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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
A ballot paper saying 'Should Scotland be an independent country' with options for yes and no.

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics… and Scottish Independence Referendum ‘Facts’

In this blog, Gerry Mooney and Hayley Ness expose the lies and 'facts' in the run up to and following the Scottish Independence Referendum.

17th October 2014

The Dubious ‘Science’ of Risk Prediction in Criminal Justice

Deborah H. Drake, Catriona Havard & John Muncie discuss the problems of risk prediction when concerning criminal justice.

26th September 2014

Making Public Police Private

In this blog, Chris Williams examines the boundary between the public and the private in policing.

18th December 2012

Apathy, disgust, biased voting forms and the election of Police and Crime Commissioners

Graham Pike writes on the problems with the recent election of Police and Crime Commissioners in today's post.

16th November 2012

Where do we turn (and why) when apples ‘go bad’?

In this article, Dan McCulloch and Deborah Drake discuss Philip Zimbardo's TED talk and it's relevance to other topics.

30th October 2012

Documentary: “The Fear Factory” now online

The Fear Factory is now online.

20th September 2012

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