New article with the brilliant Jasmina Arnež in the latest Prison Service Journal on youth justice in Slovenia – part of a brilliant special issue on European developments with a standout cover and powerful contributions throughout.

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How many breakthroughs never happened because half the population was locked out of the lab, courtroom, or clinic?
Intl Day of Women & Girls in Science reminds us that progress happens faster & smarter when we recognise talent & ideas for what they are - not who they come from.
Make room for her!

My book launch in Oxford is on January 23, please sign up here to view online or in person: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

2️⃣ Putting People Behind Closed Doors: An Analysis of Social Care Detention in Slovenia (co-authored with Luka Gal Prestor and Jasmina Arnež).
🔗https://www.policija.si/images/stories/Publikacije/RKK/PDF/2024/04/RKK2024-04_LukaGalPrestor_PutingPeopleBehindClosedDoors.pdf

1️⃣ Digitalisation of the Slovenian Justice System and Its Discontents (co-authored with Ales Zavrsnik and Lora Briski).
🔗https://www.policija.si/images/stories/Publikacije/RKK/PDF/2024/04/RKK2024-04_AlesZavrsnik_DigitalisationOfTheSLOJusticeSystem.pdf

The journal holds a unique place as the primary source for criminology in Slovenia and beyond; it adheres to rigorous peer-review, shows unparalleled dedication to open access, and is included in the big academic databases. I had the privilege of contributing to two articles in this special issue!

I’m thrilled to share the latest special English-language issue of the Journal of Criminal Investigation and Criminology (Revija za kriminalistiko in kriminologijo - RKK), marking the culmination of the Institute of Criminology's 70th-anniversary celebrations.
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The paper is part of a special issue, co-edited by Stina Bergman Blix, Louise Victoria Johansen, Sharyn Roach Anleu and myself, titled Constructing Objectivity: Emotions in Legal Decision-making, and is a result of Stina's brilliant #ERC project #JustEmotions.
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I have a new paper, in which I explore how judges and prosecutors deal with the challenges of making mistakes in sentencing.
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Last week's #ASC Conference in San Francisco (my first) was an exercise in perseverance (jetlag is no joke) and a curious observational effort. Criminology there is same as in Europe, but not quite. Sentencing is similar, but not really. The debates sound familiar, but off. A parallel world of sorts