Thanks Lara Flynn Hudspith for an amazing talk on #criminaljustice response to #sexualviolence. Stay tuned if you missed it. The link will be available soon. #EndViolence

Thanks SSHRC for this opportunity and a huge shout out to BC orgs Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society Rise Women's Legal Centre West Coast LEAF leading work to #endviolence #16Days UBC Nursing @thisiscapacity UBC Media Relations UBC Applied Science

The inside story of two rape trials: ‘It’s as bad as I’ve ever known it’ theguardian.com/society/2024/j…

lawgazette.co.uk/news/landmark-… Criminal Bar Association survey: mass exodus of RASSO lawyers looms

Victims in rape and serious sexual assault cases in Scotland will be the first in the UK to have access to transcripts from their court cases free of charge. gov.scot/news/free-cour…

bbc.com/news/uk-684839… Judges pledge to surge rape cases to cut backlogs

If any issue requires a 'whole-of-society' response, it’s gender-based violence thespec.com/opinion/contri… via @thespec

Standing in solidarity with former colleagues from University of Huddersfield today. I'm told 12% of the workforce are to lose their jobs without offers of redundancy and most others have to reapply for their jobs. Ruthless cuts against colleagues with decades of service at the university!

Today I have written to the Prime Minister about the conduct of one of his members of parliament, ex-PM Liz Truss.

*NEW PUBLICATION - Freely Available Open Access* Very pleased to see this published online. An important addition to the literature (led by Lara Flynn Hudspith) systematically reviewing #WhatWorks - necessary given lots of 'jury expert' opinions NOT rooted in empirical evidence!

‘You lured him in': Rape myths and what we still get wrong about sexual assault bbc.com/news/articles/…

Can anybody help me access this from the CLR please - Routes to Verdict: What We Know and What We Need to Know

It was great to attend UK Child Protection webinar presentation on our scoping review of ‘rough sex’ research

More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years in UK, report reveals - The Guardian apple.news/AUkb-FEz3QeKuv…

Two special issues centred on rape myths coming out soon. If interested in submitting, please have a look at these links:

1) Special Issue: Rape Myths in the Criminal Justice System in Behavioral Sciences & the Law (submission deadline: Monday, 30 June 2025): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1…

2) Special Issue: Jury Decision Making within Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) Trials in the Journal of Criminal Justice (submission deadline: 31 July 2025): sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

Calling all sexual violence researchers 📢There’s still time to submit papers to be involved in this event - deadline is next week. Full details below ⬇️ Submission link - forms.office.com/pages/response…

Strangulation in pornography to be made illegal gov.uk/government/new…