It's great to see how the evidence I & others gave to the Jay Review of Criminal Exploitation has been used, adding to calls for
- an end to the criminalisation of all exploited children
- an alternative child protection pathway
- resourced responses
- partnerships with parents

Congratulations to all of our final year students for submitting Sociology and Criminology dissertations today! 🎉🥳🎉

International Women's Day at Durham 👩‍⚕️👩‍🌾👩‍💻👩‍🏭👩‍🔬

We're proud to shine a spotlight on all the incredible women that make up our staff, students and professional services.

Read more about how we're recognising #IWD2024 👉 brnw.ch/21wHGOs

#InspireInclusion

Join us TODAY 12:30-13:30 GMT for the Durham Sociology webinar on Global Frontiers in Research and Education, with reflections by Professor Geetanjali Gangoli Sui-Ting Kong Jana Bacevic ([email protected]) #DUGlobalWeek ! CRiVA Centre for Social Justice and Community Action. See: tinyurl.com/y8bt3cuk

A great day delivering my first keynote to Durham County Council CAPVA conference today, capturing my past 7 years of research & Lihan Miao sharing our most recent Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre funded participatory work. Always a privilege to spend the day with commitment practitioners

🌟Interested in stigma, social harm & drug use?🌟 Publish your paper with us in our exciting special issue CfP & check out our current papers 👇😀 mdpi.com/journal/ijerph… IJERPH Dr William McGovern Durham Sociology #stigma #marginalisation

Centre for Social Justice and Community Action Away Day next Monday! Looking forward to planning the next steps of the Centre with our community and academic members ! #wearethechange #ParticipatoryResearch #CommunityEngagement Durham Uni MSW Durham Sociology Impact Acceleration Accounts @ Durham

Huge thanks to everyone who has listened to #NowandMen this year. Sandy Ruxton & I are wishing you all the best for a splendid 2024! 🎉 We are very grateful to all our guests for their insightful reflections on men’s lives and relationships with masculinity and gender equality...

🚨New paper published in #TIBG by John Clayton (Geog & Env Sciences), Catherine Donovan, and Stephen Macdonald (@durham_uni):

'Domestic colonisation: The centrality of the home in experiences of home-takeovers and hate relationships'. #OpenAccess

ow.ly/CEqq50QkZNN

Drink & needle #spiking is a serious problem.
Answer is not new laws, but the hard work of training bar staff, police & improving forensics; and revolutionary idea of taking women seriously when reporting. Headline comment from Professor Nicole Durham University & includes my suggestions

Here's our review of this year's work: Policy&Practice Annual Report 2023 Margaret Masson St Chad's College Durham University Durham Sociology
Durham Public Policy Hub
stchads.ac.uk/uncategorised/…

Tweaks to law on spiking ‘won’t help’ unless police attitude changes, say experts Durham University Professor Nicole Durham Sociology Prof Clare McGlynn KC (Hon) Durham Law School

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/d…

Our member Janelle Rabe in Durham Sociology was recently awarded the Best Poster Prize at the European Conference on Domestic Violence in Reykjavík, Iceland 🏆
 
Find out more 👉durham.ac.uk/research/insti…
#CRiVA10Years
Durham University

Turn to page 8 to read about the ongoing success of our Hate Crime Advocacy service and the important work we've been involved in around tackling hate crime whilst forming great working partnerships👇
Office of the PCC for Northumbria Durham Sociology

A first-of-its-kind book by Dr Lucy Baldwin & Dr Laura Abbott calls on the UK justice system to stop jailing pregnant women to prevent tragedies for mothers and babies. Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wFhcy

Durham Sociology University of Hertfordshire UH Health&SocialWork Policy Press
#DUResearch

New paper alert!
Catherine Donovan, Geetanjali Gangoli, Hannah King, Ayurshi Dutt, Understanding gender and sexuality: The hidden curriculum in English schools, available here:

bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/NANHRNDS…

⭐ Member spotlight ⭐
 
Meet Nicole Westmarland
📅️ Co-Founded CRiVA in 2013
🎓 Professor in Durham Sociology
 
Read more 👉staffblog.webspace.durham.ac.uk/celebrating-10…
#CRiVA10Years
Durham University Professor Nicole

The last #NowandMen episode of 2023 is out now, with the brilliant writer Blake Morrison! We talk to Blake about his 3 memoirs, from 'And When Did You Last See Your Father?' to his latest, 'Two Sisters', and reflect on masculinity, siblings & family life: now-and-men.captivate.fm/episode/blake-…

⭐ CRiVA member spotlight ⭐
 
Meet Kirsten Ellen Hall
📅️ Joined CRiVA in 2015
🎓 Postgraduate Researcher in Durham Sociology
 
Read more 👉staffblog.webspace.durham.ac.uk/celebrating-10…
#CRiVA10Years
Durham University

Evaluating Fast Track Social Work-Qualifying Programmes: Have We Learnt Anything? academic.oup.com/bjsw/article/d…
Rethinking fast track evaluations…