This woman in Crowborough who took down flags is a hero and I hope she's ok.

youtu.be/zw6__4oTfos PhD opportunity studying Child to parent violence at Queens University Belfast! #CPV #CAPVA 📣

To save you all time, let me say that Harvard referencing and APA7 are *not the same*. #typesetting #academicwoes

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

NEW The biggest police reform package for 50 years is days away. The 43-force model is being ditched, so are PCCs, & the Home Office is taking back control…. Read - for free - everything you need to know about the Police Reform White Paper: www.dannyshaw.net/post/police-...

‘Directions, divergences, and dilemmas: What next for the feminist project in law?’ You are very welcome to @lsjleeds.bsky.social's Annual Lecture, delivered by Professor @joanneconaghan.bsky.social. 📅10 March ⏰ 17:00- 19:30 📍Liberty Building LG.06 For more and to register👇 tinyurl.com/5emw347w

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Today’s news. It really is relentless.

Parents and children who went through a pioneering court process designed to better protect families affected by domestic abuse share their experiences in a new Ministry of Justice report led by Dr Charlotte Barlow. Read more about this comprehensive review 👇 tinyurl.com/5c2h68mp

Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.

📰Academic in the news! Our @dralimalik.bsky.social appears in the Yorkshire Evening Post on the 10-year anniversary of the Boxing Day floods. He has created a series of leaflets to help communities prepare for extreme weather events such as flooding, storms, heatwaves and snow 👇 tinyurl.com/y5u6twhf

I used GenAI to create an Excel file of the names, addresses, URLs etc. of all 74 coroners in E&W. I used it to build worksheets, & write code, to collate inquest details. Marvellous, I thought. Then it hallucinated inquests into the deaths of people who never existed, with names & dates.

Happy Winter/Summer solstice today and festive greetings for the coming week. Looking forward here to the lighter, longer days 🎄

New preprint: "Widening the Lens: Exploring Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing in the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts" www.crimrxiv.com/pub/9a70adbm... Led by @eoinguilfoyle.bsky.social, with Ana Morales & Sara Geneletti. We compare the Crown Court and the magistrates' courts for the first time...

Powerful and distressing reporting on the BBC website today. Many people having been shouting about this for a long time. Hoping this helps to being change. #adoption #CPV #CAPVA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.

📢 School of Law academics in the news! @drsamjlewis.bsky.social and @annabarker.bsky.social discuss the Feminist Research Into Violence & Abuse Network, driving vital research on gendered violence, from rural abuse to women’s safety in parks. Read more in the Yorkshire Post👇 tinyurl.com/2v2tf269

Don’t be like Kim Kardashian.

Dr Rebecca Shaw’s ‘Changing the Narrative of Domestic Abuse’ is a creative, evidence-based programme of Relationships, Sex and Health Education lessons on domestic abuse aimed at secondary school students years 7-11. Learn more about this vital resource👇 tinyurl.com/yhpzs2wa @ccjsleeds.bsky.social

It’s about time. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

‘The CBI and Universities UK… said universities already subsidised research by £5.4 billion a year, largely through international student income. A levy would "accelerate contraction" in research and innovation, they warned.’ www.thetimes.com/article/95f2...

We in the UK will work out far too late that this is a bad thing.

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

WOMEN RECLAIM THE NIGHT There are lots of Reclaim the Night events across West Yorkshire this weekend - here's Leeds Other Paper's report of the first one, back in 1977. #ReclaimTheNight #SaferStreets

Developments in AI are outpacing measures to ensure privacy and fairness, and prevent bias. In that context, this is very worrying: Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/t...

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

Our latest paper(with Ruth Weir, Niels Blom, Oluwole Adeniyi) entitled Increases In Disadvantage and Instability Are Associated With Rising Violence is finally published in the British Journal of Criminology! doi.org/10.1093/bjc/... LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Victim-survivors’ lives are being put on hold for years whilst waiting for cases to come to court. Many withdraw rather than continuing in a system that is exacerbating their hurt and harm. This is not justice 💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Calling law students interested in public law: the ALBA mooting competition is now under way. Details here. Academics/practitioners - please pass on. adminlaw.org.uk/event/the-ca...

I’m delighted to be attending this sumposium on religion and violence this afternoon. shilohproject.blog/announcing-a...

Vital new research by @dralimalik.bsky.social and funded by @vp-centre.bsky.social explores the role of Local Resilience Forums in preparing for and responding to the impacts of the climate crisis. For his recommendations, check out the article below👇 tinyurl.com/3fsxdns9 @ccjsleeds.bsky.social

This is not ideal. If you feel unwell, please test. Covid is still very much around.

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

New in the New York Times: President Trump complains that offences in the home are spoiling his crime figures & shouldn’t count as crimes. In other news, approximately 10m people in the US - mainly women - experience family violence each year. 🤨

My first session at the European Society of Criminology conference 2025 was an editors-meet-critics session discussing this fascinating new book on rural criminology in global perspective. #ESC2025 #Athens2025

📢 Important information: A UK-wide emergency alert test will sound on all mobile phones at this Sunday (7th September) at 3pm, even if they're on silent. Remember, you CAN opt out of this test. If you need to turn off alerts for safety reasons, follow these steps: www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...

The European Society of Criminology is normalizing war crime, crimes against humanity and genocide. We demand action from the ESC: please sign the petition to end complicity and circulate widely @europeangroup.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08... Very useful critique of neoclassical economics and the neoliberal revolution it inspired. Especially helpful are the tips for rebuilding an economy geared to welfare and justice. If only Rachel Reeves and the Treasury paid attention

Yes, and we’ve known this for years. ESRC-funded research published in 2019 revealed the problems with the DASH risk assessment. See: academic.oup.com/bjc/article/... www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Salford pioneered play streets, traffic-free from 8am till sunset (borrowed from New York) in the 1930s. Legislation followed: there were 700 in England and Wales in the 1950s, largely forgotten by the 1980s.

The genocide in Gaza & action by academic medics & others asking the Government to act (please see below). I signed this open letter today, and wanted to share it with other academic lawyers, criminologists & concerned others.

Our Professor @grahamfarrell.bsky.social weighs in on Nigel Farage's plans to halve crime in 5 years in the @economist.com. On Farage's plan to hire 30k new police officers, Prof Farrell says: “It would have diminishing returns and wouldn’t cut crime much at all.” Read more: tinyurl.com/45cj4mh6

✍️ 'Behavioural’ responses to DWP policy: weaponising the need to survive Minister suggests benefit cuts will spur ‘behavioural change’ – a claim critics describe as cruel, ignorant, and deeply stigmatising to people with disabilities By Maria Rosewood

FRIVA brings together academic experts & local stakeholders to improve the lives of women, girls & marginalised communities. Read about their June launch below! tinyurl.com/2htbnexm @ccjsleeds.bsky.social @westyorkspolice.bsky.social police.bsky.social @westyorkshireca.bsky.social a.bsky.social

Is there a relationship between immigration and rape/sexual assault? Two charts and an old blog for your consideration. First, immigration vs the prevalence of sexual assault recorded crime the Crime Survey.

Two former party leaders set out a vision for universal free childcare in the UK today. In a new report, Siân Berry, Green MP, and Mandu Reid, former leader of the Women’s Equality Party, make the case for childcare investment to be recognised as national infrastructure like our hospitals.

#AcademicSky please amplify this is a new feminist social science journal focused o. #equality & #justice THANK YOU!

This training looks excellent, and £80 for a 7hr in-person programme is good value. The link to book is here: www.womenshealthmatters.org.uk/a-compassion...

Understanding the Impact of Child Removal on Women is our full-day, in-person training designed to equip professionals with the knowledge, skills, and empathy needed to support women affected by child removal. 🗓 Upcoming sessions: 3rd November 2025 23rd February 2026 📲 Book now via our website!