Hoping this book starts conversations routledge.com/Co-production-…

My reflections. SL gets Prof as "spousal hire". Other SL gets Prof as VC is hot & excited. Anti-academic police commissioner & former minister are "professors of criminology". A bully Dean promises a "distinguished performance" allowance to a favoured buffoon. Money & influence.

I remember reading somewhere that psychologists thought universities were a fertile field for the study of psychopaths, but they avoided doing those studies because of the obvious career detriment it would cause.

I find it amazing how few academic criminologists have ever looked at or even considered the possibility of University corruption or considered the context of higher education.

I missed out on the chance of a promotion last year. My hopes pushed further out b/c of whistleblowing etc. While some fellas get it easy, this has been my journey through academia. Ex high school drop out and cert III TAFE alum. Nepotism and cronyism has no place in academia.

I'm trying to cross-reference this with our student misconduct policies and don't see at all how it could be argued to have violated them. theguardian.com/australia-ne…

The faculty who express the greatest faith in faculty governance haven’t won a faculty vote in the 21st century. Impressively, that doesn’t keep them from believing they are the voice of the faculty.

We examined the statuses of nearly 66,000 medical grievances from across the Bureau of Prisons. Here's what we found: Over 10 years, 98% of medical grievances were rejected. Less than 1% of medical cases ended in a grant of relief.

Turns out casual staff shouldn’t be working for free at universities marking and doing other administrative activities. I reckon I’d be owed thousands (if not tens of thousands) for the ‘associated’ work I’ve done. No better time to join your union. nteu.au/News_Articles/Media_…

We have reviewed the grade appeal and decided in favor of your student. Their accommodations allow them to miss any class or assignment without letting you know why or within proximity of the actual due date. Just because it was due in February, doesn’t mean it isn’t excused.

instead of men being taught consent and to not sexually assault people, women have to be taught to not exercise alone.

We all want to know if a guilty party actually regrets what they've done, but how can we tell? Well, we sort of can't. @maggiefifty @westernsydneyu theconversation.com/its-impo…

People have asked for our take on this article that suggests the U.S. prison population could drop by 60% over the coming years. Here it is: The math checks out. But the assumptions about the future depend on the choices policymakers make today. 🧵 theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…

‘Astounding’ negligence revealed: governments turn blind eye to staggering prison death toll | Deaths in custody | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-ne…

See the issue with flip flopping laws is that it creates inconsistency in prisoners numbers. A focus on building new prisons and being “harsher” diverts funding away from what we actually need. We need justice reinvestment and prevention methods to avoid prison, but once they are imprisoned access to services and education to actively improve lives post-release. This State, actually built a new prison and then committed to bail reform. Didn’t staff that new prison for years which cost billions. Then flipped back to harsher laws and now are scrambling to staff it. All while not actually investing in the staff to run these prisons. We need an increased pay for prison officers, increased training, better staffing and actually empowering them to make meaningful rehabilitation connections whilst in prison. We need to sack private prison operators. It actually takes years to train good prison officers. I’ve spoken to so many officers who have not been given proper training and seen people been absolutely savaged on their first day on the job. Then they just quit. We need to drastically rethink our justice and incarceration system in this state. It’s creating an unsafe society. We just lurch from crisis to crisis and it’s unacceptable. This state deserves so much more.

Police minister Catley and the Minns government would rather have police searching and locking up 10 year olds than fund proper responses to mental health issues. Cauchi’s mass murders put harsh spotlight on failings of mental health and police systems | theguardian.com/australia-ne…

How depressing that we have a moralising idiot with no idea about drug use as the Police Minister in NSW. Peter FitzSimons interview with NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley on drugs, strip searches and age of criminal responsibility smh.com.au/national/nsw/just…

Today I learned that there are online masters programs in counseling. Which means that people can become therapists without ever having seen a patient in real life. 🤦‍♂️

I had a wonderful visit with @TheCrimAcademy this morning. Thank you so much, @jsanchez318 & @JennTostlebe -- I knew it was going to be a great interview when Jose greeted me in a @Twins hat.

New in Nordic Journal of Criminology💫 Study explores links between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and juvenile violent victimization. Important findings on how early-life adversity shapes youth vulnerability scup.com/doi/10.18261/njc.27…

No, I’m not ashamed of experiencing homelessness. I’m a proud self-made, mighty woman. I’m not ashamed of having survived horrific child sexual abuse & out-of-home care. Society, especially privileged folk, should be ashamed that homelessness happens in a country like Australia.