When violence unfolds across multiple relationships and contexts, incident-based systems struggle to recognise how harms accumulate.
New article: ‘Reframing Repeat Violence: A Critical Life-Course Perspective’, British Journal of Criminology.
Open access:
academic.oup.com/bjc/article/...
If I want to make an illegal law, I should be allowed to!
So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? A possible answer began to emerge over the weeks she was incarcerated. As Karen got to know the guards at the Northwest ICE Processing Center where she was held, she kept hearing the same thing from them: that ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. "Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain - the guards told me that," Karen says. It's no secret that the Trump administration has been pouring money into ICE. Its annual budget - $6bn a decade ago - is now $85n; ICE is now the highest - funded law enforcement agency in the US. Since last August, new recruits can expect to receive a signing-on bonus of up to $50,000. Karen's experience has left her convinced that ICE agents are being given even more incentives - to arrest and detain anyone they possibly can, even blameless tourists who have all the paperwork they need to be in the US. Within days of Donald Trump's second inauguration on 20 January 2025, his administration ordered ICE officials to detain more people, with new quotas that would increase the total number of arrests from a few hundred to 1,200-1,500 a day. Reports immediately began to emerge of international travellers being detained by ICE officers.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Sociopathic stuff. Just the casual tone of it, as well as the implication that if he didn’t ‘like her as a person’ it would be fine.
Like, in the most literal sense, I don’t think I could live with myself if I knew I’d done this to someone.
Police say the duo will face ‘ruff justice’
#Criminology
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
I have less than zero respect for any plaintiff trying to copyright a rhythm. Vampires sucking dry all that is good and fun.
“If successful, the ruling would grant two rightsholders control over a core musical feature used across a global genre. Unsurprisingly, many musicians and scholars see this as an attempt to claim ownership of reggaeton itself.”
theconversation.com/can-a-rhythm...
Lowe rotting away… dead… in a Muslim gang run prison. Is this still Reform policy? Starting to thaw a little on them if so.
An immortal chap with short hair sits in front of a whiteboard. His face is joyous.
It is my sincere belief that this guy has not aged a day
University of Manchester is hiring a Lecturer in Sociology (qualitative/theoretical) in the of political sociology of class and culture.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL973/l...
‘Rowley said: “Policing alone cannot solve this problem. Manufacturers and tech companies must do more to stop criminals being able to reset, reuse or resell stolen phones.”’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
I had the same thought. And it would be because they know it is a waste of their time so enforcing it to the letter highlights the problem with the legislation. (And also avoids criticism from the government)
Roses are red
Poorly formatted references are vile…
An absolute fucking mess
What on earth is going on at the Telegraph?!
(This is a real picture published for a real column)
And Oakeshott’s Reform pals were literally cold calling for an invite to Bangor.
She’s a piece of work
File under: rare instance of a cover that is better than the original
youtu.be/Fp5spiO3nQI?...
Countless = 6 ppl
Good on Sunak for flatly condemning KK’s obvious racism, rather than falling into the trap of Gove and Grant’s prevarications
More than 120 dead after multiple suicide and gun attacks in Pakistan, officials say
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
The president appears to envy Chinese economic interventionism — but in China, the authorities tend to set the parameters and allow companies to compete vigorously. The overt US turn towards favouritism and quid pro quo governance risks undermining US economic foundations by reshaping incentives across markets and regulation. When capital flows primarily to those with access and connections, competition becomes distorted, inequality deepens and policymaking weakens. The most productive or innovative businesses could get sidelined.
Trump looks to be replicating Putin's approach to the economy rather than Xi's
Really interesting to hear plans re changes to school suspension in white paper
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
esp as suspension causes increased risk of later custody
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
we can prevent behaviour leading to suspension
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
What was the pleasure in stealing from the slot machines? Javid's face lights up. "Oh, I loved it. I loved it. The pleasure was that you could make money from these machines." He pauses. "Well, actually not make money, take money from these machines." He says they justified their actions by telling themselves the owners were also acting unlawfully. "Bas and I thought that the people who operated these amusement parks shouldn't be letting kids in anyway. You had to be 18. Bas was 11, I was 13. We were obviously nowhere near the legal age."
Javid here making the case for ‘seductions of crime’ and cultural #criminology
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I think you’ll find ‘hire Batman’ polls very highly!
Do they like the policy idea exactly, or are they just keen on crime fighting?
I wish her all the worst in her new endeavours.
“People were afraid to come to the hospital. They knew what happens afterwards. …once the situation is considered “under control”, hospitals receive official letters from security institutions demanding patient information – names, details, injuries.”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
In the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity (to be racist)
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
