Next Chapter Scotland
At Next Chapter Scotland we help people to navigate the stigma and discrimination they can face due to involvement with the criminal justice system (SC052899) www.nextchapterscotland.org.uk 0330 355 7145
Starter Packs
Created by Next Chapter Scotland (1)
Criminal Justice Lived Experience (UK)
Starter pack for those with (or interested in) lived experience of the criminal justice system. This starter pack is a work in progress and we’ll keep adding to it. Please let us know any suggestions of people to add.
@hjalitigation.bsky.social
Award winning specialist practitioners in criminal litigation, financial crime and regulatory. Top ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Tel: 0330 822 5788 https://www.hja.net/legal-services/general-crime/
@upsidescotland.bsky.social
Upside is a national throughcare service, available in all parts of Scotland. Upside provides people in short-term custody, or remand with the practical and emotional support they need to transition to community life.
@coalition-nopunish.bsky.social
Working collectively and connecting widely to disrupt the punishment system in Scotland.
@lsa.org.uk
Legal Services Agency (LSA) is a Scottish Law Centre and Charity committed to tackling inequality, defending legal rights and using the law to effect social change. Our website: lsa.org.uk
@sacromediation.bsky.social
As one of Scotland’s leading providers of mediation training, we can help you to become a qualified and accredited mediator. For over 20 years we have helped organisations across Scotland, empowering their staff to find better solutions to conflict.
@clanchildlaw.org
Clan is an award-winning, independent children's charity that actively supports children and young people to take ownership of their rights.
@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
@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
@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/
@margueritesch.bsky.social
@dadsrockorg.bsky.social
Children thrive when Dads thrive. Providing Dads and families with the tools they need to give their child the best possible start in life. Founded in Edinburgh, working across the UK. Registered charity: SC043877 🌐 www.dadsrock.org.uk
@timeservedapp.bsky.social
@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. 🏴
@newenglandinnocence.org
Fighting for people & communities harmed by the criminal legal system. “Without freedom, we have nothing.” #FreeJasonCarroll #FreeEdwardWright #FreeTommyRosa #FreeUsAll
@stirunicriminology.bsky.social
Account for the #Criminology team at the University of Stirling, UK. We co-host the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). #AcademicSky
@jimwatsonmba.bsky.social
Aspiring academic - PhD student Dundee, assoc. Lecturer UWS. Husband, father, grandfather just wanting to make the world a better place...
@drhannahgraham.bsky.social
Criminologist and academic | Associate Director @thesccjr.bsky.social | Commissioner, Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission | Scottish politics #ScotPol | Personal account/views. 📍 Scotland 🏴
@bencrewe.bsky.social
@susansegfault.bsky.social
Queer criminologist, Lecturer at University of Edinburgh in STS. Author of Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy. Chair of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Researching power and harm in digital infrastructure. Pfp Jamie Buchan
@drtahaneyalghrani.bsky.social
Lecturer #Criminology ⚖ Author-Wayward Girls (2024) 📕YouthJustice|CrimeHistory|Pathways|SocialJustice *views my own https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wayward-girls-in-victorian-and-edwardian-england-9781350407114/
@andy8chi.bsky.social
Criminologist. Former Lada driver. Atrocity crimes | democracy | police | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ex-Yu | family history | other people's cats... (he/him) Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
@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.
@dianamiranda.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Criminology (University of Stirling). Surveillance, Biometrics, Tech (and Tea). EU citizen 🇵🇹🏴🇪🇺
@frasoliman.bsky.social
Lecturer in criminology at Edinburgh Napier University. Associate director of the Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research (SCCJR). Using zemiology to research migration, border harms, and environmental harms. Migrant, feminist, bird & cat enthusiast.
@cara-j-says.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @ University of Strathclyde and Associate Director of SCCJR. Researching prisons, families and communities. Also feminism, inequality and critical pedagogy. Just back from mat leave
@monish.bsky.social
#Migration #Asylum #State #Race #Violence #Surveillance #CriminalLegalSystem Academic. University of York, Sociology. Personal account (and views are mine). He/Him 🌈
@jpinasanchez.bsky.social
Professor of Quantitative Criminology and co-director of the Social Research Methods centre at the University of Leeds. Interested in #Data #Bias #Measurement #CriminalJustice #Sentencing #Disparities. jmpinasanchez.github.io/
@stephenfarrall.bsky.social
Criminologist (offending careers; politics & crime; homicide; fear of crime) & cyclist (MTBs + Brompton). S11 & NG7. Sociology qualifications: BSc/MSc (Surrey) Law qualifications: DPhil (Oxford); GCSE (graded at U). https://stephenfarrall.substack.com
@yvonnejewkes.bsky.social
Criminologist. Memoirist @ScribeUKbooks. Writer in Residence HMP Grendon and HMP Rye Hill. Creative writing tutor Freedom to Write. Agent Eleanor Birne @rcwlitagency https://linktr.ee/YvonneJewkes
@henryyeomans.bsky.social
Historical criminologist specialising in all things alcohol. Professor of Criminology at University of Leeds. Once described as bearing a 'striking resemblance to Peter Beardsley'.
@harryannison.bsky.social
Professor of Criminal Justice at Southampton Law School, UK. Penal politics, parole and probation.
@jen-jen-holmes.bsky.social
S/L in Criminology and Policing at UWE. PhD explored vulnerable suspects, investigative interviews and third parties. Research interests include homicide and stalking. Ex-police MCIO. Views own. Also posting on korfball, cats and indie/rock/ska
@pamsoton.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology | Researching AI & implications for justice Co-Editor-in-Chief Criminology & Criminal Justice Journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crj
@liviualexandrescu.bsky.social
Lecturer in criminology @Manchester Metropolitan University. Mainly interested in social/criminological theory, media/culture and critical drug studies. Views expressed my own.
@drakinlabi.bsky.social
Prog Lead, Professional Policing Degree at Northumbria Uni | Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice | Editor: Policing and the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa | Author: Police-citizen Relations in Nigeria | Co-Editor: Policing the Global South
@drclairefox.bsky.social
Criminologist/victimologist, senior lecturer @ University of Manchester, Tory-intolerant, fond of a cuss word or two, skilled procrastinator
@profrarmitage.bsky.social
Prof. of Law and Social Justice & Director of Research at Leeds Law School Co-Founder, volunteer & Chair of Trustees @talkingforward.bsky.social Trustee @MCFcharityUK & 🥁@memorialdevice.bsky.social ANT #MDANT
@shonaminson.bsky.social
Women's Justice Board member BBC New Generation Thinker Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford Family law/ criminal law intersections. Children's rights. Procedural Justice Creative public engagement. Once upon a time I was a barrister
@smilivojevic.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Digital Futures, Bristol Digital Futures Institute. Researching crime and technology, and borders and mobility. Happy to give Elon the boot.
@justicefocus.org
Criminology Lecturer- Uni of Bath. Researching the Coloniality of Justice. Teaching decoloniality, critical approach to Human Rights, “race” & racism, global crimes of the powerful. Host of Justice Focus Podcast
@vickiebarrett.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Huddersfield University. ADR UK Research Fellow. Interested in punitiveness (CJS, education, welfare), policy, school exclusions and offending. Ex-probation officer and school teacher. Views my own
@francispakes.bsky.social
Professor in Criminology. Nordic prison expert and keen runner, dog walker and chess enthusiast
@crimepsychblog.bsky.social
Prof of Psychology, Security and Trust in @criminologyuom.bsky.social University of Manchester UK. Research on tech and crime, also human performance in extreme environments. Posting occasionally about either or both.
@donnapeacock.bsky.social
Head of Division and Reader in Social Sciences at UWS, research interests in disability, criminology, police custody.
@ferhattura19.bsky.social
PhD. Lecturer in Criminology at Bournemouth University. #Quantitative #Criminology, #Victimology, #Policing… Personal account https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/ftura
@lizzieseal.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology. Primarily interested in historical criminology and crime history. Current book project is The Mummy in the Cupboard Murder: Forensic Science, Magic and the Gothic Imagination. Views my own
@ctmccartney.bsky.social
Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Focus on #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also nuts about Prince, Maneskin, professional cycling, politics, comedy, gigs and more. #academicsky (1st-gen)
@marycorcoran.bsky.social
The day job is Criminologist, but I’m really a student of justice. ‘Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine’: The people live in each other’s shadows.