Available online (open access 🔓) and now in print in the Youth Justice Journal 📖 👉 I consider the interplay between young adults’ notions of maturity and their experiences of (often adversarial) contact with the police: ⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Have stuck with this platform for years. When its owner is fomenting racist violence I suspect the time to abandon it is fast approaching

1st evening back with #StrabaneBrass after the summer (⛈️☔️🌦️🤦‍♂️) break - plenty to gear up for, but particularly looking forward to sinking our teeth into this slice of magic… #brassband

Delighted it is finally published (online) - new piece on immigration detention with super humans Francesca Esposito e Aminata Kolokoh link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Great talks this afternoon on the ‘Challenges of Youth Transitions’ by Jayne Louise Price Brendan Coyle Conor Murray Dr Siobhan Buckley and PhD candidate Alison Coyne at the ‘Stop the Clock’ conference #UUStopTheClock

Just published by Ministry of Justice 'Process evaluation of the Newham Y2A Hub' led by myself and Dr Jenni Ward with colleagues from SHU HKC LawCrim and Middlesex University. The Hub adopted a multi-disciplinary, co-located model to work with young adults on probation. gov.uk/government/pub…

Great first outing with #StrabaneBrass in #DonegalTown 🎶🎼🎺☀️

#ResearchHour With specialisms in young adult development, maturation and desistance, Brendan Coyle's research addresses the interface between individuals’ constructions of maturity, criminal justice policies and practices, and processes of desistance from crime. #WeAreUU

Thank you to Queen's University Belfast 🎓 and Ulster University for congratulating us on #CJI20 while highlighting the importance of independent inspection work as a recognised source of information and research for academics and students. We look forward to further developing collaborative relationships

It was an absolute pleasure and privilege to stand on stage with this crew at on Saturday 🎺🎼🎶 John McCabe’s incredible ‘Cloudcatcher Fells’ threw all sorts of challenges our way, but Strabane Brass Band rose to them magnificently over the last few weeks 💫 youtu.be/I6QAq5yp85Q?si…

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has attended an event celebrating Fresh Start Through Sport, which is supported by the Executive’s Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime Programme and delivered in partnership with the Department for Communities, the

Northern Police Research Webinar 25th Oct. 12–13:15 CET by Polamk 🇫🇮 @TheSIPR 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & 🇧🇻 🇸🇪 🇮🇸 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 ▶️ Topic Sheriff syndrome: Exploring young adults' experiences of policing in Northern Ireland by Brendan Coyle Ulster University ▶️ Ticket tickettailor.com/events/scottis… polamk.fi/en/northern-po…

Delighted to see my first peer-reviewed article from my PhD published, which was co-authored with Prof. Claire Hamilton (MU School of Law & Criminology) now available Criminology and Criminal Justice Journal #Adultjustice #comparison #penalstate #penality #youthjustice

Thanks to @ulsterrugby for hosting the FSTS Report Launch, great turnout and insightful discussions on the benefits of sport-based interventions with young people in the community. Report by Brendan Coyle toby Colm Walsh 🍉 & me available: pure.ulster.ac.uk/files/21383413…

The survey for my PhD research, investigating alcohol and/or other drug use among members of the LGBTQ+ communities in Northern Ireland, in collaboration with The Rainbow Project and Department of Health has launched. Please share. Doctoral College Ulster Applied Social and Policy Sciences

Independent Members Kate Laverty (she/her) and Peter Osborne were delighted to get the opportunity to talk about the Board’s role and work with Brendan Coyle and a cohort of Criminology students from Ulster University yesterday.

All keynotes from our #UUStopTheClock Conference are now available #youth #youthstudies #youthwork youtube.com/@ulsterunivers… J of Youth Studies Critical YW Voice Gail Neill Robert MacDonald Tracy Shildrick CommunityYouthWork

Save the date! We are very excited to be hosting the 2025 North South Criminology Conference at Maynooth University, 23-25 June.

Launching the #HumanRights Review on Policing & Children & Young People. Read the report here: nipolicingboard.org.uk/publication/hu…