Dr Amanda Holt

Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse - Current Understandings in Research, Policy and Practice; Since publication of the first edition, awareness of, and interest in, adolescent-to-parent abuse has risen consid...

Publication Day! The second edition of 'Adolescent to Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research, Policy & Practice' is out now. Fully updated to reflect the huge amount of research & practice that has taken place over the past decade. policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/adolescent-t...

Online presentation - Dr. David Burke: Experiences of adolescent to mother violence in the context of intimate partner abuse

Hollyoaks to tackle tricky issue of child-to-parent abuse - Prolific North Channel 4’s flagship continuing drama Hollyoaks is to highlight a common but under-recognised form of domestic abuse, in a storyline focusing on the changing dynamic of father and son, Ste Hay and Luc...

www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/hollyoa...

Ahhh, lovely to see you here! Hope youre keeping well xx

University of Derby definitely wins best merch prize at the University Spring Fair today

Adult-Child to Parent Abuse (ACPA) Research and Toolkit As part of the Mayor’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2022-2025, MOPAC commissioned Equality Collabs to undertake research and provide recommendations for London on understanding and...

Delighted to share our new Adult-Child to Parent Research with Practice Toolkit and Needs Assessment Tool, commissioned by MOPAC. All downloadable here: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

Teenagers excluded from school ‘twice as likely’ to commit serious violence Large-scale analysis of UK police and education records reveals link between expulsion and violence within year

Really interesting research here by @iainbrennan.bsky.social & Rosie Cornish on the links between school exclusion and engagement in serious crime www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘A real injustice’: mothers killed by their children is still a hidden issue in UK Research shows that mothers are seen as a ‘safe space’ for their offspring – nearly all of them sons – to use violence

Good to see research by me and others highlighted in this article about mothers killed by their children. A sobering read. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Im really sorry to hear that. Its such a difficult situation x

Substance‐involved child‐to‐parent violence Introduction Child-to-parent violence (CPV) is associated with youth substance problems; however, CPV which is substance-involved (SU-CPV) is specifically excluded from the consensus definition of C...

Substance-involved child to parent violence onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Mate crime: how friendship is being used as a weapon to steal and control A little-recognised form of abuse, it can lead to years of misery In the beginning, Mandy Davis* thought she was helping out a friend. Paying his rent in their flatshare was an obvious move after he told her he was about to lose his job. But what…

Mate crime: how friendship is being used as a weapon to steal and control

Professor of Criminology at Aston University An opportunity for an academic position as a Professor of Criminology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Job opportunity at Aston - we are looking for a new Professor in Criminology to join us. Research specialism in environmental or digital crime especially welcome, but exceptional candidates across all areas welcome. Happy to discuss with potential applicants:

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Grandmother kinship carers: negotiating conflicts in identity, blame, loss and love in the context of 'mother blame'. Our new article is out today!

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Lovely dog! 🐶

Interested in a PhD scholarship within Sociology (eg, gender, popular culture, human rights) or Criminology (eg, families & crime, policing and inequality)? Have a look at the SENSS scheme below and get in touch!

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I love this article - I always send my PhD students off to read it!

‘I’m his safe space’: Mothers’ Experiences of Physical Violence From Their Neurodivergent Ch... Abstract. Drawing on recent criminological scholarship on child to parent violence (CPV), this article applies a feminist ‘ethics of care’ framework to understa

Now out in the British Journal of Criminology: "Im his safe space": Mothers experiences of physical violence from their neurodivergent children - Gender, Conflict and the Ethics of Care
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Ahhh yes, I do discuss this in my chapter - it is really interesting. Ill have to check out your blog, thanks.

What a lovely review of my book 'Family Criminology' in the latest issue of the British Journal of Criminology. In the book, I explore youth justice and parenting, the families of those incarcerated, Mafia families, family violence/homicide, victims families & so much more!