One of the sub-themes for this year's BSC Conference is "Hope, transformation and justice: Developing capacity for change." Our plenary speaker Dr Jason Warr, Associate Professor in Criminology @uniofnottingham.bsky.social will address this sub-theme! @britishcriminology.bsky.social
#BSCC2026
Delighted that our Abstract Dr Katy Proctor
Breaking the Silence; Reflections on the Lived Experience of Race and Privilege in Academia
has been accepted for the British Society of Criminology Conference in Nottingham Trent University ✨️
#BSC #Criminology
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1 in 5 of the UK’s care workforce have a non-British passport.
Starmer would have us believe these carers are the “squalid” result of a “failed experiment”.
I say they do vital, necessary, humane, skilled work and they are worth their weight in gold.
Big thanks to Lancaster Law School @lulawcrim.bsky.social for supporting this event
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
Claire Fitzpatrick & Vicky Canning
View of Lancaster Castle Courtyard
View through the 'HMP Lancaster Castle' gate at Lancaster Castle
Brilliant Harm, Crime & Criminalisation Centre event at Lancaster Castle on Friday organised with @vcanning.bsky.social on 'Emotionally Impactful Research'.
We often focus on research findings without space to think how the work makes us feel.
Fab keynote by Geetanjali Ganjoli, & great discussions
Yet more evidence that children in YOIs in England are spending too much time in their cell and not getting access to the education they're entitled to.
Worth looking at why Parc seems to be performing so much better on this metric than other YOIs.
Chart titled: Almost 7,000 girls are confined by various legal systems, often for non-serious and even non-criminal offenses
Hundreds of girls in the US are confined by the juvenile justice system for “status offenses,” like running away or truancy.
Confinement for these offenses is particularly troubling because those behaviors tend to be responses to abuse.
More care, less confinement.
All pregnancies in prison are high risk, with higher rates of stillbirth & prematurity. Sentencing decisions = difference between life and death. @birthcompanions.bsky.social @cleanbrk.bsky.social @verabaird.bsky.social @shonaminson.bsky.social @janeystarling.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk
I have written about the sentencing guidelines shitshow.
Infuriating to see yet another Labour government seek to appease a rightwing voter base by reinforcing the “tough on crime” doom loop that has gridlocked our justice system for the past 30 years.
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A brilliant evening at the Crim Ball with our amazing law school staff! Huge thanks to the Criminology Society for organising such a fantastic event!
Fantastic to see this much-needed focus on girls, & the announcement that girls must no longer be held in Young Offender Institutions. So pleased to see our work showing the vital importance of a focus on care-experienced girls referenced @lulawcrim.bsky.social
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De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Criminology #openaccess
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What a pleasure to have the amazing @proflizkelly.bsky.social speak at Lancaster Uni on Friday on 'Revisiting Surviving Sexual Violence'. Inspirational talk & so much to think about! Organised by our own @vcanning.bsky.social for new Harm, Crime & Criminalisation centre @lulawcrim.bsky.social
Obituary (written by D Downes), 12 yrs ago
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Still time to register and join us for the public lecture on 'Revisiting Surviving Sexual Violence'!
For the Law School’s Research Seminar Series this week Dr Claire Fitzpatrick discussed her insightful and timely paper 'Power in the court room: From judicial perspectives to judicial rehabilitation. @clairefitzpatrick.bsky.social
This is a really interesting piece - clearly outlining disturbing consequences of the HE funding crisis on our universities but also the fact that this WILL impact the government too. Well worth reading - & thanks for sharing @stephenfarrall.bsky.social
You can register by either scanning the code or clicking below - hope to see some of you in Feb!
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Very excited to have @proflizkelly.bsky.social coming to @lulawcrim.bsky.social in February for this important and timely public lecture!
Really proud of this paper!
Innovation at its best! Check out how Raf is making the most of our Data Immersive Lab to teach corporate sustainability law!
Great to see this blog post out by our fantastic student, Omoye, who recently graduated with an LLM Criminology & Criminal Justice, and who is a brilliant advocate for improving support for those with care-experience
Research Fellow Criminology (12 month post), Edinburgh
Developing linked data research using administrative data in Scotland
Closing 5 February
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#PhDChat #AcademicChat #JobFairy
"With both the justice and prisons ministers agreeing prisons fail women, the play exposes the heartbreak of mothers separated from their babies, urging compassion, tackling root causes like poverty and trauma, and championing alternatives to imprisonment that truly support women”
Great to see my review of Gilly Sharpe’s book on ‘Women, Stigma and Desistance from Crime’ in Criminology & Criminal Justice
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Hope this excellent work is read widely. It focuses not just on criminal (in)justice but wider failures across welfare & education.
And another talk -- this one in Feb by me about my new book, in Cambridge:
Come to Oxford on 27 January, or join us online for this panel, with three fabulous women who will be speaking about their work and research on border violence:
Congratulations Anne-Marie & Kathy! This sounds great & look forward to reading
Great to be featured alongside Dr Miranda Davies in this One Small Thing #JUSTICE episode where we discuss issues and challenges around maternal health in criminal justice settings, especially in relation to pregnancy, birth & the post natal period shows.acast.com/justice/epis...
Am sorry to be missing this but it looks like a brilliant event & a fantastic programme!
