Tackling Prolific Serial Offenders Through Crime Linkage: the What, Why and How
Matt Tonkin Associate Professor of Criminology & Director of Research for the School The majority of crime is committed by a minority of prolific serial offenders, with just 9% of offenders responsible for over half of crime committed in the UK. These prolific serial offenders impose significant human and financial costs on society, costing the […]
‘We take sexual violence extremely seriously’: Why should universities care about sexual violence?
Harriet Smailes – Postgraduate Researcher [Content warning: sexual violence – university and local support services: https://reportandsupport.le.ac.uk/support/category/resources] … It has not been uncommon for universities to show their commitment to tackling sexual violence with a statement espousing their understanding of the seriousness of the matter. However, there has been significant doubt cast over these claims in […]
Overcoming Challenges in Strangulation Research
Harriet Smailes PhD Student Undertaking research in the area of strangulation is vital to better understanding the nature and extent of these acts. Research findings can helpfully inform awareness-raising, and can – and should – be embedded within the practice of professionals working around these topics. However, good-quality and useful research is not always easily […]
The Re-Emergence of ‘Race’ in the Rhetoric of the British Radical Right
Chris Allen – Associate Professor Around the turn of the century, an ideological turn was evident within the British far-right milieu. Breaking with tradition, radical-right groups turned away from their focus on ‘race’, Judaism and Jewish people in preference of Islam and Muslims. Spearheaded by the British National Party (BNP), many of those to have followed in […]
The Invisible Religious Hate Crime: Shiaphobia Amid Ashura Commemorations
Michael Dhanoya – PGR Researcher Earlier this year around the 27-28 July crowds of Muslim men and women took to the streets worldwide. Clad in black, they flagellated their chests, faces and backs with their hands, whips and swords. For some, such scenes may conjure up notions of Islamic fanaticism. However, rather than demonstrations of […]
How do we put the ‘Public Health’ into Violence Reduction?
Matt Hopkins – Associate Professor and Violence Hub Lead, Centre for Hate Studies Public health approaches to violence reduction are very much in vogue. Although the notion of taking a public health approach to tackling violence is nothing new, it has only fairy recently been spoken about within British crime prevention circles. Credit for this […]
Research as Activism: Researching LGB+ Online Hate
Rachel Keighley – Research Associate and Vice-Chair of the British Society of Criminology Hate Crime Network To understand why activist research is so important, I thought I should share what motivated me to become an activist researcher in the first place. In 2016 I was 22 years old and studying for my Criminology Masters at […]
Nothing About Me, Without Me
Emma Sleath – Head of School Millie Gant, Head of Delivery – Violence Reduction Network @milliegant1 @VR_Network The involvement of patients in the way in which research, practice, and policy is developed has significantly increased in recent times, particularly within health contexts. In other fields, growth in the use of patient involvement, or more commonly […]
Reflections on the AdvanceHE Teaching and Learning Conference
By (l-r in image) Jess Ritchie, Laura Nevay, Jo Murphy & Ben Ellis On 5th July, we attended the Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference at Keele University, entitled “Teaching in the spotlight: shaping the future of HE”. There were 132 presentations on the day, focusing on a range of topics from inclusivity to alternative […]
Using Creative Activities in Criminology Workshops: A Reflection
By Angus Li PhD Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant This is it – my first year of teaching at the University of Leicester is over. To be honest, it’s been an invaluable experience and it makes me start to believe that I indeed enjoy teaching. Teaching Criminology can be challenging, especially when it comes to […]