We have a new paper out on why people in prison participate in qualitative interviews - with amazing Martín Hernán Di Marco - open access from our CRIMLA project 😊journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/16…

My boss University of Kent just informed me that I will be docked half my pay from 19th April to 10th May for refusing to moderate marks on one module (a task of about two hours) as part of ASOS. Can anyone tell me why I should work more than half-time? UCU

Congrats to Dr Ali Body, @ehl198 & Kent Criminology Group 💐 They all achieved a ‘highly commended’ in the 2023 University Teaching Prizes for their engagement & impact. An amazing achievement! #TeachingAward #Recognition #Kent #University

Our latest collection, "Leaving the Field" is out! Tales of ethnographic exits, covering a range of topics such as field relations, situated ethics, representation and questionings of 'the field' itself Manchester University Press #CardiffSchool #Ethnography manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526157652/…

Coming soon a new edition of Introduction to Police Research, spent most of the afternoon sending our proofs to contributors, exciting times, great to see it in print, due for publication end of the year. 🙂

Scenes of carnage here in Durham, as we desperately try to deal with post-MAB marking deadlines seemingly pulled from the aether, without consultation with us on their plausibility, and with no plan - still less actual *support* - from above to deal with this colossal work surge

Newly published data from CPS joint enterprise pilot. Shows racial and area disparity. cps.gov.uk/publication/cr…

🚨New webinar🚨 All you need to know about #Ketamine: Use, harms & response - Fri 17th Nov 2pm GMT Pls share, retweet & sign up - tinyurl.com/sdd-ket Featuring Val Curran Dr Karenza Moore Josh Torrance #drugs #university #uni #policy #harmreduction #ket #ketamine #rave

404 sign ups so far - could be our most popular event yet. As ever there's space for more, sign up on the link below :-)

Sadly, University of Kent has announced plans to axe a number of smaller departments, including philosophy. We perform well on all measures, including student recruitment. But smaller subjects have less clout and are easiest to cut. Help us shout out our value to the uni! They need to hear

Save Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Subjects at the University of Kent - Sign the Petition chng.it/rBfQjwSq via Change.org UK

My university is proposing that from now on research should only form 10% of our workload. So glad to know that senior management think doing research is some kind of optional extra for academics, bet that will really pay off in the next REF

Along with many journalists at Vice in the UK and US, I’ve been told my job is up for redundancy. After over five years as Vice’s Global Drugs Editor (and five before that as a columnist for Vice), I want to focus on the positives 🧵 1/7

My delightful news of the day…..developing Biological/ Evolutionary Anthropology at Kent has been the cornerstone to my entire career, so this really, really hurts.

I am so proud of InnocenceProjectLDN and the students from ICE_greenwich Uni of Greenwich that have worked with me for the last year. 2 applications being drafted for Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) and more work to do before the academic year is done #innocenceproject #AcademicChatter

Middlesex University celebration and tribute to our friend and comrade Vincenzo Ruggiero, 14 May 2024 14:00-17:00. Attendance either in person or online is free, but must be booked here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-tribute-to… Critical Criminology Critical Criminology European Society of Criminology British Criminology Social Policy & Criminology at the Open University

Another article by @smhulley and me. In it we examine why the problems associated with joint enterprise persist despite a change in the law. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

MY BOOK is out - just in time for the #rjweek! A book about politics and restorative justice ... please share! routledge.com/Restorative-Ju…

Congratulations to restorative justice guru Giuseppe Maglione! This is a must read for criminologists with an interest in the area.