My review of @melaynakay.bsky.social’s A Philosophical History of Police Power. This book makes important contributions to several bodies of literature, and communicates complex arguments very clearly. Well worth reading! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do not miss the event of the year!!!!! What a fantastic opportunity to celebrate Tanya, who is not just a brilliant scholar but a brilliant friend ❤️

EXCLUSIVE: Two Palestinian flags on a tapestry on display at the National Gallery of Australia have been concealed with white fabric, in what the artists have described as an act of censorship they only agreed to reluctantly.

Creative Australia ditching Khaled Sabsabi as our representative at the Venice Biennale is an extraordinary denial of artistic freedom by our supposedly leading & independent arts advocate. A week ago Sabsabi said he thought the honour "wouldn’t happen because of who I am.” Turns out he was right.

I was on Triple J Hack yesterday to speak about the Sam Kerr verdict -- thanks to Dave and the team for having me! www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...

My new article for The Conversation.

If prison beds are built, they will be filled... Amplifying calls to stop prison expansion and build real community safety through alleviating structural inequalities, with @blatmannaama.bsky.social @drnatosborne.bsky.social @francismarkham.work and Andrew Burridge

We Lebs have transcended race! Incredible. I’m still not eating devon, though

I'm flattered that my article 'Gangland and Task Force Gain' received the Australian & New Zealand Society of Criminology's Early Career Award this year — thanks to the selection committee for their consideration! I'm indebted to everyone who provided feedback on drafts 🙏 anzsoc.org/anzosc-2024-...

This month I am leaving Birkbeck after 5 years. I’ll be forever grateful to my brilliant colleagues & students, and I’ll miss them. But I’m also buzzing to be joining Monash Criminology/Social Sciences in January. I’ve received a really warm welcome & I’m looking forward to becoming part of the team

The @BBCiPlayer is live-streaming the evidence from arch manipulator #BobLambert the #spycops inquiry today. Tune in here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

ICYMI: compelling new StopWatch report arguing for the repeal of Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act. Section 60 empowers police to conduct ‘suspicionless’ stops and searches. Extra points for a clever title. www.stop-watch.org/news-opinion...

Give him whatever he wants. WHATEVER. HE. WANTS.

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A bumper day of court cases involving Metropolitan Police officers. First, an Ilford PC accused of inflicting life-changing injuries on a man who was Tasered and fell off a shed roof. Pleads not guilty to causing GBH, case sent for trial www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/m...

This has been a vital message Netpol has promoted vigorously on the other place: blue bibbed "police liaison officers" at protests are intelligence gatherers, you do not need to speak to them, so don't

Edward Said wrote about the racist function of the label "terrorist" back in 1986 in this book review: www.thenation.com/article/arch... The book he was critiquing was "Terrorism: How the West Can Win", by Benjamin Netanyahu.

So I didn't get the starter pack memo and made a list of people doing Criminology, which you can use as a feed. It keeps growing. If you should be on it, let me know. bsky.app/profile/did:... #Criminology

Trying to foster connections between emerging, early career, and senior policing scholars! Open to all fields — please share and let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/GwDMiAc

Petition against the University of London injunction against protests in support of BDS | change.org/p/university...

Thoroughly enjoying reading this. Currently writing a review for Social & Legal Studies. In short: strongly recommend!