Dr Oscar
@droscaro.bsky.social
Criminologist, futurist and writer focussing on social inequality and the future of imprisonment (& too much football) | 📍Berlin #academicsky
CALL FOR CHAPTERS! Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...
The Home Office' anti-immigration agenda is strangling growth across the economy. It prevents a closer relationship with Europe, deprives us of the workers we need and undermines universities. getting-out-of-the-hole.uk/labours-red-...
A helpful reminder that not all politicians are the same… Some are more corrupt than others… Farage comfortably ahead for private interest earnings this Parliament
🚨 New publication in @natureportfolio.nature.com!!! ⏰ It’s taken a while, but sometimes good science takes time. 🚽 Near-source wastewater-based epidemiology is a game changer for public health surveillance in prisons. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Near-source wastewater surveillance as a non-invasive tool for disease detection in prisons - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Near-source wastewater surveillance as a non-invasive tool for disease detection in prisons
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‘LLMs shift work from drafting to verification and correction, offsetting speed gained during initial text generation.’ A wonderful use of police time so far… #cjs #policing #LLMs #AI
CrimRxiv@crimrxiv.com · 7mo ago🚨 New publication in @natureportfolio.nature.com!!! ⏰ It’s taken a while, but sometimes good science takes time. 🚽 Near-source wastewater-based epidemiology is a game changer for public health surveillance in prisons. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Near-source wastewater surveillance as a non-invasive tool for disease detection in prisons - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Near-source wastewater surveillance as a non-invasive tool for disease detection in prisons
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WE ARE HIRING: HEAD OF INFLUENCING Deadline - Tuesday 2nd December switchbackworks.info/head-of-infl... We are looking for someone to build on our fantastic progress shifting policy and perceptions – such as our most recent work influencing government policy on recall. #ReshapeRelease
As James McEwan enters HMPPS stage left, Phil Copple exits stage right. Phil has been a wonderful public servant for 35 years and that is an extraordinary commitment 👏 But now, after decades of mismanagement, HMPPS is ripping up the playbook. www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
HMPPS names next chief executive
MoJ chief operating officer James McEwen will take helm of Prison and Probation Service next month
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A busy week... My @refugeelab.ca released our report about tech and alternatives to immigration detention, co-authored by @danghez.bsky.social & @petramolnar.com, and co-published with @kaldorcentre.bsky.social and @idcoalition.bsky.social: www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/...
If you work in #Academia, #HigherEducation, or the #Research&Teaching field this is a massively important article. It brings together many of the issues, critiques around the predatory #Tech of (so-called) #AI and its use in our fields, as well as unpicking the hollowness of the pro-AI rhetoric!
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · last yr.Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
New study in Nature on the Long-range PM2.5 pollution and health impacts from the 2023 Canadian wildfires www.nature.com/articles/s41... 'We find that 354 million (277–421 million) people in North America and Europe were exposed to daily PM2.5 air pollution caused by Canadian wildfires in 2023'
"Medicaid coverage is especially important for people post-release, because incarceration can wreck their health. One long-term study... found that imprisonment decreased the life expectancy of a 45-year-old person by 13%."
How Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Will Slash Health Coverage for People Leaving Prison
The massive cuts will hit the formerly incarcerated hard — and that could increase crime, experts warn.
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📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover). Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
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Must read study of class consciousness in class demobilized societies. It reveals more than polls. "...any understanding of political orientations in the contemporary working class should have ambivalence, contradiction, and heterogeneity at its very heart." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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What happened to pressure groups & UK third sector? It all seems passive & compliant these days. No vision, little resistance, & minimal public presence. The ‘noise’ seems to come from MoJ & POA. Why is no one asking, what are short sentences replaced by? How is Govt. supporting these people?
Prison Reform Trust@prtuk.bsky.social · last yr.Labour to abolish most short prison sentences in England and Wales ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Hey #Criminology It lives! 29 chapters. 8 sections. 50+ authors. #ECRs to veterans. Wide range of themes/topics It's been a labour of over 2 years, but it's forthcoming (release in January 2026) #CriminalJustice #Victimology #Zemiology #SensoryCriminology www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology
The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology reimagines what criminology can become when we take the senses seriously. Centring the sensory as fundamental to the experience of harm, jus...
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The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived). We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology - Gonzaga Main Campus, Washington, United States
Title: Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology Area: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Sociology and Criminology Telework Availability: On-campus Position Employee Classification: Tenure...
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I think it's part: 1. #TechnoUtopianism - idea that new tech will solve extant problems cheaply 2. Ignorance of the rapacious nature of #SurveillanceCapitalism, the #CodedBias within, and the problems/harms forthcoming 3. Outdated neoliberalism and its desire to both outsource yet maintain control
Good leadership is knowing when to rip it up and start again Nov-July 3️⃣0️⃣ Oakhill staff suspended for child misconduct 20/7 Director & 2 Deps suspended 21-25/7 CQC find unsanitary conditions & safeguarding concerns G4S must be removed & all contracts reviewed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Youth detention centre in Milton Keynes removes 33 staff members
The chief inspector of Ofsted says children were found to be living in unsanitary conditions.
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New evaluation of de-escalation training for law enforcement! . This shows that de-escalation training can actually improve officers' ability to handle volatile situations. doi.org/10.1177/0093...
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Turns out plonking a university down in the 1800s was a long-term investment in civic life. Kinda wish current policy makers would take note...
Will Marble@wpmarble.bsky.social · last yr.Universities often serve as "anchor institutions" that deeply affect the character of their communities. In a new paper, we estimate how (and when) the establishment of a college influences local political and civic life. 🧵 osf.io/preprints/so...
Former German President Joachim Gauck recently appeared on national television and, through tears, described how painful it is for him to criticize Israel. Again, it's about: German pain, German history, and German discomfort with breaking ranks. And not about Palestinian suffering.
When so much of the media rolls out the comfy red carpet for Farage, Private Eye trips him up and milkshakes him. Be more Private Eye.
Doubtless Scottie Scheffler will get hammered for saying this, but it's a lot more interesting than the usual pre-Open chat about the length of the rough and the speed of the greens.
www.theguardian.com/business/202... Rachel Reeves in thrall to old discredited myths of trickle down economics and identifying national budget with household. Can’t believe she doesn’t know better but do believe she’s bowing to the power of the wealthy
Reeves to say cuts to City red tape will bring trickle-down benefits to households
Chancellor to announce raft of deregulation changes as City regulators move to pare back transparency rules
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Just Published - Parole Futures. Rationalities, Institutions and Practices. Exploring the future of parole.With fabulous contributions from a world-leading panel of experts who draw upon insights from law, sociology, criminology and political science. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/parole-fu...
Interesting new research out in the British Journal of Criminology Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
Mano Dura v. Uneasy Peace in El Salvador: Effects of Tough-on-Crime and Gang Truce Policies in the Former Murder Capital of the World
Abstract. Until recently, El Salvador had one of the world’s highest homicide rates, largely driven by criminal groups. Since 2003, the government attempte
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Another reason Labour should be taking Lords reform more seriously (beyond its intrinsic merits) is that Reform (or a Reform like party) government would be able to pack it with their goons as things currently stand.
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · last yr.No-one is paying attention. No-one gives a damn. But one man is valiantly trying to make Labour stick by its manifesto commitment on constitutional reform. Tomorrow, we find out if he's succeeded. iandunt.substack.com/p/this-wedne...
