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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · 21d

Seconded! It was a great event. Thanks very much to @rebeccawynter.bsky.social and @janetweston.bsky.social for organising.

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · 29d

It was a great discussion about a great book! Thanks for the invite Janne.

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚗 From joyriding in 1980s Ireland to AI-enhanced traffic stops, the #Cars and #Crime Symposium brought together leading thinkers on topics such as #drink-driving, #speeding, and #policing.

🔗Explore how this symposium reshaped understandings of safety, urban life, and justice.👇
tinyurl.com/mwtrttr2

Background of cars in a traffic jam. #news flare. Text reads: ‘The Cars and Crime Symposium
was sponsored by the
Centre for Criminal Justice Studies
and held on the 31 July 2025 in a community café in Ilkley.
As the first of its kind, this symposium brought together leading criminologists, legal scholars, geographers and road safety experts to discuss how vehicles, drivers, and crime intersect in shaping public safety.’

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's here! The Journal of Historical Criminology volume 1 issue 1 now available! Congratulations to editors Iain Channing and Alex Tepperman. Looks excellent - excited to read more. journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org/jhc-2025-vol...

JHC (2025) Vol 1, Iss 1

journalofhistoricalcriminology.pubpub.org

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · May 30

We’re delighted to open our final Early Career Researcher Development Fund. This is a vulnerability and policing open call with £25,000 available for 12-month projects.

Deadline: Monday 29 September 2025, 4pm BST

vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/early-career...

Early Career Researcher Development Fund - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre

The Centre runs an annual Early Career Researcher Development Fund for research that aligns with the Centre's programme of work.

vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · May 9

Here's the abstract:

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · May 9

Good to see this article is now out in print. Worth checking out if you're into historical criminology, regulation or white collar/business crime. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reconnecting genealogies of criminal justice and excise tax enforcement - Henry Yeomans, 2025

Although various state and non-state agencies are central to criminal justice, our understandings of criminal justice's past remain dominated by histories ...

journals.sagepub.com

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.bsky.social · Apr 27

'Measuring sentence inflation England & Wales', with @sentencingacademy.bsky.social
We estimate that 87% of the increase in sentence severity experienced over the last 2 decades is due to a genuine change in the sentencing practice (sentence inflation).
www.sentencingacademy.org.uk/measuring-se...

Measuring Sentence Inflation in England and Wales – Sentencing Academy

www.sentencingacademy.org.uk

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Mitch Travis @drmitchtravis.bsky.social · Apr 10

Hello hello

New job in business law at @lawatleeds.bsky.social

Come and work with me and other high calibre individuals!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMR107/l...

Lecturer in Business Law at University of Leeds

Recruiting now: Lecturer in Business Law on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Dr Ilaria Zavoli @ilariazavoli.bsky.social · Feb 28

Pleased to share the call for papers for our upcoming conference on money laundering in insolvency funded by an ESRC IAA Grant. Feel free to share to contacts and colleagues @lssi.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social @cblpleeds.bsky.social @ccjsleeds.bsky.social

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Mar 13

Thanks! Feel free to use it or share it however you want. Hope it's useful.

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Mar 13

The dataset from my project on illicit alcohol 1780-1914 is now available here doi.org/10.5518/1290. It includes criminal justice, licensing, tax and mortality data. Should be useful for people interested crime history and alcohol policy

Illicit Alcohol, 1789-1914 - Research Data Leeds Repository

doi.org

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · Jan 7

We are delighted to announce that Prof. @jpinasanchez.bsky.social will deliver the fifth of the 2024-25 Faculty of Social Sciences Inaugural Lectures!

📅30 Jan 2025
🕔5pm
🏫University of Leeds

Follow the link for more info and registration:

ow.ly/7TG750UAUO3

"Estimating Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing": A Faculty Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Jose Pina-Sánchez

Join us for the fifth lecture in the Faculty of Social Sciences Inaugural Lecture Series!

ow.ly

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Nov 13

Might be a bit late to this but would be great if you can still add me. Thanks.

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Nov 13

Please add me if possible. Thanks.

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Nov 13

Congratulations Steve and Emily! Very well deserved.

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Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · Nov 11

Ok, I've started a crime history starter pack, hmu to be added!

go.bsky.app/BaHNGzw

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · Nov 10

Inevitably, I've made a Drinking Studies Network starter pack based on the DSN's members list (drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/members-2/) If you don't want to be included, or if you see people I've missed and could add, please let me know!
go.bsky.app/4zgBneK

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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.bsky.social · Nov 8

"Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing in England and Wales: Taking Stock and Moving Forward"
📅 Date: 14th November
⏰ Time: 12:00 to 14:30
The event is fully booked, but you can still join us online for the academic presentations!
Watch the live broadcast here: lse.zoom.us/j/8695370919...

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Oct 10

Check it out! Should be interesting for those into corporate crime, business crime, white collar crime plus historical criminology and histories of crime and regulation. #criminology #historicalcriminology #regulation

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Oct 10

... a) tax agencies should be routinely recognised as key parts of the criminal justice system and b) doing this helps rebalance criminology away from the ‘crimes of the streets’ by bringing a whole swathe of usually invisible, middle-class crime under the criminological gaze...

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Oct 10

What is the Excise and why does it matter to criminology? Great to see this published. It’s a paper I’ve been stewing on for years and, with help from the Leverhulme Trust, it’s finally done. It uses the history of the British Excise to argue that...
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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Oct 7

Thanks Toby!

Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Oct 7

Of course. But in a highly regulated way.

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Henry Yeomans @henryyeomans.bsky.social · Oct 7

You can register here eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Microsoft Forms

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