Limiting Beliefs and Desistance from Gang Crime
Abstract. This study explores how incarcerated, gang-affiliated youths in Sweden navigate questions of change, aspiration and desistance. Drawing on interv
Article Out! Exploring psychological and relational challenges to desistance from gang crime. Interviews with incarcerated youths and staff highlight how internalized disbelief of current options and safe/meaningful futures permeates the narrative among staff, youths and society at large.
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International Handbook of Sensory Criminology Series: 1
This short post marks the opening of a series dedicated to discussing each of the organising themes of the Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology, in preparation for its launch. Eaβ¦
We'll be talking about each of the eight themed sections from the @routledgebooks.bsky.social International Handbook of #Sensory #Criminology in turn. The first introduces the book: sensorycriminology.com/2025/11/26/i... comments will be left open and we particularly welcome students engagement.
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I dare say this book release has impeccable timing. However, getting my author copies just in time for Halloween might have caused a less-than-serious approach to this post. π #criminology
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No longer happening, not yet resolved: The courthouse as a socio-temporal threshold - Tea Fredriksson, 2025
This article explores the courthouse as a socio-temporal threshold, where past harms are rearticulated and future outcomes are yet uncertain. Drawing on ethnogr...
I finally got around to turning what started as a presentation at ESC in Florence a couple of years ago into an article in CMC! π₯³
Open access, and lots of pictures! (Somehow, the PDF has better photo placements than the online layout)
#criminology #sensorycriminology #courthouseethnography
26.09.2025 17:53 β
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Important information for anyone attending the European Society of Criminology in Athens and for members of ESC. Petition outlines serious concerns. Consider what you can do to support ππ π#eurocrim
30.08.2025 11:03 β
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I wonβt be at the ESC this year, but at least itβs fun to be there in print β¨
29.08.2025 19:16 β
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Was I supposed to be fine with this? βItβs OK guys I donβt think sheβll noticeβ. π€
26.08.2025 18:35 β
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Sure, itβs not like I put them in their order on purpose or anything. ππ€¦ββοΈπ€·ββοΈ
26.08.2025 18:33 β
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YouTube video by The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
Book Talk: Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy
π Book Talk: 'Desistance, Resistance, & Normalcy' with Tea Fredriksson & Robin GΓ₯lnander is now on our YouTube page.
@spookademic.bsky.social @robingalnander.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @fergusmcneill.bsky.social @margueritesch.bsky.social
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01.07.2025 11:38 β
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Time does rush past, thatβs for sure. Feels like we were just in Glasgow (but also like that was 100 years ago)! π
Hope you are doing good too, would be fun to catch up soon! β¨
07.07.2025 13:20 β
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Canβt wait to read this! π€©π€©π€©
20.06.2025 16:09 β
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Hon Γ€r vΓ€rldens bΓ€sta kriminolog: βSveriges regering gΓΆr alla felβ
Polisen mΓ₯ste sluta gripa barn och unga, sΓ€ger prisade krim-forskaren Frances Crook.
Frances Crook Γ€r trΓΆtt pΓ₯ att politiker struntar i forskningen, som enligt henne Γ€r glasklar: repression funkar inte fΓΆr att stΓ€vja brott.
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Book Talk: Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy
Join us for this author-meets-readers event!
Authors: Tea Fredriksson & Robin GΓ₯lnander, Stockholm University.
πBook Talk: 'Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy' with Tea Fredriksson @spookademic.bsky.social & Robin GΓ₯lnander @robingalnander.bsky.social
Commentators: @fergusmcneill.bsky.social & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
ποΈ 11 June, 1pm (UK time)
π Online
π»Register bit.ly/3HdaR89
28.05.2025 14:30 β
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Hey #criminology
Check out the new #SensoryCriminology blog by Chloe Young.
Here she explores some themes to come from her Doctoral study on women and the #NighttimeEconomy
Please read and share.
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Thank you! I hope youβll like it π
05.04.2025 07:30 β
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Haha, it did feel like it at times! Thank you βΊοΈ
04.04.2025 18:55 β
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What happens when academics live together: spontaneous co-writing. π₯³
Our book finally arrived! @robingalnander.bsky.social
#criminology #desistance #academicsky #academia
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It went well! One of the students actually told me your article βmoved her to tearsβ, and overall they had some really interesting discussions ππ»
26.03.2025 11:52 β
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Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy
This book provides a nuanced, critical analysis of desistance from crime, particularly through the lens of womenβs experiences. It develops desistance theory by interrogating the concept of normalcy, ...
Publication day! @spookademic.bsky.social and I wrote a book, deep diving into the struggles involved in desistance from crime and - crucially - dealing with concepts of normalcy from a position as outsider.
26.03.2025 11:48 β
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βWe are losing sight of the academic mission: to think, to enquire, to design and perform new researchβ¦There are many reasons why this has occurred over just a quarter of century but a key contributor has been the corporatization of academic institutions.β πππ
10.03.2025 09:48 β
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My first book! Leaders with #livedexperience can inform practice relationships that are humanising, empowering & nurturing of empathy, solidarity and social action routledge.com/Peer-Mentori... #peermentoring
05.12.2024 12:16 β
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Maybe we should strive for just a hint of both π
02.12.2024 14:59 β
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At the end of the day, donβt we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?
26.11.2024 17:52 β
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Then at least you have a system! ππ» Mine just hide here and there throughout the office after years of βoh, thisβll come in handy later!β. π
27.11.2024 17:08 β
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Sorting/throwing out printouts of articles that I barely recall what research I wanted to incorporate them in anymore. π
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