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Lecturer in Criminology at University of Hull

An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Criminology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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Ndukuba Umeh, one of our MSc Social Research Students, has submitted an excellent policy brief UK Immigration Policy, “Illegal Migration”, and International Students. crimsoc.hull.ac.uk/2026/05/06/p...

Beth Darby, Craig Barlow, Alicia Heys & Simon Green @wilberforcehull.bsky.social have published 'Child criminal exploitation and the victim–offender overlap: A trauma-informed reconceptualisation' in Criminology & Criminal Justice. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Child criminal exploitation and the victim–offender overlap: A trauma-informed reconceptualisation - Bethany Darby, Craig Barlow, Alicia Heys, Simon Green, 2026

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) is currently receiving significant attention in the United Kingdom with the proposal of a new dedicated offence. Presently, CC...

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Publication news: @iainbrennan.bsky.social, Nicola O’Leary, & colleagues have published 'A pilot pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a combined deterrence message and audio-recording enabled domestic abuse alarm intervention’ in Crime Science link.springer.com/article/10.1....

A pilot pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a combined deterrence message and audio-recording enabled domestic abuse alarm intervention - Crime Science

Accounts of technological advances in the area of domestic abuse have tended to focus on their role in facilitating abuse with less attention paid to how technology can be used to protect victims and ...

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Our Lecturer in Criminology @drstephaniebrown.bsky.social is publishing her debut trade book on medieval murder

The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 3mo ago

WH Allen has acquired Murder in the Middle Ages: A New History of Old Crimes by Stephanie Brown, a criminologist at the University of Hull, BBC New Generation Thinker and co-founder of Medieval Murder Maps 👇 #BookSky

Tonight I am speaking about the @medimurdermaps.bsky.social as part of Colliderfest @uniofhull.bsky.social It is free, but seats can be booked here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/hul...

This was a great talk. Thanks to the Centre for Violence, Victimisation and Vulnerability for organising.

Iain Brennan@iainbrennan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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...

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...

“The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU): Past, Present and Future”

Join the first session of our CV3 Speaker Series with Jimmy Paul, Head of Scotland’s Violence Reduction Unit.

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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...

Homicide in England and Wales, Part 3: Homicide offenders – Matt Ashby

Matt Ashby

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Don't forget that the Call for Papers for #ROYS26 is open! Working on Yorkshire's past, any time period, any discipline? If so, please do send an abstract to ridingsofyorkshire@gmail.com. Find out more: ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk/call-for-papers-2026/ #Skystorians #History #Culture #York

Dr Victoria Burton @victorialou22.bsky.social is doing a charity fundraiser for Dove House Hospice www.justgiving.com/page/vicky-b...

Dove House Hospice Strictly Learn to Dance (dancing in memory of Nicola Dean)

Help Victoria Burton raise money to support Dove House Hospice

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Wendy Laverick and her collaborator, Peter Joyce have published their second volume on police governance: Governance of the Police in England and Wales, Vol II: Reform and Development of Tripartite Governance 1979–2025, link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Governance of the Police in England and Wales, Volume II

This volume (II) covers reform and development of tripartite governance from 1979-2025. Volume I starts from the Anglo Saxon period.

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Lots of publications from us this week...

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...

Trust and technology: barriers to police–prison cooperation in addressing organised crime in UK prisons

Abstract. This article explores barriers to police–prison cooperation in tackling organised crime groups (OCGs) in the United Kingdom. The UK Government’s

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Yesterday I was on The Long View giving historical perspective to current issues in the prison system www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Long View - Criminals on the Loose - BBC Sounds

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of presidential candidates who have stood trial.

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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...

Understanding Blockchain Technology against Food Fraud: A Criminological Perspective - European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Food frauds, including the intentional adulteration or misrepresentation of a food product for financial gain, undermine the safety, reliability, and integrity of food supply chains and networks. Such...

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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...

What the data on knife crime suggests schools should do next

New figures show that in-school knife crime incidents have decreased in many areas of England. Ellen Peirson-Hagger hears from leaders about what they are doing to drive this reduction, and whether it...

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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.

Isabelle Marie@isabellemarie.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Medieval murder maps reveal the surprising geography of violence in 14th-century English cities. phys.org/news/2025-08...

Found a reference to industrial or reformatory school in your family history? Useful tips here: ourcriminalancestors.org/industrial-a...

Industrial and Reformatory School Registers - Our Criminal Ancestors

Industrial and Reformatory Schools registers contain a great deal of information about the criminal and destitute children who were sent to these institutions from the mid-nineteenth century until 193...

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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...

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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-...

The Conducive Environment: Reconceptualizing the Exploitation of Human Beings

Abstract. Where does exploitation start and stop? When does cheap labour become forced labour? Where is the line drawn between destitution and coercion? Th

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Our lecturer @stephemmabrown.bsky.social wrote an article @theconversation.com on 'The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 #heatwave'

Dr Stephanie Brown@drstephaniebrown.bsky.social · last yr.

My article for @theconversation.com 'The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave' theconversation.com/the-dangers-...