The governing body for 14 Dutch universities (UNL) has published a "Vision on Publication Culture" that is so inspiring and forward thinking. Worth a read for those trying to changes publishing and research assessment practices. Take a read: www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/files/public...

How do we know if research is credible? In Abatayo et al., 86 of us combined evidence across the SCORE program including replicability, reproducibility, robustness, human and machine assessments to understand relationships among many potential credibility measures. 1/ Paper: osf.io/preprints/me...

Continuing from this morning’s SAFE podcast. Laurelle Brown’s latest blog looks at what it really takes to embed race equity into Focused Deterrence programmes. It’s not an add-on, it’s about relationships, data, and rethinking how decisions are made. youthendowmentfund.org.uk/building-rac...

Reminder! We are seeking discussants for a roundtable on repeatability of criminological research at #eurocrim2026 @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social Inform us before 20 March if you are interested @asiermoneva.com @alextrinidad.eurosky.social @isabellevdv.bsky.social

Scotland experienced similar reductions in violence to those described in this great @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social article. If you want to learn about that process and maybe look into the future of US violence prevention, sign up for this talk: Wednesday 2pm *GMT* www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...

This Wednesday 2-3.30pm GMT @crimsochull.bsky.social: Jimmy Paul (Head of Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit) discussing 20 yrs of violence reduction in Scotland and the challenges of sustained violence reduction. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...

📣 Join the Youth Endowment Fund as a Senior Grants & Commissioning Manager. Be part of our mission in preventing children and young people becoming involved in violence. Closing date: 17/3/26, 12PM. 📌Apply here: youthendowmentfund.org.uk/careers/ #NGOjobs #Hiring

Other interesting things: China is now the second country with most accesses to pubs (it used to be UK; now third). Philippines has surpassed Canada as fourth. India has surpassed Germany and France. And Nigeria and Kenya have surpassed Netherlands. This is truly a service to global criminology 🌎🌍🌏

Every now and then I like to have a look at the stats for @crimrxiv.com to see how we’ve been doing. ChatGPT has now solidly surpassed LinkedIn, X and Bing as the third top referrer (behind Google and Google Scholar). One can only assume it will continue to climb the rankings in the coming years

There are still places left for the upcoming LSE/UCL event 'Police and People in London - What's changed in 40 years'. Afternoon of the 6th March at LSE. Come along - it'll be fun! www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...

BSky hive mind, please send help. I've recently (in 2026) seen paper about how people's action on given advice doesn't change much even if they learn advice was given by LLM. Anyone can signpost this, pretty please? #AcademicSky

"Successes from prevention are statistical rather than personal." Nice article from @johnkroman.bsky.social on violence prevention and its challenges in the US

Robynn Cox and I have a new paper! It's about the history of predictive algorithms in criminal justice, back in the 1920s-1950s. This paper is the result of five years of research and we're so happy to see it out. 🧵 1/

Just released: UKRN Working Paper 9! can open research practices be monitored automatically across UK universities - the answer is: promising Lots of potential (intro, pre-registration + PIDs ), but metadata chaos is still a big blocker. ukrn.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/02/12/u...

Preprint available here: jmpinasanchez.github.io/sentencing.h... #sentencing #punitiveness #disparities

'From Principles to Populism: Sentencing in England and Wales', available now ahead of print in Crime and Justice vol. 55, www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... in which Julian Roberts and I provide an introduction to sentencing in E&W, and review recent developments in policy and research.

JOB: Quantitative criminology lectureship at Cardiff krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.

New piece from us in the @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social newsletter, on why Criminology is lagging behind in Open Science and steps needed from the ESC to promote #openscience. escnewsletter.org/archive/crim... With Torbjørn Skardhamar and Jakob Demant

NEW resource for open research in the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences: The MORPHSS catalogue documents 30 open research practices in AHSS disciplines, with detailed descriptions, examples, and suggested resources and further reading. catalogue.morphss.work

👀In a few weeks' time we'll be launching our NEW catalogue of open research practices in the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences - ~30 open research practices across AHSS disciplines that we've documented so far, with detailed descriptions, examples and resources.

This year featuring the great @sandyschumann.bsky.social, recipient of the @opencriminology.bsky.social 's Open Science Award with a talk on... yes, you guessed correctly: #OpenScience!

Excellent thread here about domestic homicide 👇

If you're interested in big data and/or the relationship between school and crime, come along to this webinar on 18th Feb, 1-3pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-schoo...

The most-common victim of homicide a young man killed during a brawl. But what about child homicide, elder abuse and domestic abuse? This thread summarises what we know about homicide vulnerability for those specific groups in society. 🧵

"Formatting Graphs", with Andrezj Uhl, from Leeds. Andrezj will introduce the art of 'graph retouching', or how to make your graphs more intuitive and effective using simple online tools like Canva. A workshop of interest to all, regardless of data analysis skills. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Want to know more about the Potential Outcomes Framework? Check out this short course from the @whiteroseuc.bsky.social DTP training team, based on @clanfear.bsky.social’s great presentation during his visit to Leeds. wrdtp.ac.uk/methods-reso...

Great episode of Decoding the Gurus with @dingdingpeng.the100.ci on how to science good 👏 open.spotify.com/episode/7a6R...

Homicide (like all types of crime) is heavily concentrated in a small number of places – half of all homicides in England and Wales happen in six police-force areas. But where are different types of homicide most concentrated? 🧵

My latest look at charge rate progression for rapes recorded in successive financial years in England and Wales, using an approach I developed when working on Op Soteria and the latest Home Office data. In this view we can see how the starting point has risen since 2021/22.

This is the third in a series of seven threads summarising different aspects of homicide in England and Wales. You can find links to the other threads at lesscrime.info/post/homicid...

This analysis of homicide offenders in England and Wales comes from a report written by me and @iainbrennan.bsky.social for the UK College of Policing. You can get more detail at lesscrime.info/post/homicid...

Each year about 730 people are charged with a homicide offence in England and Wales. But who are they? This thread summarises what we know about who commits homicides and in what circumstances. 🧵

This graphic on ethnic disparities in homicide never fails to shock me.

Each week, about 12 people are killed in homicides in England and Wales. But who is most likely to be killed? This thread summarises what we know about who is most likely to be a victim of homicide. 🧵

The homicide rate in England and Wales is about one fifth of the global average, and about one third of the average for high-income countries. The US homicide rate is six times higher than ours.

Homicide in England and Wales is rare, and getting rarer. The homicide rate increased continuously from 1960 until 2000, then dropped substantially until 2016. After a brief increase, homicide has now dropped to the lowest level since the 1970s.

You may wonder why I say 'homicide', not 'murder'. It's not just Americanism! Basically, in some cases the difference between an offence being categorised as murder, manslaughter or infanticide can be very technical, so it's normal to analyse them together under the title 'homicide'.

Before going further, it’s important to remember every homicide is a tragedy for the victim and their family. Every data point in these posts represents a human being. These are some of the 1,869 victims of homicide in England and Wales whose cases are included in this analysis:

This first thread puts homicide in context. Future daily threads will cover: • homicide victims • homicide offenders • homicide methods • homicide hotspots • homicide vulnerability • homicide enhancers

We're consumed by stories of murder, but how much do you know about homicide in England and Wales? Every day this week I'm going to post a thread summarising a different aspect of what data can tell us about the nature of homicide. 🧵

This report by me and @mattashby.com came out before Christmas but passed me by. Based on three years of Homicide Index data, it contains everything you might want to know about recent patterns in homicide in England and Wales. library.college.police.uk/docs/Pattern.... Viz wizardry all by Matt.

There is still time to register for this event on school absences and crime!

If you are interested in all things ✨causal inference✨, please join our multidisciplinary Causal Inference Interest Group (CIIG). We host monthly seminars featuring speakers with various academic backgrounds and research interests. Links below. cc @clscohorts.bsky.social @pwgtennant.bsky.social

The call for abstracts for LEPH2026 is open. Researchers, practitioners, policymakers & community leaders are invited to submit proposals that advance safer, healthier communities. Deadline: 16 March 2026 Decisions by early May Submit now: leph2026.org @glepha.bsky.social

'The Effect of Counting Rules on Cross-National Comparisons of Homicide', by @davidbuil.bsky.social (who came up with the idea & did all of the data analysis and most of the write up), myself & @marcelo-f-aebi.bsky.social, just out at Social Indicators Research (link.springer.com/article/10.1...).

Our new journal @evidencebasejnl.bsky.social will officially be launching its inaugural issue in April. Evidence assessments, cutting edge methodology papers, research commentaries .. www.tandfonline.com/journals/reb...

We're thrilled to open registration for our 1st 2026 Replication Games. The event will be at the University of Zurich on January 19th. Psych, public health, pol sci and econ studies will be reproduced! Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...

Thrilled to share my latest paper entitled, "Estimating Discrimination in Sentencing: Distinguishing between Good and Bad Controls" Led by @jpinasanchez.bsky.social, the paper introduces a framework for examining discrimination in criminal justice processes. 🧵 1/10 publicera.kb.se/ejels/articl...

One week left to apply — If you're a PhD student and would like to discuss your work, meet like-minded people, and enjoy London, then please apply before December 8th!