Ben Bradford
@benbradford.bsky.social
Professor of Global City Policing at University College London
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Despite huge sums spent on anti-trafficking, there are staggeringly few evaluations of interventions & growing evidence of harms caused.
This new edited book with @uclpress.bsky.social is our attempt to help change that. 1/
Open access with free digital downloads: uclpress.co.uk/book/evaluat...
This new edited book with @uclpress.bsky.social is our attempt to help change that. 1/
Open access with free digital downloads: uclpress.co.uk/book/evaluat...
Evaluating Anti-Trafficking Interventions
Explore the complexities of trafficking and the importance of effective evaluation in anti-trafficking interventions and measures.
uclpress.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Despite huge sums spent on anti-trafficking, there are staggeringly few evaluations of interventions & growing evidence of harms caused.
This new edited book with @uclpress.bsky.social is our attempt to help change that. 1/
Open access with free digital downloads: uclpress.co.uk/book/evaluat...
This new edited book with @uclpress.bsky.social is our attempt to help change that. 1/
Open access with free digital downloads: uclpress.co.uk/book/evaluat...
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Police are concerned about the amount of resources directed at mental health, and are not always the right agency to help.
Our study aims to understand the nature of police contact with mental health and make recommendations for positive practice.
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/mental-healt...
Our study aims to understand the nature of police contact with mental health and make recommendations for positive practice.
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/mental-healt...
Mental Health and Routine Police Work - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
The Mental Health and Routine Police Work project explores how police officers respond to mental health problems in ‘everyday’, policing.
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Police are concerned about the amount of resources directed at mental health, and are not always the right agency to help.
Our study aims to understand the nature of police contact with mental health and make recommendations for positive practice.
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/mental-healt...
Our study aims to understand the nature of police contact with mental health and make recommendations for positive practice.
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/mental-healt...
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I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Associate Professorship in Sociology - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Are you a PhD student working on a criminological topic (broadly construed)? If so, then please consider applying to the LSE's inaugural criminology PhD Symposium:
www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
Mannheim Centre for Criminology | PhD Symposium 2026
The LSE’s Mannheim Centre for Criminology is pleased to announce the inaugural PhD Symposium taking place 18-19 May 2026
www.lse.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Are you a PhD student working on a criminological topic (broadly construed)? If so, then please consider applying to the LSE's inaugural criminology PhD Symposium:
www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
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📢📢 Job advert 📢📢
LSE is hiring an Assistant Prof in Criminology and Social Policy to begin in Sept 2026!
🎡✨ London is calling ✨🎡
Applications due 2 November 2025
@lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
LSE is hiring an Assistant Prof in Criminology and Social Policy to begin in Sept 2026!
🎡✨ London is calling ✨🎡
Applications due 2 November 2025
@lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor,
,
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📢📢 Job advert 📢📢
LSE is hiring an Assistant Prof in Criminology and Social Policy to begin in Sept 2026!
🎡✨ London is calling ✨🎡
Applications due 2 November 2025
@lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
LSE is hiring an Assistant Prof in Criminology and Social Policy to begin in Sept 2026!
🎡✨ London is calling ✨🎡
Applications due 2 November 2025
@lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Fake shops set up by police in London to catch thieves selling stolen goods didn’t lead to any sustained reductions in theft offences, despite many arrests.
⚠️ This sort of sting also carries a substantial risk of backfiring by incentivising theft.
⚠️ This sort of sting also carries a substantial risk of backfiring by incentivising theft.
Beyond arrests: Short-term gains and long-term questions on the effectiveness of undercover operations in reducing crime
This study evaluates the crime reduction impact of undercover sting operations conducted in two London boroughs, Barnet and Bexley, between 2010 and 2015. Drawing on Bayesian interrupted time series…
doi.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Fake shops set up by police in London to catch thieves selling stolen goods didn’t lead to any sustained reductions in theft offences, despite many arrests.
⚠️ This sort of sting also carries a substantial risk of backfiring by incentivising theft.
⚠️ This sort of sting also carries a substantial risk of backfiring by incentivising theft.
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"The public are sick of voting for tougher sentences and getting the opposite."
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...
To put it mildly, Robert Jenrick is a complete imbecile who does not know what he is talking about:
www.sentencingacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...
To put it mildly, Robert Jenrick is a complete imbecile who does not know what he is talking about:
www.sentencingacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u...
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"The public are sick of voting for tougher sentences and getting the opposite."
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...
To put it mildly, Robert Jenrick is a complete imbecile who does not know what he is talking about:
www.sentencingacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...
To put it mildly, Robert Jenrick is a complete imbecile who does not know what he is talking about:
www.sentencingacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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👉"The compounding effect: how neighbourhood dynamics shape police deployment and use of force"
Amal Ali, Jasmine Oware, @jacksojp.bsky.social, @benbradford.bsky.social show that calls for service are concentrated in disadvantaged neighbourhoods- where they're more likely to experience police force🚓
Amal Ali, Jasmine Oware, @jacksojp.bsky.social, @benbradford.bsky.social show that calls for service are concentrated in disadvantaged neighbourhoods- where they're more likely to experience police force🚓
The compounding effect: how neighbourhood dynamics shape police deployment and use of force - Crime Science
Background Calls for service are a major driver of police activity, yet their role in shaping the neighbourhood distribution of police use of force remains under-explored. Understanding where and why…
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October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
👉"The compounding effect: how neighbourhood dynamics shape police deployment and use of force"
Amal Ali, Jasmine Oware, @jacksojp.bsky.social, @benbradford.bsky.social show that calls for service are concentrated in disadvantaged neighbourhoods- where they're more likely to experience police force🚓
Amal Ali, Jasmine Oware, @jacksojp.bsky.social, @benbradford.bsky.social show that calls for service are concentrated in disadvantaged neighbourhoods- where they're more likely to experience police force🚓
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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Global review of research from 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 finds almost all studies show no difference between the rates at which immigrants and local people commit crime, with only a few studies from 🇩🇪/🇮🇹 finding higher immigrant offending.
Immigration and crime around the globe: key findings across a diverse range of contexts · CrimRxiv
This chapter reviews the ever-growing body of empirical research on the immigration-crime link around the globe, focusing on studies across a diverse range of contexts: the United States, Canada, Australia,...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Global review of research from 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 finds almost all studies show no difference between the rates at which immigrants and local people commit crime, with only a few studies from 🇩🇪/🇮🇹 finding higher immigrant offending.
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🚨We are hiring 2 Lecturers/Assistant profs in Quant Social Science at UCL🚨
What we look for:
🐍 R/Python proficiency
🤖 Teaching and/or doing ML and/or social networks
🌍 Research on inequality, climate, education, social norms & more
Circulate this or apply by 10-Oct 👉 tinyurl.com/5djcc35z
What we look for:
🐍 R/Python proficiency
🤖 Teaching and/or doing ML and/or social networks
🌍 Research on inequality, climate, education, social norms & more
Circulate this or apply by 10-Oct 👉 tinyurl.com/5djcc35z
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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September 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨We are hiring 2 Lecturers/Assistant profs in Quant Social Science at UCL🚨
What we look for:
🐍 R/Python proficiency
🤖 Teaching and/or doing ML and/or social networks
🌍 Research on inequality, climate, education, social norms & more
Circulate this or apply by 10-Oct 👉 tinyurl.com/5djcc35z
What we look for:
🐍 R/Python proficiency
🤖 Teaching and/or doing ML and/or social networks
🌍 Research on inequality, climate, education, social norms & more
Circulate this or apply by 10-Oct 👉 tinyurl.com/5djcc35z
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University of Surrey is hiring:
Lecturer in Criminology (Teaching Track)
Lecturer in Criminology (Teaching Track)
September 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
University of Surrey is hiring:
Lecturer in Criminology (Teaching Track)
Lecturer in Criminology (Teaching Track)
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Thoughtful review of our recent paper in Policing & Society by San Gilmour.
From our minimum policing standard research project @vp-centre.bsky.social @benbradford.bsky.social @drcaweirich.bsky.social @davejrowlands.bsky.social
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From our minimum policing standard research project @vp-centre.bsky.social @benbradford.bsky.social @drcaweirich.bsky.social @davejrowlands.bsky.social
👇🏽
www.linkedin.com/pulse/commun...
Community Wisdom and Democratic Policing: A Practitioner-Academic Response to Bradford et al.'s Minimum Policing Standard†
"The most profound finding of this research is not what communities want from police, but how their sophisticated understanding of their policing needs exposes the poverty of both technocratic experti...
www.linkedin.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Thoughtful review of our recent paper in Policing & Society by San Gilmour.
From our minimum policing standard research project @vp-centre.bsky.social @benbradford.bsky.social @drcaweirich.bsky.social @davejrowlands.bsky.social
👇🏽
www.linkedin.com/pulse/commun...
From our minimum policing standard research project @vp-centre.bsky.social @benbradford.bsky.social @drcaweirich.bsky.social @davejrowlands.bsky.social
👇🏽
www.linkedin.com/pulse/commun...
And more to come on this I hope!
Delighted to share first 2 articles from @vp-centre.bsky.social Minimum Policing Standard research @benbradford.bsky.social @drcaweirich.bsky.social & Dr Rowlands Open access:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
More:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/minimum-poli...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
More:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/minimum-poli...
www.tandfonline.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
And more to come on this I hope!
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New paper out in the BJC. We use longitudinal data from the MCS to assess unintended consequences of early exposure to policing. We find that being stopped by the police before age 14 may have implications for mental health, education, and offending in late adolescence
doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...
doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...
Unintended Consequences of Early Exposure to Policing: Assessing Long-Term Effects of Police Stops During Adolescence in England and Wales
Abstract. This study examines the unintended life-course consequences of being stopped by the police in England and Wales before age 14 using data from the
doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New paper out in the BJC. We use longitudinal data from the MCS to assess unintended consequences of early exposure to policing. We find that being stopped by the police before age 14 may have implications for mental health, education, and offending in late adolescence
doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...
doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...
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New pub in Policing and Society with Steven Pickering, Martin Ejnar Hansen and James Hunter
doi.org/10.1080/1043...
We looked at intersectional inequalities in trust in the police in England using a relatively new statistical approach, MAIHDA.
doi.org/10.1080/1043...
We looked at intersectional inequalities in trust in the police in England using a relatively new statistical approach, MAIHDA.
July 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New pub in Policing and Society with Steven Pickering, Martin Ejnar Hansen and James Hunter
doi.org/10.1080/1043...
We looked at intersectional inequalities in trust in the police in England using a relatively new statistical approach, MAIHDA.
doi.org/10.1080/1043...
We looked at intersectional inequalities in trust in the police in England using a relatively new statistical approach, MAIHDA.
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Quick reminder that I'll be teaching a course on longitudinal data analysis this summer in Manchester. Registration is still open!
I'm teaching a one-week course on Longitudinal Data Analysis for the @methodsmcr.bsky.social summer school this summer
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
Longitudinal Data Analysis (30 June - 4 July)
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of longitudinal data, taught by @criminologyuom.bsky.social's @oliveiratr.bsky.social.
new.express.adobe.com/webpage/7lUc...
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of longitudinal data, taught by @criminologyuom.bsky.social's @oliveiratr.bsky.social.
new.express.adobe.com/webpage/7lUc...
May 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Quick reminder that I'll be teaching a course on longitudinal data analysis this summer in Manchester. Registration is still open!
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The Falconer Commission on cannabis is likely to become viewed as a 'landmark' report on the subject. But this is not the first such report. Read about the history of 'landmark' cannabis inquiries here: tobyseddon.com/2025/05/28/l...
May 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Falconer Commission on cannabis is likely to become viewed as a 'landmark' report on the subject. But this is not the first such report. Read about the history of 'landmark' cannabis inquiries here: tobyseddon.com/2025/05/28/l...
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Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.
May 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.
My first - and very possibly last - paper in a cultural sociology journal!
We revisited the town of Macclesfield in north-west England, 25 years after our original study, to find out what troubled people living there today. A large part of the answer involved cars. So we have written this paper on 'automotive disorder'@benbradford.bsky.social @egirling.bsky.social
Inescapable objects? Automobility and everyday disorder in an English town - American Journal of Cultural Sociology
In our study of everyday security in one English town (Macclesfield in north-west England), numerous sources of data suggest that annoyance about cars—their volume, speed, (bad) parking, presence at t...
link.springer.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My first - and very possibly last - paper in a cultural sociology journal!
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Please circulate this! We're looking for an Assistant Professor in Criminology. Closing date of the 4th April 2025. Details here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Assistant Professor in Criminology
The School of Sociology and Social Policy is a vibrant centre for social science teaching and research. We are a multidisciplinary School covering criminology, sociology, public policy, social policy,...
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Please circulate this! We're looking for an Assistant Professor in Criminology. Closing date of the 4th April 2025. Details here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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How victims of sexual violence are treated by the police can either lead them to withdraw from the process of prosecution, or affirm their dignity, agency and sense of justice, argue
@jacksojp.bsky.social @katrinhohl.bsky.social and
@benbradford.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
@jacksojp.bsky.social @katrinhohl.bsky.social and
@benbradford.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How victims of sexual violence are treated by the police can either lead them to withdraw from the process of prosecution, or affirm their dignity, agency and sense of justice, argue
@jacksojp.bsky.social @katrinhohl.bsky.social and
@benbradford.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
@jacksojp.bsky.social @katrinhohl.bsky.social and
@benbradford.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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“This is not simply a crisis of prison capacity. Our overcrowded and violent prisons are breeding grounds for crime, while probation services are overstretched and under-resourced within the community." - @andrewjamesneilson.bsky.social.
Political drive to look ‘tough on crime’ behind prison capacity crisis – report
The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an overwhelmed system.
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February 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“This is not simply a crisis of prison capacity. Our overcrowded and violent prisons are breeding grounds for crime, while probation services are overstretched and under-resourced within the community." - @andrewjamesneilson.bsky.social.
I’m sure this is great, but it’s not me appearing in it! Also nice to see another Ben B, mind ….
Last year historian @thomaszimmer.bsky.social and I had a long conversation with @benbradford.bsky.social about season 1 of Landslide. I appreciate the nuance and care with which Ben has traced the historical roots of our present moment.
sethcotlar.substack.com/p/right-wing...
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"Right wing nuts" for Reagan: A conversation between Thomas Zimmer, me, and Ben Bradford, the maker of the "Landslide" podcast
NPR recently released an excellent podcast series on the politics of the 1970s called Landslide.
sethcotlar.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’m sure this is great, but it’s not me appearing in it! Also nice to see another Ben B, mind ….