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Join us at the next UCD Criminology Salon on Mon 20 Oct. @nicolacarr.bsky.social will discuss her recent book book co-edited with @harryannison.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices. All welcome! Please register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-crimin...

1 Day Event @uniofbath.bsky.social: "Justice Beyond Criminal Justice" Are you working on justice thinking or processes that sit outside the formal criminal justice system? If so, come & present your ideas Wed 29th Oct *Please share widely* www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/justice-be...

Anyone have a view on this? Maybe @samfr.bsky.social 🙏

Available now: 'Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices' edited by @harryannison.bsky.social, @nicolacarr.bsky.social and Thomas Guiney bit.ly/4nTAUlF #CriminalLaw #HumanRights #SocioLegal

Parole Futures is published! A co-edited collection by me, @nicolacarr.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney featuring a world-leading panel of 27 experts from law, sociology, criminology and political science to explore pressing questions relating to parole. Full details: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/parole-fu...

Parole Futures is published! A co-edited collection by me, @nicolacarr.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney featuring a world-leading panel of 27 experts from law, sociology, criminology and political science to explore pressing questions relating to parole. Full details: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/parole-fu...

Podcast episode just out by @publicpolicyuos.bsky.social! Where @matthew-millings.bsky.social & I talk about the @ukri.org "Rehabilitating Probation" project & chat with @cassiarowland.bsky.social about our enjoyable collaborations with @instituteforgovernment.org.uk open.spotify.com/episode/7xVu...

Sense check query for anyone Education-oriented: For my (criminal justice) research, various policy makers have pointed to Education as an area that has seen a lot of bureaucracy stripped out, real improvements in that regard over the past (5? 10? 15?) years. C'est vrai?

It’s been a real pleasure to work with Andrew, Phil and Paula from the @prisonradiouk.bsky.social and can really recommend not just the three episodes we’ve been part of, but their much wider collection of excellent ‘The Secret Life of Prisons’ podcasts 👍🏻

🔍 The project team share four dominant themes that emerged from their research and how they shape some of the key messages from the project. www.probation-institute.org/news/explori... #probation #rehabilitation

🎙️ The third episode of the rather excellent Secret Life of Prisons podcast series that has focused on the ESRC funded Rehabilitating Probation Project is now available! rehabilitating-probation.org.uk/our-research... @ukri.org #probation #criminaljustice

🎙️ New Policy Pod Episode! We spotlight the ESRC Rehabilitating Probation project, joined by @cassiarowland.bsky.social‬ to discuss experiences of engaging with policy makers. 🎧 Tune in: buff.ly/0SNaxrs #CriminalJustice #Probation #PublicPolicy #ESRC

A nice little discussion of our @probationres.bsky.social project here. And I would hope that some other researchers might find the discussion about engaging with policy makers helpful. Always fun to chat with @matthew-millings.bsky.social and the good folk at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk

A nice little discussion of our @probationres.bsky.social project here. And I would hope that some other researchers might find the discussion about engaging with policy makers helpful. Always fun to chat with @matthew-millings.bsky.social and the good folk at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk

Podcast episode just out by @publicpolicyuos.bsky.social! Where @matthew-millings.bsky.social & I talk about the @ukri.org "Rehabilitating Probation" project & chat with @cassiarowland.bsky.social about our enjoyable collaborations with @instituteforgovernment.org.uk open.spotify.com/episode/7xVu...

📣 Join us for our Public Policy Annual Lecture with UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser Dame Angela McLean 🗓️ 23 June | 🕒 15:30–17:00 📍 UoS B100/R4011 Light refreshments and networking at 4:30pm. 🔗 Register here: buff.ly/rQhM8Ru #SciencePolicy #PublicPolicy

Us in the @probationres.bsky.social team will be giving this talk next month. Timely given the Sentencing Review recommendations & implications for probation. FYI @russellwebster.com @robroballen.bsky.social @cjalliance.bsky.social @uosengagement.bsky.social @uoscommsallison.bsky.social

Combine this with the pressures behind the Sentencing Review, the crises facing prisons and probation - and the cross pressures from the Home Office - and you've got one "interesting" time for the incoming Permanent Secretary

The latest edition of the Probation Quarterly from @probinst2.bsky.social is out and we are in it! It’s a full issue and a great read and in our piece we feature some key messages from the study and provide details of our session on the 27th June rehabilitating-probation.org.uk/our-research...

Two weeks to go - perfect time to sign up

Dr Joe Atkinson says digital surveillance at work threatens workers' rights and impacts their wellbeing in a new report for the Institute of Public Policy Research. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

very good discussion of the sentencing review in this podcast

Us in the @probationres.bsky.social team will be giving this talk next month. Timely given the Sentencing Review recommendations & implications for probation. FYI @russellwebster.com @robroballen.bsky.social @cjalliance.bsky.social @uosengagement.bsky.social @uoscommsallison.bsky.social

just a reminder that @princetonupress.bsky.social books still on 50% off sale with code BLOOM50 this month including Supply Chain Justice and many other exciting new border control books (like Irene Vega's one on US border guards): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

See you at 5pm! Come along to critique normative approaches to justice & think about how colonial logic influences justice today

Really enjoyed representing the @probationres.bsky.social team, giving a keynote talk at the Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice annual conference on possible policy futures. Great discussion. Thanks to @mfeilzer.bsky.social for the invite!

🚨How can we end the IPP scandal once and for all? Introducing a new dedicated page on our website to explain what the problems are, the impact they are having, and how they might be solved... howardleague.org/what-are-ipp... #LiftTheLidOnPrisons

For a bit of hope, check out the fantastic @officialecfc.bsky.social , fan-owned for over 20 years now and thriving www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Our briefing, "Lessons for Public Management Reform from the insourcing of probation services in England and Wales" is now available! Well worth a look eprints.soton.ac.uk/499654/1/109... @probationres.bsky.social @nicolacarr.bsky.social @matthew-millings.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

🚨New Publication Alert🚨 We are happy to share news of the latest article from the ESRC-funded Rehabilitating Probation Project. Here, we explore probation staff expectations, in the months leading up to its formal implementation, of Professional Registration 1/3 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Now available! The related briefing, 'Lessons for Public Management from the Insourcing of Probation Services in England and Wales' eprints.soton.ac.uk/499654/1/109...

Our briefing, "Lessons for Public Management Reform from the insourcing of probation services in England and Wales" is now available! Well worth a look eprints.soton.ac.uk/499654/1/109... @probationres.bsky.social @nicolacarr.bsky.social @matthew-millings.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

🚨 We are currently accepting proposals for our 2027 Special Issue 🚨 Interested in guest-editing for #TheoreticalCrim? Submit a proposal by April 15 for consideration. We look forward to reading yours! Guidelines for special issue proposals can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...

Hello from the Editors at the European Journal of Probation! We are just getting started on BlueSky. We welcome submissions on a range of topics across: #probation and community justice, sentencing, #parole, resettlement, desistance, and much more. 🔗 to our website: journals.sagepub.com/home/EJP

Five years on from Covid, here are five ways we made an impact. From vaccine trials and testing to life-saving equipment, our academics worked with others to play a crucial role in tackling the pandemic. @uhsftresearch.bsky.social | @southamptonbrc.bsky.social | @uhsftresearch.bsky.social

‘A life in the day of’ - Simon Armitage’s ode to the Probation Service Best 2 minutes 20 seconds of my week www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwjO...

📸Look back | What lessons can government learn from the insourcing of probation services We were joined by @harryannison.bsky.social, Helen Berresford, @samfr.bsky.social, Martin Jones CBE, @cassiarowland.bsky.social to discuss the probation service www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/lesson...

It was a pleasure to represent the @probationres.bsky.social team this week at this stimulating event with @instituteforgov.bsky.social Full recording of the event available here www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/lesson...

Register for this exciting C-BEAR workshop on experiments in Social Sciences @unisouthampton.bsky.social this summer! store.southampton.ac.uk/short-course...

Great to see our event with @instituteforgov.bsky.social generate the discussion and interest that it did. Click on the link to watch/listen to the event rehabilitating-probation.org.uk/our-research... @nacro.bsky.social @ukri.org

Interesting discussions about the challenges facing probation, and wider lessons for structural reform in the public sector. For more insights from the @probationres.bsky.social project see www.rehabilitating-probation.org.uk

EVENT: I’m chairing a fab panel inc @samfr.bsky.social, @harryannison.bsky.social, Helen Berresford @nacro.bsky.social & Martin Jones at HMI Probation to talk public service reform, insourcing & my fave underappreciated service. Come along at 12.30! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/lesson...

Today's the day. Looking forward to representing the excellent @probationres.bsky.social team and @unisouthampton.bsky.social at this timely @instituteforgov.bsky.social lunchtime event

We have a great conference upcoming at Southampton Law School @unisouthampton.bsky.social 17-18 September, "SDG+10: A Global Legal Stocktake of Achievements, Opportunities and Challenges" Submit your abstract by 31 May! Full details of panels attached

We have a great conference upcoming at Southampton Law School @unisouthampton.bsky.social 17-18 September, "SDG+10: A Global Legal Stocktake of Achievements, Opportunities and Challenges" Submit your abstract by 31 May! Full details of panels attached

#CfP on #SDG at 10: A Global Legal Stocktake of Achievements, Opportunities and Challenges Join the @unisouthampton.bsky.social Law School for our hybrid conference on 17th–18th September 2025 Deadline: 31st March 2025 www.southampton.ac.uk/law/news/202...

A little read for a Friday afternoon. We also argue that reform needs development of a compelling narrative that can bring public debate to a better place as regards crime and punishment.

EVENT: What lessons can government learn from the insourcing of probation services? Join us on Monday 17 March as we explore the impact of the Probation Service with @harryannison.bsky.social, Helen Berresford, @samfr.bsky.social, Martin Jones CBE www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/lesson...

"What lessons can government learn from the insourcing of probation services?" Find out at this event on 17 March www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/lesson... Look forward to speaking on behalf of the @probationres.bsky.social team