Interested in the decline in youth drinking? Our Research Comms teams at Leeds have done a concise piece on the work I did on this topic with @soc-researcher.bsky.social and Adam Burgess. See: researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk/understandin...

New article! When did #criminology in Britain begin? Where did it come from? @jkivivuori.bsky.social & I explore the forgotten roots of British criminology in a burst of statistical research between the 1830s and 1850s. We show that British Criminology didn't first emerge in the later 1800s...(1/5)

Do you want to be part of a thriving law school in a Russell Group University? Apply now for our Grade 7 Teaching Fellow post! All info 👇 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Teaching Fellow in Law

Are you a highly effective and experienced teacher? Are you passionate about teaching and working with students to achieve their full potential? Do you want to be part of a thriving law school in a Ru...

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🎉 Congratulations to Mr Alex @batesmith.bsky.social and his co-author Kieran McEvoy, who have won the Socio-Legal Studies Association Article of the Year Prize for their article ‘"Closeted" cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia'! 🌟Read more about this important article👇 tinyurl.com/t9bbryfk

Mr Alex Batesmith wins major article prize!

His article with Professor Kieran McEvoy (Queen's University Belfast), “‘Closeted’ cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia”, has won the SLSA Article of the Year Prize.

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2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

Postdoctoral Researcher (History of Everyday Nationalism, CoE NARS) / Tutkijatohtori

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🚗 From joyriding in 1980s Ireland to AI-enhanced traffic stops, the #Cars and #Crime Symposium brought together leading thinkers on topics such as #drink-driving, #speeding, and #policing. 🔗Explore how this symposium reshaped understandings of safety, urban life, and justice.👇 tinyurl.com/mwtrttr2

It's here! The Journal of Historical Criminology volume 1 issue 1 now available! Congratulations to editors Iain Channing and Alex Tepperman. Looks excellent - excited to read more. journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org/jhc-2025-vol...

We’re delighted to open our final Early Career Researcher Development Fund. This is a vulnerability and policing open call with £25,000 available for 12-month projects. Deadline: Monday 29 September 2025, 4pm BST vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/early-career...

Early Career Researcher Development Fund - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

The Centre runs an annual Early Career Researcher Development Fund for research that aligns with the Centre's programme of work.

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Good to see this article is now out in print. Worth checking out if you're into historical criminology, regulation or white collar/business crime. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reconnecting genealogies of criminal justice and excise tax enforcement - Henry Yeomans, 2025

Although various state and non-state agencies are central to criminal justice, our understandings of criminal justice's past remain dominated by histories ...

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'Measuring sentence inflation England & Wales', with @sentencingacademy.bsky.social We estimate that 87% of the increase in sentence severity experienced over the last 2 decades is due to a genuine change in the sentencing practice (sentence inflation). www.sentencingacademy.org.uk/measuring-se...

Hello hello New job in business law at @lawatleeds.bsky.social Come and work with me and other high calibre individuals! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMR107/l...

Lecturer in Business Law at University of Leeds

Recruiting now: Lecturer in Business Law on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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The dataset from my project on illicit alcohol 1780-1914 is now available here doi.org/10.5518/1290. It includes criminal justice, licensing, tax and mortality data. Should be useful for people interested crime history and alcohol policy

We are delighted to announce that Prof. @jpinasanchez.bsky.social will deliver the fifth of the 2024-25 Faculty of Social Sciences Inaugural Lectures! 📅30 Jan 2025 🕔5pm 🏫University of Leeds Follow the link for more info and registration: ow.ly/7TG750UAUO3

"Estimating Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing": A Faculty Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Jose Pina-Sánchez

Join us for the fifth lecture in the Faculty of Social Sciences Inaugural Lecture Series!

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Ok, I've started a crime history starter pack, hmu to be added! go.bsky.app/BaHNGzw

Inevitably, I've made a Drinking Studies Network starter pack based on the DSN's members list (drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/members-2/) If you don't want to be included, or if you see people I've missed and could add, please let me know! go.bsky.app/4zgBneK

"Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing in England and Wales: Taking Stock and Moving Forward" 📅 Date: 14th November ⏰ Time: 12:00 to 14:30 The event is fully booked, but you can still join us online for the academic presentations! Watch the live broadcast here: lse.zoom.us/j/8695370919...

What is the Excise and why does it matter to criminology? Great to see this published. It’s a paper I’ve been stewing on for years and, with help from the Leverhulme Trust, it’s finally done. It uses the history of the British Excise to argue that... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I'm doing an inaugural professorial lecture in Leeds on the 23rd October. All are welcome so please come along if you're interested. #criminology #historicalcriminology #alcoholstudies #alcohol

Hello bluesky! Thought I'd give this place a try. Mostly posting about historical criminology and alcohol. Please follow if interested.