Tim Baldwin @timbgclaw.bsky.social Barrister at Garden Court Chambers London and Albion Chambers Bristol specialising is social welfare, public law and civil liberties. Co- chair of Housing Law Practioners Association and member of ASC The posts my own & not the views of my chambers
Lisa_White_ @lisa-white.bsky.social Interested in state crime, harm and human rights. Views my own.
Previously TwitterX @Lisa_White_
Philippa Budgen @philippabudgen.bsky.social Freelance Media Consultant for charities & campaigns.
Loves justice. Hates injustice. Reformed journalist. Sometimes found in cold water. 
Mary Corcoran @marycorcoran.bsky.social Economic Migrant from beyond the pale. ‘Elitist’: I function from the neck up. Book reader (& writer). The day job is Criminologist, but I’m really a student of justice.
An ‘elitist’ is anyone who can function from the neck up, according to populists.
Beth Weaver @bethweaver.bsky.social Professor of Criminal and Social Justice at University of Strathclyde, Assoc Dir of Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. Spanning Probation, Desistance, Health and AI along with all the things in between.
Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Research #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also crazy about anti-fascism, atheism, Prince, professional cycling, politics, the news, live comedy and music. #academicsky (1st-gen)
Ben Crewe @bencrewe.bsky.social 
Helen Brown Coverdale @helencoverdale.bsky.social Legal & Political Theorist UCL
Research interests: Care ethics, prison, penal theory, social justice, ethical AI curious
Other interests: hiking, sailing, baking
she/her
Nick Mann @nick-mann.bsky.social Director of Comms at Prison Advice and Care Trust. Interested in anything politics, criminal justice and charity. Camberwell, SE London.
www.prisonadvice.org.uk
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Dr Vicky Nagy @drvnagy.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University of Tasmania
Research interests: gender + history + crime, CSA prevention, SXA, VAW prevention. Cairn Terrier & cat aficionado. Horse mum. 
Penelope Gibbs @penelopegibbs.bsky.social My passion is to improve UK justice. Lead charity www.transformjustice.org.uk (email there). Also visiting fellow
https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/ and chair www.appropriateadult.org.uk
Tim Newburn @timnewburn.bsky.social Professor of Criminology & Social Policy, LSE. Living with cancer. Health means some reorientation of priorities. Still music (selections from the back catalogue - gigs whenever possible), criminology and Everton FC. MD ANT
Jo Staines @jostaines.bsky.social Professor, youth justice, children's rights and child welfare, co-chair of the National Association of Youth Justice, Bristol Bears fan, um, what else would you like to know?
Fiona Deacon @fionadeacon.bsky.social Project Manager for the Women's Group, HMPPS. Swansea is home but Manchester adopted me.
Dr Susie Atherton @susieath.bsky.social Criminologist, cat person, good coffee only please. That's all you need to know.
Denise Martin @dmcrime.bsky.social Professor of Criminology and Policing at Northumbria University 
Prisoners' Education Trust @prisonersed.bsky.social Prisoners' Education Trust (PET) offers distance learning courses and advice and guidance to people in prison. We use our policy and advocacy work to improve prison education.
Support us here: prisonerseducation.org.uk/donate
Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social Academic | Criminology, Social Policy and Social Work | Trinity College Dublin📍🇮🇪🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Kerry @kezkel.bsky.social Trainee Clinical psychologist and social worker. Passionate about social justice and relationships.
Anastasia Chamberlen @ana-chamberlen.bsky.social Working @ Dept. of Sociology at Warwick University. Researching prisons; punishment; gender & criminal justice; arts & aesthetic injustice. Current project: www.captivearts.co.uk (AHRC).
Profile: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/staff/chamberlen/
Rebecca Foster @drrebeccafoster.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University. Interests include punishment, substance use and homelessness.
Julie Eden-Barnard @julieedenbarnard.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Community Justice. Former Probation Officer. Areas of research interest are women’s experiences of criminal justice, practitioners experiences of working in criminal justice, reflective practice. All views expressed are my own.
Professor Rachel Condry @rachelcondry.bsky.social Director of the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford. Fellow of St Hilda’s College. Crime & family - prisoners’ families, family violence, parricide, youth justice.
Paula Bradbury @paulabradbury.bsky.social Criminologist specialising in CSAE, interpersonal violence and online sexual behaviour. Mixed methods researcher, consultant, lecturer and author.
Ali Malik @dralimalik.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Justice, University of Leeds. Interested in police governance, local resilience and climate vulnerability. 
Siobhan McAlister @siobhanmc74.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Queens University Belfast. Associate Editor Journal of Youth Studies #youth #youth justice #conflict #gender
Dr Naomi Lott @naomilott.bsky.social Lecturer in Law at University of Reading | John Fell Research Fellow at Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford | Visiting Scholar at UCL Politics | Visiting Fellow at Rights Lab University of Nottingham.
Children's Rights Scholar
Siobhán Crawford @siobhancrawford.bsky.social Solicitor representing individuals who have suffered brain injury at Bolt Burdon Kemp LLP. Locked out of X...probably divine intervention.
siobhancrawford@bbkllp.co.uk - 0207 288 4886
Legal 500: "Highly committed with a strong sense of justice"
Yvonne Jewkes @yvonnejewkes.bsky.social Criminologist. Memoirist @ScribeUKbooks. Writer in Residence HMP Grendon and HMP Rye Hill. Creative writing tutor Freedom to Write. Agent Eleanor Birne @rcwlitagency
https://linktr.ee/YvonneJewkes
Prison Reform Trust @prtuk.bsky.social The Prison Reform Trust is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. Links and retweets are not endorsements.
Leona Mydlowski @drleonamydlowski.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Policing. Interested in Criminal Law, international Criminal Law, sexual offences, management of sexual offenders, public Protection and safeguarding 😊😊✌️✌️
Janey Starling @janeystarling.bsky.social Co-director of Level Up. Abolitionist, feminist, trade unionist and writer on a mission to end imprisonment of pregnant women and mothers.
welevelup.org
Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill.bsky.social Criminologist interested mainly in punishment, rehabilitation and reintegration… increasingly explored via creative methods. Also a singer-songwriter, when I can find the time.
Rehabilitating Probation Project @probationres.bsky.social The Bluesky account for the ESRC funded 'Rehabilitating Probation: Rebuilding culture, identity and legitimacy' project > https://rehabilitating-probation.org.uk/
Richard Garside @richardjgarside.bsky.social Director @crimeandjustice | Law and justice | Materialist not idealist | Facts not feelings | My views, not my employer’s
Kirsty Deacon @kirsty-deacon.bsky.social Researcher interested in children and young people, relationships and justice. Working as a Research Associate at the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ).
Action for Race Equality @are-official.bsky.social Shaping policy, challenging discrimination and delivering projects to end racial inequality in the UK across education, employment, enterprise & criminal justice
Prof Emma Short @emmpath.bsky.social Professor of Cyberpsychology, researches stalking and online harms. Loves being with friends and feeling useful. And dogs, dogs are great.
Craig Webber @craigwebber.bsky.social Criminologist at The University of Southampton, interested in policing, technology, and psychology. Currently working on a project using technology in police custody suites to make information delivery easier, possibly diversionary.
Jake Phillips @jakephillips.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Cambridge. Researches criminal justice/probation/penology. Editor of Probation Journal. Enjoys running, playing the piano (badly), reading and generally being outdoors.
SSPC at the University of Southampton @sspcatsoton.bsky.social News and updates from the Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Department at University of Southampton
14th in the UK for Sociology and 4th for Criminology (Times University Rankings 2026)
#AcademicSky #Sociology #CrimSky #Criminology
Dr Caroline J Bald @carolinejbald.bsky.social Lecturer in Social Work. The Open University, UK. Research: #justice social work, braininjury, AI
education. RSW prev Probation.[BISWG.co.uk chair & BASW Criminal Justice Co-chair]. Founding Co-Chair ESWRA SW Crime & CJ SIG https://linktr.ee/CarolineJBald
Dr Kelly J. Stockdale @kellyjstockdale.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in criminology, Northumbria Uni. Research: criminology curriculum, stigma alcohol/drugs, restorative justice. She/Her🌈
Michelle Cunliffe @bluejean1983.bsky.social Senior lecturer in criminology| PhD research focused on sexual violence| sexual behaviours| social class| lover of football and the pub| all views are my own
Dr Emily Cooper @criminographer.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the University of Lancashire. Geographer. Mum of four (two live in my heart). Tweets child loss, SUDC, PPA2 deficiency, sex work, sextortion/FMSE, fraud, policing, VAWG. #WIASN
Niki White @nikiwhite.bsky.social PhD | Research interests: gendered vulnerabilities to harms, imprisonment, drugs, policy & trauma; Criminology Lecturer; host @transformpod; open to collab
USC Criminology & CJ @usccrim.bsky.social Official account for the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC, USA)
Clare Daly @claredotc0m.bsky.social Irish Solicitor 🇮🇪 with a focus on child protection 🧒🏼 | online safety 🚸 | data protection 🌐 CIPP/E
Mother of three 👧🏼🧒🏼🧒🏼
Nikki Rutter @rutternik.bsky.social Explorer Barbie | Placement fairy 🧚♂️
Associate Professor in Sociology - Durham University| Researching children, mothers & harm
Abi Stark @abistark.bsky.social Research interests: imprisonment; rights and citizenship of people with convictions; resettlement.
Prof Liz Aston @lizaston.bsky.social Prof of Criminology Edinburgh Napier University, Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research. Local policing & intersections with health (drugs & harm reduction) & technology (PI INTERACT)
Erin Power @erinp36.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology. Interested in prisons, arts and care.
Alex Stevens @profalexstevens.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, University of Sheffield. Trustee at Criminal Justice Alliance. Volunteer for Sheffield Jazz. Peak District walker. Drug policy geek.
Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social Academic @ School of Social Sciences Lancaster, PI Keeping Mothers in Mind. Interested in Hope, Motherhood, Mental Health, Futures, Ghosts, Archives, Loss, Tattoos
Mary-Louise Corr @mlcorr.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Criminology, Queen's University Belfast & Centre for Children's Rights. Youth Justice, Youth Homelessness, Domestic Violence, Youth, Narrative Research
Vicky Taylor @vickytaylor.bsky.social writing about the UK's criminalisation of asylum seeking · border criminologies · otherwise found in cold water somewhere
Becky Cargill @becky-cargill.bsky.social Criminology PhD researcher at the University of Manchester, looking at interventions for perpetrators of stalking.
Deborah Coles @debcoles13.bsky.social Director @INQUEST_org expertise on contentious deaths & their investigation. Social justice research & policy. Feminist. Abolitionist. Advisor @cleanbrk
Charlie Youle @charlieyoule.bsky.social Manchester/London
Crime, Social Inequality and Public Administration
Clare Farmer 📚⚖️🐾 @clarefarmer.bsky.social Associate Professor, Criminology, Deakin University, Australia;
SFHEA; Adult Parole Board, Victoria, Australia
💜🐕🍫📚⚖️🫖
Former Magistrate, England
🧐justice, policing, anti-social behaviour, trauma
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2905-2173
#FirstGen CCC/Oxon
Kate Fitz-Gibbon @katefitzgibbon.bsky.social Researcher in violence against women & children. Professor (Practice) Monash Faculty of Business & Economics, Monash University. Chair of Respect Victoria. World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. All views my own.
Alison Urie @alisonurie.bsky.social Interested in justice, communities & the arts / Lecturer in community development at the University of Dundee / Director in Vox Liminis
Lover of ideas, learning, dot joining and baked potatoes.
Brendan O’Mahony @cjspsychology.bsky.social Forensic Psychologist and Intermediary.
Doctor of Criminal Justice
Investigative Interviewing | Vulnerability in police interviews and at court | Parole | Forensic risk assessment | Enabling effective communication | Méndez / ImpleMéndez
Lisa Weylandt @lisa-includem.bsky.social Policy & Public Affairs Officer at includem.
includem are a charity supporting children, young people and families to transform their lives.
All views my own.
Ruth Armstrong @rutharmstrong.bsky.social Director @justicematters.bsky.social Doctor of Criminology University of Cambridge. Expertise: routes out of crime / justice leadership / relational systems change. Invested in those whose efforts seek to make our world more just for all.
Kanupriya S. @kanupriya.bsky.social PhD scholar at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology studying women’s intimate relationships & re(marriages) in prisons in India| Incoming post-doctoral researcher at University of Nottingham working on ethnicity and desistance| Dog Mom in between 🐾
@louisebrangan.bsky.social @louisebrangan.bsky.social LSE, Magdalene laundries, sociology of punishment & Irish history. BBC/AHRC New Gen Thinker. Speaks fast. 888 for subtitles. https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/louise-brangan
Claire Fenton-Glynn @cfentonglynn.bsky.social Academic working in children’s rights
HMI Prisons @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social Independent inspectorate reporting on conditions for and treatment of those in prisons, young offender institutions and immigration detention facilities.
Learn more at: https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/
skouwski @skouwski.bsky.social Interdisciplinary practitioner | Exploring how public, private, and social sectors can collaborate for local, national, and global resilience | Here to learn and connect 🤝
Dr Pippa Goodfellow @pippagoodfellow.bsky.social Leading policy, communications & strategy @ncb.org.uk, PhD @Uni of Beds, Trustee @New Horizon Youth Centre, views all mine, LDN💚
Anna Eriksson @erikssoncrim.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology | Prison policy and practice | Nordic exceptionalism | Social infrastructure in prisons | Researcher | Author | Educator
Samantha Fairclough @sfairclough.bsky.social Associate Professor in Law at University of Birmingham.
Research interests in criminal evidence/justice, specifically vulnerable people in criminal trials.
Emma Christensen @emmachristensen.bsky.social PhD researcher in criminology at Strathclyde with a focus on prison education and international comparative research 🇺🇸🏴
The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social Building a more humane and effective response to crime.
Join: https://howardleague.org/membership/
Give: http://PayPal.Me/howardleague
Ike Walker @ikewss.bsky.social Researcher, writer, journalist…
Transformative Justice | Green Finance | Legal analysis | Systems Change | Participatory Research | Education | Media & Culture
#climatejustice
#debtjustice
Writing for Green Central Banking - views my own
Dr Ruth Brittle @ruthbrittle.bsky.social Law Lecturer | Uni of Leicester |researching children’s rights, family law, refugee & asylum law | Teaching family, immigration, and tort | from Norn Iron | Love dogs, skiing, reading & films.
Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.
Kate Barber @katebarber.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Law @UniRDG_Law. Research interests: forensic linguistics, sexual violence/offences, online extremism and hate speech
Dr Landon Kuester @drlandonkuester.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology at University of Manchester, leading research in prisons, AI-driven social prescribing, and public health criminology; expert in qualitative/mixed methods; teaching public criminology, violence, and global social challenges.
Dr Liza Morton @drlizamorton.bsky.social Counselling Psychologist, Senior Lecturer GCU, Author | 📚Beyond the Medical Gaze: Practicing Psychologically Informed Healthcare ❤️🩹
https://linktr.ee/drlizamorton?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d0ea16b4-77aa-4411-a762-7814a548c687 Personal Views
Orla lynch @orlalynch-ucc.bsky.social Psychologist working on extremism, CVE, victimology and other stuff - Prof of Criminology - UCC - Cork Ireland
Camilla @camillapickles.bsky.social Associate Professor of Biolaw, Durham Law School. Researching #ObstetricViolence and abuse during childbirth
Charlotte Walker @charlrwalker.bsky.social PhD student and research officer working across public health and psychology with a focus on food bank use. Trying to stay mentally well within academia https://charlottewalker.uk/ ORCID 0000-0003-2244-350X
Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social Based at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, our shared purpose is to understand the world and work collaboratively to make it better #AcademicSky #Sociology #BritishCulturalStudies #Criminology #SocialPolicy #SocialWork #HealthManagement #SocialCare
Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social Associate Prof, School of Law, University of Leeds. Teach/research legal professions, cause lawyers, (international) criminal law, transitional justice. Often focusing on Cambodia & Myanmar. Ex-UN prosecutor, barrister. 
Dr Linda Cusworth @drlcusworth.bsky.social Research Fellow in Centre for Child and Family Justice Research, Lancaster University Law School. Interested in family law and policy, kinship care, looked after children. Research and impact. Views my own.
Andrew M. Jefferson @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social Prison scholar, writer, enabler. Seeking Justice and Exuberance. Organising Against Punishment. And trying to formulate an abolitionist aesthetics of resistance. Working on justice-related issues in Myanmar and Sierra Leone.
Dr Sarah Waite @drswaite.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Katy Brookfield @katybrookfield.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Criminology specialising in technology-facilitated domestic abuse. All views my own.
Dr Emiline Smith @dremilinesmith.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology at SCCJR @ Uni of Glasgow. https://tinyurl.com/EmilineSmith
Research: cultural & natural resources • crime & harms • justice • oceans.
♡ Vegan ♡ tea ♡ scuba diving.
www.stolenstatues.com
www.oceanculturelife.com
Dr Jon Fernando Carey @33-jon.bsky.social Member of the PORSCH Network looking at offender health in the North East.
Research interests include assessment in forensic psychiatry and forensic aspects of sleep.
Play french horn in Teesside Symphony Orchestra.
Eleena Misra KC @eleenamisrakc.bsky.social King's Counsel at Old Square Chambers, London. Specialist in Employment Law, Professional Discipline & Regulation, Public Law & Inquests. Chair of the Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council of England & Wales. Speaking in my own capacity here.
Children's Law Centre @childlawcentre.bsky.social CLC works to protect the rights of all children in NI particularly those who are most disadvantaged. We provide free advice and information to children and young people. For advice contact us on 0808 808 5678 or alternatively #AskREE at reerights.com
Róisín Mulgrew @roisinmulgrew.bsky.social Lecturer University of Galway and Irish Centre Human Rights | Lead of Crime, Punishment and Rights Research Cluster
Sara McDougall @sarannmcd.bsky.social Medieval gender, crime, & history prof. at John Jay College & CUNY Graduate Center, writing about a survivor in c.1470 France for PrincetonUPress, 2023-4 Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library, bylines Slate etc. 
Prof Graham Towl @profgrahamtowl.bsky.social Professor of Forensic Psychology - Durham University - former PVC at DU - former Chief Psychologist Ministry of Justice. Academic and practitioner psychologist