Centre for Study of Crime, Criminalisation & Social Exclusion

INQUEST webinar: Built to Harm: How women's prisons take lives YouTube video by INQUEST Charitable Trust

Built to Harm - latest free publication by
@inquest-org.bsky.social
- detailed case studies & data analysis of deaths in prison to expose how the women’s prison estate continues to harm those it imprisons. Listen to the launch webinar here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyG4...
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Built to Harm - new, free publication by
@inquest-org.bsky.social
- uses detailed case studies & data analysis of deaths in prison to expose how the women’s prison estate continues to harm those it imprisons. Read the Full Report here:
www.inquest.org.uk/Handlers/Dow...
@ccse-ljmu.bsky.social

A Cuppa, a Chat, and a New Research Direction: What We Learned About Medical Cannabis Patients in the UK CCSE Blogpost by MedCan Project (Dr Helen Beckett Wilson and Dr Lindsey Metcalf McGrath) Never underestimate the power of a cuppa and a chat. Ours sparked an entire research journey. It began when …

As the year closes out, we're sharing some insights from @lmetcalfmcgrath.bsky.social and Helen Beckett Wilson's work on Medical Cannabis @medcanproject.bsky.social Grab yourself a cuppa and have a read here: ccseljmu.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/a...

Thank you Chris

@ccse-ljmu.bsky.social challenging watch of the film “The UK is not innocent”
Lots of work to be done to make a change @inquest-org.bsky.social

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Tickets are still available for what is likely to be a really powerful event, so please book and share widely

Training the police on legalized medical cannabis: lessons in building public trust, reducing harm, and avoiding reputational damage Abstract. Worldwide, cannabis-based products for medical use are legally available in over sixty countries, reflecting major advances in clinical research

CCSE members @lmetcalfmcgrath.bsky.social & Helen Beckett Wilson's recently published article highlights the work still needed to provide training for police regarding the regulation of medical cannabis.
Read the open access article here: academic.oup.com/policing/art...

1 week to go before our screening & discussion of "The UK is Not Innocent" film on 26th Nov, tracing @inquest-org.bsky.social evolution from a grassroots collective of families to an established charity, exposing 40 years of state violence & resistance.
Book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ccse-film-...

Tickets are still available for what is likely to be a really powerful event, so please book and share widely

On 26/11/25, we are co-hosting a screening & discussion of "The UK is Not Innocent", film tracing @inquest-org.bsky.social evolution from a grassroots collective of families to an established charity, exposing forty years of state violence & resistance. Book here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/ccse-film-...

CCSE Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An INQUEST Documentary and Q&A Join us for a screening of The UK Is Not Innocent, a powerful documentary about INQUEST's grassroots history and deaths involving the state

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@ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Film Screening: The UK is Not Innocent. INQUEST's response to state-related deaths
Refreshments from 5pm, talks & screening 5.30-7.30, followed by social with space for discussion & solidarity.
Free, but registration needed

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On 26/11/25, we are co-hosting a screening & discussion of "The UK is Not Innocent", film tracing @inquest-org.bsky.social evolution from a grassroots collective of families to an established charity, exposing forty years of state violence & resistance. Book here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/ccse-film-...

This November 7th 2025, the CCSE will be hosting a collaborative event at LJMU to reflect upon the work of the Anthony Walker Foundation, as the charity reaches its 20th anniversary.
Please see the details below and the booking link here : lnkd.in/eqY9rziC

All welcome.

Why Shabana Mahmood’s outlook on prisons is wrong | Letter Letter: The justice secretary has not understood many of the issues surrounding the prisons crisis, say Deborah Coles, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs

Joe Sim @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social, @debcoles13.bsky.social & me
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Today we launch a major new report that reveals how British investors profit from the destruction of the third largest rainforest in the world, in West Papua.

Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.

Read the report here 👇👇👇

ccccjustice.org/publications/

Wow! Our event sold out! What a pleasure to talk medical cannabis and share patient experiences at the British Science Festival today. #BSF25 #medicalcannabis #medcan #socialscience #patients @britsciassoc.bsky.social @ljmuresearch.bsky.social @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

Still time to register for 'Violent Horizons: Racism, Capitalism and Criminalisation Beyond the 2020s'. Free to attend, open to all and will run as an in-person & online hybrid event. Book below... #racism #colonialism #capitalism #resistance #liverpool #ljmu
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Still time to register for 'Violent Horizons: Racism, Capitalism and Criminalisation Beyond the 2020s'. Free to attend, open to all and will run as an in-person & online hybrid event. Book below... #racism #colonialism #capitalism #resistance #liverpool #ljmu
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One week to go! Still time to register for 2025's online and in-person Public Lecture: 'Violent Horizons: Racism, Capitalism and Criminalisation Beyond the 2020s'. Free to attend, open to all Book below... #racism #colonialism #capitalism #resistance #liverpool #ljmu @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

12 days left! Still time to register for 2025's Public Lecture: 'Violent Horizons: Racism, Capitalism and Criminalisation Beyond the 2020s'. Free to attend, open to all and will run as an in-person & online hybrid event. Book below... #racism #colonialism #capitalism #resistance #liverpool #ljmu

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On June 4th, the CCSE will host the public event: 'Violent Horizons: Racism, Capitalism and Criminalisation Beyond the 2020s', featuring a powerful line-up of contributors and opportunities for discussion and solidarity. Further info & booking link here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violent-ho...

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This month's CCSE Seminar takes place on Wed 2nd April in JF127 at 2pm, where Dr Erin Power @erinp36.bsky.social will explore the research and practice of Performing Arts in prison. More of Erin's work can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Lesbians and Policing Project: police monitoring in defence of dangerous lesbian-ness in 1980s London This article provides a case study of The Lesbians and Policing Project [LesPop], a police monitoring organisation that existed in London between 1984 and 1990. Drawing on archives held at Glasgow ...

Looking forward to hearing Helen Monk and Will Jackson discuss their work "The Lesbians and Policing Project: Police monitoring in defence of dangerous lesbian-ness in 1980s London" at our CCSE event on March 12th at 2.30pm in JF127. Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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