This is the account of De Montfort University's Sexual Violence and Domestic Violence Research Network

Joined June 2019
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20 Apr 2023
R: Reward and Recognition - Di Turgoose @pracademiccrime explores the added value of the pracademic classroom utilising a case study from her own discipline of criminology and criminal justice #disruptivepedagogy #pracademic #pracademia #ANTF2023
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Our CEO, @jayney_butler will be on @BBCBreakfast at 8.10am speaking in support of @CharlieCW's open letter to the Lord Chancellor, calling for better funding for victim support services. You can read her letter in full here: bit.ly/4524YCg bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65536116
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As the 2nd reading of the Victims and Prisoners Bill takes place today, we urge the government to guarantee migrant victims' right to safety & justice. We call on MPs to amend this Bill to ensure all victims of crime are protected without discrimination. 1/2
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Today starts the #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek! We will join the campaign by sharing the results of @womensaid report “Are you Listening?”, where they identified 7 pillars of a good mental health response for survivors of domestic abuse. Please access: bit.ly/Womens-Aid
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Today is second reading of the Victims and Prisoners Bill. This Bill was meant to put the Victims’ Code rights in law to give it teeth but the Bill has failed to include enforceability, and funding for services. It will have no meaningful impact on victims’ lives. #victimslaw
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I’ve written an open letter to the Lord Chancellor asking for commitment to the importance of specialist services to support victims. Specialist services are already over capacity. My letter is supported by Rape Crisis, Women’s Aid, Refuge, CALM, Galop #inkatiesname
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We are hiring a Chairwoman!💚 If this sounds like you and you want to get involved with us, please get in touch.💬
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Can you help?
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Any author(s) who get(s) #reviewer2 initial comment of 'great paper' as you did deserves a 🥳We are looking forward to reading your ground breaking work on Companion Animals (Pets) and Domestic Violence and Abuse @PracademicCrime @ruthmckie1 @Paris_Connolly @dmuhls @DMUresearch

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Great work 👏👏👏🐝🐝🐝We cant wait to read your latest work on domestic violence and abuse and 🐱🐶
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🚨Let's note that ITV has an extensive list of duty of care protocols and welfare services offered to islanders while they're in the villa.
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Parker added: ‘Love Island is watched by many young people and we know what a huge influence it has. ‘Producers must make sure there is support for contestants throughout, and intervene if relationships become unhealthy or abusive.’
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‘We hope that ITV recognise how serious this issue is and that it must be learned from, considering they have asked Adam to return to the show.’
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‘In the 2018 series of Love Island, we saw Rosie rightly call out Adam for his unacceptable behaviour, which included gaslighting and emotional abuse.
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Now the charity, which aims to end domestic abuse against women and children, has insisted producers must intervene if relationships in the villa become unhealthy or abusive. Here's what Teresa Parker, head of communications and media relations, told us👇
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However, his turn in the 2018 villa was marred by controversy, after he was accused of gaslighting, with Women’s Aid previously warning women of ‘abusive relationships’ in the aftermath.
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Congrats to📢@PracademicCrime & @ruthmckie1 who have been nominated for the 2022 excellence in research & scholarship @bsc_wccjn paper prize for their article 'personal safety applications: empowering victims of domestic violence & abuse? A practitioner lens @dmuresearch @DMU_CCJ
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Forthcoming book 'Pracademics In Criminal Justice' Editorial Team @PracademicCrime @Vicknight18 @dmuleicester and Darren Woodward. Some fantastic colleagues are contributing to the collection @Routledge_Socio @routledgebooks More to come, watch this space!👀#pracademics @DMUCAITE

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I ranked #3 on the Whova leaderboard at Homicide Abuse Learning Together (HALT) Conference! #HALTCon - via #Whova event app It's almost time for the conference to start - really looking fwd to this
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