Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland) Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city www.ucc.ie/en/collectiv...

New from me in CMC journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New article in British Journal of Criminoligy - Cascading Constraint and Subsidiary Discretion: Perspectives on Police Discretion From Police-Led Drug Diversion and Stop and Search in England track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

Call for papers for SI on Hybrid Drug Markets. Will explore the blurred on- and offline aspects of drug markets, drug use & harm reduction. Edited by @monicabarratt.bsky.social @thomasfriissogaard.bsky.social, @Robin van der Sanden. Abstracts 20 Sep. www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

Mixed methods PhD opportunity here at Bath looking at cannabis criminalisation www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Great to see this paper out from 2 of my fav ppl in the drug market research field:👍👇 academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

New RAND Europe review for the Home Office finds that drug-related law enforcement activities are of limited effectiveness in reducing violence, and may even increase it www.gov.uk/government/p...

The long-awaited evaluation of Project ADDER is now out, and makes fascinating reading for all with a concern for illicit drug problems in England and Wales. A thread: 1/? ttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/project-adder-impact-evaluation/project-adder-impact-evaluation#key-findings

Now out in Critical Criminology. #Interventionitis in the Criminal Justice System: Three English Cases. By me, @schreeche.bsky.social, @lbilli91.bsky.social & Keir Irwin-Rogers. 1/? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Call for abstracts for #issdp2025 has been extended to 31st January (you've still got time to submit your excellent drug policy research!) pretalx.com/internationa...

Good luck today Saket, Lynn and to all at the Thistle on the first sanctioned safer consumption facility in the UK. So much work to get this done. Congratulations to all who played their part over so many years. www.scotsman.com/news/inside-...

Bad news that these fake oxycodone tablets containing nitazenes are circulating in the UK.

Really honoured to be part of the organising committee for this year’s Int Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) in Manchester. Hosted by Manchester Met (who madly made me a visiting professor ☺️). Call for abstracts opened www.issdp.org

The Institute of Criminology is advertising the position of an Associate Professor to lead the Master of Studies (MSt) programme in Applied Criminology, Penology & Management. This is a part-time role on a fixed-term basis for three years. Further information here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49313/

📣 Release is recruiting a research lead for a new 4 yr project (Seriously thrilled about this). Working with unhoused folks we want to explore how housing policies must be inclusive of people who use drugs. www.release.org.uk/vacancy-rese... Deadline 25 Nov (excited this is my first post here)

This is why I like the concept of harm reduction policing, which encourages us to think about limiting the harms of coercive control, as well as the harms we label as crimes.