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Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks

Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology @ManMetUni interested in posttraumatic growth, trauma and victimology🏳️‍🌈. I've moved to Linkedin @drmattbrooks

Joined January 2010
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Dr. Matt Brooks retweeted
MetroPolis@mcrmetropolis
25 Jun 2024
In the second of our 'Countdown to the Election' blogs, @h_fawcett and @mtrbrooks discuss the need for a national juror wellbeing policy👎mcrmetropolis.uk/juror-wellb… @MMUPsychology @MoJGovUK @MMU_Research
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Dr. Matt Brooks retweeted
Nick Davis@n_j_davis
18 Jun 2024
For any current @MMUPsychology students who follow me, @mtrbrooks and I are advertising an RA position for our British Academy grant on the effects of social isolation in the criminal justice system. Internal applications via Jobs4Students: recruitment.mmu.ac.uk/vacanc…
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If you are an undergraduate Psychology student at MMU, and are interested in shaping our assessment and feedback processes, please consider taking part in the focus group below. Details below! 👇 @MMUPsychology @mmupsychstudent
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⚖ As part of Jury Duty Appreciation Week, I spoke to @Telegraph about the psychological aspects of jury duty and the Government's pilot of post-trial support 🙏 Thanks to Amy Herbert for contributing her lived experiences to the article 📰telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne… - paywalled

‘I still have nightmares from my jury service on a rape trial’

Zero support was offered to Amy after serving her civic duty. Now, a pilot scheme wants to address the trauma many jurors suffer

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Thank you to @LisaMCoulthard and the @BACP for their support in this important campaign. #ThankAJuror
MetroPolis@mcrmetropolis
8 May 2024
📢Jury Duty Appreciation Week 2024📢 We're thrilled to have the support of Dr @LisaMCoulthard (@BACP) for our new campaign, led by @h_fawcett & @mtrbrooks @ManMetUni, calling for dedicated specialist wellbeing support for jurors in England and Wales 👏 #ThankAJuror
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RT @canadajury: Jury duty is our civic duty in Canada and the United Kingdom. We have a duty to thank and support jurors after their servic…
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Thank you to @BPSOfficial for their support with this important campaign for better wellbeing support for jurors. For more info on this work see our website courtroomwellbeinghub.mmu.ac… #ThankAJuror

Courtroom Wellbeing Hub - Courtroom Wellbeing

Welcome to the Courtroom Wellbeing Hub The Courtroom Wellbeing Hub is the place to discover the latest research, practice, and policy relating to creating trauma-informed courtrooms. We are a...

courtroomwellbeinghub.mmu.ac.uk
MetroPolis@mcrmetropolis
7 May 2024
Replying to @h_fawcett @mtrbrooks @ManMetUni @uniofleicester @canadajury @MoJGovUK @HMCTSgovuk @mmu_law @MMU_Research @mcrmetribl @HealthRI_MMU @TheLawSociety @Law_Commission @LivUniSLSJ @law_uom @LegalWeek
📢Jury Duty Appreciation Week 2024 📢 Dr Roman Raczka (@romanpsych) President-Elect of @BPSOfficial is calling for the next government to prioritise better mental health support for the 'unsung heroes' of the criminal justice system ⚖️ Find out more 👉 bps.org.uk/news/bps-urges-fo…
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Dr. Matt Brooks retweeted
Manchester Metropolitan Uni@ManMetUni
3 May 2024
Researchers at @MMUForensicPsyc are leading a movement to champion the work of jurors. The UK's first Jury Duty Appreciation Week (6 - 12 May) has been launched by @h_fawcett and @mtrbrooks and encourages specialist wellbeing support. 👉bit.ly/3UizliY #ThankAJuror
Eleven jurors are visible, sat in a courtroom watching the proceedings of a trial.

ALT Eleven jurors are visible, sat in a courtroom watching the proceedings of a trial.

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⚖ Pleased to be part of the team behind the first Jury Duty Appreciation Week in England and Wales to recognise and support the hard work of jurors. 👀 Keep an eye out on our social media (@mcrmetropolis) for further updates over the coming week! #thankajuror #jurorsupport
MetroPolis@mcrmetropolis
3 May 2024
Over 350,000 people in England & Wales are called for Jury service annually⚖️ 50% of jurors experience symptoms of stress. Jury Duty Appreciation Week 2024, led by @h_fawcett & @mtrbrooks @manmetuni, recognises the crucial role of jurors & calls for policy reform. #thankajuror
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🙌More good news! Super pleased to have been awarded a @BritishAcademy_ small grant with @n_j_davis to explore the effects of social isolation within the context of the criminal justice system ⚖️ @mmupsychstudent @MMUForensicPsyc @MMU_Research @HealthRI_MMU
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🛬 Returned from another successful and super productive 'ResilienceCon' conference and research consortium this week in a very sunny and hot Nashville, TN! 🌎 1/6
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🌟 Honoured to be part of an international community that is really advancing the science of resilience. Thank you to Prof. Sherry Hamby, for providing the space to allow this to happen! 6/6
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@MMU_Research @HealthRI_MMU @mmupsychstudent @MMUForensicPsyc
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✨@h_fawcett and I have had our first article in @ConversationUK published! ⚖ We talk about the challenges of jury duty and the need for better well-being support for jurors. 📖theconversation.com/jurors-n… @MMUPsychology @mcrmetropolis @MMU_Research

Jurors need help – gruelling criminal cases can leave them with lasting trauma

Harrowing cases can traumatise jurors, yet in England and Wales they receive no formal support

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🗞️Read about the seminar @h_fawcett and I attended in the House of Lords on support for jurors as part of a trauma-informed court system @MMU_Research @mcrmetropolis @mmupsychstudent @MMUForensicPsyc mcrmetropolis.uk/creating-a-…

Creating a trauma informed court system - Metropolis

Read about the recent Westminster seminar organised by Manchester Met's Dr Hannah Fawcett, exploring how to better support jurors in England and Wales.

mcrmetropolis.uk
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Publication update 📚 Congratulations to @en_kirkham, our former @MMUForensicPsyc student, who has had her dissertation on betrayal trauma published in the Journal of Loss and Trauma! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Investigating Differences in Sleep Disturbance, Dissociation, and Anxiety Due to the Severity and...

Betrayal trauma theory suggests betrayal from a trusted person affects how an event is remembered and processed. Few studies have looked at differences in psychological symptoms due to the severity...

tandfonline.com
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