lia @ynl-lia.bsky.social hans, are we the tofu-eating wokerati?
they/them | Criminology (MSc) @ UoOxf | Interested in prisons, policing, abolitionism, sex work, protest, critical, feminist & queer theory, etc | Loves SF/F, coffee, hip-hop, punk, hiking, animals, drawing, etc
Gemma Buckland @doitjustice.bsky.social Director Do It Justice and Justice Futures. Criminal justice geek. Former adviser to Justice Select Committee. One time Clarice Starling wannabe. Views own. RTs not endorsement.
Susan @susan198658.bsky.social Independence isn't about being alone it's about having the ability to choose your life. I enjoy traveling, discovering delicious food, and spending quiet time with my pets on weekends
YesPress @yespress.bsky.social Covering people, companies and products shaping our world.
HM Inspectorate of Probation @hmiprobation.bsky.social HM Inspectorate of Probation is the independent inspector of youth justice and probation services in England and Wales.
@crimeinmind.bsky.social @crimeinmind.bsky.social Crime In Mind supports research and education into the age-old problem of preventing crime. We are professionals concerned with the psychological and medical roots of crime.
https://www.crimeinmind.co.uk/
Fyra - Dating App for Progressives @fyradating.bsky.social Meet and Match with people who share your core values! Tell your progressive single friends 😊
https://linktr.ee/fyradating
@beyondchaz.bsky.social @beyondchaz.bsky.social Blue-state girl, cares about social fairness, environmental protection, and the little joys in life.
Dorothy Newbury-Birch @dottyb.bsky.social I am a mother, grandmother and wife. I am also Professor of social Justice and Public Policy at Teesside University. After 12 years on Twitter I am starting again here.
@policefoundationuk.bsky.social @policefoundationuk.bsky.social The only independent think tank in the UK focused on improving policing. Hosted the Strategic Review of Policing https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/
John Turner @jt-prison-lawyer.bsky.social Prison Lawyer, Socialist, Dad and SAFC fan (in no particular order…)
Vishal Misra | विशाल मिश्रा @viziervish.bsky.social Criminal barrister at Great James Street Chambers. Lover of literature, nature, canines, corvids, poetry, purple things and Chelsea FC. Views my own. Interaction ≠ endorsement.
Solitary Confinement @solitaryconf.bsky.social Dr Sharon Shalev
www.solitaryconfinement.org
@OxfordCrim @AtlasWomen
#SolitaryConfinement #Supermax #Ethics #PrisonHealth #Prison
Professor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher.bsky.social Professor of Maternal Health and
Criminal Justice. Midwife. Nurse. Mother. Researcher. Pregnancy & Motherhood in prison. ESRC Lead researcher on The Lost Mother’s Project www.lostmothers.org
orcid ID:
0000-0002-5778-7559
University of Hertfordshire.
Jonathan Duffy @sixjbd.bsky.social Barrister
(exclusively criminal defence)
Liverpool
eXiteer
www.7hs.co.uk/personnel/jonathan-duffy/
Mark Jones, Director, Higher Plain @higherplain.bsky.social Honorary / Visiting Professor in Criminology at Swansea University & USW, Desistance, Well-Being, Social Science, Policy, Anti-Racism, Research, Reflective Practice. SFHEA. All views my own.
higherplainresearchandeducation.co.uk
Prohibition Blunder @prohibitionblund2.bsky.social
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
Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social C4 Community Catapult Research Fellow with interests in youth culture, communities, systemic violence, and intergenerational psychosocial trauma. Scholar of Buckfast Tonic Marxism. 🍾
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
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.
HJA Civil Liberties @hjacivillibs.bsky.social A dedicated feed from the Civil Liberties & Human Rights team at Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors. Protecting rights is our priority. https://www.hja.net/legal-services/civil-liberties-and-human-rights/ Tel: 0330 822 5788
Kirsty Brimelow KC @kirstybrimelow.bsky.social Human rights, criminal & international law barrister Doughty Street Chambers. Chair Bar Council 2026. Chair Criminal Bar Association 2022-2023. Chair Bar Human Rights Committee 2012-2018. Bencher Gray’s Inn. Trustee of WWF-UK.
Bernard Richmond KC @phatsilkkc.bsky.social Criminal Defence & Inquests barrister at Lamb Building, London & Central Chambers, Manchester. Dedicated to advocacy, Middle Temple, Legal Education (Hon. Prof at Univ of Kent) & access to justice. 6th Dan Judo (BJC & proud) Rufus & Christa keep me sane.
Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com He/him
Nerd
Ex-care kid. State school oik
Legal 500 Barrister (chambers in Manchester and London)
Politics snarker
Cat dad
🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇺
Joined October 2023
Ex-podcaster
Unexpected Paul Heaton impersonator thebeautifulmancs.co.uk
centralchambers.co.uk
Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social We are cats.
Elaine Ferguson @elaineferguson.bsky.social Public protection law and policy geek. Mum. Basset Hound valet. Snack enthusiast.
Nicola Harris @nicolaharris.bsky.social Reader in Law, Director of Scholarship, Cardiff University Law and Politics.
Criminal law, legal education, criminal process.
Mattia Pinto @mattia800.bsky.social Lecturer York Law School & Centre for Applied Human Rights • Socio-legal studies • Penality • Human Rights • Discourse Analysis • All things politics • Writing Human Rights as Sources of Penality (forthcoming, OUP)
ORCID: 0000-0001-7537-3942
@chriswooding.bsky.social @chriswooding.bsky.social
Yorkshire Criminal Law Forum @yclf.bsky.social A collaborative research initiative by the Universities of York, Leeds, and Sheffield. We aim to foster scholarly exchange in the field of criminal law and justice.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/yclf/
Jim Fraser @jimf555.bsky.social 🧬Professor of forensic science ✍️ Writer
🔬 Expert witness/case reviewer
🎥 Broadcaster ⚖️ Formerly; Magistrate, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commision
👮A/Dir Scottish Institute for Policing Research.
https://shorturl.at/gliiw | https://tinyurl.com/29x3r43c
Kate Leader @leader-kate.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @QMUL Law. Crim law and justice, laypersons and professionalism, conspiracy theories, law + performance. Director of QMUL Criminal Justice Centre. I wrote a book about LiPs. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/leader.html
Alex Nevins @alex-nevins.bsky.social PhD researcher at the University of Edinburgh exploring asexuality & law. Interested in queer & feminist legal theory, recognition, equality, and so on.
James Manwaring @manwaring.bsky.social Legal academic at the University of Cambridge.
Levin Güver @levinguever.bsky.social PhD student at UCL working on criminal jurisprudence.
Mark Dsouza @markedsouza1.bsky.social Philosophy, juris, crim law, jazz, food. Current Legal Problems, Criminal Law & Philosophy, Criminal Justice Theory Blog, Assize Seminars. UCL Laws
@nearlydone.bsky.social @nearlydone.bsky.social
Jeff Kirchmeier @kirchmeier.bsky.social Law professor, CUNY Law School. Author of "Imprisoned by the Past: Warren McClesky, Race, and the American Death Penalty" about the history of capital punishment. Criminal law, social justice, etc. he/him.
Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social Lectures criminal law, policing & criminology @ Maynooth University
Research: policing, media, crime, legitimacy & trust, power & resistance
Views personal
Sé/é
Dublin via da Banner
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/cian-concubhair
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 😊😊✌️✌️
Lucas Miotto @miottoluc.bsky.social Associate Professor (Reader) in Law and Philosophy at The University of Surrey.
Editor of Legal-Phi (blog)
AoI: Legal & Pol Phil., Crim. Law Theory.
www.lmiotto.wordpress.com
Camilla @camillapickles.bsky.social Associate Professor of Biolaw, Durham Law School. Researching #ObstetricViolence and abuse during childbirth
Dr Kajsa Dinesson @dinesson.bsky.social Lecturer in law, University of York. Criminal law, criminal process, and evidence; some mental health. Primarily working on terror-law/policy and discretion: 'Criminalizing Terrorism' forthcoming with OUP.
Daria Bayer @dariabayer.bsky.social criminal law & philosophy @leuphana.bsky.social @unihalle.bsky.social
theatre @kollektivimfenster.bsky.social
Chloë Kennedy @chloejskennedy.bsky.social Professor of Law and History; more here: https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/people/dr-chloe-kennedy
Sally Kyd @profkyd.bsky.social Professor of Criminal Law; dog lover; road harm reduction enthusiast; steel pan player.
Kate Barber @katebarber.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Law @UniRDG_Law. Research interests: forensic linguistics, sexual violence/offences, online extremism and hate speech
Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social Gender, sexuality & criminal law/history.
Early women barristers. Agatha Christie.
Professor of Feminism, Law & History, The Open University.
📚 Legal Temporalities of Sexual Consent (2025)
📚 Lesbianism and the Criminal Law (2020)
#ActuallyAutistic
Laurène Soubise @lsoubise.bsky.social Associate Prof @lawatleeds.bsky.social, teaching criminal law, criminal justice. Interested in comparative criminal justice, prosecutors, loss of control/provocation defence,... She/her
Jackson Allen @jallen7.bsky.social Lecturer in Law at University of Sheffield | criminal law, evidence, and legal philosophy | 🇺🇸/🇬🇧
Tara Lai Quinlan @quinlantl.bsky.social Lawyer & Associate Professor. Working on criminal law & procedure, diversity and inequality in policing, counter-terrorism & the courts in the United Kingdom & United States. Book: Police Diversity: Beyond The Blue (2025).
Philipp-Alexander Hirsch @phirsch.bsky.social Research Group Leader @MPICSL: https://csl.mpg.de/de/philipp-alexander-hirsch.html
Criminal Law Theory | Legal Philosophy
Strafrecht | Strafprozessrecht | Rechtsphilosophie
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)
Hadassa Noorda @hadassanoorda.bsky.social Philosopher of (Criminal) Law, University of Amsterdam
Vera Piovesan @verapiovesan.bsky.social Researcher at the University Centre for Conflict and Post-Conflict Studies @charlesuni.cuni.cz | PhD in International Law from @gvagrad-law.bsky.social | Interested in International Criminal Law and Legal Anthropology
Morten Boe @mortenboe.bsky.social doctoral researcher @ MPI-CSL https://csl.mpg.de/en/morten-boe // all things criminal (law): domestic, international, sociolegal // MCLR+ http://crimlrev.net
James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Nothing should be inferred from the absence of unnecessary disclaimers on this profile.
JP Fassnidge @drfassnidge.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Law & Criminal Justice University of Aberdeen | British-Chilean | Criminal law theory and practice, philosophy + other fun stuff! Views my own.