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The coronavirus pandemic and prison policy
11th May 2020
In this powerful article, Dr David Scott, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the OU and Professor Joe Sim from Liverpool John Moores University, highlight the impact of COVID-19 within prisons in the UK and the government's failure to act responsibly
Dr Julia Downes writes for Transforming Society
11th May 2020
In this article, published on the Transforming Society website, Dr Julia Downes, a Lecturer in Criminology, explores: 'Lessons from COVID-19: How transformative justice and mutual aid can help to address harm in communities'
Triple gold for powerful Grenfell Tower film
5th May 2020
Created by FASS Criminology academic Dr David Scott, a film about the Grenfell Tower tragedy has won not one but three awards.
Police and public relations during COVID-19
3rd May 2020
In this article, Jim Turner and Camilla Elphick from the OU discuss the potential for public-police conflict, and the need for mutual public-police trust and solidarity, in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak
Young Women & COVID-19: We are not all in this together
2nd May 2020
Sarah Hadfield, ESRC Doctoral Researcher, is researching childfree young women’s experiences of temporary employment financial autonomy. This post discusses young women’s experiences of employment insecurity & the impact of COVID-19 on them
Infectious criminalisation
2nd May 2020
In this article, Dr Avi Boulki, a Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University, considers the ways in which social harms are proliferating during the Coronavirus pandemic
Shut The Sites!
2nd May 2020
In a blog published via the Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC) in OU Criminology, Steve Tombs, Professor of Criminology, argues that keeping construction sites open is putting workers and their families at unncessary risk
Ethically compromising work during the COVID-19 crisis
1st May 2020
In this article, Jo Phoenix, Professor of Criminology at The Open University, discusses the ethical dilemmas faced by academics dring the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in relation to the Research Excellence Framework
New OU/BBC Series: Thinking Allowed
3rd March 2020
On Wednesday 4 March The Open University once again teams up with BBC Radio 4’s long-running social science programme, Thinking Allowed, for ten weeks.
FASS Academic's Research Film on Grenfell Tower Won Double Gold
9th September 2019
A film about the Grenfell Tower tragedy, created by Dr David Scott, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, in conjunction with Hamlett Films, has won two awards at the EVCOM Clarion Awards.