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Meta is promoting 'submissive schoolgirl' AI chatbots. Normalising and legitimising child sexual abuse. Deliberately. For Profit. That's the AI revolution for you. At the same time as the highest reports of sexual assault are from 14 year old girls. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...

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The test conversations found that both Meta’s official AI helper & a vast array of user-created chatbots will engage in & sometimes escalate discussions that r decidedly sexual—even when the users are underage or the bots are programmed to simulate the personas of minors. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...

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'Measuring sentence inflation England & Wales', with @sentencingacademy.bsky.social We estimate that 87% of the increase in sentence severity experienced over the last 2 decades is due to a genuine change in the sentencing practice (sentence inflation). www.sentencingacademy.org.uk/measuring-se...

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Join The Mannheim Centre for Criminology for their Spring term seminar series! Find out more here: buff.ly/i7sMmu8%E2%8...

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One for #SensoryCriminology ...?

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This.

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Foreign Office warns British human rights lawyers they risk being sanctioned by Donald Trump and having worldwide assets frozen including UK bank accounts - my first story for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Political commentators on #USPolitics really don't seem that keen on unpicking the interrelated issues of radical religiosity, racism, eugenics, social darwinism, and faux libertarianism at the heart of Republican idealism. I wonder why?

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Police unlawfully killed a vulnerable man, inquest finds - Brian Ringrose, 24 died in February 2021 in Milton Keynes are non-authorised and excessive use-of-force techniques were used. Death also contributed to by other police and by NHS neglect. www.channel4.com/news/police-...

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Paper call out!!

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Sharing for those who missed, wonderful report on getting a copy of Sensory Penalities into every prison in England and Wales: www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/responsible-... Thanks for all the support @katymathers.bsky.social

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It shouldn't need pointing out that this bodes well for the introduction of tasers. It shouldn't need underscoring that PAVA hasn't made our prisons safer for anyone, least of all staff. Important breakdown 👇

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No one seems to mind a 'two-tier' #CriminalJustice system as long as it only impacts on minoritized and racialised populations ... Deities wrath if you but suggest we tackle the (white) status quo! #Criminology #CJS

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For those in #Criminology with relevant foci of interest ...

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In this article I explain how colonial/racist ideas of Black criminality are enmeshed into perceptions of risk of young Black men in the contemporary #prison However, this is not just about racialised #Rehabilitation, but it extends to officer threat analysis too academic.oup.com/bjc/article-...

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🧵 Yesterday Govt published an evaluation of the use of force - including PAVA spray - in adult prisons from 2018 to 2023 It shows - starkly - the fact that you are significantly more likely to have force used against you in prison if you are Black than white

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Didn't Melossi and Pavarini write about this in the 1970s??? Even the framing of penal servitude as #rehabilitation (or the production of docile surplus labour within a capitalist mode of production) is out of their playbook! #Prison #Criminology

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Some excellent research on a topic that is really difficult to shed light on, by @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Look criminologists... a familiar face joining this new(ish) place...

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Calling all #Criminology #Sociology #Sensory enthusiasts: www.sensorycriminology.com is back! (just as soon as I can get to grips with bluesky!) We have amazing posts from Dr Nabil Ouassini, Marina Carbonell, Chloe Young and Cosimo Sidoti... Want to write something for us? Get in touch!

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Hybrid symposium at Sheffield 1 May on history of crime and historical criminology. www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

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Hey #Criminology, #CriminalJustice, #Sociology, and #Law folk please follow the wonderful Kate Herrity who has joined us from the other place. Any starter packs that you can recommend will be greatly appreciated.

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“Introducing a presumption of anonymity for firearms officers sets a dangerous precedent: that police officers are above the scrutiny faced by everyone else. One rule for them and another for the public is not justice – it’s impunity.” @debcoles13.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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Govt has just has announced that PAVA spray will be authorised for use in children’s prisons Hard to imagine a more profound failure than arming prison officers in the name of keeping children safe Follow @thehowardleague.bsky.social for updates across the day howardleague.org/do-not-let-p...

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Delighted to share the publication of my first lead-author article! We discuss the needs & experiences of foreign national women in Irish prisons, as their narrative is often missing from research in this area. We also highlight adaptation strategies undertaken in an attempt to navigate prison life

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Yet as we rush full-steam ahead into the calls for trials of #Tasers in #Prisons (often by those who should know better) the evidence of #PAVA will be ignored Why? Because arms races are nearly always about emotion and posturing rather than evidence and fact; and the former wins out. #Criminology

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⏰ It's almost time for our PhD conference! ⏰ The programme can now be accessed on our website: sites.google.com/view/phdcrim...

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🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."

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From #SensoryCriminology archive: Ghost in the Sweatbox "Transportation has a long history in carceral practices. The process itself is designed to both physically and symbolically cast you as an outsider, no longer a member of this society ..." sensorycriminology.com/2019/12/15/g... #Criminology

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As the issue of 'foreign national' prisoners is in the press again ... The deprivation of certitude, legitimacy and hope: Foreign national prisoners and the pains of imprisonment journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #Criminology #BorderCriminology #ForeignNationals #Prison #CriminalJustice

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As I noted back in 2018 about #PAVA, the same holds about tasers being deployed in #prison They cannot and wont prevent #violence against prison staff. If you think they will, you understand neither #prisons, nor the violence that occurs within them. #Criminology #CriminalJustice

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FACT CHECK: This viral graph from twitter claims to prove vaccines cause autism. But there's something fishy about the data! Let's dive in.

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As I noted back in 2018 about #PAVA, the same holds about tasers being deployed in #prison They cannot and wont prevent #violence against prison staff. If you think they will, you understand neither #prisons, nor the violence that occurs within them. #Criminology #CriminalJustice

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Given what is happening in the West (in relation to ... waves at everything) it is worth re-sharing this blog: A human rights law perspective on sensory experience and dignity in detention by Elaine Webster and Natasa Mavronicola sensorycriminology.com/2022/06/ #SensoryCriminology #HumanRights

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