Just to let you know #Sound, #Order and Survival in #Prison is now 50% off with the wonderful @brisunipress.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sound-order-... Here's a link to a chat about it on 'Thinking Allowed' www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... One for the beach, for Mums, for xmas stockings...

Sound, Order and Survival in Prison

Sound, Order and Survival in Prison - The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown; The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous...

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Just to let you know #Sound, #Order and Survival in #Prison is now 50% off with the wonderful @brisunipress.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sound-order-... Here's a link to a chat about it on 'Thinking Allowed' www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... One for the beach, for Mums, for xmas stockings...

Sound, Order and Survival in Prison

Sound, Order and Survival in Prison - The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown; The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous...

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

#prisons people - can anyone direct me to policy on support for prison staff returning after mental-health related leave?

So important!! #Race and #Racialisation in #Prison and #CJS still needs talking about!! Please share.

Dr J Warr@warrcrim.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Last week at @crimeandjustice.bsky.social Angela Charles, Khatuna Tsintsadze @zahidmubarektrust.bsky.social, and I spoke about the issues of #Racism and #Racialisation in #Prison, and the #CriminalJustice system more broadly. See discussion here: #Criminology #CJS youtu.be/ANdCj6EiSk4?...

Last week at @crimeandjustice.bsky.social Angela Charles, Khatuna Tsintsadze @zahidmubarektrust.bsky.social, and I spoke about the issues of #Racism and #Racialisation in #Prison, and the #CriminalJustice system more broadly. See discussion here: #Criminology #CJS youtu.be/ANdCj6EiSk4?...

All talk, no action? 3 June 2026

YouTube video by Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS)

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So important!! #Race and #Racialisation in #Prison and #CJS still needs talking about!! Please share.

Dr J Warr@warrcrim.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Last week at @crimeandjustice.bsky.social Angela Charles, Khatuna Tsintsadze @zahidmubarektrust.bsky.social, and I spoke about the issues of #Racism and #Racialisation in #Prison, and the #CriminalJustice system more broadly. See discussion here: #Criminology #CJS youtu.be/ANdCj6EiSk4?...

Launching our book in Sweden in 15 mins or so. Do drop by if you're interested in #Sound, #Music and #Detention: mau.se/en/calendar/...

K3 seminar: Listening nearby: sonic citizenship and social justice | Malmö University

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Advance paperback copy of my new book!

We enjoyed having Dr @kir-anderson.bsky.social giving a #research seminar today at the University of Stirling on her RSE-funded research on The Key magazine, made by people who had been incarcerated in the Barlinnie Special Unit and the Cages in a prison Inverness in the 1970s. #Criminology #CrimSky

Transported for stealing boxes of matches. Shipped to the other side of the world, never to return. The history of penal transportation is dark, brutal and surprisingly well documented. Out now – essential reading for true crime fans and family historians drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/getting-th...

'Getting the boat'

A brief history of penal transportation

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New post on our book - with Aine Mangaoang and Lucy Cathcart Froden - #Sound and #Detention. Useful for #Research, #Teaching and practice on #Arts and #Music in #Prison. Lots of resources helpfully linked in one place: sensorycriminology.com/2026/05/17/s...

Sound and Detention: Writing about music, sound and confinement

Music becomes his bridge, a tether between displacement and possibility, a fragile articulation of belonging in a world that refuses to accommodate him. But sound is never neutral. It carries histo…

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I thought all #PostGraduates, #PhD students and #Academics were aware of this resource but we don't get to share stuff any more, so please do share this, particularly with the #Research students and #ECR's in your life: patthomson.net

patter

research education, academic writing, public engagement, funding, other eccentricities.

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artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/sou...

Kate Herrity@kateherrity.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Tues, May 5, 2026, the Colloquium on Sound & Sensory Studies continues with a book launch: Listening Nearby: Sonic Citizenship and Social Justice in Places of Detention: Lucy Cathcart Frödén, Kate Herrity and Áine Mangaoang Time: 3:15-4:30 p.m. link: artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/sou...

Tues, May 5, 2026, the Colloquium on Sound & Sensory Studies continues with a book launch: Listening Nearby: Sonic Citizenship and Social Justice in Places of Detention: Lucy Cathcart Frödén, Kate Herrity and Áine Mangaoang Time: 3:15-4:30 p.m. link: artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/sou...

Why are so many people coming to harm in prison? And what can be done to make prisons safer? Join us online on Thursday 30 April for the next event in our Howard League Spotlights series, on safety in custody: https://howardleague.org/events/howard-league-spotlights-safety-in-custody/

The Howard League | Howard League Spotlights: Safety in custody

Howard League Spotlights 16: Safety in custody.

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This is a spectacular chapter from a spectacular academic and writer - you don't want to miss it! Also though, it's wonderful to see @stirunicriminology.bsky.social supporting their team. More of this!!

I contributed a chapter on Phil Collins's extraordinary abolitionist art project (and documentary) Bring Down the Walls. Highly recommended viewing & listening: creativetime.org/projects/bri... Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlAX.... Thanks: Lucy, @kateherrity.bsky.social, Áine, Phil & Sinisa!

I contributed a chapter on Phil Collins's extraordinary abolitionist art project (and documentary) Bring Down the Walls. Highly recommended viewing & listening: creativetime.org/projects/bri... Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlAX.... Thanks: Lucy, @kateherrity.bsky.social, Áine, Phil & Sinisa!

BRING DOWN THE WALLS - Trailer - #NewFest2021

YouTube video by NewFestNYC

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Stirling Criminology@stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📖 🆕️ Book Chapter by @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social: 'On Phil Collins's (2020) Bring Down the Walls' Ch 4 in edited book, Sound and Detention: Towards Critical Listening, Sonic Citizenship and Social Justice, by Lucy Cathcart Frödén, Kate Herrity, & Áine Mangaoang. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sound-and...

We've had a lot of visitors to the contributor guidelines lately, so encouraging you to get in touch! We're an inclusive and supportive bunch, particularly keen to host junior scholars, so please do suggest us to any students getting ready to publish: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/16/t...

The City That Won’t Let You Sit: Sensory Criminology and Urban Pain

…Western cities govern houselessness through what I conceptualize as deliberate nociception. There is a pervasive, intentional production of sensory pain that functions as a mechanism of regu…

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We often hear about the grim conditions inside Victorian prisons, but inspectors' findings from Woodhill and Swaleside reveal that newer jails are failing, too. Read our press release: https://howardleague.org/news/woodhill-and-swaleside-show-that-newer-jails-are-failing-too/

For more on this here's a link to Kate Gooch and I on "thinking allowed" - I always wanted to meet Laurie Taylor but really wanted to talk more about psychological survival! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Prison violence, sound and survival

A prize-winning study of the sounds of prison life, and an exploration of victimisation.

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Oriel College@orieloxford.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Award-winning author and Oriel alumna Kate Herrity reflects on her year-long research project into prisons for her extensive studies on sensory criminology. “I’ve always been interested in prisons, partly because you’re not supposed to go in them,” said Herrity. www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/news/crimino...

Award-winning author and Oriel alumna Kate Herrity reflects on her year-long research project into prisons for her extensive studies on sensory criminology. “I’ve always been interested in prisons, partly because you’re not supposed to go in them,” said Herrity. www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/news/crimino...

Criminologist Dr Kate Herrity on the ‘overwhelming’ prison soundscape - Oriel College

Award-winning author and Oriel alumna Kate Herrity reflects on her year-long research project into prisons for her extensive studies on sensory criminology

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A short film discussing our new book #Sound and #Detention: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlkW... #Musicology, #Criminology, #Prisons, #SoundStudies, #Sociology, #Anthropology, #Teaching

New Book on Sound and Detention (Bloomsbury, 2026)

YouTube video by Áine Mangaoang

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“Dangerous Knowledge”: Entrepreneurialism in Academia, a #SensoryCriminology Book launch! At Kings College, University of Cambridge Tues 17/03/26: 5.30-7pm Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dangerous-... Featuring: @kateherrity.bsky.social, @hannahwilkinson.bsky.social, @amyg97.bsky.social + more

“Dangerous Knowledge”: Entrepreneurialism in academia, a book launch

Celebrate the book launch of ‘ The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Criminology’ through conversation with its writers.

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For ages @kateherrity.bsky.social + I have been discussing whisper networks in #academia as sousveillant mechanisms of safety for women Lo... Shope, J. H., & Pringle, R. (2026). Campus Whisper Networks: Knowing with Sexual Assault Survivors. Rutgers University books.google.com/books?hl=en&...

Campus Whisper Networks

Campus Whisper Networks examines how personal knowledge about student sexual assault circulates within college campus communities. Based upon both qualitative and quantitative survey data, Janet Hinso...

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'In Defence of Walkability as a Crime Prevention Strategy'. New preprint with @ianloader.bsky.social We challenge the consensus that walkable neighbourhoods are more criminogenic. We highlight two flaws in the literature: i) overreliance on police statistics; and ii) neglect of motoring offences.

A really useful post for #Teaching #CrimSKy, please share

Sensory Penalities@sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A wonderful, evocative, urgent post from Luisa T Schneider on the mundane cruelties of hostile architecture and infliction of pain on houseless bodies: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/16/t... #AcademicSky, #Sensory #Criminology, #Sociology, #CrimSky

A really useful post for #Teaching #CrimSKy, please share

Sensory Penalities@sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A wonderful, evocative, urgent post from Luisa T Schneider on the mundane cruelties of hostile architecture and infliction of pain on houseless bodies: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/16/t... #AcademicSky, #Sensory #Criminology, #Sociology, #CrimSky

I'm seeing lots of consideration of how we've designed out the social in communal spaces and thinking about how this all hangs together. In the meantime, particularly useful for #Teaching #Criminology, the impact of designing in Routine Activities for example. Just very much worth a read #CrimSky

Sensory Penalities@sensorypenalities.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A wonderful, evocative, urgent post from Luisa T Schneider on the mundane cruelties of hostile architecture and infliction of pain on houseless bodies: sensorycriminology.com/2026/02/16/t... #AcademicSky, #Sensory #Criminology, #Sociology, #CrimSky

Sharing here a recent interview in Black Histories with our own @nasarmeer.bsky.social

@nasarmeer.bsky.social@nasarmeer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Really honoured to speak with friends at Black Histories, and reflect on shared experiences. Full link below www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

At a loose end this afternoon? Grab a cuppa and join us for chats about #Arts, #Music, #Prisons, #MigrantDetention. Really looking forward to a catch up #CrimSky

Kate Herrity@kateherrity.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This Thursday, 2pm, join Aine Mangaoang, Lucy Cathcart Froden and I to talk about the meeting places between #Musciology, #SoundStudies and #Criminology as we talk about our new book #Sound and #Detention with the wonderful International Justice Arts Network: teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...