Upcoming Event Online: 14th of March Seeing and Treating Neurodiverse Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Event Register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/seeing-and-t…

Thought-provoking presentation from Hannah Wishart at today's Vulnerable Accused Work-in-Progress meeting. Hannah's presentation was entitled: ‘Developmentally Immature Children and Young Persons Who Kill’ Please get in touch if you would like to join the group! Dr Hannah Wishart

Academics in the USA - We are looking for a contributor to a edited collection on Global Perspectives on Disclosure (Discovery) Law in criminal proceedings. If you'd like to contribute, please drop me a DM. Please Re-Share

Really Excited to see this special issue in print! I was so proud to act as Guest Editor for the issue, which built on the Sexuality and Nationality symposium hosted at Oxford Brookes University on June 14th 2023. The special issue contains 4 excellent articles which explore:

Almost 2 weeks to go... for our online event about neurodiversity in the CJS. @KatlLangley Sentencing Academy Law Commission Cleveland Police Scottish Sentencing Council University of Sunderland Gavin Dingwall Robert Buckland Who has not registered? Use this link 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/seeing-and-t…

Pleased to be speaking on behalf of Sentencing Academy Former Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Robert Buckland , who has a longstanding interest in neurodiversity, will present the keynote. Free eventbrite link below 👇

I will be speaking at this online symposium on #Neurodiversity in the Criminal Justice System next Thursday (14 March). Additional tickets are now available!

💡Interested in exploring neurodiversity & criminal justice?🌈🧠⚖️ Our brilliant PhD student Matthew McCallion is set to deliver a captivating presentation next week that you won't want to miss! Learn more here 👇

Great start to this event. Much needed discussions - thrilled to be presenting this morning.

Really enjoyed presenting on the role of the AA in police custody. Thank you again Dr Hannah Wishart @KatlLangley

Children are at most risk of entering the youth justice system due to vulnerabilities, victimisation, trauma, and unmet needs. The responsibility for reducing this risk sits with adults, not children.

In this week's video Dr Hannah Wishart Dr Hannah Wishart and Dr Kat Langley @KatlLangley, winners of a SLSA Seminar Competition 2023, discuss the one-day conference they hosted: Prevent, Surveil and Protect: The Fight against Terrorism. Link to video ⬇️ youtu.be/DolSS9-OmbI

You can read more about the conference and the underpinning research here: sunderland.ac.uk/more/news/stor… and the accompanying e-book: slsa.ac.uk/images/2023aut….

Great news! 🎉 Every prison and young offender institution in England and Wales will get Neurodiversity Support Managers. 🏫✨ @MojGovUK is introducing them to help identify and support those with neurodiverse needs, improving rehabilitation and reducing reoffending. 🤝🔄 Read

'Desistance and Children', much-needed new text with a stellar line up of authors. The 'Child First and Desistance' chapter looks particularly good. Other chapters are available. Prof Neal Hazel Youth Justice Board NAYJ Tweets Lboro Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/desistance-and…

Recruitment is ongoing. Please do reshare 🙌🏼💫 thank you!

@DohertyLawTeach Lydia Bleasdale @Veronanid Ishan Kolhatkar Kevin Wallace BPP Cat Moon University of Chester Luke D. Graham Fae Garland UoM Law Manchester Law School Catherine Shephard Richard Collier Newcastle Law School is leaving X Darren Weir OUP Law University of Liverpool Law & Social Justice @HarrieLodge Laura Charleton University of Kent We have got to the point of the afternoon where people have fear of the xylophone! 😄 @KatlLangley & @wishy2307 from @sunderlandlawschool talking about their project using Mooting to develop partnerships - what a great idea. And paper planes! #CLEFest

So pleased that Helen Williams and I have been awarded a BA/Leverhulme small grant award to begin our project on charging decisions in youth justice Sunderland Social Sciences Sunderland Law School Criminology at the University of Sunderland Uni Of Sun Comms Ben Middleton

The University of Sunderland has once again been shortlisted as University of the Year in this year’s THE (Times Higher Education) annual awards Times Higher Education #THEAwards24 sunderland.ac.uk/more/news/univ…

Are you interested in youth justice and police charging? Are you working towards a PhD in law or related field? Come work with me and Helen Williams on our funded research project. Deadline: 28th of Feb. Happy to talk informally with anyone interested.  jobs.sunderland.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…