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A weekly podcast that profiles and examines recently published work in the field of criminology.
The aim is to provide an insight into exciting new research that is challenging the way we think about crime and offering solutions to some of societies most intractable issues.
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English
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18 episodes
since Oct. 13, 2025
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Why are victims of rape and serious sexual assault highly unlikely to receive justice?
It's clear that they are failed by the criminal justice system, but are the reasons we assume for that failing dictated by fact or fiction?
The research we are looking at in this episode is called "Rape Trials: B…
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However disturbing the thought online grooming of children and young people is, we reconcile ourselves that we know at least how these predators behave.
They’ll manner their interactions down to a victim’s level.
They’ll use age-appropriate language to seem accessible.
They’ll draw upon the power …
The subject of mental health and suicide is belatedly moving from the shadows into the public conversation.
Within policing - a service which by definition is exposes those within it to the extremes of human experience - do the provisions exist to provide adequate support to officers and staff? Do …
What's the difference between a scam and a fraud?
Do you have the same reaction when told someone has been scammed as you would if you'd been told they'd been the victim of fraud?
That's the question we look at in this week's episode as we look at a paper entitled "More than splitting hairs: Expl…
When faced with a potentially dangerous situation, at what point do the public think it's right to call the police?
Do different demographics asses risk differently and what are the triggers that motivate dialling 999?
The title of the work is "Should I Call the Police?’ Exploring Public Views on …
Our expectations of how the police behave are rightly high. Forces have those expectations too and use a variety of methods to identify officers who are at risk of behaviour incompatible with their role as upholders of the law.
This week's episode looks at research which questions whether the cu…
Criminal gangs have been part of our society since well before we had a police force.
In most cases, they limit their role in communities to simply providing illicit services. Some though go further and start to act as informal systems of governance. They play a role which in normal circumstances w…
At one time, brown envelopes were the method by which illicit money moved through football.
With the game now global, has it's scale opened it up to significant risk of falling prey to far more malign forces.
In this week's episode we look at recent report titled "Staying Onside – English Football,…
In todays episode we look a new piece of research which explores how young people convicted of murder process their actions, frame their own blameworthiness and interpret the context of their crimes.
What impact do these three insights have a young person convicted of murder and how do they impact…
The National Crime Agency estimate that £100 billion of criminal cash passes through the UK financial markets every year.
There may be a vast network of global obligations in place to prevent money laundering, but is the system fit for purpose?
The research discussed today is "How Well Does the Mon…
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