A key aim of my PhD is involving children and young people in research as much as possible. Using participatory methods & peer-led analysis (PTE), they helped shape the research. Not without limits, but a step towards reflecting lived experience. @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social

Something I worked on recently for the fabulous Turnaround Project in Belfast @qubcriminology.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Excited to share that I am one of the lucky people to have been awarded a justice fellowship by CORD-partnership www.maynoothuniversity.ie/cord-partner... @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie

How can we better explain why so many in the criminal justice system have trauma backgrounds (& why so many with trauma backgrounds aren’t)? In my new book I theorise the link between adversity, trauma & violent offending, proposing a deprivation framework: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Take a look 👀

Mental health and experience of violence: sobering insights from @youthendowmentfund.org.uk , including impact of exposure and system-level challenges addressing MH needs. youthendowmentfund.org.uk/wp-content/u...

This weeks featured essay is that of UG student Stella Lee. Stella was a first year student when she took the step to contact us to get her essay published @ssesw.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social blogs.qub.ac.uk/sssj/undergr... Submissions are open for the 6th edition of the journal.

@bsky.app Received an amazing email this morning. My first ever article as the sole author has been published www.youthandpolicy.org/about-us/ @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social

Challenging the orthodoxy of ACE dose-response effect among justice involved youth: “Results revealed curvilinear associations for several outcomes, including recidivism and internalizing symptoms, with diminishing effects at higher ACE levels.” link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Fabulous lunchtime presenting at the QUB ICCJ Three Minute Thesis Competition. Super excited to have placed 3rd @qubcriminology.bsky.social @slsshub.bsky.social

Received an amazing from QUB Centre for Educational Development. I have won the Teaching Award in the Individual Category. Absolutely thrilled to be the recipient of this award & look forward to the award celebration in December @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social

This weeks featured essay is that of 3rd Year Criminology & Sociology UG Zoe Humphries. Her essay is entitled 'Does imprisonment promote rehabilitation & reduce reoffending: A Critical Analysis.' Read it in full here blogs.qub.ac.uk/sssj/ @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #SSSJ

This weeks featured essay is that of 3rd year Sociology undergraduate Emma Flowers. Their essay is entitled Critical Theory vs Structural Functionalism: A Critical Evaluation blogs.qub.ac.uk/sssj/critica... @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Our published undergraduate students essays our now live on our webpage blogs.qub.ac.uk/sssj/journal... The first student to be featured is Akanksha Chauhan with their Briefing Paper on The Impact of Overcrowding on Prison Rehabilitation & Staff Safety in NI @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #SSSJ

It’s here 👏🏻 the 5th edition of the social science student journal @danielmuijs.bsky.social

What do people do to help get out of a writing slump? I have lots I need to be writing but when I sit down to start tapping away at the keyboard I just can’t seem to get going? Not the usual state of affairs for me as normally can tap away to my hearts content! #phdlife

Congratulations Eoin 👍👏

This was such an informative session.

Dr Antoinette Keaney Bell (@slsshub.bsky.social & @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social) presenting 'Hidden Harm - Exploring the use of Geographical Information System geostatistical analysis to identify where Child Criminal Exploitation might cluster' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference

Dr Orlaith Rice (@slsshub.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social) presenting 'Gendered Pathways to Justice Contact: Young People in the Justice System in Northern Ireland' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference Post 3/6

Aisling Reidy (@slsshub.bsky.social & @unioflimerick.bsky.social) presenting ''No Wrong Door’: Exploring Service Delivery and Complexity through the Voices of Young People, Parents, and Frontline Professionals' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference Post 4/6

Kelly Razey (@slsshub.bsky.social & @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social) presenting 'Amplifying Marginalised Voices: A Rapid Evidence Review of Participatory Methods Engaging Justice-Involved Youth' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference

Kylie Gill (@slsshub.bsky.social & @unioflimerick.bsky.social) presenting 'Crossing Borders: A Comparative Study of Leaving Care Policies in Ireland and Northern Ireland ' @ #NorthSouthCriminologyConference Post 6/6

Really enjoyed presenting at the North/South Crim Conference yesterday! I get so nervous and it most definitely isn’t one of my favourite things to do but the people who attended really made me feel at ease. Such a great day @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social #maynoothcrimcon

Great morning session on Young Adulthood & the Justice System #MaynoothCrimCon Informative presentations by our own hub colleague Kylie Gill, as well as presentations from Alison Coyne UCD and Siobhan Buckley UU @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social

Excited to be at the 16th Annual North/South Criminology Conference with my colleagues from @slsshub.bsky.social #MaynoothCrimCon @qubcriminology.bsky.social

PhD Training Day ahead of the North/South Criminology Conference at Maynooth University where I will be presenting my paper #MaynoothCrimCon @qubcriminology.bsky.social @slsshub.bsky.social

We are on the look out for our next PGT Editor in Chief! If you are a current PhD student in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen's University and interested in volunteering, email [email protected] @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @childrensrightsqub.bsky.social

SLSS Hub's Principal Investigators Dr Catherine Naughton (RoI) & Dr Colm Walsh (NI) were invited to present at the ministerial meeting 'Advancement of North-South Criminal Justice Cooperation' in Government Buildings this week. In attendance were Ministers Jim O'Callaghan (RoI) & Naomi Long (NI)

Pleased to have passed my annual progress review this morning. Such an amazing panel, who were genuinely interested in my research and methodology. Really has given me a confidence boost @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social #phdstudent

Please get behind this. It is barbaric that in this day and age this is deemed a suitable way forward! STOP the use of PAVA spray on children!

Enjoyed presenting my research methodology to a roomful of welcoming and friendly scholars at the @cambridgeup.bsky.social Institute of Criminology, PhD 2 day conference @qubcriminology.bsky.social @slsshub.bsky.social

Keynote speaker Professor Shadd Maruna at the PhD conference at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge @slsshub.bsky.social @shaddmaruna.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social

Practising ahead of tomorrows PhD conference at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social #phdstudent

Early flight this morning! Heading to the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge to present on my methodology @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social #phdstudent

Great afternoon introducing ALevel students to criminology @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social #AHSS #phdstudent

Excited to be presenting on my research’s methodology at the PhD conference - Criminology in an Interdisciplinary Age at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge on 28th -29th April @slsshub.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social

Sorry we have been quiet of late, we are working away in the background reviewing all the UG and PGT entries and getting the journal ready for publication @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #SSESW #SSSJ

This months Reading Club will look at Paradoxes of Collaborative Governance: Investigating the Real-life Dynamics of Multi-agency Collaborations using a Quasi-experimental Action-research Approach by Maurits Waardenburg, Martijn Groenleer, Jorrit de Jong & Bas Keijser

Exciting to see our paper on international women's problem solving courts in the Prison Service Journal. Co-authored this with @rutharmstrong.bsky.social and two @oxfordcrim.bsky.social graduate researchers @arkluge.bsky.social and @iuliavatau.bsky.social👏 www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-servi...

Thought for today 🤔 #AuthoringAPhD #PatrickDunleavy #QuentinCrisp

Please welcome Megan to our team. Megan is one of our new PGT peer reviewers. She is currently study a Masters in Research at SSESW 👏 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #sssj

More important research ✨📣 from our colleague Dr. Colm Walsh new data on paramilitary violence 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @qubcriminology.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Qub SSESW students met today to discuss gender equity within the school - as part of Athena Swan action- they had 🍕🍕🍕 and fun ! look at the pictures 🌈

Another great research publication from our colleagues John Topping, Allely Albert and Richard Marty 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽check it out @qubcriminology.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 Announcement 📢 Due to the overwhelming response and the incredible number of entries, the Social Science Student Journal is no longer accepting new submissions from UG and PGT students. We are truly grateful for the enthusiasm & support from all contributors. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #SSSJ

This @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social thematic report using data from 4 women's reception prisons is a shocking read, even for those who work in the sector. Prison is a very unsafe place for women. Read the report here: cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...

The campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility in NI continues - 30 years and still no change. Our NGOs continue to lead the call for progress @includeyouth.bsky.social @voypic.bsky.social @childlawcentre.bsky.social + NIACRO