Nick Freeman, as a lawyer, is presumably aware of research in legal decision making indicating a propensity to blame the victim in cases of sexual aggression. Victims who tell others about their assault endure a "second assault" with negative reactions e.g. victim blaming. x.com/BarristerSecre…

A dramatic increase in the proportion of people sleeping rough who have died with mental health support needs from 2010 to 2017 russellwebster.com/dying-on-the-s… St Mungo's report

The Trump effect? American support for the death penalty slowly rising again: 54% of Americans now support capital punishment for murder, up from 49% two years ago. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018…

Now that's how to open a criminology conference! Some raucous Chinese drummers blow the roof off at the Asian Criminological Society here in Penang. @BSCBCU_18 take note

News from the frontline of privatised justice: Prisons minister @RoryStuartUK steps in to take control of G4S-run HMP Birmingham, which has suffered a major riot, hundreds of assaults, plummeting staff morale, & a flood of the “zombie drug” spice. independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

The state of our prisons: hundreds of staff have been sacked or disciplined for smuggling drugs, weapons & phones into prisons in England & Wales, acc. to MoJ stats. Drugs were found 13,119 times in prisons in last year - average of 35+incidents per day. theguardian.com/society/2018/s…

Future historians won't miss the link between decades of mass incarceration and the rise of the authoritarian, race-baiting Trump regime. A nation of jailers has become a fully-fledged carceral state w the dehumanizing ethos of the prison somehow seeping into political discourse

Malaysia will abolish the death penalty for 33 offences, inc. murder. The 1,279 people on Malaysia's death row (inc. 932 drug traffickers) now face 30 yrs in jail. Just 4 countries in SE Asia still execute people: Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam. straitstimes.com/world/malaysia…

Tomorrow, the state of Tennessee will electrocute David Earl Miller. He has spent 36 years on death row. Prisoners on Tennessee's death row are requesting the electric chair over lethal injection as a form of protest. vox.com/2018/12/3/1811…

The Met Police in London have tasered black people over 4X as often as white people. Disturbing to see evidence that black Londoners are disproportionately subjected to the use of Tasers & restraints. theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/d…

Surely not? Shareholders aiming to profit from privatised probation have seen shares slump. Interserve supervises 40,000 offenders. It is now the largest provider of probation/rehabilitation services in England & Wales. It is in rescue talks with bankers. theguardian.com/business/2018/…

30 years ago today, the serial killer Ted Bundy was executed in Florida State Prison. A new documentary series examines the reality of capital punishment by drawing on interviews with Bundy. theweek.com/articles/81925…

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Scots leading the way on community sentences russellwebster.com/scots-commsent…

'Private probation companies face huge losses despite £342m 'bailout'' theguardian.com/society/2018/j…

Many thanks to our fantastic Michael Teague University of Derby for delivering such an inspiring talk on US mass incarceration #research #seminar x.com/DrBarisCayli/s…

I support the #USSstrike, but am amongst the 50% of university lecturers who receive no pension contributions or other benefits for their work (no sick pay, holiday or bereavement pay). I’d like that to be addressed, too.

US death penalty in practice: Alabama execution halted after 61 year old Doyle Lee Hamm was repeatedly jabbed “for over two & a half hours" in his ankles, lower legs & groin. Staff could not find a usable vein. Mr Hamm has lymphoma. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

The relentless progress of the juggernaut of American incarceration... x.com/verainstitute/…

President Trump calls for the death penalty for drug dealers, at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. This attracted enthusiastic cheers. washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…