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Dan Godshaw

@dangodshaw.bsky.social

Lecturer in Criminology at University of Bristol, @uob-policystudies.bsky.social. Researcher of migration, borders, immigration detention, racism, masculinities and state violence. Member of @mmbuob.bsky.social

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NO RELEASE:Β Immigration, LocationΒ Tracking and Control The Social Harm, Crime and Violence Research Centre (School for Policy Studies) invites you to the screening of the film No Release.

Book to join us for the Bristol screening of 'No Release' on 18th March with @monish.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-release...

23.02.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Border staff who 'stole cash from small boat migrants' are bailed Officials appear in court charged with stealing from small boat arrivals and money laundering.

Immigration officers "conspired together to steal cash from migrants on small boats" and "worked together to take money and share it out". This is symptomatic of an immigration regime that encourages the degradation and exploitation of people seeking safety
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27.02.2026 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The hidden harms of the NRM: How the UK’s anti-slavery

How the UK’s anti-slavery system harms the children it claims to protect.

New blog from MSc Public Policy alumna, Lucia Messent - winner of the @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social the annual Border Criminologies Dissertation Prize

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08.09.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justice, Power and Resistance reading list Justice, Power and Resistance reading list

πŸ’‘ 🌟 Want your finger on the pulse before term starts? Read our freshest and most relevant articles from Justice, Power and Resistance now via our student reading list – free to access until 31 October!

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23.07.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Neither mindless nor legitimate: the racist politics of the 2024 UK riots and the limitations of the carceral response In early August 2024, the UK experienced a wave of fascist violence of the kind not witnessed since the 1980s. In this intervention piece written soon after these events, we seek to understand what…

⚑The racist politics of the 2024 UK riots - β€˜The true culprits are not rioters but capitalism and the state’

Read this valuable new intervention piece here:

29.04.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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23.04.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New intervention article on 2024 UK riots with @annsingleton.bsky.social out now, 'Neither mindless nor legitimate: the racist politics of the 2024 UK riots and the limitations of the carceral response'.
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23.04.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Critical perspectives article entitled "Skinfolk, but Not Kinfolk? Paradoxical Representation Among Ethnic Minority Conservative Political Elites in the UK" by Neema Begum, Michael Bankole, Shardia Briscoe-Palmer, Dan Godshaw, Rima Saini.

Critical perspectives article entitled "Skinfolk, but Not Kinfolk? Paradoxical Representation Among Ethnic Minority Conservative Political Elites in the UK" by Neema Begum, Michael Bankole, Shardia Briscoe-Palmer, Dan Godshaw, Rima Saini.

πŸ“’New #PAG20 Critical PerspectivesπŸ“’
Neema Begum, @mikebankole.bsky.social , @drshardiabpalmer.bsky.social , @dangodshaw.bsky.social & Rima Saini introduce the concept of paradoxical representation to understand the actions of ethnic minority officeholders
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17.01.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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18.12.2024 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After some delays it’s great to see this published! We sketch out our concept of paradoxical representation by focusing on gendered racisms in the immigration politics of Sunak, Braverman, Badenoch, Patel.
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18.12.2024 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks @crookedfootball.bsky.social. @annsingleton.bsky.social and I are developing this into a longer intervention piece so watch this space

21.11.2024 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0