge site: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... or the blog: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i... for previews and info for #Teaching and #Research. #AcademicSky #Criminology #CrimSky
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Today's the day!!! The book is out!! www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... Sign up to our events for money chats, connections and vouchers, students always particularly welcome 1 - Thurs 5th Feb, 5pm; GMT www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc... 2 - Fri 6th Feb, 10am; GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Don't miss the two events celebrating the book launch later this week, Thursday, Feb 5th, 5pm-6:30pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980190790... Friday, Feb 6th, 10am-11:30am: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980192702... And to finish, the next instalment on section 2!: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/01/i...
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Book Launch: Talking Sensory Criminology 1
Join our online launch of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Hey #Criminology folk See the 2 posts below with details of 2 FREE online events (5th and 6th Feb) to celebrate the book launch of the Routledge International Handbook of #SensoryCriminology Opportunity to chat with editors and authors about all things #sensory #CriminalJustice #Victimology #Harm
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Hey #CrimSky #Criminology #AcademicSky - It would be great to get a book review or two from within criminology, particularly #prison people. #Sound and #Detention is a cross disciplinary edited volume with sound studies and #Musicology as well as criminology: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sound-and...
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Sound and Detention
In this book, over 40 contributors collectively tune in to how sound-and its absence-can function as a source of power that enables isolation, control and harm,…
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Hey all, #Sound and #Detention is out on THURSDAY!!! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sound-and... If you happen to be in Oslo on January 19th, at 12:30 do come to our bokbad to celebrate! Please share, particularly those of you interested in #prison studies and #sociology, #Musicology, #SoundStudies...
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Hannah's spectacular work is a must for anyone looking at #War #Colonialism #Violence and a fitting star for reawakening #ECRFriday. Look her work up and marvel. And give this a share!!
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Wondering what to read over your afternoon cuppa? We got you covered #AcademicSky #CrimSky! #Sensory chat introducing the first section of our handbook discussing the sensory #politics of #violence. Do share with students, comments are open: sensorycriminology.com/2025/12/01/i...
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International Handbook of Sensory Criminology Series: 2
These works disrupt conventional treatments of violence, reflecting approaches which recognise both its material and symbolic aspects as well as those of its effects. Violence, here, can be thought…
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
As promised, into the good stuff exploring the #sensory handbook. Comments open, and we've included some questions for students in case anyone's having #dissertation thoughts. Do please engage and share if you have a mo #AcademicSky #Crimsky: sensorycriminology.com/2025/12/01/i...
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International Handbook of Sensory Criminology Series: 2
These works disrupt conventional treatments of violence, reflecting approaches which recognise both its material and symbolic aspects as well as those of its effects. Violence, here, can be thought…
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
We'll be talking about each of the eight themed sections from the @routledgebooks.bsky.social International Handbook of #Sensory #Criminology in turn. The first introduces the book: sensorycriminology.com/2025/11/26/i... comments will be left open and we particularly welcome students engagement.
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International Handbook of Sensory Criminology Series: 1
This short post marks the opening of a series dedicated to discussing each of the organising themes of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology, in preparation for its launch. Ea…
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
An experiment in the limits of blogging... Please do follow the series and feel free to comment/join the discussion...
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Hi all, we're gearing up for the launch of @routledgebooks.bsky.social International Handbook of #Sensory #Criminology. I'm thinking of using comments to generate discussion on a series of blog posts to talk about its fabulous contents as an experiment. Anyone with experience? #AcademicSky
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Hey #criminology, #sociology, #sensory, #prison #AcademicSky #Crimsky - I'm talking as part of the BSC prisons research network relaunch seminar series on Tuesday 25th, 1pm on "The Senses in Prison: Bridging Research, Policy and Practice". Here's the link: www.eventbrite.com/e/new-direct...
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Have you been thinking about giving the old #agency and #structure binary a bit of a disruption #Criminology, #SocialTheory, #Geography, #UrbanStudies? Wondering how we can give it a rethink beyond #confinement and mix it up a bit? FEAR NOT, THIS IS COMING SOON: www.routledge.com/Agency-Beyon...
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Agency Beyond Confinement: Rethinking the Relationship Between Agency and Structure in the Contemporary World
What does it mean to be confined—and what forms of life, resistance, and care emerge in response? Agency Beyond Confinement rethinks the social life of confinement by refusing binaries: structure vs. ...
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Just in time for #Teaching and #Readinglists for next year, or for those interested in the book: New podcast talking about #Sound, #Order and #Survival in #Prison with the wonderful @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #CrimSky #AcademicSky newbooksnetwork.com/sound-order-... Please share
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Kate Herrity, "Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown" (Bristol UP, 2024) - New Books Network
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
If you missed this, catch Cosimo Sidoti talking about the #sensory dimensions of #Lean culture, its #Music and values.. Also a wonderful snapshot into #DigitalResearchMethods!: sensorycriminology.com/2025/07/28/g... #Criminology #CriminologySky
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Getting into the purple drank: An aesthetic and sensory perspective on lean culture
The defining characteristic of the Chopped and Screwed sonic aesthetic – blending with the experience of lean – lies in its ability to distort the listener’s perception of time. This te…
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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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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Our fantastic new post for #Sensory #Criminology from Cosimo Sidoti exploring lean culture and what we can learn from #socialMedia -centred #ResearchMethods: sensorycriminology.com/2025/07/28/g...
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Getting into the purple drank: An aesthetic and sensory perspective on lean culture
The defining characteristic of the Chopped and Screwed sonic aesthetic – blending with the experience of lean – lies in its ability to distort the listener’s perception of time. This te…
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Our fantastic new post for #Sensory #Criminology from Cosimo Sidoti exploring lean culture and what we can learn from #socialMedia -centred #ResearchMethods: sensorycriminology.com/2025/07/28/g...
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Getting into the purple drank: An aesthetic and sensory perspective on lean culture
The defining characteristic of the Chopped and Screwed sonic aesthetic – blending with the experience of lean – lies in its ability to distort the listener’s perception of time. This te…
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Dropping on Monday, a new post on the culture around lean from the wonderful Cisomo Siddoti. Meanwhile, check out the archive: sensorycriminology.com/contents/ If you're thinking about next year's #teaching, start here! #criminology #sociology #sensory #ResearchMethods
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Peanut butter and jelly time: Memories of a former juvenile corrections officer Nabil Ouassini Youth Justice, Corrections, Prisons, Children, Taste, Smell The Pervasive and Unknown Effects of Senso…
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
This is half price for the whole of July!!! Less than a round for all you #prison #Criminology #ResearchMethods #Ethnography #SoundStudies people. Check out the site of lovely @brisunipress.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sound-order-... (and symposium review link below)
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Sound, Order and Survival in Prison
Sound, Order and Survival in Prison - The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown; The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous...
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
They arrived!! Not only do they cost about the same as a round but they fit in a handbag!! One for the Mums, christmas is round the corner. Maybe on the reading lists if #Criminology #ResearchMethods #Prisons #Ethnography #Sociology of #Punishment are your thing (etc)
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
As we prepare to launch our new post from the wonderful Cosimo Sidoti on the culture around lean, check out Nabil Ouassini's sobering reminiscence of being a juvenile #Corrections officer, prompted by peanut butter and jelly: sensorycriminology.com/2025/06/09/p...
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Peanut Butter Jelly Time: Memories of a Former Juvenile Correctional Officer
The unit always had problems with flickering lights that made the darkness thick. As our eyes adjust to the dark, the musty walls and rusted iron bars remind us of the countless children and office…
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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
"Its a deal, its a steal, its the sale of the f***ing century!" As I have noted elsewhere this book is one of the most important #Prison ethnographies to have been written in the last 25 years. In paperback and with the discount in July only its £13.99 - a proper bargain! #Criminology #CJS
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Just a timely reminder that #Sound #Order and #Survival is now coming out in paperback and half price for the WHOLE OF JULY!!!! Get in all you #criminology, #prisons, #ethnography, #sound and #ResearchMethods peeps!
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
#Teaching, #Writing or #Researching about children in #prison or #YouthJustice? This powerful post from Nabil Ouassini is a thoughtful place to start, reflecting on his experience as a #corrections officer in a #Youth #Detention facility: sensorycriminology.com/2025/06/09/p...
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Peanut Butter Jelly Time: Memories of a Former Juvenile Correctional Officer
The unit always had problems with flickering lights that made the darkness thick. As our eyes adjust to the dark, the musty walls and rusted iron bars remind us of the countless children and office…
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Really looking forward to discussing our new edited volume #Sound and #Detention and its contribution to #criminology and #research at #MaynoothCrimCon. Wonderful line up for "lived experiences of #imprisonment - Weds, July 25th, 9:30am, TSI/038 parallel session 3.
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
#Teaching, #Writing or #Researching about children in #prison or #YouthJustice? This powerful post from Nabil Ouassini is a thoughtful place to start, reflecting on his experience as a #corrections officer in a #Youth #Detention facility: sensorycriminology.com/2025/06/09/p...
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Peanut Butter Jelly Time: Memories of a Former Juvenile Correctional Officer
The unit always had problems with flickering lights that made the darkness thick. As our eyes adjust to the dark, the musty walls and rusted iron bars remind us of the countless children and office…
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Giving this fantastic #sensory #criminology post another push. Nabil Ouassini reflecting on his experiences as a juvenile #corrections officer. Powerful and thought-provoking stuff. Do consider contributing, suggesting to #students and using for #teaching: sensorycriminology.com/2025/06/09/p...
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Peanut Butter Jelly Time: Memories of a Former Juvenile Correctional Officer
The unit always had problems with flickering lights that made the darkness thick. As our eyes adjust to the dark, the musty walls and rusted iron bars remind us of the countless children and office…
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The wonderful Nabil Ouassini sharing his recollections of being a #corrections officer in a #juvenile facility for #sensory #criminology, prompting powerful questions about #prison: sensorycriminology.com/2025/06/09/p...
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Peanut Butter Jelly Time: Memories of a Former Juvenile Correctional Officer
The unit always had problems with flickering lights that made the darkness thick. As our eyes adjust to the dark, the musty walls and rusted iron bars remind us of the countless children and office…
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
On Monday our new post drops, this time from the brilliant Dr Nabil Oassini on remembering peanut butter jelly sandwiches as a #prisonguard in a #YouthDetention facility. Don't miss! Here's Marina Carbonell's powerful reflections on #smell and #forensic work: sensorycriminology.com/2025/05/26/t...
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The Pervasive and Unknown Effects of Sensory Experiences in Policing: An Autoethnographic Response
The sensory input of the unknown is invisible and profound. We ignore our sense of smell until we have a head cold and lose taste. In policing, smell itself acts like a warning system; approaching …
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
A profoundly thought-provoking piece from the fantastic Marina Carbonell reflecting on her #policing experience to ponder the importance of #smell in #forensic investigation. Such a rich field for further exploration in #sensory #criminology. Please do share: sensorycriminology.com/2025/05/26/t...
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The Pervasive and Unknown Effects of Sensory Experiences in Policing: An Autoethnographic Response
The sensory input of the unknown is invisible and profound. We ignore our sense of smell until we have a head cold and lose taste. In policing, smell itself acts like a warning system; approaching …
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Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
This is SO fascinating and really adds to increasing work which better reflects #sensory aspects of #trauma in the wake of #violence, for those who document the scene, create or suffer it.
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
A profoundly thought-provoking piece from the fantastic Marina Carbonell reflecting on her #policing experience to ponder the importance of #smell in #forensic investigation. Such a rich field for further exploration in #sensory #criminology. Please do share: sensorycriminology.com/2025/05/26/t...
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The Pervasive and Unknown Effects of Sensory Experiences in Policing: An Autoethnographic Response
The sensory input of the unknown is invisible and profound. We ignore our sense of smell until we have a head cold and lose taste. In policing, smell itself acts like a warning system; approaching …
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Tom Sutton @crimepublisher.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"This fascinating book reveals the myriad ways in which #patriarchy complicates and disrupts their pursuit of #desistance from #crime... a major step forward in gendering desistance research and theory." #criminology #gender #resistance www.routledge.com/Desistance-R...
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Looking for something to ignite your #creative #criminology senses? Herewith a wonderful post reflecting on #policing experience and the importance of #smell in #forensic investigation: sensorycriminology.com/2025/05/26/t...
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The Pervasive and Unknown Effects of Sensory Experiences in Policing: An Autoethnographic Response
The sensory input of the unknown is invisible and profound. We ignore our sense of smell until we have a head cold and lose taste. In policing, smell itself acts like a warning system; approaching …
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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
See latest #SensoryCriminology post. Here Marina Carbonell discusses the importance and significance of #smell and smell insensitivity (nose blindness) in #policing and #forensic investigation. Please read and share. #criminology #CriminalJustice
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
For anyone in or #teaching #policing and #forensic science, as well as #criminology, #sociology, #researchMethods - this is essential and fascinating reading!! Please share: sensorycriminology.com/2025/05/26/t...
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The Pervasive and Unknown Effects of Sensory Experiences in Policing: An Autoethnographic Response
The sensory input of the unknown is invisible and profound. We ignore our sense of smell until we have a head cold and lose taste. In policing, smell itself acts like a warning system; approaching …
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Marina Carbonell discussing the importance of #smell to #forensic investigation, reflecting on her experience. Fantastic new post for #sensory #criminology. Please share: sensorycriminology.com/2025/05/26/t...
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The Pervasive and Unknown Effects of Sensory Experiences in Policing: An Autoethnographic Response
The sensory input of the unknown is invisible and profound. We ignore our sense of smell until we have a head cold and lose taste. In policing, smell itself acts like a warning system; approaching …
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Next post from www.sensorycriminology.com drops tomorrow!! The marvellous Marina Carbonell from the University of Newfoundland considers the #forensic importance of #smell and her experience as an investigative officer. We have so much exciting #sensory #criminology to share!
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Sensory Criminology
Exploring sensory experience of the criminological
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