“Our most creative colleagues never cared much about disciplines anyway. They are concerned with problems. We cannot afford too much disciplinarity now” (Sparks, 2024). Amen

This was probably my favourite paper of the conference. These tensions were so wisely and carefully explored. I didn't realize how much I had been waiting for someone to explore this this way, until you both did it 🙌🏽🙏🏼👏🏼❤️ Laura Kelly-Corless @dan_mcculloch

Congratulations Louise Brangan @weaver_beth & team SCCJR on organising an incredible conference!👏 So many excellent papers & open, critical, collegiate discussions @BSC2024Strath as well as lots of fun w fab colleagues & friends. Feeling inspired & reinvigorated! #BSC2024

#BSC2024 felt like a reminder that being together as a community is our best defence against the university antics that continually pushes us to compete for funding, for publications, for jobs.And being a community focused on the problems of injustice feels like a powerful thing

We have heard a lot about prison overcrowding, but there is overcrowding in probation too. And that matters, because the probation service is going to be asked to do more in the future. Read 'What to do about probation?' by Andrew Neilson here: howardleague.org/blog/what-to-d…

Excited to share my and Jana_xx20's article, published in Punishment & Society. Using theoretical scholarship in the sociology of memory, we explore how formerly incarcerated mothers construct maternal memories. Check it out at the link below! doi.org/10.1177/146247…

The cowardice on this issue is a direct result of the tyranny of the tabloids running this country. Sunak rejected advice to release prisoners early while PM. theguardian.com/society/articl…

My dad is nearly 90 and every official communication he gets requires the downloading of an app or the setting up of an online account. How do older people without relatives manage?

Far-right violence hasn’t come out of nowhere. It is the result of anti-migrant rhetoric from mainstream politicians who scapegoat refugees. We are an anti-racist movement that believes in a more inclusive world. We defeated the far right before. We will defeat them again.

It’s always nice to be recognised, this was my first ever article and first award…..hard work pays off Journal of Sexual Aggression more to come end of this year 👌👌#academia #impact #police #sexoffenders #RiskManagement

At least 28 covid contracts, worth £4.1bn, went to people with known political connections to the Tories. Remember that one next time a politician bangs on about 'benefit scroungers gaming the system'.

Emily is a truly phenomenal colleague (and friend) and is the loveliest person you could meet. This news is unbearable to even comprehend - Dr Emily Cooper we are all here for you and care about you so much. See below for details about how to donate to support funeral costs.

In years to come, students in university departments around the world will be studying the propaganda embedded in this headline. As someone who regularly lectures in sociology, journalism and media studies, I could teach an entire lesson on the title alone. For example: 1.

Delighted to have this article out after a lot of blood sweat and tears (and thought) over the last 3 years! Thank you to everyone that has supported with this!! Available at: doi.org/10.1177/003288…

Still time to register for this free webinar with Laura Kelly-Corless and Dan McCulloch "Deaf people’s experiences after prison" eventbrite.co.uk/e/deaf-peoples… @Eventbrite