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The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier and Strathclyde. SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice. linktr.ee/sccjr

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our latest Sociological & Cultural Studies blog is now available. In 'Welcome to Glasgow’s four corners' @susanabatchelor.bsky.social considers the way in which certain urban spaces - and those who frequent them - come to be constructed as problematic.
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Welcome to Glasgow’s four corners: making a ‘problem’ place.
Susan Batchelor considers the way in which certain urban spaces - and those who frequent them - come to be constructed as problematic.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
HYBRID EVENT - Strathclyde Uni / Zoom How should children learn about a parent's imprisonment? Join us and Kylie Lui, University of Hong Kong, who will talk about disclosure, trust, stigma and family ties. Wed 7 October 12:30-2pm UK time www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...
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Children’s autonomy in parental incarceration disclosure (HYBRID event)
How should children learn about a parent’s imprisonment? Insights from Hong Kong on disclosure, trust, stigma and family ties.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wishing everyone a safe journey to Warsaw, Poland this week for #Eurocrim2026
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
HYBRID EVENT - Strathclyde Uni / Zoom How should children learn about a parent's imprisonment? Join us and Kylie Lui, University of Hong Kong, who will talk about disclosure, trust, stigma and family ties. Wed 7 October 12:30-2pm UK time www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...
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Children’s autonomy in parental incarceration disclosure (HYBRID event)
How should children learn about a parent’s imprisonment? Insights from Hong Kong on disclosure, trust, stigma and family ties.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Most secondary school pupils in Scotland are back at school this week.🏫 If you are teaching or learning Modern Studies you need to check out our Learning Resources page! ✏️https://www.sccjr.ac.uk/resources/learning-resources/
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
SCCJR's Kirstin Anderson will be at RSE's Curious festival of knowledge in September to ask, 'What's art got to do with it? Creativity in Scotland's prisons.' The workshop looks at Scotland’s longest running prisoner-made magazine, STIR. 👉 rse.org.uk/event/whats-... @kir-anderson.bsky.social
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📣 Call for information: Has anything changed since January when researchers at Glasgow Uni published survey findings that suggested 81% of women musicians in the Scottish folk music scene have been sexually assaulted or harassed? The team want to hear from you! www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/%f...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
For anyone interested in HMP Barlinnie prison being listed as a Category A Building, the Scottish Government's Planning and Environmental Appeals Division's (DPEA) is having a hearing tomorrow which you can watch livestream. Tues 7th July, 10am. www.youtube.com/live/dewYgEk...
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BDA-011-2027 - HMP Barlinnie - Hearing
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday's Justice Futures Seminar with Phil Crockett Thomas. A recording is now available on SCCJR's YouTube channel youtu.be/_6zBnE8jcSA
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Abolitionist Imaginations: Fictioning More Just Futures
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is happening TODAY 😃 Join us at 4pm this afternoon for this online talk. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1991465278...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
❗REMINDER ❗ This online event takes place on Tuesday 23 (next week). Phil Crockett Thomas @stirunicriminology.bsky.social will explore utopian temporalities and abolitionist world-building in her presentation. Just bring your lunch and your curiosity and we will see you there!
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Dr Ana Vigna will present a paper on how police and civilian prison officers understand authority, exercise power, and negotiate prison order in Uruguay. Join us online Wed 24 June, 4pm (UK time). 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/change-res...
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Change, Resistance and Convergence throughout Uruguay's Prison Reform.
This talk examines how police and civilian prison officers understand authority, exercise power and negotiate prison order.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We were so happy to host Dr Xiaoye Zhang, De Montfort University, last week who gave a presentation on 'The Rule of Wonder: Prison Theatre and the Governance of Participation in China.' 📺You can watch the presentation on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/uJHss_AKosU?...
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The Rule of Wonder: Prison Theatre and the Governance of Participation in China
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Professor Sarah Armstrong @glasgow.ac.uk will be joining the SASO Discussion Panel tomorrow evening in Glasgow for this event on 'Investigating Deaths in Custody: Is Change Needed?' www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/investigat...
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Investigating Deaths in Custody: Is Change Needed? - SASO Panel Discussion
Hear from a panel led by Sheriff Principal Ian Abercrombie KC, author of the Independent Review.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📍@philcrockettthomas.bsky.social will explore themes from her article 'Straying with the Trouble: Science fiction, utopia and the anti-carceral imagination' at our next Justice Futures Seminar. Tues 23 June, 12-1pm, Online. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990402334...
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SCCJR Justice Future Seminar Series
Phil Crockett Thomas will give a presentation on 'Abolitionist Imaginations: Fictioning More Just Futures'.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🗳️ Exploring Low Turnout of Enfranchised Prisoners in Spain. ❗Join us online - Tues 16 June, 12-1pm UK time. 🗣️Manuel Maroto, Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain and chaired by @tripkovicmilena.bsky.social 👉https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990385168619?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Exploring Low Turnout of Enfranchised Prisoners in Spain
This talk explores the bureaucratic and ideological inertia that has persisted in discouraging prisoner voting in Spain over the years.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🎭The Rule of Wonder: Prison Theatre and the Governance of Participation in China with Dr Xiaoye Zhang. Wed 27 May, 4pm UK time, Online. 👉 Register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989813576...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🟡🟠 Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social will be leading our next Justice Futures Seminar on 26 May, 12-1pm online. 🗣️'Challenging anti-carceral feminism: justice perspectives of survivors of tech-facilitated violence against women and girls.' 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1988752231...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Police and Deaths in Scotland: Prevention, Investigation, Transparency - Tues 26 May, @unistrathclyde.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/police-and... @the-sipr.bsky.social
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‘Police and Deaths in Scotland: Prevention, Investigation, Transparency’
A half-day workshop aimed at exploring the role of the police in investigating deaths in custody in Scotland.
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The Glasgow Latin American Research Network @glalarn.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
On 5 May, Prof Javier Auyero of UT Austin will be in Glasgow to present findings from his latest book, Dark Governance: Illegal Organisations and State Power. Please join us for this joint event of GLARN and IPED. 16:00 - 5 May 2026 Room 916, 42 Bute Gardens Followed by a drinks reception
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🔹While anti-carceral feminism is increasingly dominant, this presentation from Clare McGlynn builds on an emerging body of work contesting its central premises. Tues 26 May, online, 12-1pm ▶️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1988752231...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Boundaries, Bodies, and Control: Women’s Confinement Across History - 11 June, @glasgow.ac.uk This symposium will bring together scholars, practitioners, archivists and artists to explore the connected histories of women’s incarceration. 🧡 SCCJR Knowledge Exchange Fund. bit.ly/4t4uqld
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Boundaries, Bodies, and Control: Women’s Confinement Across History
An day of interdisciplinary roundtables, focusing on women's confinement across time, and the challenges of undertaking this research
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🗣️Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation was developed with former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children to support truth-telling, learning, and responsibility in the aftermath of systemic and institutional harm. 7 May, University of Edinburgh. www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation (DOHR) | School of Social and Political Science
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
📆There's still time to register for next week's Justice Futures seminar with Anastasia Chamberlen & Henrique Carvalho who will present the main themes of their co-authored book, Questioning Punishment. 28 April, 12-1pm, Online. 📍https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986199379812?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🎤SCCJR has launch a new PhD podcast series called ‘Just Ask…’ Listen now! www.sccjr.ac.uk/project/sccj... 👏Thank you to @margueritesch.bsky.social @andy8chi.bsky.social @stevekirkwood.bsky.social for their support. Hosts @justrachelle.bsky.social & @karynmabon.bsky.social
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🟠 Prison Violence and the Search for Recognition and Respect with @kategooch.bsky.social Join us for this online workshop on Wed 29 April, 4pm UK time. 🔶 Register now, all welcome. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987318805...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🎬There's still time to register for next week's screening of Prison in Twelve Landscapes. 📍Tues 7 April, 2-5pm, Edinburgh. Get your tickets now! 🎫 www.eventbrite.com/e/prison-in-...
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“Prison in Twelve Landscapes” – Screening and Panel Discussion
Prison in Twelve Landscapes: film + panel examining how incarceration affects communities, workplaces, and daily life across the U.S.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
📺You can watch Carole Berrih's presentation on 'Low-Tech Intelligence and the Government of Prisons in Niger' on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/HEWJ7otyqFo?...
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Low-Tech Intelligence and the Government of Prisons in Niger
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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Justice Futures Seminar: Living a feminist life?
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susanabatchelor.bsky.social @susanabatchelor.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📢 Fully Funded Collaborative PhD Opportunity with @uofgsocsci.bsky.social and @nationaluglymugs.bsky.social, based in @uofgsociology.bsky.social and @thesccjr.bsky.social ‘Our Safety, Our Work, Our Views: Sex workers’ experiences of violence, regulation and resistance in Scotland’ 🔗 lnkd.in/e797Wsvf
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Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I’m excited to deliver this talk next week! Book to join us and think together about #Feminist #Cities for all.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🎬 “Prison in Twelve Landscapes” – Screening and Panel Discussion in Edinburgh on 7 April, 2pm. SCCJR is the proud co-sponsor of this event. Get your tickets now to avoid disappointment. 🎫 www.eventbrite.com/e/prison-in-...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
👋Our next Justice Futures seminar is on Tues 24th at 12 noon (UK time). Online. The talk examines the lived experiences of feminist, Black, and LGBTQIA+ human rights defenders in Brazil as they navigate routine violence and shrinking democratic space. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sccjr-just...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📣Six of our postgraduate researchers have taken on the challenge of turning their PhD theses into short, accessible briefing papers aimed at engaging and informing policymakers. Check out who they are and their projects below. 👇 www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/sc...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This is TODAY! If you are at @glasgow.ac.uk this afternoon please check out Joshua Page's talk which will take place in the Adam Smith Building at 3.30pm. www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/legal-...
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
1/ Our next S&CS seminar (co-hosted with @thesccjr.bsky.social) takes place tomorrow, Wednesday 11th March 3.30-5.00 in the Adam Smith Business School, Rm 487. Please do come along and share the word...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
😀 Registration is open! Please come along on Tues 24 March, 12-1pm, online to hear this talk about the lived experiences of feminist, Black, and LGBTQIA+ human rights defenders in Brazil as they navigate routine violence and shrinking democratic space. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sccjr-just...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Kelly Johnson was on BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk show with Anna Massie talking about the 'Women Musicians’ Experiences of Sexual Violence and Harassment in Scottish Folk Music' research project. Well worth listening to her interview and tracks she picked.🎶 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Travelling Folk - Women in Scottish Folk and World Gaelic Week - BBC Sounds
Anna Massie with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
It was brilliant to see Alistair Fraser, Fern Gillon and Graeme Armstrong talk about the 'Straight Out the Scheme: Youth Work Resource' which launched last week. If you work with young people please make sure to check out the recorded talk and download the resource pack! youtu.be/HYXUmY68z_w?...
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Justice Futures Seminar. Resources of Hope: Violence Prevention and the School of the Wise Men.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Our next Justice Futures Seminar will be on Tues 24 March with Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social & Laurie Denyer Willis @ldenyerwillis.bsky.social Living a feminist life? Women’s activism as resistance against authoritarian governance in Latin America. Register bit.ly/4rcWyBR
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Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge @cambcriminology.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Are you a PhD student, researching the most pressing issues of our time? If so, there is still time to submit an abstract for the Institute of Criminology's PhD conference on 28 and 29 April. If interested, send an abstract by 15 March via the QR code or link below: sites.google.com/view/phdcrim...
A poster advertising the PhD conference at the Institute of Criminology, on 28 and 29 April 2026. It includes calls for PhD students to submit abstracts by 15 March, and a link and QR code for them to do this.
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
“The Anthem Press Companion to Henri Lefebvre" a new edited book by our own Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson explores the sociology of Lefebvre including rural sociology, everyday life, the urban, utopia, space and its continuing relevance for the discipline today. anthempress.com/books/the-an...
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The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre | Anthem Press
Explore more about this title.
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We have teamed up with @glalarn.bsky.social to host an in-person talk with Trevor Stack, Aberdeen Uni, on Mon 16 March, 3pm @glasgow.ac.uk Trevor will talk about 'Children in conflict with the law: challenges for Scotland' while drawing on research from Mexico. www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/childr...
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
New SCCJR Youth Work Resource Launched 🤩 The Straight Out the Scheme: Youth Work Resource includes a boardgame, rap music, podcast clips and videos - each accompanied by a session plan to guide discussions around youth violence. Check it out👇 www.sccjr.ac.uk/resource/you... 1/2
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Tim Newburn @timnewburn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Don’t think I’ve seen this extraordinary picture before: David Forrester’s Three Wicked Men inspired by the story of Winston Rose who died in police custody in 1981
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Andy Aydın-Aitchison @andy8chi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Lectureship: Quantitative Criminology (Please share) Cardiff University Deadline 11 March 2026 Details: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... #Criminology #Quantitative #AcademicChat #PhDChat #JobFairy #Wales #Cymru
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Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Lecturer in Quantitative CriminologyCardiff University School of Social Sciences is seeking to recruit a Lectu
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Jennifer Fleetwood, City St George's, University of London, will be @glasgow.ac.uk on 25 March to give a talk on 'From private concerns to public narratives: tracing the rise of personal stories about crime'. It's in-person, no need to register, all welcome. www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/from-p...
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
NEW: the independent Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 final report and recommendations have been published today. As one of the Commissioners, this year has involved an enormous amount of work. Our report sets out an agenda for change. 🔗 link to report www.gov.scot/publications...
Screenshot of the cover of the report, 'Justice That Works: Report of the Scottish Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission.'
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If you haven't seen A Giant on the Bridge yet please do. You can find out where they'll be on the website www.ktproducing.co.uk/giant
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Dr J Warr @warrcrim.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Hey #Criminology & #CJS, If you're interested in #prison & #SensoryCriminology then check out this week's #ThinkingAloud on BBC #Radio4 @kateherrity.bsky.social will be discussing her book Sound, Order and Survival in Prisons: The Rythms and Routines of HMP Midtown www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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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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