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UK bods - Jasmila Žbanić's Quo Vadis, Aida? is on BBC iplayer. It shows thelead up to, and aftermath of, the genocide at Srebrenica. Her films help us to understand how atrocities take place and how they impact individuals and communities. My take here: doi-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/bjc/...

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Join us on 5 March at 16.00 at @edinburghup.bsky.social for a conversation with Dr Marya Hannun about women and law in Afghanistan. More info and registration link here: llc.ed.ac.uk/mobilizing-m...

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Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

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Call for Contributors for Research Handbook on Global Criminal Justice See the attached call for contributions, 250 word abstract and 150 word author bio to be submitted by 30/4/25 - open to academics and practitioners, of all levels of experience, alike. Please share

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A short thread on Milorad Dodik's latest threat - and what the European response needs to be. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...

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23 February 1941 | A Pole, Edmund Wojciechowski, perished in Auschwitz. A lawyer, a son of the President of Poland Stanisław Wojciechowski. He was arrested in connection with the refusal to expel Jewish lawyers from the Warsaw Bar. In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1940. No. 2297

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The @arnoldventures.bsky.social Criminal Justice Advocacy team is hiring an Analyst. Come help the CJ team turn evidence-based policy ideas into legislation and impact. www.arnoldventures.org/careers/advo...

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What do student vloggers have to say about #rankings? What does gossip have to do with subversion? And what do Hufflepuffs have to do with any of this? Of this & more in our new paper: ‘Rankings are all bullsh*t anyway, why not do my own?’ 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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This looks great! Gender, history, organised crime...

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The Central African Republic has informed the #ICC about domestic proceedings v. Edmond #Beina, insisting that the Special Criminal Court (CPS) is "able and willing" to try him. Beina is 1 of 6 men before the 🇨🇫 CPS accused of Crimes Against Humanity & #WarCrimes committed in btw Feb & March 2014

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Starmer says 'worklessness' is unacceptable. But his government is allowing crisis to unfold in one of our biggest and most important sectors. Thousands of jobs are at risk from caretakers to academics, librarians to administrative staff, caterers to counsellors.

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Things happening @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social filmhouse.org.uk/february-13-... 🍿🍿🍿

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My lastest article is online at Law and Social Inquiry! I introduce the idea of "adversarial formalism" to describe the intrusion of the form of the law into everyday communications and the reshaping of prison relational economy. doi.org/10.1017/lsi.... #Criminology #Law&Society #Prison

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Really great analysis on why the crisis at University of Edinburgh is being manufactured. www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/3fzpaa5...

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This is a reflection on overwork & fatigue in an academic sector experiencing an existential crisis. It is of particular pertinence to me personally, especially over the last couple of years... 'inevitably, something has got to give. Oftentimes it is our bodies.' folukeafrica.com/we-who-belie...

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📚 Access to new article '‘Strengthen Them Inside’: Supporting prison staff wellbeing in England through creative writing' now available via link below: journals.sagepub.com/share/QZNDQI...

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Our lecturer Dr Ndiweteko Jennifer Nghishitende's work has been highlighted as part of Women in Science www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

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ENGAGEMENT EVENT Meet the Researchers! 📅19th February ⏲️1230 - 1300 📍Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University 'Informing policing policy and practice through linked data research' Prof.Susan McVie, Dr Ana Morales-Gomez, Dr Allison Kurpiel Edinburgh University

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Just a reminder that @oxfordcrim.bsky.social has a three year lectureship. Details here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/departmental... and I’m the named info person, so feel free to email me if you have questions abt the post

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And also for those despairing of NEH etc @britishacademy.bsky.social has opened the call for a two year visiting international fellowship, tho pay is uk-style www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

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Long time in the making, so it's great to see that my paper, 'Legal cynicism, intrusive policing, and the dynamics of police legitimacy: evidence from Brazil’s largest city', is finally out at Law & Society Review! doi.org/10.1017/lsr.... @criminologyuom.bsky.social

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I miss the days when predatory journals pretended to know who I am and what I write about, even if it had nothing to do with their area - this just feels so... impersonal.

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We live in a country where the richest 1% control 70% of the wealth. ➡️Endless growth won't bring down your bills; we need to redistribute wealth to the working class. 🟢Scottish Greens would introduce a wealth tax, delivering £70bn for our public services.

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Upcoming seminar: The Political Prison: Prisoners’ Collective Action in Late Colonial Uganda 26 February, 1600-1700 GMT/UTC, online Katherine Bruce-Lockhart www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi... #Criminology #Prisons #Coloniality

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Zoe Venditozzi and l, the Witches of Scotland - commissioned this memorial tartan to remember those people, mostly women, killed as witches in Scotland. There is meaning to the colours and pattern :

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Departmental Lecturer position going at Oxford University's Centre for Criminology. Would be a great opportunity for the right person my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds). www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

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🔔 NEW: Handbook on Crime and Inequality by @stephenfarrall.bsky.social and @susanmcvie.bsky.social Free chapter available at: doi.org/10.4337/9781... 🔗 More info: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... #Crime #Criminology #Inequality @thatcherlegacy.bsky.social

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Please could academic folks bring this to the attention of final yr UGs and MA students in criminology, sociology and pol sci (etc.) please? The PhD studentship is to study the extent of electoral fraud in Britain, working with BMG Research, Dr Siim Trumm and myself. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLL511/p...

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For years, I've heard global health & dev experts talk about corruption as a big issue in the Global South After seeing the insanity by Trump, Musk & the broligarchy, I hope nobody will ever think that corruption is just a Global South issue Corruption in the North is massive & devastating for all

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#Kosovo's Specialist Chambers sentenced three former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters to prison terms after international prosecutors made a plea deal with them, in which they admitted witness intimidation and obstruction of justice balkaninsight.com/2025/02/04/k...

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Great talk and broad ranging discussion on international law and its ties to racism/racialisation and capitalism from @pashukanist.bsky.social, hosted by @norajaber.bsky.social @uoelawschool.bsky.social

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Most read articles for 'Justice, Power and Resistance' - journal of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control with @policypress.bsky.social are FREE this month - links in thread 👇

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I have a motion at #Edinburgh Council on Thursday to discontinue council’s use of X / twitter. Two reasons: Firstly, X has become increasingly lawless, a place of abuse & vitriol - members of the public shouldn’t need to engage with this to read council updates or report issues to the council.

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Tomorrow off to Palermo. Honoured to be invited as a keynote speaker at the GLITTS Workshop on #civilsociety's response to #illicittrade at LUMSA, #Palermo. Excited to explore how civil society challenges #illicitmarkets and #organisedcrime.

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Norway’s criminal justice system has often received high praise for its equity and fairness; it has rarely been under scrutiny in data-driven criminal justice journalism.

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New (academic) year, new social media profile - looking forward to connecting with everyone here!

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This. Is. Amazing. Finally, an ebook alternative for Amazon, but for independent bookstores. This is amazing for readers who want to be more intentional about where you're spending your money. 📖 #BookSky

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Delighted to be part of this year’s Curious Minds Festival organised by The Bath Arts Collective. 19th March at BRLSI. Tickets on sale www.batharts.co.uk/events/curio...

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Are any of my mutuals going to #EuroCrim this year? Esp scholars focusing on #gender and #techabuse. If so, any interest in being part of an AMC for my book? DM me! #AcademicSky www.ucpress.edu/books/when-r...

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My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

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Hi, Bluesky! We're a small grassroots organisation in Edinburgh, Scotland dedicated to fighting transphobia, championing trans liberation and joy and a safer future for trans youth.

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This seminar on police/policing looks great - I just signed up to join online. #Police #Policing #Criminology #Sociology

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