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Our work examines the long-term impact of Thatcherite social & economic policies on crime, punishment, & justice. Tweets = own views. Universities of Warwick (dep. Sociology) & Nottingham (Sociology & Social Policy). tinyurl.com/y67ath5j

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Olga Cantó @olgacanto.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
If working on socio-economic mobility and public policies (education, labour market, etc.), this is your event. Don't miss out and apply before mid-March!
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
UCU Live now on YouTube discussing the #HECrisis: www.youtube.com/live/WZFPM_C... Estimates that there will be at least 10,000 job losses in HE this year!
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UCU: Stop the Cuts HE campaign briefing
YouTube video by UCU - University and College Union
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
How Thatcher transformed British politics blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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How Thatcher transformed British politics
Fifty years after the election of Margaret Thatcher as the leader of the Conservative Party, Terrence Casey looks at the economic and social conditions, as well as the personalities involved, that …
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David Gadd @profdavidgadd.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Disturbing to read what is happening in US universities. Wondering why there is not yet much discussion of this in UK unis, or in my own discipline of criminology?
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Derya Ozkul @deryaozkul.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
📌 Save the Date! Join us on 26 February 2025 for a talk by @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, who will be discussing her forthcoming book, "Making Sanctuary Cities" @sociowarwick.bsky.social This seminar will take place at 11 AM in room RO.14 of the Ramphal Building.
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Warwick Sociology @sociowarwick.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Join for a Report Launch Event on "Increasing the Representation of Women from Racially Minoritised Communities in UK Local Politics" w/ Khursheed Wadia on Tuesday 04/02 @7-8.15pm (GMT). To register for this ONLINE event and to read the report, please click here: www.elect-her.org.uk/events-works...
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Anastasia Chamberlen @ana-chamberlen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Join our next ‘Aesthetics & Justice’ seminar on: Exploring the Soundscapes of Incarceration w/ Laudan Nooshin & Kate Herrity Weds 19th February 2025 | 2 – 3.15 pm (GMT) Warwick Law School (S2.09) & Online: tinyurl.com/3ftjrnev
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Recommended to my first-year Analysing Social Inequalities Students :)
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Danny Dorling @dannydorling.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
An ESRC-funded studentship, drawing on multiple UK birth cohorts, to explore the relationship between Crime, Politics, and Punishment (and anything else!) based at Warwick. Closing date Feb 20th. Additional training can be provided for students without a master's. See www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN135/p...
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PhD Studentship: Crime, Punishment, and Politics Across Generations – A Multi-Cohort Study in the UK ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Discover a PhD Studentship: Crime, Punishment, and Politics Across Generations – A Multi-Cohort Study in the UK ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD oppo...
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Moving adults into the youth secure estate... www.ayj.org.uk/news-content...
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Adultifying Youth Custody: Learning lessons on transition to adulthood from the use of youth custody for young adults — AYJ, Alliance for Youth Justice
Our latest policy briefing, Adultifying Youth Custody, calls on the government to protect and promote a child centred children’s secure estate, and develop a distinct approach to custody for young a...
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
V. useful new and up-to-date handbook on the link between inequalities and crime edited by @stephenfarrall.bsky.social and @susanmcvie.bsky.social and a lot of good people in between! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
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Handbook on Crime and Inequality
‘The Handbook on Crime and Inequality provides a comprehensive and exciting collection of cutting-edge contributions on the complex relationship between different aspects of crime and inequality. It i...
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Tim Newburn @timnewburn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Great job opportunity
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Andy Tattersall @andytattersall.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
@universityofleeds.bsky.social are the latest university to cease posting on X. They are the first one I have seen to have made a formal statement about it.
University of Leeds Tweet about leaving X
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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Looks like a great opportunity 👇
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
And Vickie should know! Thanks for that recommendation, you were a model PhD student!
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Was a better time to examine the complicated relationship between crime, politics & punishment? Please look & share this studentship, based at the vibrant & friendly @sociowarwick.bsky.social with @stephenfarrall.bsky.social using British Cohort Data (@clscohorts.bsky.social ). Questions welcome.
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PhD Studentship: Crime, Punishment, and Politics Across Generations – A Multi-Cohort Study in the UK ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Discover a PhD Studentship: PhD Studentship: Crime, Punishment, and Politics Across Generations – A Multi-Cohort Study in the UK ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship Explore more PhD opportunities and...
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
In other news today, we have a new & exciting ESRC studentship to advertise!! If you or someone you know is interested in the r'ship between crime, politics, & punishment, check out this opportunity. Please share! @stephenfarrall.bsky.social @sociowarwick.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN135/p...
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PhD Studentship: Crime, Punishment, and Politics Across Generations – A Multi-Cohort Study in the UK ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship at Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
At jobs.ac.uk, you can apply for a PhD Studentship: Crime, Punishment, and Politics Across Generations – A Multi-Cohort Study in the UK ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship. Explore our diverse range ...
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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New book chapter by Ben Matthews and Susan McVie 'A crime drop for whom? Conceptualizing and measuring change in victimization inequality' in the Handbook on Crime and Inequality, edited by @stephenfarrall.bsky.social & Susan McVie. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han... #Criminology @thesccjr.bsky.social
Handbook front cover with a black background and a photo of a man wearing jeans with empty pockets and a man wearing business clothes with cash in his pocket.
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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The European Society of #Criminology (ESC) Annual Conference 2025 being hosted in Athens 🇬🇷 is now open for: (A) Delegate registration; and (B) Call for Papers: Abstract Submissions. convention2.allacademic.com/one/esc/esc25/
European Society of Criminology conference logo and dates
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11/01/2025
New: Mark Zuckerberg was warned he'd die in prison. Tim Cook said those who led the "shameful" insurrection "should be held to account." Google's founder said he was "deeply offended" by Trump's first win. Now all have fallen in line, giving $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund wapo.st/3PzjIC1
Chart showing Big Tech donations to inaugural committees
After giving sparsely to the swearing-in festivities of Donald Trump in 2017 and Joe Biden in 2021, some of the biggest tech giants have donated $1 million each to President-elect Trump’s inaugural fund.
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The Law Commission will review the law relating to homicide offences, including full and partial defences to those offences, and the existing sentencing framework for murder in 2025 - see www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/bi... by @richardjgarside.bsky.social for an overview.
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Soul-draining discussion on Radio Four Today about Higher Education just now. Is it the principal purpose of a university to deliver "value for money" for students? Do the conditions staff work in matter? Does the state of the economy have anything to do with their long-term outcomes?
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Max Dennehy @maxdennehy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
New Publication: "The Rehabilitation Industry: Lived Experience and Performance" (10min read) Andi Brierley & I explore our observations of what we describe as a Rehabilitation Industry and reflect on our roles within it We pose tough questions for all CJS stakeholders—read & join the discussion!
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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
[New Blog 🖊️] Bill De La Rosa reflects on Trump's reelection, the ongoing fight for immigrant rights, and its bleak future. Despite fear, he draws strength and hope from those he advocates for, frontline workers, and legal organisations. Read the full blog here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Oren Gur @orengur.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
“when municipal revenues fell by 10%, cities reduced police expenditures by an associated 1% and social service expenditures by 4%, with parks and housing seeing the biggest cuts.” 2/2
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Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t? This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it? 1/8 @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...
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ewan macca @ewanmacca.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
As a society we need to really think about this prison demand. Why do we choose to send so many people to prison? What are we trying to achieve? We could reduce reoffending and save money if we used prison less. www.nao.org.uk/reports/incr... #prison #criminology
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Increasing the capacity of the prison estate to meet demand - NAO report
This report examines HM Prison and Probation Service and the Ministry of Justice progress in expanding and maintaining the prison estate.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This is interesting, though in our 2022 article on the British Journal of Criminology we show that public concern about crime has tracked victimisation rates pretty closely over time... academic.oup.com/bjc/article/...
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
#OpenAccess - Party Positioning Under Populist State Leaders - cup.org/3VmcILW - Marcel Garz & Tanmay Singh #FirstView
British Journal of Political Science open access graphic
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grain alcohol and rainwater @mr-implausible.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
i came across this 1989 newspaper front page posted on a bulletin board (for another article). your post reminded me of it. he’s always been a caricature of a millionaire playboy, and people are drawn to it.
newspaper clipping with a photo of donald trump. 
SPEAKING OF
What younger folks are thinking
The people at TDK, who make audio and video cas-settes, do surveys in the most interesting places.
This one involved 752 folks 13 to 25 who
attended the recent TDK
World Cup Snowboard Championships in Colo-rado. Here's some of what they found:
• If you could be anybody in the world, who would you be? — Donald Trump, followed by the
Trump
not-quite-as-rich Eddie
Murphy.
# Most admired world figure - Margaret Thatcher.
• Least likely to succeed in 1989 - Pat Sajak, followed by Dan Quayle.
• Biggest comeback predicted for 1989 - Jim and Tammy Bakker. Richard Nixon and Robin Givens
were among the runners-up.
• Most likely to gain weight in 1989: Oprah Winfrey, followed by Liz Taylor.
• Favorite TV star — David Letterman.
Band or singer you re most tired of hearing -
Michael Jackson.
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Criminology University of Manchester @criminologyuom.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
🐝 To mark The UoM Bicentenary, we’re launching a blog series exploring how Manchester’s rich criminology legacy continues to shape our research and impact today. #UkCriminology #Criminology #Academicbluesky Read more: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/clippings...
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.
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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 29/11/2024
1/ With more users joining Bluesky, we know how important it is to identify which accounts are real. Users deserve confidence that the accounts they interact with are authentic. Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
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Derya Ozkul @deryaozkul.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy to see our work w Natalie Welfens published in the Journal of Refugee Studies “UNHCR–state relations: transfer of authority over refugee status determination”👇 academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
MIDLANDS CONFERENCE IN CRITICAL THOUGHT 2025 Hosted by the University of Derby April 24th to April 25th, 2025 Call for Stream Proposals static1.squarespace.com/static/64468...
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Knight Foundation @knightfoundation.org · 19/11/2024
At Knight, we’ve been closely watching the shift in how Americans get information. The latest Pew-Knight Initiative report reveals that almost 1 in 5 adults regularly get news from news influencers on social media. Swipe for key 🗝️ findings and read more here: kf.org/3CrnwlB @pewresearch.org
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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
📢The call for papers for our 2025 conference is now ✨LIVE✨ We are the biggest gathering of social and cultural historians in the UK and will be at the @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social from 7-9 July 2025! Call is open until 17 January 2025🌟🗃️ Please share widely! socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...
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SHS Annual Conference 2025
Our next annual conference will be held in person at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. Our call for papers is open now. What to Expect Our next annual conference will take place at the Bla…
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Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...
Map of London, East. Colour coded.
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Oxford Criminology @oxfordcrim.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Oxford DPhil in Criminology, ESRC funded opportunity, deadline for applications - 29 Jan 2025 www.law.ox.ac.uk/centre-for-c...
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Information for Student Applicants - Criminology |
DPhil in Criminology - General Information Thinking about a doctorate (DPhil) in the Centre for
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 26/11/2024
How can we improve young people’s mental health, education and employment? Earlier this year, with the support of the Health Foundation, we published research which showed that he number of young people who are economically inactive due to ill health has doubled in the last decade.
Chart showing Number of 18-24-year-olds who are economically inactive due to ill health (left axis) and proportion of 18-24-year-olds who are economically inactive due to ill health (right axis) (excluding full-time students): UK
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Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The new issue of Theoretical Criminology is out in the world with a terrific special issue on Dismantling the Shadow Carceral State, edited by Gabriela Kirk-Werner, Brittany Friedman @curlyprofessor.bsky.social, & April D. Fernandes. Check it out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/tcra/28/4
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Theoretical Criminology - Volume 28, Number 4, Nov 01, 2024
Table of contents for Theoretical Criminology, 28, 4, Nov 01, 2024
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Ben Crewe @bencrewe.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The Institute of Criminology is advertising the position of an Associate Professor to lead the Master of Studies (MSt) programme in Applied Criminology, Penology & Management. This is a part-time role on a fixed-term basis for three years. Further information here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49313/
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Colliery communities and pithead heroes In 1984 the #Heroes concert at Consett, County Durham, raised funds for striking mineworkers This poster is part of the huge archives of the National Union of Mineworkers #ExploreYourArchives
Poster including captions ‘Heroes [The Album]’ and ‘The Consett Concert’. It features a photograph of a man, woman, boy and girl standing with colliery buildings behind them.
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thatcherlegacy.bsky.social @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Job Alert @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Teaching Associate in Public and Social Policy (Fixed term) jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Teaching Associate in Public and Social Policy (Fixed term)
The School of Sociology and Social Policy (SSP) is a vibrant, diverse and exciting centre for social science teaching and research. We are a multidisciplinary unit covering criminology, public policy,...
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Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Tomorrow night in Glasgow. Come and say hello. 😊
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Uzair Ahmed @uzaahm.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Check out @crexuio.bsky.social blog RightNow edited by me and the brilliant Nina Høy-Pettersen! if you’re interested in topics related to the contemporary far right, mainstreaming, racialisation, Islamophobia, antisemitism, misogeny and anti-gender. #Sociology #Criminology #Politicalscience
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Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Exciting news! At Swansea University we’re hosting the 5th Narrative Criminology Symposium -‘Narrating harm, narrating hope’ - 15th-17th June 2025. More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/narrative-...
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Narrative Criminology Symposium 2025: Narrating Harm, Narrating Hope.
Hosted by the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy, Swansea University.
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Aaron Jacklin @aaronjacklin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Today's free tip sheet contains five links to studies about the shadow carceral state, selected from Theoretical Criminology's new special issue. #corrections #crime #criminology #CriminalJustice #TrueCrime open.substack.com/pub/aaronjac...
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Five Studies About: The Shadow Carceral State
Curated crime research studies, all related to the shadow carceral state
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