Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull.

Homicide in England and Wales, Part 3: Homicide offenders – Matt Ashby Matt Ashby

This analysis of homicide offenders in England and Wales comes from a report written by me and @iainbrennan.bsky.social for the UK College of Policing. You can get more detail at lesscrime.info/post/homicid...

Ridings of yorkshire society call for papers. For a plaintext version please email ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com

Don't forget that the Call for Papers for #ROYS26 is open!

Working on Yorkshire's past, any time period, any discipline? If so, please do send an abstract to ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com.

Find out more: ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk/call-for-papers-2026/

#Skystorians #History #Culture #York

Dove House Hospice Strictly Learn to Dance (dancing in memory of Nicola Dean) Help Victoria Burton raise money to support Dove House Hospice

Dr Victoria Burton @victorialou22.bsky.social is doing a charity fundraiser for Dove House Hospice

www.justgiving.com/page/vicky-b...

Governance of the Police in England and Wales, Volume II This volume (II) covers reform and development of tripartite governance from 1979-2025. Volume I starts from the Anglo Saxon period.

Wendy Laverick and her collaborator, Peter Joyce have published their second volume on police governance:

Governance of the Police in England and Wales, Vol II: Reform and Development of Tripartite Governance 1979–2025, link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Dr Clara Bosch March has published, 'Marco legislativo de la UE en materia de asilo y refugio: análisis de su evolución histórica (1986-2021)' libreria.tirant.com/es/libro/int...

<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library Click on the article title to read more.

Dr Stephanie Brown published a review of the 2024 scholarship in economic and social history in Economic History Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Fragile Strength of Brazil’s Democracy - Mahrukh Doctor, Daniel H. Alves, 2025

Dr Mahrukh Doctor with DH Alves, The Fragile Strength of Brazil’s Democracy. Political Insight, 16(4), 30-33. doi.org/10.1177/2041...

Lots of publications from us this week...

Last week, our lecturer Dr Meron Wondemaghen discussed her latest research on ‘Policing psychiatric illness: An organisational paradox for Health & Law’ for the Workshop on Ethical and Legal Aspects of Suicide Surveillance Technologies as part of a project funded by the NIHR.

On Wednesday 12th November, Dr Matt Beech spoke at Durham University's Centre for Political Thought on "The Life and Work of Raymond Plant". This is one of a series of events to disseminate his research from The Idea of the Good Society: Essays in Honour of Raymond Plant (OUP, 2025).

Trust and technology: barriers to police–prison cooperation in addressing organised crime in UK prisons Abstract. This article explores barriers to police–prison cooperation in tackling organised crime groups (OCGs) in the United Kingdom. The UK Government’s

Our lecturer Dr Alice Rizzuti, and Simone Santorso, have published the following article: Trust and technology: barriers to police–prison cooperation in addressing organised crime in UK prisons, Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, Volume 19, 2025, paaf040, doi.org/10.1093/poli...

The Long View - Criminals on the Loose - BBC Sounds Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of presidential candidates who have stood trial.

Yesterday I was on The Long View giving historical perspective to current issues in the prison system www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Dr Jessica Moriarty (Brighton), and Christina Reading (independent artist), on “How Can a Process of Writing and Walking Help to Navigate Liminal Life Spaces?: Our Collaborative Creative Recovery”
at Cultures of Incarceration Seminar 12 Nov, 4:30pm - hybrid.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-universi...

Fantastic keynote from @uniofhull.bsky.social alumna @tracyborman.bsky.social at AHTV 2025 🤩

Understanding Blockchain Technology against Food Fraud: A Criminological Perspective - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Food frauds, including the intentional adulteration or misrepresentation of a food product for financial gain, undermine the safety, reliability, and integrity of food supply chains and networks. Such...

Our lecturer, Dr Alice Rizzuti and co-author, Jon Davies (Manchester), have published open access the following article: 'Understanding Blockchain Technology against Food Fraud: A Criminological Perspective'. Eur J Crim Policy Res (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s106...

Giada Giacomini contributed to ‘Fireside Chat - Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and the Role of Indigenous Populations’ www.agda.ac.ae/media-centre...
And delivered an invited lecture on human rights and climate change at the UAE Ministry for Climate Change and the Environment.

Publication alert from our lecturer @drhelennichols.bsky.social:

’Supporting public safety leaders: Applying empirical findings to the emerging evidence’ (Rachael Mason, Lauren Smith, Karen Harrison, Helen Nichols) - Journal of Community Safety and Well-being
www.journalcswb.ca/index.php/cs...

What the data on knife crime suggests schools should do next New figures show that in-school knife crime incidents have decreased in many areas of England. Ellen Peirson-Hagger hears from leaders about what they are doing to drive this reduction, and whether it...

Prof @iainbrennan.bsky.social was quoted in this Times Education Supplement article on knife crime and schools: www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Last week our lecturers Mike McKue and Gill Hodgson hosted the THRIVE TRUST and young people's parliament from local schools.

One of my colleagues @stephemmabrown.bsky.social worked on this, but that's not the only reason I'm sharing it. I adore a good map! And historical inquests are fascinating.

Industrial and Reformatory School Registers - Our Criminal Ancestors Industrial and Reformatory Schools registers contain a great deal of information about the criminal and destitute children who were sent to these institutions from the mid-nineteenth century until 193...

Found a reference to industrial or reformatory school in your family history? Useful tips here: ourcriminalancestors.org/industrial-a...

Call for chapters, for collection edited by our colleagues:

Reparations in Historical and Contemporary Slavery: Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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The Conducive Environment: Reconceptualizing the Exploitation of Human Beings Abstract. Where does exploitation start and stop? When does cheap labour become forced labour? Where is the line drawn between destitution and coercion? Th

Simon Green, Alicia Heys, and Craig Barlow have published the following article: 'Conducive Environment: Reconceptualizing the Exploitation of Human Beings | The British Journal of Criminology academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

Our lecturer @stephemmabrown.bsky.social wrote an article @theconversation.com on 'The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 #heatwave'

Prisons need to have reducing reoffending as their core purpose, says Lords committee - Committees - UK Parliament The Justice and Home Affairs Committee today publishes its report Better prisons: less crime. The report examines the purpose, leadership, and oversight of prisons in England and Wales, as well as loo...

Written evidence from @drhelennichols.bsky.social collaboration with Professor Karen Harrison & Rachel Mason on prison staff wellbeing has been cited in this House of Lords Report, Better prisons: less crime.

committees.parliament.uk/committee/51...

Last week our lecturer and programme director, Mike McKue, attended the British Society of Criminology conference in Portsmouth. He presented on 'Barriers to trust and confidence in the policing of minority communities'.

We were so proud of all our graduates yesterday!

Our lecturer, Dr Jon Burnett recently spoke at the following symposium in London, Criminal (In)justice, State Racism and Colonial Legacies in the Law

Jon is also speaking at an Open University roundtable discussion on social justice this afternoon.