Dr Amanda Holt
@amandaholt.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology; Researching families, young people and harm - youth justice, family violence & homicide, victim's families, violence in schools. University of Roehampton, London.
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Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse
Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse - Current Understandings in Research, Policy and Practice; Since publication of the first edition, awareness of, and interest in, adolescent-to-parent abuse has risen consid...
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Publication Day! The second edition of 'Adolescent to Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research, Policy & Practice' is out now. Fully updated to reflect the huge amount of research & practice that has taken place over the past decade. policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/adolescent-t...
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If anyone wants to buy it DM me for a 50% discount code valid until end of November (and on all BUP titles!)
My new book | How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad, critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility
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November 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
If anyone wants to buy it DM me for a 50% discount code valid until end of November (and on all BUP titles!)
Publication Day! The second edition of 'Adolescent to Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research, Policy & Practice' is out now. Fully updated to reflect the huge amount of research & practice that has taken place over the past decade. policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/adolescent-t...
Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse
Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse - Current Understandings in Research, Policy and Practice; Since publication of the first edition, awareness of, and interest in, adolescent-to-parent abuse has risen consid...
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Publication Day! The second edition of 'Adolescent to Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research, Policy & Practice' is out now. Fully updated to reflect the huge amount of research & practice that has taken place over the past decade. policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/adolescent-t...
Online presentation - Dr. David Burke: Experiences of adolescent to mother violence in the context of intimate partner abuse
June 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Online presentation - Dr. David Burke: Experiences of adolescent to mother violence in the context of intimate partner abuse
University of Derby definitely wins best merch prize at the University Spring Fair today
March 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
University of Derby definitely wins best merch prize at the University Spring Fair today
Delighted to share our new Adult-Child to Parent Research with Practice Toolkit and Needs Assessment Tool, commissioned by MOPAC. All downloadable here: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
Adult-Child to Parent Abuse (ACPA) Research and Toolkit
As part of the Mayor’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2022-2025, MOPAC commissioned Equality Collabs to undertake research and provide recommendations for London on understanding and...
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March 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Delighted to share our new Adult-Child to Parent Research with Practice Toolkit and Needs Assessment Tool, commissioned by MOPAC. All downloadable here: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
Really interesting research here by @iainbrennan.bsky.social & Rosie Cornish on the links between school exclusion and engagement in serious crime www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Teenagers excluded from school ‘twice as likely’ to commit serious violence
Large-scale analysis of UK police and education records reveals link between expulsion and violence within year
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Really interesting research here by @iainbrennan.bsky.social & Rosie Cornish on the links between school exclusion and engagement in serious crime www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Good to see research by me and others highlighted in this article about mothers killed by their children. A sobering read. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘A real injustice’: mothers killed by their children is still a hidden issue in UK
Research shows that mothers are seen as a ‘safe space’ for their offspring – nearly all of them sons – to use violence
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Good to see research by me and others highlighted in this article about mothers killed by their children. A sobering read. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Substance-involved child to parent violence onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Substance‐involved child‐to‐parent violence
Introduction Child-to-parent violence (CPV) is associated with youth substance problems; however, CPV which is substance-involved (SU-CPV) is specifically excluded from the consensus definition of C...
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February 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Substance-involved child to parent violence onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Dr Amanda Holt
Mate crime: how friendship is being used as a weapon to steal and control
Mate crime: how friendship is being used as a weapon to steal and control
A little-recognised form of abuse, it can lead to years of misery
In the beginning, Mandy Davis* thought she was helping out a friend. Paying his rent in their flatshare was an obvious move after he told her he was about to lose his job.
But what…
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Mate crime: how friendship is being used as a weapon to steal and control
Reposted by Dr Amanda Holt
Job opportunity at Aston - we are looking for a new Professor in Criminology to join us. Research specialism in environmental or digital crime especially welcome, but exceptional candidates across all areas welcome. Happy to discuss with potential applicants:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM863/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM863/p...
Professor of Criminology at Aston University
An opportunity for an academic position as a Professor of Criminology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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January 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Job opportunity at Aston - we are looking for a new Professor in Criminology to join us. Research specialism in environmental or digital crime especially welcome, but exceptional candidates across all areas welcome. Happy to discuss with potential applicants:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM863/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM863/p...
Grandmother kinship carers: negotiating conflicts in identity, blame, loss and love in the context of 'mother blame'. Our new article is out today!
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December 14, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Grandmother kinship carers: negotiating conflicts in identity, blame, loss and love in the context of 'mother blame'. Our new article is out today!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Interested in a PhD scholarship within Sociology (eg, gender, popular culture, human rights) or Criminology (eg, families & crime, policing and inequality)? Have a look at the SENSS scheme below and get in touch!
www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/academ...
www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/academ...
Graduate School: SeNSS
The University of Roehampton is pleased to be part of the South-east Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS), a consortium of 10 universities working as a Doctoral Training Partnership to offer Economic a...
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November 21, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Interested in a PhD scholarship within Sociology (eg, gender, popular culture, human rights) or Criminology (eg, families & crime, policing and inequality)? Have a look at the SENSS scheme below and get in touch!
www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/academ...
www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/academ...
Now out in the British Journal of Criminology: "Im his safe space": Mothers experiences of physical violence from their neurodivergent children - Gender, Conflict and the Ethics of Care
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‘I’m his safe space’: Mothers’ Experiences of Physical Violence From Their Neurodivergent Ch...
Abstract. Drawing on recent criminological scholarship on child to parent violence (CPV), this article applies a feminist ‘ethics of care’ framework to understa
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December 13, 2023 at 4:03 PM
Now out in the British Journal of Criminology: "Im his safe space": Mothers experiences of physical violence from their neurodivergent children - Gender, Conflict and the Ethics of Care
academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
What a lovely review of my book 'Family Criminology' in the latest issue of the British Journal of Criminology. In the book, I explore youth justice and parenting, the families of those incarcerated, Mafia families, family violence/homicide, victims families & so much more!
November 28, 2023 at 7:44 AM
What a lovely review of my book 'Family Criminology' in the latest issue of the British Journal of Criminology. In the book, I explore youth justice and parenting, the families of those incarcerated, Mafia families, family violence/homicide, victims families & so much more!