Podcasts about applied criminology

Dr. Faye Skelton is the program lead for Applied Criminology and Forensic Psychology at the Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. She joins us to talk about miscarriages of justice, factors involved in wrongful imprisonment, false confessions and memory issues which affect eye witness testimony. Lastly, Faye talks about how some of these can be fixed and tools which may help in future identification like police facial composites.Dr. Faye Skeltonhttps://www.napier.ac.uk/people/faye-skelton Support us and reach out!https://smoothbrainsociety.comInstagram: @thesmoothbrainsocietyTikTok: @thesmoothbrainsocietyTwitter/X: @SmoothBrainSocFacebook: @thesmoothbrainsocietyMerch and all other links: Linktreeemail: thesmoothbrainsociety@gmail.com

Welcome to episode 113 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 1 February 2023] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Vanessa Gilmartin spoke with guests Michaela Booth & Dr Tania Rodrigues about Time to Talk with colleagues from the Practice Plus Group. MB - Michaela Booth is the National Lead for Patient and Family Engagement at Practice Plus Group. She has a degree in Applied Criminology and a Master's in Crime and Justice and has lived experience of imprisonment. Through an experiential lens, Michaela is passionate about supporting leaders, systems and services to engage and involve people in places of detention, ensuring their voices and experiences are central in system redesign and quality improvements. TR - Tania is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the National Head of Psychological Therapies for Practice Plus Group. Tania has over 20 years' experience working clinically and in a leadership capacity across different countries and within different contexts including General Hospital Primary Care, Adult Forensic Mental Health secure services, working with young people and families subject to human right violations, exploitation, modern slavery and trafficking and working with prison services. Clinically, Tania is an EMDR accredited practitioner and offers a range of therapeutic approaches that are attachment-based and trauma informed. Tania has a strong social justice background and has presented conference papers in the areas of social justice and is published in The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health – ‘Marginal Leaders': Making visible the Leadership Experiences of Black Women in a Therapeutic Service for Disenfranchised Young People. Some Twitter links to follow are: VG - www.twitter.com/VanessaRNMH NL - www.twitter.com/niadla​​​​​​​​ DM - www.twitter.com/davidamunday MB - www.twitter.com/Michaelabooth7 TR - www.twitter.com/TRClinPsych Credits: #mhTV Presenters: Vanessa Gilmartin, Nicky Lambert & David Munday Guests: Michaela Booth & Dr Tania Rodrigues Theme music: Tony Gillam Production & Editing: David Munday

Part of the 2021 Society of Evidence Based Policing conference   www.sebp.police.uk   Superintendent Ryan Doyle, Devon and Cornwall Police   ​​Ryan is the Head of Criminal Justice and Custody with Devon and Cornwall Police, Founder and Chairman of the charity LHDiversity (commonly known as “Local Heroes”), and a Tedx speaker. Ryan joined Thames Valley Police in 2003 and, following his probationary period, specialised in Public Protection (specifically Domestic Abuse and Hate Crime). In 2007, Ryan transferred into Devon and Cornwall Police and worked in both Response and CID, before becoming the Diverse Communities Team Leader in 2012. It was during this role that Local Heroes was created; a charity that has worked with Premier League football clubs and a host of Athletes and TV stars to inspire young people into social action that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusion. In October 2015, Ryan delivered his first TED talk at TEDx Totnes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EItwkIzL7tE and has also delivered talks on inclusivity in leadership to senior leaders in HMPPS and a number of Dame Kelly Holmes Trust cohorts. As a Public Order and Public Safety commander, Ryan has managed a number of incidents including Floods, military parades, high profile football matches and Royal visits, and is now part of the senior command team for the G7 Summit in Cornwall. In 2020, Ryan completed an M.St in Applied Criminology and Police Leadership with the University of Cambridge. His thesis, “Targeting Missing Persons Most Likely to Come to Harm” was published the same year in an article co-authored by Dr Geoffrey Barnes.

From the 2021 Online Conference of the Society of Evidence Based Policing   Professor Jason Roach from the Applied Criminology and Policing Centre at the University of Huddersfield presented live on 31st March:   Unless you have been inhabiting another planet for the past ten years, then you are likely to be aware of Thaler and Sunstein's ‘nudge' approach to encouraging us humans into making more ‘prosocial choices' (2008). Examples include' nudging' to help people give up smoking and to encourage people to donate their organs when they die (the former presumably prolonging a promise to do the latter). In terms of a means by which crime might be reduced, then the uptake of nudge continues to lag behind its application in health and social policy initiatives. It is suggested here, that this is primarily because there has been little advancement in nudge thinking in a crime reduction direction, nor has it become more bespoke to policing in the same way that it has for numerous public health issues. Several ideas for how nudge thinking might be advanced, by making it more in tune with policing are presented (e.g. NUDGE-IT), along with the suggestion that by moving current thinking beyond ‘nudge' towards a broader ‘psychology of influence' approach, this will be more appealing to those charged with reducing crime.   www.sebp.police.uk

Michaela Booth is the National Patient Engagement Lead for Care UK's Health in Justice service that runs healthcare in 50 prisons across England, including Hewell and Long Lartin. She also has an Honours Degree in Applied Criminology.  Michaela was sentenced to 4 years in prison for a crime she was found guilty of when she was 19 years old. She was sentenced at the age of 21 when her daughter was 4 years old.  In this powerful conversation Michaela describes her views on the criminal justice system for women and mothers and makes a convincing case for the importance of those with lived experience having leadership roles and contributing to policy.

Professor Sherman is the Director of the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing and the Wolfson Professor of Criminology Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, where he is also past Director (2012–2017) of the Institute of Criminology. Currently serving as Director of the Institute's Jerry Lee Centre of Experimental Criminology, his 1998 Police Foundation Lecture on ‘Evidence-Based Policing' is widely recognised as the foundation of a global movement generating professional societies for evidence-based policing in the UK, Australia-New Zealand, Canada and the US, now with over 5,000 members. Professor Sherman has served as the Honorary President of the Society of Evidence-Based Policing (UK) since its formation in 2010, and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing launched in 2017. He is also Director of the Cambridge Police Executive Programme, offering a part-time Master's degree in Applied Criminology and Police Management at the University of Cambridge with over 170 students from ten countries.   ​ In this talk, Professor Sherman suggests how we could identify police officers who are most likely to kill someone in advance.

Anna Lapwood is one of the UK’s few female concert organists. She was the first woman to be awarded an Organ Scholarship at Magdalen College, Oxford, in its 560-year history. She was then appointed the youngest ever Director of Music at Pembroke College at Cambridge University aged just 21. She has used this position to spearhead a number of initiatives including a choir for 11-18 year old girls and the Cambridge Organ Experience for Girls which encourages girls to take up the organ. We hear her Pembroke Chapel Choir performing Media Vita by Karensa Briggs. Anna's also making her presenting debut hosting BBC Four’s coverage of the BBC Young Musician 2020. MPs are to try to outlaw the courtroom murder defence of “rough sex gone wrong” during parliamentary debates on the domestic abuse bill, as cases of domestic violence soar during the coronavirus lockdown. Elizabeth Yardley is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University. She tells us about her research into femicide in Great Britain in the 21st Century and what action she thinks needs to be taken to save women's lives and achieve justice for those killed. In 1964, June Almeida identified the first human coronavirus at her laboratory in St Thomas' Hospital in London. Her paper to a peer-reviewed journal was rejected because the referees said the images she produced were just bad pictures of influenza virus particles. She died in 2007 and is only now getting recognition. Medical writer, George Winter explains more about how her research helps us in understanding COVID-19. Inspired by the tradition of May Queens, the Queens of Industry represented industries like coal mining, railways, wool and cotton. The tradition began in the 1920s and took young women out of their day to day lives to promote their industry and represent their fellow workers. They were celebrated at an exhibition at Leeds Industrial Museum in 2018 and Louise Adamson talked to the exhibition’s curator, John McGoldrick; Deborah Barry, who was Northumbria Coal Queen in 1982 and Doreen Fletcher, née Kerfoot, who was Yorkshire Wool Queen in 1947. Another in our series of interviews with women around the world who are sewing face masks at home for family, friends and sometimes health-workers to wear during the pandemic. Sara Fitzell is Maori and lives on the North Island of New Zealand. Presented by Jenni Murray Produced by Jane Thurlow Interviewed guest: Elizabeth Yardley Interviewed guest: George Winter Interviewed guest: Anna Lapwood Reporter: Louise Adamson Reporter: Maria Margaronis

One of the pleasures of producing this podcast is the interesting people I get to meet and talk to.  For this episode, I'm pleased to introduce Vance Keyes, Democratic candidate for Tarrant County Sheriff.  Vance is a highly accomplished public servant, veteran, and one of the brightest and most passionate people regarding helping others I've had the pleasure to meet.   He's a Marine, holds a PhD  as well as Masters Degrees in Criminal Justice, Public Administration and Applied Criminology.  He's a 20 year veteran of the Fort Worth Police department where he holds the rank of Captain.  I know you'll enjoy getting to know this interesting man.

One of the pleasures of producing this podcast is the interesting people I get to meet and talk to.  For this episode, I'm pleased to introduce Vance Keyes, Democratic candidate for Tarrant County Sheriff.  Vance is a highly accomplished public servant, veteran, and one of the brightest and most passionate people regarding helping others I've had the pleasure to meet.   He's a Marine, holds a PhD  as well as Masters Degrees in Criminal Justice, Public Administration and Applied Criminology.  He's a 20 year veteran of the Fort Worth Police department where he holds the rank of Captain.  I know you'll enjoy getting to know this interesting man.

Detecting the social – how the changing nature of crime stories illuminates shifts in society. Also, homicide confessions on social media. What does it mean when killers confess online? Laurie Taylor is joined by Mary Evans, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the LSE and Elizabeth Yardley, director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University. Producer: Jayne Egerton

Many legal systems have allowed the accused the defence of a “crime of passion”: attributing their act to a sudden explosion of feeling, rather than pre-meditated violence. Prosecutors, though, have argued that “passion” is simply another word for “insanity” or “malice”. David Wilson was the youngest prison governor in England aged 29. He is Emeritus Professor of Criminology and founding Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University. He presented the CBS series Voice of a Serial Killer and, for BBC Radio 4, In The Criminologist’s Chair. His latest book is My Life with Murderers: Behind Bars with the World’s Most Violent Men. Sophie Hannah is a poet and crime novelist who, with the blessing of the Christie estate, has written three new Poirot novels The Monogram Murders, Closed Casket and The Mystery of Three Quarters. Her latest publication is a self-help book entitled How to Hold a Grudge. Michael Hughes’ most recent novel Country maps Homer’s Iliad onto 1990s Northern Ireland to describe both the black comedy and the brutality of The Troubles. His previous novel is The Countenance Divine. He teaches creative writing and also works as a professional actor.

Sgt. David Jones of the Edmonton Police Services is racking up the Airmiles commuting to Cambridge University in the UK as he undertakes a Master’s in Applied Criminology and Police Management.

The Institute of Criminology holds an annual international conference on Evidence Based Policing, Chaired by Professor Lawrence Sherman in association with the Society for Evidence Based Policing (SEBP). The 11th conference was held at the Sidgwick site at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, on 9-11 July 2018. Chair: Dr. Heather Strang, Director, Cambridge Police Executive Programme Valedictory Speaker: Sir Denis O’Connor Sir Richard Mayne Award for outstanding academic achievement on the M. St. in Applied Criminology and Police Management: Ben Chivers Course Distinctions: Ben Chivers Robin Goodyear Simon Rose Thesis Distinctions: • Beatriz Abizanda • Peter Blichfeldt • Steven Chandler • Ben Chivers • Robin Goodyear • Julie Henderson • Syed Hussain • Regin Hviid • Johan Kardell • Jan Larsen • Ashley Liggins • GordonMcCalmont • Alastair Nall • Arif Nawaz • Adam Ramiz • Simon Rose • David Sandall • Noel Simmonds • James Sutherland Victor Lissack Award: Frederik Højlund This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

The Institute of Criminology holds an annual international conference on Evidence Based Policing, Chaired by Professor Lawrence Sherman in association with the Society for Evidence Based Policing (SEBP). The 11th conference was held at the Sidgwick site at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, on 9-11 July 2018. Chair: Dr. Heather Strang, Director, Cambridge Police Executive Programme Valedictory Speaker: Sir Denis O’Connor Sir Richard Mayne Award for outstanding academic achievement on the M. St. in Applied Criminology and Police Management: Ben Chivers Course Distinctions: Ben Chivers Robin Goodyear Simon Rose Thesis Distinctions: • Beatriz Abizanda • Peter Blichfeldt • Steven Chandler • Ben Chivers • Robin Goodyear • Julie Henderson • Syed Hussain • Regin Hviid • Johan Kardell • Jan Larsen • Ashley Liggins • GordonMcCalmont • Alastair Nall • Arif Nawaz • Adam Ramiz • Simon Rose • David Sandall • Noel Simmonds • James Sutherland Victor Lissack Award: Frederik Højlund

Feederism (or feedism) is the term given to practices and relationships related to erotic weight gain. In its simplest form, feederism is about a feeder (a person who likes to see another person gain weight) and a feedee (a person who enjoys gaining weight). Following on from their Fringe talk for us, Mark Pentler spoke to Kathy Charles and Michael Palkowski about their research in this area. This work led to the release of a book on the subject, titled Feederism: Eating, Weight Gain and Sexual Pleasure, details of which can be found here on the Palgrave website. Kathy has been a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University since 2007. She teaches undergraduate modules in forensic psychology and research methods, and she is the programme leader for the MSc in Applied Criminology and Forensic Psychology. Her research interests are in aversive personalities, unusual interests, and forensic interviewing. She is the director of studies for a PhD student researching aversive personalities. Her website is at www.kathycharles.net and she can be found on Twitter as @kathy_charles  Michael Palkowski is a Sociologist and PhD student at Edinburgh Napier University, working in the Business school. He is also currently an undergraduate dissertation supervisor in the School of Life, Sports and Social Sciences, where he specializes in autoethnographic projects. He has also presented his work at various international and national conferences. His Twitter handle is @degarmot

Feederism (or feedism) is the term given to practices and relationships related to erotic weight gain. In its simplest form, feederism is about a feeder (a person who likes to see another person gain weight) and a feedee (a person who enjoys gaining weight). This talk - by Kathy Charles and Michael Palkowski - opens up the world of feederism by exploring what really happens in feederism relationships and where the desires of feeders and feedees stem from. This work led to the release of a book on the subject, titled Feederism: Eating, Weight Gain and Sexual Pleasure, details of which can be found here on the Palgrave website. Kathy has been a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University since 2007. She teaches undergraduate modules in forensic psychology and research methods, and she is the programme leader for the MSc in Applied Criminology and Forensic Psychology. Her research interests are in aversive personalities, unusual interests, and forensic interviewing. She is the director of studies for a PhD student researching aversive personalities. Her website is at www.kathycharles.net and she can be found on Twitter as @kathy_charles  Michael Palkowski is a Sociologist and PhD student at Edinburgh Napier University, working in the Business school. He is also currently an undergraduate dissertation supervisor in the School of Life, Sports and Social Sciences, where he specializes in autoethnographic projects. He has also presented his work at various international and national conferences. His Twitter handle is @degarmot