Kate Herrity @kateherrity.bsky.social Criminologist with a focus on the sensory and ethnography in prisons. Also running @SensoryPenalities to share exciting new material from www.sensorycriminology.com Author of Sound, Order and Survival in Prison. All about supportive academia
Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social Emeritus Prof (criminology) @open-university.bsky.social, trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social, love @gmhazardscentre.bsky.social Justice after Grenfell? Marx, Spurs, Reggae, Gramsci, The Clash, Social Harm, Luxemburg (Rosa)- not necessarily in that order
Eva Wiseman @evawiseman.bsky.social
Krysia Canvin @krysiacanvin.bsky.social Researcher interested in “inclusion health” , health inequalities, prison, mental health, addiction, participatory and partnership methods and supporting lived experience leadership.
INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social ⚖️INQUEST is an independent charity combining specialist support for bereaved people following a state related death, with campaigning for justice and change.
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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.
Erin Power @erinp36.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology. Interested in prisons, arts and care.
Mark Manning @cantiman.bsky.social Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Social Justice and Crime - UoS. Interests in policing, criminal justice, poverty and social justice.
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Luke Billingham @lbilli91.bsky.social Youth worker & academic reseacher. Primary focus in both roles is to address the structural harms affecting young people.
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Russell Webster @russellwebster.com Researcher, evaluator, consultant & writer in drugs, alcohol & criminal justice. My blog keeps you up-to-date on the latest policy, practice and research.
Moslem Boushehrian @boushehrian.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/in/moslemboush/
Criminology Lecturer | Researcher | Advocate for Equity & Justice
Passionate about exploring hate crime perceptions and underreporting through sociological and criminological lenses.
Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social PhD Researcher, Maynooth University |
Criminology | Penology | Researching lived experiences of female imprisonment in Ireland
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.
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.
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Andy Keen-Downs CBE @andykdpact.bsky.social Chief Executive of Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust).
Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org Challenging mass incarceration and over-criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing. Get email updates: https://prisonpolicy.org/subscribe/
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social Investigative Reporting Fellow for The Appeal. Words in: Truthout, The Appeal, The Nation, NY Focus. Founder of The Carceral Report. www.thecarceralreport.com
Free Palestine. Abolish ICE. Anti-Zionist Jew. she/her
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Sensory Penalities @sensorypenalities.bsky.social Account of the book and ongoing blog: www.sensorycriminology.com run by Kate Herrity (@kateherrity) + Jason Warr (@warrcrim) for all things foregrounding a #Sensory focus on matters #Criminological. Follow for #Creative and #Sensorial takes on #Criminology
Dr Anna Kotova @annakotova.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at University of Birmingham. Coffee addict. Musical theatre aficionado.
Diana Johns @crimsonchat24.bsky.social Twitter refugee @unimelbcrim • prison/post-prison • children/young people + ‘justice’ • relationality • ubuntu • coproduction • @JYPnetwork • @DurhamIAS Fellow • @IncarcerationJ
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Leah Burch (she/her) @leahfburch.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University.
Research interests: disability hate crime, sexual violence, creative methods
Manchester
Dr. Brittany T Martin @brittanytmartin.bsky.social URI Assistant Professor | Punishment Scholar | Academic Mom | She/Her
Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK. Past my best. Photo 11 years out of date.
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Tanya Serisier 🇵🇸 @tanyaserisier.bsky.social Feminist academic working on sexual politics. Current project on public survivors. Member and activist Birkbeck UCU. Also cross stitches.
Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
Dr David Wilkin @drdavidwilkin.bsky.social 🎓 Criminologist I Tutor I Author I Consultant I Lecturer 🌻🇬🇧
The Innocence Project @innocenceproject.bsky.social We work to help free innocent people from prison and reform the criminal legal system.
brian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social senior editor & researcher @prisonpolicy.org
Scott Kidd @criminologykidd.bsky.social Criminology Lecturer, specialising in belonging for justice-experienced individuals in higher education , violence in rural and coastal areas, antisocial behavior, and tackling criminal justice inequalities. LE 11.5yrs of the CJS
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Prof Mark Walters (FAcSS) @markawalters.bsky.social Prof of Criminal Law & Criminology I Expert on hate crime I Author of Criminalising Hate: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-08125-5 I Chair, International Network for Hate Studies.
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Jon Garland @jongarland.bsky.social Criminologist at Surrey University, researching hate crime, prisons, policing. Norwich City fan. Ageing mod
Andrew Falconer @revagf.bsky.social Church of England priest. In between spaniels. Loves BBC Radios 3 and 4 which probably says enough. Based in Herefordshire.
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Mike Ratcliffe @mike-rat.bsky.social Student and university administrator
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Julian Webb @julianinoz.bsky.social Law prof at UniMelb; lawyers/legal ethics, digital tech/reg, civil justice, empirical research. HREC Chair, Grampians Health. Recovering legal education geek.Trainee lavender grower, 💙art and books. Dja Dja Wurrung country #firstgen
Prof Lesley Dobree @lesley-dobree.bsky.social Successful career in health and UK higher education, now self employed working as executive coach and leadership consultant at Dialogue for Success Ltd. Gardening, dogs and hens
Ishan Kolhatkar @ishankolhatkar.com Website: ishankolhatkar.com
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Former Barrister.
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Ben Jarman @benjarman.uk Criminologist and prison researcher. Scholar of punishment, fascinated by human extremes. Husband of better half, Quaker, lover of silence, servant of unquiet spaniel and toddler. https://benjarman.uk for more on my work.
Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera @socialruwan.bsky.social Academic, former police officer & Gen Sec NBPA UK.
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Dr Andrew Wooff @awooff.bsky.social Associate Professor of Criminology and Head of Social Sciences
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Prof Julia Davidson OBE @profjulesd.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, Expert on online harms and cybercrime. Director Institute for Connected Communities University of East London. LSE Alumni and Alpaca Fan.
Daria Przybylska @daria-przblsk.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology. Researching women's open prisons in England.
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kelsey @apologee.bsky.social critical prison studies | environmental justice
Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com Literary agent @ Liza Dawson Associates, prison abolitionist, public theologian
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christiansforabolition.org
Abolition Ecclesiology, Nov 2026: https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9798889838357/Abolition-Ecclesiology
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School of Disability Studies at Toronto MetU @dstorontometu.bsky.social The School of #DisabilityStudies is the first in Canada to offer a degree education that is strongly rooted in a #disability studies perspective.
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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
Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.
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
Erin Eife @erineife.bsky.social assistant professor in criminology at george mason | south philly | she/her
Manne Gerell @mannegerell.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology & co-founder Centre for policing & prevention, Malmö Uni, Sweden.
Research on police, the geography of crime & fear, & crime prevention.
Dr Tahaney Alghrani @drtahaneyalghrani.bsky.social Lecturer #Criminology ⚖
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