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Joseph Meyer<p>A criminologist friend of mine is birdwatching while awaiting her flight at Washington Dulles airport. Judging by the evidence, do you think it is the bird’s regular roosting spot? <a href="https://c.im/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Birding</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ornithology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ornithology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criminology</span></a></p>
Drew Crecente (they/them)<p>Victims are too often overlooked in the criminal justice system. </p><p>For victims of crime, allies, or those who seek to be supportive, check out the latest edition of The Victim's Informer newsletter from the Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse. </p><p>🌐<a href="https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/documents/Victims_Informer_Current.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tdcj.texas.gov/documents/Victi</span><span class="invisible">ms_Informer_Current.pdf</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/law" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>law</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/publichealth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>publichealth</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sociology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sociology</span></a></span> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/victims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>victims</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminology</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/victimology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>victimology</span></a></p>
Aby--not fast, just furious<p>“Abolition, as a tradition, a philosophy, and a theory of change, moves away from a myopic focus on the prison toward a more expansive vision of the social, political, and economic processes that defined the context within which imprisonment came to be viewed as the legitimate hand of justice. As a “practical organizing tool and long-term goal”, abolition is a political vision with the goal of eliminating imprisonment, policing, and surveillance and creating lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment. As illustrated by the history of the prison and the police, reforms sold as “progressive” all too often function to mask expanding mandates, logics, and budget lines. Abolitionist movements require struggles about strategy and vision: what, for example are the “non-reformist reforms” (to use a phrase coined by Marxist theorist Andre Gorz and applied by Thomas Mathiesen in his Politics of Abolition) that make sustainable and material differences in the lives of people living under the control of oppressive systems?”</p><p>—Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners &amp; Beth E. Richie</p><p>[“Abolition. Feminism. Now.” pg 45-46 (epub). 2022]</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishPolice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishPrisons</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CommunityNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityNotCops</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckThePolice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AllCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllCops</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criminology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a></p>
Aby--not fast, just furious<p>Just changing my zoom avatar to a giant fucking Palestinian flag before my lecture.</p><p>...let's see if I can single-handedly get the uni's funding cancelled.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/uni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uni</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminology</span></a></p>
Aby--not fast, just furious<p>One of my subjects this semester is "Contemporary and Emerging Issues in Crime and Justice", and the first topic is on Hate Crimes.</p><p>This is going to be interesting..</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/uni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uni</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criminology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/antiSemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiSemitism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/antiZionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiZionism</span></a></p>
Aby--not fast, just furious<p>From the Sisters Inside Facebook page:</p><p>When ‘tougher’ checks hurt the wrong people</p><p>The women we work with through the National Network of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls often face immense barriers to obtaining a WWCC, even when their charges have nothing to do with children. Many who apply have convictions that stem from surviving poverty, violence, homelessness or substance use. These are routinely read by the system not as evidence of structural harm or survival, but as fixed indicators of unsuitability.</p><p>Criminalised women — especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women — already face steep hurdles when applying for a clearance after prison. The law treats a decades-old shoplifting charge, a survival response to domestic violence, or even the state-sanctioned removal of one’s own child as permanent red flags. These often result in women being denied a clearance and being issued a prohibition or negative notice.</p><p>_____</p><p><a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/08/joshua-brown-allegations-working-with-children-check-childcare-victoria/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Facebook&amp;fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLaomVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkteWPLtpBEDfBIEcaWqTvd0Y1l6ILXX0z6m_oMIQY2ZnSRejPWIjJdWrzvO_aem_OWun6Zv0rPgzJ0TVQhfYag#Echobox=1751957344" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crikey.com.au/2025/07/08/joshu</span><span class="invisible">a-brown-allegations-working-with-children-check-childcare-victoria/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Facebook&amp;fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLaomVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkteWPLtpBEDfBIEcaWqTvd0Y1l6ILXX0z6m_oMIQY2ZnSRejPWIjJdWrzvO_aem_OWun6Zv0rPgzJ0TVQhfYag#Echobox=1751957344</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Aboriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aboriginal</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Decolonise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonise</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SovereigntyNeverCeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovereigntyNeverCeded</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Treaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treaty</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckRacism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckWhiteness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckWhiteness</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckColonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckColonisation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishPolice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishPrisons</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CommunityNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityNotCops</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NoJusticeNoPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoJusticeNoPeace</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Youth</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criminology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a></p>
Gif's Artidote<p>my complaints to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a>, sent on the 21st of june. so far i received two separate emails saying they'll reply in 10 days but i'm still waiting.</p><p>i am a student <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminology</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ou</span></a>. i am hereby complaining about the fact that the ou spends student's tuition fees on contracts and so called partnerships with companies that are actively involved in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MassMurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassMurder</span></a> of fellow human beings for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a>..</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OUcomplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OUcomplicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> 🇯🇴</p>
Gif's Artidote<p>i study <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminology</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> whilst they use my tuition fees to profit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BAE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> who are committing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a>.<br>rather hypocritical to teach me about crime &amp; psychology but refusing to accept accountability for its own behaviour. <br>the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OU</span></a> has treated our complaints with absolute disregard and denial.</p><p>please help us by signing and sharing this petition. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/we-call-on-the-open-university-to-divest-from-israel-and-the-arms-industry?source=direct_link&amp;" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">actionnetwork.org/petitions/we</span><span class="invisible">-call-on-the-open-university-to-divest-from-israel-and-the-arms-industry?source=direct_link&amp;</span></a></p>

My lecturer remarked my assignment. I got a 33/40 (which is a D), but more importantly he said that it was "a very good essay.. the writing and argument are definitely of very high quality" (which is what I care about!).

I know I lost a lot of marks because I was way way over the word limit - it's something I'm working on.

Having to appeal my assessment grade because I got a 29/40 for what I think is the best thing I've ever written, by a marker who thinks "crises" (the plural of "crisis") was a spelling mistake.

My housemate who also marks for the uni thinks the paper was worth an HD, and was as shocked as I was when I told her it scrapped in at a Credit. My housemate thinks it's actually worthy of being published.

Out of over 100K searches, they only had 413 positive hits.

This means the expanded powers are:
1. not proportional
2. not effective

- they are also actively harmful, but cops don't gaf about causing harm, especially to marginalised peoples.
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Expanded ‘Jack’s law’ police powers could lead to further ‘surveillance and harassment’ of some Queenslanders, expert warns

LNP moves to allow police to detain and search people with metal detecting wand in any public place and remove sunset clause

"According to police statistics, 83% of the 100,611 people wanded since Jack’s law came into effect were male. Of people with known ethnic origin, 11.8% were Indigenous – despite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people making up only 4.6% of Queensland’s population, according to census figures. A survey of 6,705 people scanned at shopping centres showed that 76% were male, and 55% were younger than 18.

During another year-long trial that ended in June 2024, police laid more charges for drug possession – 1,384 – than for knife offences, of which 413 were recorded."

#AusPol #Australia #Queensland #QLD #QLDPOL #policing #Criminology #CriminalJustice #AbolishPolice #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded

theguardian.com/australia-news

The Guardian · Expanded ‘Jack’s law’ police powers could lead to further ‘surveillance and harassment’ of some Queenslanders, expert warnsBy Andrew Messenger

The elite always have been getting away with bad behavior:

"Oxford’s “spectacularly high” homicide rate was partly because it was home to so many college students, who made up the majority of both victims and suspected killers, Eisner said."
#history #England #homicide #criminology #Oxford #London
washingtonpost.com/history/202

The Washington Post · Just how bloody was medieval England? A ‘murder map’ holds some surprises.By Leo Sands

I wrote almost 3500 words on Monday and Tuesday, and apparently that all the words that I will ever have within my brain because I can't even look at this essay long enough to just add references without wanting to kms.

#uni #Academia #Criminology #CriminalJustice #university #writing #audhd #autism #adhd #disability #pda #pdaAutism

* This toot was made by rearranging some words I swept up from under my desk this morning and tied together with old spaghettis.

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How would a human rights approach help rethink and reset our criminal justice system? Alex Firth, Research and Communications Officer for Just Fair, which campaigns to make economic, social and cultural rights a part of UK domestic law, explores how creating a robust rights-based safety net could help address the root causes of crime and benefit society as a whole.

Tackling the roots of crisis and crime – a human rights response - Alex Firth

revolving-doors.org.uk/tacklin

Revolving Doors · Tackling the roots of crisis and crime – a human rights response –...Tackling the roots of crisis and crime – a human rights response Alex Firth How would a human rights approach help rethink and reset our criminal justice system? Alex Firth, Research and Communications Officer for Just Fair, which campaigns to make economic, social and cultural rights a part of...
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No matter what we look like or where we come from, most of us have known the pain of seeing loved ones struggle—friends who have dealt with substance use, children who have
made rebellious choices, neighbors in over their heads trying to make ends meet. We also share some basic desires: that our communities would be places where people can overcome their struggles and be treated as equals. Where we are free to care for our families, find success, and be recognized for our best moments—not just our worst.

But for too long, we’ve allowed police and prison lobbyists to convince our leaders that separating people from their families through endless punishment is somehow a path to
safety: an estimated 8 million Americans have been to prison, over 70 million (20% of the population) are living with a criminal record, and nearly half of American families are impacted by American prisons and jails. Contrary to the claims of certain politicians, these policies have actually made us less safe.

The truth is, we know what keeps us safe. Research demonstrates that 3 key factors are particularly important for lowering crime and increasing safety:
1) steady income, whether
through employment or public benefits;
2) access to safe, stable housing; and
3) access to care and services. These are the factors that promote well-being, success, and empowerment
for individuals, families, and communities—all while reducing crime. If we want to imagine a
world where people are given a chance to address harm and heal, we must invest in the things that foster success and equal justice

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JUSTICE REINVESTMENT

KEY TO REDUCING INDIGENOUS INCARCERATION - Tom Calma

Crime rates are dropping, but rates of imprisonment – particularly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – are sky-rocketing. A new approach is needed.

The Australian Law Reform Commission’s Pathways to Justice report tabled in April is the most recent in a long line to address the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prison, and not the first to point to justice reinvestment as a solution.

The ongoing and increasing expenditure of public resources on imprisonment for low-level offenders is a bad investment in social, health and economic terms. Returning low-level offenders from prison to socially and economically disadvantaged communities where there is inadequate housing, low levels of participation in schooling, few training or employment opportunities and limited or no drug and alcohol rehabilitation services doesn’t make sense. We are setting people – and communities – up to fail.

What does make sense is reprioritising where our money is spent. It needs to be moved away from building new prisons and into early intervention and crime prevention programs to reduce the number of people being locked up in the first place.

www5.austlii.edu.au/au/journal

www5.austlii.edu.auCalma, Tom --- "Justice reinvestment: Key to reducing Indigenous incarceration" [2018] PrecedentAULA 41; (2018) 147 Precedent 12