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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 23h

Congratulations to criminologists Dr @niallhsmith.bsky.social (University of Stirling) and Dr @drshanehorgan.bsky.social (Edinburgh Napier) on being appointed as Associate Directors in the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) 👏✨️ #Policing #Criminology

Scottish Institute for Policing Research @the-sipr.bsky.social · 4d

SIPR is pleased to announce Dr. Niall Hamilton-Smith and Dr. Shane Horgan as new Associate Directors. Huge thanks to Professors Megan O’Neill and Lesley McMillan for their leadership and contributions. Exciting times ahead for SIPR’s research and collaboration. #SIPR

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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 6d

Jamie Buchan, Sarah Anderson, and Katrina Morrison have published a 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook 📚🍷📖👏

I had the joy of chairing their well attended book launch today.

It has gone straight onto #Criminology Uni reading lists.
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www.routledge.com/Criminal-Jus...
@kmmorrison.bsky.social

Photo of one of the three book authors, Dr Jamie Buchan, signing a copy of his new book for someone who just bought it at the book launch in Edinburgh Napier University.

Photo of two copies of the paperback book with a red cover and black inky silhouette imagery.

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Stephen Farrall @stephenfarrall.bsky.social · 10d

The film we commissioned as part of out ESRC funded homicide trends project is out, and can be viewed here:

#academicsky #ESRC #documentaryfilms

vimeo.com/1120080918?f...

Lives Transformed - 40 Years of Violence and Social Change

This short film draws on the largest-ever study of the Homicide Index in England and Wales, tracing four decades of shifting patterns of lethal violence. It examines…

vimeo.com

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 11d

📄🆕️ New open access article by @drcconnell.bsky.social and colleagues:

A systematic review on mandated drug and alcohol treatment for justice-involved adults

#JusticeHealth #Health #Drugs #SubstanceUse #Criminology
healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 11d

PUBLIC EVENT:

Playing the AI Game: What does it mean to use AI in today’s business?

Join us at Made in Stirling for two-hour event, which will include an introduction to AI, the game, as part of the Festival of Social Science.
#ESRCFestival #AI #Stirling
festivalofsocialscience.com/events/playi...

Playing the AI Game | Events | Festival of Social Science

Does your business think about using AI? Does it already? Join us at Made in Stirling for two-hour event, which will include an introduction to AI, the game, which will last…

festivalofsocialscience.com

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 15d

Dr @niallhsmith.bsky.social is one of the co-authors of this article:

'Participatory Visual Methods and the Mobilization of Community Knowledge: Working Towards Community-Derived Disaster Risk Management in the Context of Advancing #Climatechange'
#Criminology
jprm.scholasticahq.com/article/1298...

Screenshot of the journal article first page

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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 18d

🟥 New report published by @prtuk.bsky.social

'The Pains of Progression: the pathway through a very long sentence in a Scottish #prison'

A deficit in trust and lengthy delays in sentence progression are leaving long-term prisoners in Scotland without hope.
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/a-deficit-in...

A deficit in trust and lengthy delays in sentence progression are leaving long-term prisoners in Scotland without hope | Prison Reform Trust

Report calls for fairer, more accountable sentence progression that supports personal development and timely release for long-term prisoners in Scotland

prisonreformtrust.org.uk

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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 28d

Textbook Launch Event🚀

Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.

Register your place now 👇
bit.ly/criminal-jus...

The launch of 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook

This event offers an opportunity to bring a range of voices together to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.

bit.ly

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Sep 12

📆 📢 The University of Stirling is taking part in the UK-wide Festival of Social Science for the public in late October and November 2025.

To look at the list of free public events in #Stirling, #Alloa, #Glasgow and online, see 🔗 👇
#ESRCFestival @ukri.org
festivalofsocialscience.com/events/partn...

University of Stirling | Events | Festival of Social Science

The ESRC’s Festival of Social Sciences University of Stirling Events

festivalofsocialscience.com

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Alice Ievins @aliceievins.bsky.social · Sep 11

Is it possible to live a good life in confinement? How do 'official' moral discourses shape what prison makes morally possible, inside and outside?

Join us on 17th Oct as we launch a special issue of Incarceration discussing these questions and more

events.humanitix.com/themed-issue...

Themed Issue Launch: The moral and ethical worlds of coercive confinement

Join us for a discussion of the The Moral and Ethical Worlds of Coercive Confinement - a themed issue published in Incarceration (Sage Journals)

events.humanitix.com

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Sep 5

📄 👇 New open access article by Prof Margaret Malloch published in Crime, Media, Culture journal @crimemediaculture.bsky.social

'Making lives grievable: Crime, culture and remembering the accused witches of Scotland'
#History #Punishment #Criminology #Witches
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Sep 4

📄 ✨️ New open access article co-authored by Dr Ben Matthews with Australian scholars:

'Examining the Role of Police-Led Diversion in the Youth Crime Decline in Australia: A Macro-Level Longitudinal Analysis'
#Policing #Criminology #Youth #Australia #Academia
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Examining the Role of Police-Led Diversion in the Youth Crime Decline in Australia: A Macro-Level Longitudinal Analysis

While the causes of the international youth crime decline have been disputed, it has been proposed that changing policing responses may have contributed. This study examines whether increased rates...

www.tandfonline.com

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are delighted that Dr Martha O'Carroll is joining us at the University of Stirling to do an SGSSS ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship #research project on 'Activating Anti-Carceral Archives in Scotland', supported by mentor Dr Phil Crockett Thomas @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social #Criminology #Abolition

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Sep 1

Dr Catriona Connell will be giving evidence to Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. It's part of their Inquiry into harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish prisons. See 🔗 for details.

@drcconnell.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social

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www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

Photo of a Victorian-era prison with a barbed wire fence in the foreground

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Aug 28

📄 NEW report by Aaron Sheridan (Strathclyde), Colin Atkinson (UWS), @niallhsmith.bsky.social (University of Stirling), Richard @kjellgren.bsky.social (Stirling), Susan McVie (Edinburgh Uni), @frasoliman.bsky.social (Edinburgh Napier), and Kerry Hannigan (UHI). [2/2]
www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...

Inverness and Cromarty Green Freeport: Assessing crime and security risks - SCCJR

The following report was funded by the SCCJR Research Development Grant. This report presents a review of research evidence into […]

www.sccjr.ac.uk

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Aug 28

📄 NEW Report: Interested in the potential crime and security risks of freeports, in pursuing #NetZero?

'Inverness and Comarty Green Freeport: Assessing Crime and Security Risks'

🔗 to the report in next post 👇
@thesccjr.bsky.social
#ICFGF #GreenFreeport #Criminology #Security #Inverness #Scotland

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Aug 27

Research by Dr Wendy Masterton & team shows nature-based programmes such as #gardening and forest walks benefit poor #mentalhealth and substance dependence - but opportunities to develop them are limited.

@sacasrstir.bsky.social colleagues have launched how-to manuals
www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/08...

Photo looking at the ground, with green grass and someone's hands holding a shovel digging dirt in a garden.

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · Aug 19

Abstract submissions are now invited for the BSA’s 75th anniversary conference, 8-10 April 2026, University of Edinburgh. Take part in ‘75 Years of Sociology’ – a fixture in the sociological calendar unlike any other. Submission deadline: 3 October 2025 tinyurl.com/23sjk4nh #sociology

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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · Aug 19

If you're a criminology lecturer, teaching assistant or school teacher, you have to check out our resources!

Why not add a podcast episode, recorded seminar or an SCCJR publication to this year's reading/listening lists for your students?

sccjr.ac.uk/resources/

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Aug 15

Are you a researcher who could do with £8k to engage the public about your research working with a gallery, museum, library or archive? We’ll shortly be opening a call so I just wanted to give you a heads up this is coming
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/shap...

SHAPE Involve and Engage

A funding programme for innovative public engagement from the British Academy.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Aug 15

Just Images is a new #podcast about crime & culture created by students at University of Stirling in Cultural and Creative #Criminology module, led by Dr Phil Crockett Thomas. All episodes made by students, apart from the first (an interview with Dr Lucy Cathcart Frödén) justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk

Just Images Podcast

justimagespodcast.stir.ac.uk

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Aug 14

Prof Margaret Malloch (University of Stirling) featured in a podcast episode on 'Remembering Injustice: The Movement to Memorialize Scotland's Witch Trials', which she has done @leverhulme.ac.uk funded research on.

🎧 Podcast available to watch on YouTube
#Scotland #History
youtu.be/eI4k9VKXGK4?...

Remembering Injustice: The Movement to Memorialize Scotland's Witch Trials with Margaret Malloch

YouTube video by The Thing About Witch Hunts Podcast

youtu.be

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David Buil-Gil @davidbuil.bsky.social · Jul 30

New how-to guide now available on the European Network for Open Criminology website. This time @asiermoneva.com shares advice on writing reproducible and readable analysis code. Highly recommended! esc-enoc.github.io/how-to/repro...

Write Reproducible and Readable Analysis Code – European Network for Open Criminology

Find out how to make your analysis code easy to share, understand, and reproduce.

esc-enoc.github.io

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jul 31

The British Academy is opening a call for evidence from individuals and organisations with expertise in the key public policy areas for social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Find more information and details about how to respond here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/c...

SHAPE the Future: Call for evidence

The British Academy is opening a call for evidence as part of a new phase of the SHAPE the Future programme, which will seek to examine the progress made against the long-term societal impacts identif...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Jul 31

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...

JHC (2025) Vol 1, Iss 1

journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org

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