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A white man starting at a goldfish in a bowl.

Is technology making your attention span shorter than a goldfish’s?

In this article, Martin Thirkettle and Graham Pike discuss the effect of modern technology on our cognitive abilities.

28th May 2015
A chart displaying material deprivation and other harms.

Why are the harms caused by poverty so ignored?

This blog by Joanna Mack and Stewart Lansley examines ignorance by the government of poverty harms.

4th May 2015

Dirty hands and Dirty Harry. Can a code of ethics clean up the police?

Louise Westmarland and Helen Kaye discuss the need for a police code of ethics in this month's article.

13th April 2015

Clarkson: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Prison…

In this blog, Steve Tombs discusses Jeremy Clarkson's recent comments on public sector strikes.

31st March 2015
A table showing Convictions under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, 2007.

Corporate Killing With Impunity

This post comes from Steve Tombs, who examines the failings of the the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act.

30th March 2015
A black and white picture of five white men in a lineup wearing black suits numbered 1-5.

What can visual attention research tell us about the reliability of eyewitness evidence?

In this article, Gemma Briggs and Louise Westmarland discuss research on visual attention and what it concludes about the reliability of eyewitness testimony.

9th March 2015
A billboard that says 'Poker machines harm Frankson. $62,225,277 lost last year alone.'

Fixed Odds Betting Terminals: the psychology of state-corporate harm maximisation

Steve Tombs and Jim Turner explore the harms caused by the increasing number of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) in this month's post.

2nd February 2015

Why do people confess to crimes they haven’t committed?

In the first of this year's posts, Catriona Havard and Kim Drake explore why some people give false confessions to crimes.

19th January 2015

Decriminalising drug use: when will the government acknowledge the harm our current laws cause?

In this article, Abigail Rowe examines the severity of the UK's drug laws.

1st December 2014

Harmful evidence – wrongful conviction or suspicion on the basis of flawed eyewitness testimony

Helen Kaye, Deborah H. Drake & Graham Pike examine mistaken identifications and wrongful convictions in today's post.

27th October 2014