Dr Sarah Waite

⚠️ Is the term 'vulnerable' helpful when used to describe women in the criminal justice system? Dr Sarah Waite and Lucy Campbell explore in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.

🎧 Listen to the full discussion - pod.fo/e/32d390

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Should stealing baby milk to feed your child lead to prison? Dr Sarah Waite & Lucy Campbell discuss how the prison system is failing women & what could be done to improve society’s response to women in crisis.

🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/32d390

New evaluation report, ‘Listening to Women, Learning for Justice’ on Greater Manchester Problem-Solving Court for Women, by myself and Dr Alexandria Bradley: eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/id/eprint/12...

New paper from @danicadarley.bsky.social and I problematising the operationalisation of ‘vulnerability’ in women’s prisons onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

DBS checks force pensioners to disclose childhood crimes Call for reform of criminal record disclosures as people who have not transgressed since the 1960s are made to explain minor offences

Via FOI we'd found out that people who committed childhood offences (under age 18) have to declare them in DBS checks decades later - a 70 year old had to declare obstructing a constable as a teenager & a 67 year old to disclose shoplifting committed before 1973 www.thetimes.com/article/291a...

Huge thank you to everyone that has supported and believed in the collection and its contributors!

Women, Relationships & Criminal Justice Women, Relationships & Criminal Justice - Recognising the Personal, Public & Professional; This edited collection offers diverse perspectives on the central role of relationships for criminalised wome...

💜 Our edited collection is available for pre-order. This book is the work of a feminist collective - a powerhouse of women, challenging & reimagining the CJS through diverse voices & forms of expression. So proud of everyone involved bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/women-relati...

Watch the trailer here: lnkd.in/debW7gWh

Read the Divided Households report here: lnkd.in/drrSwFza

And please do share this far and wide!

Funny how European scholars keep using “risk profiles” instead of “control profiles” to refer to group-based profiling of people. ‘Risk’ both sanitises and legitimises the deeply political, dehumanising, and subjugating logics (and legacies) of racialised group-based profiling.

Gendering Jail Craft: Preparing Officers for the Realities of Women’s Prisons? This blog shares some preliminary findings from a study tracking the development of graduate prison officers following gender-informed training

Gendering Jail Craft: Preparing Officers for the Realities of Women’s Prisons?
This blog shares some preliminary findings from a study tracking the development of graduate prison officers following gender-informed training
@drswaite.bsky.social on British Society of Criminology
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After only 4 weeks in my new post at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social I am already feeling immensely proud of my wonderful colleagues. Tonight, our very own Prof. Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo gave her Ted Talk on governance of cyberspace/digital colonialism. She was AMAZING. Photo cred. @agatafijalkow.bsky.social

The BSC Blog all about current issues on crime, criminology and criminal justice

Really pleased to be able to share some insights from my work tracking the development of graduate prison officers following gender-informed training. Paper in progress, happy to connect with anyone interested in this area: thebscblog.wordpress.com

Roll up, roll up ...we are recruiting new trustees at Transform Justice. Do join us...no trustee experience needed. Details here www.transformjustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...

One of the best parts of my job is being part of this supportive, uplifting community. Team Zine is awesome and I’m so glad our work is out there to share with others.

Very pleased to be able to share this paper, a true team effort! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Power in the courtroom: Judicial perspectives on care‐experienced girls and women in court This article focuses on rarely heard judicial perspectives, and the little explored challenges facing care-experienced girls and women in court. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with judges and ...

NEW ARTICLE. ‘Power in the Courtroom: Judicial Perspectives on Care-Experienced Girls & Women in Court’ just published – by me, Katie Hunter, @jostaines.bsky.social & Julie Shaw.

This one was a very long time in the writing and so pleased to see it out.

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FairChecks | A short film - #FairChecks A short film highlighting the experiences of those facing the life-long barrier of a criminal record. Join our campaign for criminal records reform today.

Released on Monday, @transformjustice.bsky.social's film supports their #FairChecks campaign. The powerful short film centres the experiences of people dealing with the life-long impact of a criminal record. fairchecks.org.uk/fairchecks-a...