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Having attended a few academic conferences over the last year it has become obvious that if academics want their research to effect change around crime and victims they have to learn to speak a language that organisations understand....
Not long after arriving at York St John University (YSJU) as a Senior Lecturer, I volunteered to become a Student Harassment Advisor (SHA). Being a university student is not everyone’s choice or even an option for some....
Meeting inspirational police officers is a real treat. There are plenty of them. PC Amjad Ditta (Twitter – @WYP_AmjadDitta) is one of those people. He is proud to be a police officer and proud of his...
I forgot to pick up a copy of The Times on Saturday. I had seen that it was running a front page article on the number of Police Officer ‘Sex Pests’ still serving. I have now managed...
Reported in today’s Yorkshire Post is the case of a North Yorkshire Pc who has been found ‘guilty’ by a misconduct panel of using the term ‘Golliwog’. What is more concerning is all the...
It is deeply concerning to read the latest report from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). This coming so soon after the reports on the gender pay gap, maternity issues, where women...
Two days of digging around graves gave me a good insight into just how complex and important the work of the Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) must be. It also put me in mind of...
Is it ok to have racist and sexist views and even voice them on Social Media? Andrew Allison is head of campaigns at The Freedom Association. He suggests in the Opinion column in the Yorkshire Post...
Ex chief constable Sue Sim slams sexist culture of the police service and uses the Daily Mail to tell her story. As most of us know, the Daily Mail is no great defender of the...
Allowing the Executive Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi to take leave and then resign after making sexist remarks in an interview fails to send the right message to women in business. What it does,...
Supporting police officers and staff who have been bullied or sexually harassed is the right thing to do, even when it may appear to harm a force’s reputation. It will lead to a new and...
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