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A white man, a white man holding an open university book, and a white woman, all standing in front of a building.

OU’s Legal Eagles on Prison Radio

In this post, Hugh McFaul discusses the Open Justice radio project Legal Eagles. Hugh McFaul is Director of the Open Justice Centre and Senior Lecturer in The Open University Law School.

14th November 2019

A white woman looking at a computer screen which says 'virtual campus'.

Beyond the Gates

This week's blog comes from Steve Tombs and Zoe Walkington, who discuss the Open University’s role in delivering education to students in prison. Zoe Walkington is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Steve Tombs is a Professor of Criminology, both at The Open University.

4th November 2019

CSI: current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychologists can help

In this article, Lee John Curley and James Munro discuss the role of bias in crime scene forensics. Lee John Curley is a lecturer in Psychology at The Open University and James Munro is a Psychology Researcher at Edinburgh Napier University.

30th October 2019

Drawing of an instagram post containing a picture of a person, saying 'i've done road for everything i have, what about you?'.

Illicit drug markets and the exploitation and criminalisation of young people

Today's post comes from Dr Keir Irwin-Rogers, who discusses the harms of prohibitionist drug policies. Keir Irwin-Rogers is a lecturer in Criminology at The Open University.

21st October 2019

Artificial Intelligence and rationality as psychological issues

In this blog post, Dr Lee John Curley discusses the widespread fears of AI as involving the loss of ‘our special human capacity of rationality’. Lee John Curley is a lecturer in Psychology at The Open University.

8th October 2019

Black and white drawing of Roman soldiers being banished.

Out of Area Policy as Organised Banishment

In today's article, Vickie Cooper argues that ‘Out of Area’ policy practice can be considered a form of banishment. Vickie Cooper is a senior lecturer in Criminology at The Open University.

2nd October 2019

John Morgan's painting 'The Jury' (1861) which shows 12 white men looking bored.

The Anglo-American jury system: is there another way?

In this week's blog, Lee John Curley highlights the key differences within the Anglo-American justice model and other international justice models. Lee John Curley is a lecturer in Psychology at The Open University.

23rd September 2019

Sense and Solidarity in the Debate on Transgender Prisoners

Mike Nellis responds to last week's post by Sarah Lamble, and sets out some issues on transgender prisoner policy debates. Mike Nellis is Emeritus Professor of Criminal and Community Justice in The Centre for Law, Crime and Justice at the University of Strathclyde.

16th September 2019

Why context matters in the trans prisoner policy debates

In this article, Sarah Lamble sets out some of the issues in policy debates on trans prisoners. Sarah Lamble is a Reader in Criminology & Queer Theory at Birkbeck, University of London.

9th September 2019