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Richard Kjellgren @kjellgren.bsky.social · 1d

👇go see this if you’re lucky enough to be at #WCP2025. Excellent work from excellent colleagues. #conferenceFOMO

Dr C Connell @drcconnell.bsky.social · 1d

Today I’m up twice at #WCP2025

First talking about the importance of relational contexts for mental health help-seeking among people in contact with the criminal justice system

Then cross programme reflections on involving this population in research

#JusticeHealth
@sacasrstir.bsky.social

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Dr C Connell @drcconnell.bsky.social · 21d

Joining my first @adruk2025.bsky.social conference and looking forward to hearing so many linked data papers.

@kjellgren.bsky.social and @jsavinc.bsky.social will share preliminary results from RELEASE- examining the healthcare contacts between different people released from prison.
#JusticeHealth

adruk2025.bsky.social @adruk2025.bsky.social · 21d

It’s day one of #ADRUKConf25, after a fantastic day of pre-conference workshops yesterday (great to have seen so many of you already there).

First up, we have a welcome from Dr Emma Gordon, Director of ADR UK.

Head to the auditoriums so you don’t miss the start! @adrwales.bsky.social

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Dr C Connell @drcconnell.bsky.social · 29d

Hear some preliminary findings from the RELEASE study at ADR-UK next week - post-imprisonment mental health and substance use related healthcare contacts

Abstract -> ijpds.org/article/view...

led by @jsavinc.bsky.social @kjellgren.bsky.social

@adruk2025.bsky.social
#JusticeHealth
#LinkedData

RELEASE: Identifying post-release service use disparities from a novel data-linkage study into mental health and substance use service utilisation by people released from Scottish prisons | ...

ijpds.org

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Richard Kjellgren @kjellgren.bsky.social · Sep 2

Interested in quantitative methods, health and justice? Come join us👇

Dr C Connell @drcconnell.bsky.social · Sep 2

2nd & 3rd yr SGSSS PhD students can come on academic placement with me & @kjellgren.bsky.social at @sacasrstir.bsky.social

Work with the RELEASE dataset examining health service contacts on release from prison

If eligible you'll have details in your inbox from
@sgsss.bsky.social

#JusticeHealth

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Sep 1

Dr Catriona Connell will be giving evidence to Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. It's part of their Inquiry into harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish prisons. See 🔗 for details.

@drcconnell.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social

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www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

Photo of a Victorian-era prison with a barbed wire fence in the foreground

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Aug 28

📄 NEW report by Aaron Sheridan (Strathclyde), Colin Atkinson (UWS), @niallhsmith.bsky.social (University of Stirling), Richard @kjellgren.bsky.social (Stirling), Susan McVie (Edinburgh Uni), @frasoliman.bsky.social (Edinburgh Napier), and Kerry Hannigan (UHI). [2/2]
www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...

Inverness and Cromarty Green Freeport: Assessing crime and security risks - SCCJR

The following report was funded by the SCCJR Research Development Grant. This report presents a review of research evidence into […]

www.sccjr.ac.uk

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Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) @drnscot.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣 Rapid Review by Danilo Falzon is now live!✨

Preventing Substance Use-Related Harms Among Young People in Scotland: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Systems Solutions

Read the review here: buff.ly/Z5qmpte

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SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · Aug 8

🔊Register now for our upcoming seminar on Scotland's first Managed Alcohol Programme.

12.45 - 2pm, Mon 1 Sep 2025 @sarnalcohol.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alcohol-oc...

Alcohol Occasional 3: Scotland’s first Managed Alcohol Programme

Join us online for our third seminar of the 2025 series, delivered by Dr Emma King, Dr Hannah Carver and Jessica Greenhalgh.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · Aug 5

Announcing sfhotspot, an #RStats package to make it as easy as possible to identify and map concentrations of crime (or concentrations of any other points in space).

Introduction: lesscrime.info/post/sfhotsp...
Package website: pkgs.lesscrime.info/sfhotspot/

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A blue hexagon on a white background. Inside the hexagon is a grid of much smaller hexagons. Most of these are dark blue, but some of the small hexagons are lighter blue and spell out the letters SF. On top of the grid is the text sfhotspot.

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Dr C Connell @drcconnell.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today I’m sharing results from RELEASE at the British Society of Criminology Conference
- focusing on access to services for mental health and substance use & comparing people released from prison to similar people who hadn't been in prison

Come say hi - 2.10pm Portland

#bsc2025 #justicehealth

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Richard Kjellgren @kjellgren.bsky.social · Jul 2

Go check this out if you’re at #bsc2025 👇 #fomo 🥹

Dr C Connell @drcconnell.bsky.social · Jul 2

On behalf of a fab team - I’ll be talking about headline results from our justice health research programmes biggest study so far at #bsc2025 today

Shout out to @kjellgren.bsky.social @jsavinc.bsky.social and all the colleagues from Scotland involved 🙌🏻

Dr C Connell @drcconnell.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today I’m sharing results from RELEASE at the British Society of Criminology Conference
- focusing on access to services for mental health and substance use & comparing people released from prison to similar people who hadn't been in prison

Come say hi - 2.10pm Portland

#bsc2025 #justicehealth

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Dave Griffiths @drdavegriffiths.bsky.social · Jun 25

New paper out on 'Relational influences on help-seeking for mental health and substance use problems among people experiencing social marginalisation: a scoping review' with @drcconnell.bsky.social @kjellgren.bsky.social & Jessica Greenhalgh
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bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6...

Relational influences on help-seeking for mental health and substance use problems among people experiencing social marginalisation: a scoping review

Objectives Understand the relational influences on help-seeking for mental health and substance use problems among people experiencing social marginalisation, with a focus on research applying social ...

bmjopen.bmj.com

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Dr C Connell @drcconnell.bsky.social · Jun 5

Pleased our paper is out today: relational influences on help-seeking for mental health and substance use among marginalised people bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/6/e090349.full

We present follow on research with justice-involved ppl @ DRNS conference later @drnscot.bsky.social

Team ⬇️

#JusticeHealth

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · May 23

A team led by Dr Wendy Masterton are hosting an information sharing webinar on the findings of #research exploring nature-based programmes for people with poor mental health and experience of substance dependence. They'll present 3 new resources.

11am, 28 May.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-bas...

Nature-based programmes for mental health and drug/alcohol problems

Eventbrite - Nature-based programmes for mental health and drug/alcohol problems - Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · May 13

Dr Richard Kjellgren @kjellgren.bsky.social speaking on the RELEASE research in Scotland which seeks to understand mental health and substance use-related services after release from prison. Really interesting and concerning data.
@sacasrstir.bsky.social @drcconnell.bsky.social #Criminology
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · Mar 17

👋 Janine Aitken, University of Stirling, gives us an update on the RELEASE project in our latest SCCJR blog.

The project focuses on understanding how individuals access health services for mental health and substance use following their release from prison.

👉 www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/re...

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David Buil-Gil @davidbuil.bsky.social · May 12

New pub alert 🍾
The most challenging yet rewarding paper I’ve worked on: 3y from idea to publication in BJC!
I explore how unstructured spare time shapes individual and temporal differences in crime, and propose a spare time model in criminology.
doi.org/10.1093/bjc/...

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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · Apr 28

Important research by @thesccjr.bsky.social #Criminology colleagues on deaths in Scottish prisons featured on Channel 4 News 👇

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Apr 28

Number of deaths in Scottish prisons hits record high

www.channel4.com/news/number-...

Number of deaths in Scottish prisons hits record high

The number of people dying in prison in Scotland is at a record high - according to new research shared exclusively with Channel 4 News.

www.channel4.com

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Lisa Tompson @lisatompson.bsky.social · Apr 8

📢How did the COVID-19 pandemic change the way people impacted by possible trafficking and exploitation seek help? Latest research with @drellac.bsky.social, and using over 5 years of Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline data uncovers surprising trends 1/ doi.org/10.1186/s128...

Who seeks help in a crisis? Temporal analysis of anti-trafficking helpline contacts over the pandemic - BMC Public Health

Background Human trafficking and extreme exploitation ("modern slavery") violate fundamental human rights and cause severe harm to individuals' well-being. Anti-trafficking helplines provide critical ...

doi.org

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · Mar 26

A specialist service by @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social to help asylum-seeking families in Scotland has been a lifeline for them, reducing trauma and even saving lives, says a new evaluation report by @drashleyrogers.bsky.social and colleagues @stir.ac.uk
www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

Asylum seeker support reduces trauma and saves lives, report finds | About | University of Stirling

Asylum seeker support reduces trauma and saves lives, report finds

www.stir.ac.uk

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Ben Collier @susansegfault.bsky.social · Dec 10

We were commissioned by Scottish Parliament to look at the threats posed to them by emerging 'deepfake' technology - so-called 'chamberfakes' of parliamentary business. Report published today with SCCJR www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...

Front page of report showing two buildings intercut together as a collage

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Adam Crawford @adamcrawford.bsky.social · Nov 21

One week to register for this @vp-centre.bsky.social webinar ‘Co-designing community resilience to online child exploitation’, with the wonderful Professor Corinne May-Chahal, Dr Larissa Engelmann & Dr Christine Weirich - Thursday 28 November at 12 noon.

Adam Crawford @adamcrawford.bsky.social · Nov 14

Our next webinar will share findings from a Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre research project that developed approaches aimed at preventing online child sexual exploitation and abuse

🗓️ Thursday 28 November
🕛 12pm – 1pm
📍 Online

Register below👇

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-designi...

Co-designing community resilience to online child sexual exploitation

This webinar will share findings from research that took a community-led approach to address online child sexual exploitation and abuse.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr. Kathleen E. Padilla @kepadil.bsky.social · Nov 16

Trying to foster connections between emerging, early career, and senior policing scholars! Open to all fields — please share and let me know if you would like to be added!
go.bsky.app/GwDMiAc

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Richard Kjellgren @kjellgren.bsky.social · Nov 20

Fab - thanks :)

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Richard Kjellgren @kjellgren.bsky.social · Nov 19

Thanks for putting this together - really useful. Could you please add me to the list? Thanks 👍

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