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).

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...

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 🤩

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...

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.

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

We have spaces on: M930 BA Criminology M931 BA Criminology (with Foundation Year) LM39 BA Criminology and Sociology M9F4 BA Criminology with Forensic Science M9M1 BA Criminology with Law M9C8 BA Criminology with Psychology Call us or apply online www.hull.ac.uk/study/underg...

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'

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.

Congrats to two new postdocs @wilberforcehull.bsky.social Drs Bethany Darby and Craig Barlow are funded via the AHRC Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre. They will work with Dr Alicia Heys on the Legal Enforcement of Modern Slavery. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Our lecturer, Dr Nicola O'Leary, presented at the Humber Violence Prevention Partnership about the Home Office funded project to understand 'Community insights into high visibility policing in the Humber Region'.

A big welcome to everyone on campus for our This Is Hull festival! 👋 It's going to be a jam-packed week full of fun activities to get involved with so you can get a taste of uni life. We hope you enjoy your time at the Uni of Hull! 🤩

Our Lecturer @stephemmabrown.bsky.social is a BBC / AHRC New Generation Thinker and researcher-in-residence for Woman's Hour

Busy week for prof @iainbrennan.bsky.social New report: Rollings, J., Cornish, R., Brennan, I. and Teyhan, A. (2025). Association between school exclusion, suspension, absence, and violent crime. Youth Endowment Fund. research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Check out this blog I wrote for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social on using @medimurdermaps.bsky.social in your teaching

Our Policing lecturer, Mike McKue, has published the following piece in the latest edition of Police Science magazine: 'An independent view: rebuilding trust and confidence in policing within minority communities' magazine.science.police.uk

The first article relating to @medimurdermaps.bsky.social has been published today. Check out "Spatial dynamics of homicide in medieval English cities: the Medieval Murder Map project" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Our senior lecturer @adornella.bsky.social has published the following article: 'To Study Religion and Media, We Need to Teach Religion and Media: Economic Realities, Challenges, and Future Directions', in: Journal of Religion, Film, and Media, 11(1), 2025. jrfm.eu/index.php/oj...

Our lecturers Mike McKue, Jo Metcalf, & @stephemmabrown.bsky.social have been out and about this week speaking with local colleges about doing Criminology at Hull. If you'd like us to come and speak to your students, do get in touch.

Despite rising victim numbers, convictions under the Modern Slavery Act remain low. Join Dr Alicia Heys to explore the barriers to justice—and what they mean for business. 👉 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/barriers-t...

Lord Timpson OBE, Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending speaks on Probation's Crucial Role in an Evolving Criminal Justice System at 27th Annual McWilliams Probation Lecture, 11 July 2025 Register for online or in-person attendance www.crim.cam.ac.uk/events/27th-...

‘Barriers to prosecutions and convictions under the Modern Slavery Act 2015' report launched by the Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre: modernslaverypec.org/resources/prosecutions-modern-slavery-act. @wilberforcehull.bsky.social

Come and join our fab colleagues @historyathull.bsky.social

Proud to see Alicia’s report on barriers to prosecutions under the Modern Slavery Act featured in Forbes: 🔗 bit.ly/3GV5kmq The article shares insights from interviews with legal experts on why conviction rates stay low despite strong UK laws.

Fab work, Alicia!

Great to see Dr Alicia Heys's new report on the barriers to successful prosecutions under the Modern Slavery Act, published by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre today. Also, find details of her lunchtime seminar next week.

Huge congrats to our Head of School @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social for her article on the media/cultural representations of HMP Holloway vs the day-to-day experiences of the female population

A reminder for all our female (and working class) students to vote in the upcoming elections on 1 May - you would not have had these rights in the past, do not take it for granted 🗳️

Our lecturer Dr Dheeraj Paramesha-Chaya has published book chapter on Pakistan's intelligence in the first academic book on examining the colonial and post-colonial linkages in South Asia's intelligence services. www.routledge.com/Intelligence...

"When women are imprisoned their motherhood is expected to be set aside, as if it's a coat that can be taken off & hung on a hook... But setting motherhood aside is not like taking off a coat; it's more like peeling off your own skin." My essay for Radio 3👇 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

“There are some areas where the law isn’t working, joint enterprise is one of them” In a new podcast, Maxine Peake explores joint enterprise, who it affects, and why campaigners are arguing that justice is not being served by these vague laws.

Call for abstract/poster submissions for this year's WRDTP Annual Conference, which will take place on Tuesday 17th June 2025 @sheffielduni.bsky.social. This year's theme is 'Social Science, Care and Hope'. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wrdtp-14th...

Great panel this morning @esshc.bsky.social #esshc2025 on 'Sympathy, discretion & mercy in suspected homicide cases' ⚖️with @sophiemhistory.bsky.social discussing coroners, @stephemmabrown.bsky.social gender in Welsh capital punishment & Alexa Neale on global politics and gendered mercy ⚖️🌟

What’s It Like To Talk Poetry In Prison? Curiosity held our first event in Hull Prison Library last week. Poet @mattnicholson365.bsky.social describes the experience. curiosityhull.co.uk/whats-it-lik... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @deanwilson.bsky.social

Our excellent colleague, Dr Helen Fenwick, responds to the discovery of archaeology near Howden.

Call for papers: Behind Bars: Penal Heritage Symposium 2025

Professor Simon Green is currently a visiting scholar at Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (lnkd.in/eBT45xJx), co-editing a special edition focusing on the intersection of exploitation, victim rights & victimological values & co-authoring an article on Victim Survival Skills.