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Lisa Tompson

@lisatompson.bsky.social

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Crime Scientist 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 -> 🇳🇿 Interested in generating and synthesising evidence for better crime prevention and policing policy. Methodologically promiscuous.

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Sociology 25%

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Social Research Methods at Leeds @srmleeds.bsky.social · 5h

In our latest clip, we have the privilege of featuring Prof. Ray Pawson @sspatleeds.bsky.social presenting “The Rise and Fall and Rise of Evaluation Research.”
A must-watch for anyone interested in #RealistMethods and #PolicyEvaluation more broadly.
socialresearchmethods.leeds.ac.uk/methods-clips/

Methods Clips | Social Research Methods Centre

socialresearchmethods.leeds.ac.uk

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 5h

OK now you're just showing off 😆 but seriously, it's those many years of collaborating that got you to this stage of it being 'quick and smooth'.

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 5h

Impressive! I don't envy how long and how much effort that must have been to set up, but it should be a great return on investment.

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Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social · 7h

Another view of this morning’s sunrise.
Friday, 10 October, Makorori Headlands, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 18h

I just submitted a peer review that I was extremely tempted to write in confidential comments to the editor "more unsubstantiated claims than the US president". It beggars belief.

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent tool for NZ'ers (and also, anyone from anywhere in the world). Created by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Highly recommend those in politics, public life, activism, journalism, media, and academia use this tool to determine risk of PII exposure. www.howexposedami.co.nz

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing. I never knew this and I got my UG from a uni famed for its illegal raves in the woods.

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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · 7d

WATCH @richard100.bsky.social at the 2025 Applied Research in Crime and Justice Conference in Sydney earlier this year presenting research on suspicious accounts contacting adolescents via social media networks 🎥 youtu.be/7GDER16M9Ps?...

The contacting of adolescents on social media by suspicious accounts

YouTube video by NSW BOCSAR

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 10d

I'll see you there :) I've only been to one (last yr in Christchurch) and enjoyed it but I hear it is variable based on the host institution's priorities. Brisbane is a great city to sightsee in but will be s-t-i-c-k-y in Dec 🥵

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Professor Laura Huey @drlaurahuey.bsky.social · 14d

I’m still looking for someone to do an evidence assessment on violence prevention initiatives for @EvidenceBaseJnl Would love something on the evidence base for violence interrupters, among others.

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Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · 17d

Global review of research from 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 finds almost all studies show no difference between the rates at which immigrants and local people commit crime, with only a few studies from 🇩🇪/🇮🇹 finding higher immigrant offending.

Immigration and crime around the globe: key findings across a diverse range of contexts · CrimRxiv

This chapter reviews the ever-growing body of empirical research on the immigration-crime link around the globe, focusing on studies across a diverse range of contexts: the United States, Canada, Australia,...

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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 21d

@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!

It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐

Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · 27d

Too easy: American Gothic, circa 1995. The height of the sublime 90s horror genre. Approximately 3 people agree with me.

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James Windle @jameswindle.bsky.social · 27d

New job alert - Criminology lectureship (3 years) - University College Cork, Department of Sociology and Criminology - all specialisations and interests welcome my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 9

Briefly logged into LinkedIn by any chance? 😆

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 9

See: www.tandfonline.com/journals/reb...

Learn about Evidence Base

Learn about Evidence Base aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.

www.tandfonline.com

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 9

We've built registered reports into @evidencebasejnl.bsky.social to try and help with that 🤓

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 9

I don't disagree but how would that work in practice when the findings are in the abstract (or should be)?

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 9

Sim City, that takes me back! Used to love that game!

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · Sep 6

More cuts to the Marsden Fund. This time $20 million from the annual budget cut starting next year. This is on top of previous cuts by this government. They are trying to skip the 'priming the pump' step of public research as a driver of the economy. How well that is going to work?
#NZPOL

Fewer Marsden Fund grants after government cuts

A major research fund has been forced to slash its grant allocation by more than $20 million next year.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Would it even be a conference if the panel most suited to your research interests didn't clash with your own session?!

Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 6

So glad you got to see their work, that team are doing mission critical things.

Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Fantastic, congratulations @oliveiratr.bsky.social !! 👏

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Was the last photo Tiggey May?!

Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 5

Surely its what gets stolen by criminologists?

Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Sep 5

Good conference this year? 😆

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David Buil-Gil @davidbuil.bsky.social · Sep 3

@sandyschumann.bsky.social receives the Open Criminology Award from the European Network for Open Criminology (ENOC) in Athens
Photo credit: @ferhattura19.bsky.social

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · Aug 26

Another way government austerity is failing healthcare and the NZ people. Underfunded Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ is cutting access to the Cochrane Library, a gold standard source of information to support health decision-making. NZers use it 246 times per day. #nzpol

tinyurl.com/3jya8hkd

The Cochrane library is a global source of independent health evidence for everyone – why is NZ restricting access?

New Zealanders download Cochrane Library health reviews daily. Restricting access is a step back to when medical knowledge was held tightly by professionals.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · Aug 23

A while ago when there was discussion of other countries seeing major long term age/gender divisions & I looked at the NZES 2002 to 2020. I'm now adding in 2023, and while there is fluctuations, they are within the range of the last decade, which is very different (and less dramatic) to the US/UK...

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Te Puna Haumaru @tepunahaumaru.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Critical Incident Recovery: Insights from a Police Reintegration Programme

YouTube video by Te Puna Haumaru

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