With Dr Kelly J. Stockdale at BBC York . Dr Stockdale is discussing the role and accountability of the police and crime commissioners, #pccaccountability RISKIT-CJS chss

"Every generation pretends gang crime is a new problem." Rapper and author Akala says the social indicators of violence have "remained identical for almost 200 years".

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Job opportunity - RT please @pssru_kent Matthew Bull jobs.theguardian.com/job/6656270/pr… @pssru_kent

Two years after David Cameron's "grandiose vision of a modern, more effective, truly 21st century prison system, the new prisons minister has told MPs he wants one without rats, cockroaches and garbage”. Rob Allen via Alan Travis

For the first time, the youth justice statistics 2016-17 includes local level data on children in the justice system in an open and accessible format, a user guide, plus this infographic so you can view the main points at a glance. gov.uk/government/upl…

Call for Papers: Green Criminology #GreenCriminology #crime mdpi.com/journal/socsci…

#timetotalk Day is about *everyone* having conversations about mental health, so that people with mental health problems feel less ashamed and isolated. Follow #timetotalk and see examples from around the country on our website: bit.ly/2Gz7ULe

BREAKING: Lack of professionalism and failures in care at New Hall prison criticised at inquest into the death of 21 year old Emily Hartley. inquest.org.uk/emily-hartley-…

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Please RT and book…Professorial Lecture Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch 3rd May 2018 5.30-7.00 Teesside University Climbing down the ivory tower: how can academics work with the public and public health stakeholders more effectively? You can book here: tees.ac.uk/sections/whats…

We are deeply dismayed to hear of yet another death in HMP Nottingham, the tenth self-inflicted death in the prison since June 2016. Only weeks ago HMI Prisons notified the Secretary of State of serious concerns So why has nothing been done? independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

We have learned of a self-inflicted death of a man in Liverpool this wk, despite recent HMI Prisons & Justice Committee scrutiny. This comes after a death in Nottingham following the Urgent Notification. What will it take for genuine & urgent action? inquest.org.uk/blog/hmp-liver…

Appalling reflection of our society ... Victorian and archaic approach to imprisonment ... when will move beyond the countless ‘recommendations’ and ‘lessons need be learnt’ to actual change x.com/inquest_org/st…

Fantastic! Looking forward to it! x.com/chss_kent/stat…

Today we presented our national pragmatic randomised control trial to the vice chancellor Karen Cox CHSS @DrCatMarchand @ProfCoulton Nadine Hendrie ross

Emeritus Prof Dick Hobbs Sociology @ Essex features in a film about the East End gangster, Freddie Foreman. Premieres 13/04 EastEndFilmFestival essex.ac.uk/news/2018/04/1…

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