Trish Holch @drtrishholch.bsky.social
Professor of Applied Health Psychology Leeds Beckett University. Positive on the mountain. Mum to Razzie the border terrier.
Research and Enterprise at Leeds Beckett University @lbu-rae.bsky.social Spreading the news of our research and enterprise activities at Leeds Beckett University #LBUresearch
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Dr Claire Cunnington @drcisme.bsky.social By day a researcher fighting for a better life for the traumatised, by night asleep. Currently writing about a Victorian VIP #CSE scandal. Co-convenor of the BSA Global Histories and Sociology Study Group. she/her
VAWG Research Network @vawgrn.bsky.social The Violence Against Women and Girls Research Network brings together researchers providing opportunities to share, collaborate and support each other.
Prof Joyce Harper @profjoyceharper.bsky.social Empowering women to have good health and happiness and lead their best lives ever.
Professor, Author, Public Speaker, Podcaster, Educator.
Latest book - Your Fertile Years
Co founder of International Reproductive Health Education Collaboration and InTune
Liz Kelly @proflizkelly.bsky.social Prof of sexualised violence, lesbian feminist, here to think, learn and engage
Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social Professor of Law, Durham Uni and expert on violence against women and girls, particularly: #SexualViolence #metaverse #porn #cyberflashing #AIChatbots #ImageBasedSexualAbuse.
www.ClareMcGlynn.com
@McGlynnClare on the platform that looks much the same
SafeLives Charity @safelives.bsky.social We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Women’s Aid @womensaid.bsky.social National charity working to end domestic abuse against women & children.
Dr Ella Cockbain @drellac.bsky.social Professor at UCL. Lead of Research Group on Human Trafficking,Smuggling & Exploitation. Researching precarious work & labour exploitation. New (free) book on anti-trafficking evaluation https://uclpress.co.uk/book/evaluating-anti-trafficking-interventions/
Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social Pākehā/Tangata Tiriti; critical psych, health/disability, feminism/gender/politics, bodies, equity & social justice. #ThematicAnalysis #QualitativeResearch!
www.thematicanalysis.net
www.storycompletion.net
https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/
shadd maruna @shaddmaruna.bsky.social Journeyman criminologist. Formerly known as @criminology before Musk ruined everything. It only hurts when I laugh
Prof. Tammi Walker @proftammiwalker.bsky.social Professor of Forensic Psychology & Principal of St Cuthbert’s Society - Durham University - Chair of British Psychological Society North East of England Branch. Lead of the Forensic Mental Health Research Lab - https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/tammi-walker
Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
Research in Practice @researchip.bsky.social We support professionals with their learning to enable people to live good lives.
Part of the @ncb.org.uk family.
https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/
Dr Emma Turley @dremmaturley.bsky.social Chartered psychologist. Senior Lecturer in Criminology. Feminist. Social justice, sexualities, gender, online violence, inequalities. #FirstGen. Own views. She/her.
Rape Crisis England & Wales @rapecrisis.bsky.social With our 36 Rape Crisis centres we deliver specialist services to those affected by sexual violence & abuse, and aim to educate, influence and make change.
Leeds Women's Aid @leedswomensaid.bsky.social Outstanding support services for women and children affected by Domestic Violence & Abuse.
24/7 Domestic Abuse Helpline - 0113 246 0401
https://leedswomensaid.co.uk/
ProfBrianCox @profbriancox.bsky.social Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science
Kate Astall @kate-astall.bsky.social Senior Lecturer
Researcher - media law/ press regulation / press harm / criminal justice
Tom Sutton @crimepublisher.bsky.social #Criminology and Criminal Justice Publisher, posting about new books and #publishing activities.
For radio show-related gubbins, follow my Instagram @tomsuttoninsta80
Lydia Shrimpton @lydialochhead.bsky.social PhD student and researcher at Northumbria University
Interested in stigma, marginalised communities, substance use/recovery, and health inequalities
Dr Vicky Heap @drvickyheap.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University, Fellow of the Sheffield Institute for Policy Studies and SFHEA. Interests: ASB, victims, policy, methods. ‘Mixed Methods in Criminology’: https://bit.ly/2Fbw5St
Marie Collins @marielco.bsky.social Former member Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Patron of Marie Collins Foundation www.mariecollinsfoundation.org.uk Other interests: current affairs, photography, travel, music, TV. Live in Dublin, Ireland. Re posts not endorsement.
Juliet Harrison @jharrison66.bsky.social Research Impact & Policy Engagement Manager at Leeds Beckett University, with a background in Academic Publishing. Talk to me about all things impact!
The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social Building a more humane and effective response to crime.
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Give: http://PayPal.Me/howardleague
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
Leeds Beckett University @leedsbeckett.bsky.social The official account of Leeds Beckett University. A thriving student community in the💜of Yorkshire.
David Spencer @davespencer.bsky.social Head of Crime & Justice for Westminster think tank, Co-founder @Police_Now, Previously @metpoliceuk police officer, “Not a terrible human”, “Common sense personified”
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.
No To Racism @notoracism.bsky.social Say - No To Racism 📣
❤️ Opposing hate, inequality, and discrimination
❤️ Justice, dignity, and equality for all
❤️ Be Kind
❤️ Stronger Together
❤️ Anti-War
❤️ F*uk ICE
❤️ F*uk Trump
🚫fascists🚫bigots🚫racists🚫evil🚫maga
Ali Haydor @alihaydor.bsky.social Campaigner🍃Trade Unionist 🍃Political🍃 Socialist 🍃 🇧🇩 Proud 🇬🇧 🍃
https://buymeacoffee.com/alihaydor
Founder of - MORE BLACKS, MORE MUSLIMS, MORE IRISH - @morebmi.bsky.social
Share/Like not necessarily endorsements
Views are my own
Cumbrian Popular Liberation Front @oscroftt.bsky.social There'll be a load of compromising on the road to my horizon. Or something.
Sex, Sexualities & Sexual Harm Research @sssh-research.bsky.social Research group @leedsbeckett.bsky.social focusing on the study of Sex, Sexualities and Sexual Harm (SSSH!). Posts by members. Reposts are not endorsements.
@millephd.bsky.social @millephd.bsky.social
Memorialising Injustice @memorial-injustice.bsky.social Remembering state injustice - past and present
Ellie👩🏻🏫 @elliewoodward.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Forensic Psychology at Nottingham Trent University📚 Researching sexual behaviour, wellbeing, risk & abuse prevention🔬
🔗 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ellie-Woodward
@BaristaBarrister @baristabarrister.bsky.social Science-Driven Barrister with a Comedic Twist - Powered by Coffee | PhD - First-generation University | ♿ | NCFC 🟡🟢🟡
Unjust Life @unjustlife.bsky.social
@rfscj.bsky.social @rfscj.bsky.social Making connections, supporting people affected by imprisonment. All opinions my own. She/her.
Carole Doherty (Probation10) @11morepaydays.bsky.social Mother, Grandmother, Napo National Vice Chair, Talking Forward facilitator, hates injustice, working to take Probation back to the community. Views are mainly my own
Global Prisoners’ Families @familyjustice.bsky.social Global Prisoners’ Families seeks to draw together academics from across the world to explore the ways in which the criminal legal system impacts families on a local and global scale ⚖️
www.law.ox.ac.uk/global-prisoners-families/global-prisoners-families
JOE CHAPMAN @joechapman.bsky.social Former Prison Officer, ex Prison Law Consultant, and Author.
Ken Brydon @prison-stories.bsky.social My award-winning Prison Short Stories, all written at San Quentin. 🖋️ Joyce Carol Oates published one. I served 39 years, 23 of them at San Quentin. There, I discovered that words can heal.
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.
ScotsLawBlog - Scots Law Insights @scotslawblog.bsky.social Sharing helpful #ScotsLaw insights. Powered by @WardblawG.bsky.social
https://www.scotslawblog.com/ #law #scotland
Press Release Pricing: https://wardblawg.com/wardblawg-legal-tech-ai-press-release-social-media-distribution-pricing/
Fold @fold.fm Leeds UK music collective and community group amplifying humanitarian voices and working towards social uplift. Neurodivergence advocates. Our new podcast Unpicking Dissonance is now live! https://tr.ee/Anz5nptVjg
Posts by Seth (Founder)
Larissa Engelmann @larissaengelmann.bsky.social Post-doctoral Researcher at ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, University of Leeds.
Donna Peacock @donnapeacock.bsky.social Head of Division and Reader in Social Sciences at UWS, research interests in disability, criminology, police custody.
Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social I teach sociology at the University of Glasgow and my interests are learning, teaching, books, ideas, culture and music.
Adam Kluge @arkluge.bsky.social phd candidate @oxfordcrim.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk | formerly @columbiauniversity.bsky.social | he/him
interested in punishment, violence, stigma, family, politics, gender, and media
more here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/adam-kluge
Nacro @nacro.bsky.social Our housing, justice, substance misuse and education services work alongside people to help them succeed. And we campaign together to create lasting change.
Find us online at nacro.org.uk
Lex Scotland @lexscotland.bsky.social Working with marginalised people and organisations for a more equitable future through #LivedExperienceLeadership
https://lexscotland.org/
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Criminal Justice Alliance @cjalliance.bsky.social We are a network of 200+ organisations and academics working towards a fair and effective criminal justice system.
Charity No. 1143038 / Company No. 06331413
Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social Criminologist and academic | Commissioner, Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission | Scottish politics & policy #ScotPol | Personal account/views.
📍 Scotland 🏴
Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier and Strathclyde. SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice.
https://linktr.ee/sccjr
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.
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.
Howard Journal of Crime and Justice Official @howardjournalcj.bsky.social The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing theory, research, and debate on the range of institutions connected with harm, security, and justice. Submissions are welcome: https://shorturl.at/Rqlh2
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
Jim Watson @jimwatsonmba.bsky.social Aspiring academic - PhD student Dundee, assoc. Lecturer UWS. Husband, father, grandfather just wanting to make the world a better place...
Claire Paterson-Young @clcpaterson.bsky.social Professor of Social Justice at University of Northampton. Research in #SocialJustice #AI #Youth #Criminology #SocialCare. Chair of University of Northampton Ethics Committee and Member of West Midlands Police Data Ethics Committee.
Lucy Campbell @clockwatcher.bsky.social PhD candidate at Edinburgh University Director at Flip of the Coin CIC www.flipofthecoin.scot
Social science
Public health
Lived Experience
Criminology
Director of Policy and Advocacy at Experience for Justice Collective.
Quarter Gill @mynameisgill.bsky.social Inventor of beef hula hoop advent calendars (awaiting patent). Middle-aged fashionista. Found mainly in Glasgow and Yorkshire and sometimes around the globe. A Weegie at heart. 🏴
Breandán Dé Rossa @timeservedapp.bsky.social
Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social Research Lead at CYCJ, University of Strathclyde. She/her
Youth Justice | Bereavement, loss and trauma | Young masculinities | Mental health | Inequalities | Coproduction.
PI: www.menminds.org and www.challengejustice.org
Dr Anna Kotova @annakotova.bsky.social Associate Professor in Criminology at University of Birmingham. Coffee addict. Musical theatre aficionado.
Marguerite Schinkel @margueritesch.bsky.social
The Wise Group @thewisegroup.bsky.social The Wise Group is a social enterprise committed to transforming lives and lifting people out of poverty across the UK. Through Relational Mentoring we enable sustainable change https://www.thewisegroup.co.uk/reports/
Erasmus Research @erasmusresearch.bsky.social Radical Research Collective of Academics and Activists
radicalmoog @radicalmoog.bsky.social
Sacro @sacroscotland.bsky.social Sacro provides person-centred, trauma-informed services that support people involved with the justice system in Scotland. Sacro’s mission is to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities
National Ugly Mugs @nationaluglymugs.bsky.social NUM is a charity committed to ending all forms of violence against sex workers. To contact the NUM team, please email admin@nationaluglymugs.org.
https://nationaluglymugs.org
Sophie Wilson @sophiewilson73.bsky.social Director of Research at Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, and doctoral student with the Institute for Community Research and Development at the University of Wolverhampton
Next Chapter Scotland @nextchapterscotland.org.uk 💛 Support. Advocacy. Change.
📣 Standing with people & families affected by the justice system
🌍 Scotland | #SupportNotStigma
👉 linktr.ee/NextChapterScotland
Niki White @nikiwhite.bsky.social PhD | Research interests: gendered vulnerabilities to harms, imprisonment, drugs, policy & trauma; Criminology Lecturer; host @transformpod; open to collab
Elsebelle @elsebelle.bsky.social TrentU Dept Social Work. LSE Social Policy. Research on children of prisoners, punishment, social policy, social justice. Settler, she/her.
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 😊😊✌️✌️
Lisa Morrison @lisatmsa.bsky.social Trainer | Consultant | Public Speaker. Trauma, dissociation, wellbeing. Together everything is possible💛. Final yr Masters: ASW Well-being. Part time #NewScript @ppr-org. Lived exp rep 4 KyrieFarm
www.lisamorrison.co.uk
Eppie Sprung @eppiesprung.bsky.social Founder of @nextchapterscotland.org.uk so lots of posts will relate to the criminal justice system. Author of ‘Here, with you’.
Passionate about birth rights, parenting, literature, music, inclusion, diversity, human rights.
Own views etc
Alexa Jimenez @alexacelestec.bsky.social Criminologist | PhD Candidate | Researching Harm & Deviance | Media, Culture & Crime.
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.
Swati @swatiphysio.bsky.social MLTC prog lead, clinical specialist Paeds physio by background. Live kidney donor to my mum and carer for someone living with MLTC. Clean air advocate
Ryan Miemczyk @theimpactlab.co.uk ONS Accredited Researcher | Founder of imd2025.co.uk & theimpactlab.co.uk | Director of Research @ Trust Impact | Chair @ ManchesterYoungLives | Deputy Chair @ YMCAManchester |
I help charities measure the important stuff
https://linktr.ee/ryanmiemczyk
Rob Ralphs @robralphs.bsky.social Professor of Criminology & Social Policy @ Manchester Metropolitan University. He/Him. Mancunian. Interested in all things drug related:Use/Markets/Policy/NPS/IPEDS/Chemsex/Harm Reduction/Trends/ Treatment/Homeless/Pleasure/Prison/Testing etc.
Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social Doctoral student at UTS. Researching transnational Right’s infiltration of Australian politics and society, esp religio-ethnonationalism. Writer of explanatory journalism. Living on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung land. She/her
https://linktr.ee/Lucyham
Matt Black #MDANT @mattblack2201.bsky.social MDANT.
The stars turn and a time presents itself
Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social Crime Scientist UK -> NZ Interested in generating and synthesising evidence for better crime prevention and policing policy. Methodologically promiscuous.
Gary Husband @garyhusband.bsky.social Spirited but ultimately crap musician.
Academic (until I’m found out as an imposter!)
1/5 of Melys ( www.melysmusic.com )
Has been known to make stuff.
Archaeology, woodcraft, and Professor of Education.
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.
Kathleen Maltzahn @kathleenmaltzahn.bsky.social CEO of Sexual Assault Services Victoria, Deputy Chair National Association of Services Against Sexual Assault. And of course have plenty of views that go well beyond the remit of my employment.
TashH @tashh.bsky.social Advocate/Family mediator for CLA and their families
Michael Sheath @michael-sheath.bsky.social 35 years in sex crime. I’m quite fun in real life. Author of ‘Crossing the Line’, the longest resignation letter in history.