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10 - Criminology Matters - In this conversation, Shadd Maruna and Fergus McNeill reflect on what they learned from collaborating in making the documentary film ‘The Road from Crime’ and from the associated Desistance Knowledge Exchange project. They also stray into wider discussions about creative, sensory and public criminologies, musing on how researchers can and should engage with others in pursuit of justice. Fergus McNeill is Professor of Criminology & Social Work in the University of Glasgow where he works in the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and in Sociology, and his work can be found here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/fergusmcneill/ Shadd Maruna is Professor of Criminology in the Department of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, QUB. You can find out more about Shadd's work here:https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/shadd-maruna See the docuementary 'the Road from Crime' here: https://vimeo.com/45631057

9 - Criminology Matters - Alessandro Corda talks to host Gillian McNaull about his research on criminal records. In it he examines the multiple collateral consequences experienced by individuals with a criminal record post-conviction. Additionally he outlines the impact of the market and technological forces that have dramatically reshaped the creation and sharing of criminal record data in recent years. This sees privatised third parties now producing and managing criminal records and their proxies according to corporate aims and processes, creating 'disordered punishment' which is difficult for governments and individuals to control.Dr Alessandro Corda is a Lecturer in Law at Queen's University Belfast. You can find out more about his work here: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/alessandro-corda Read his recent British Journal of Criminology article with Sarah E Lageson here: https://academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjc/azz039/5520079

Dr Luke Moffett talks to Dr Katharine Fortin about the complexities surrounding the obligations of 'non-state armed groups' under current legal frameworks. The majority of conflicts since the Second World War have been non-international armed conflict (civil war) involving non-state armed groups fighting against state forces, rather than traditional state vs state international conflicts. Yet international law that governs the conduct of war (IHL) and human rights law is aimed at states, which little scope for non-state armed groups' obligations. This podcast explores these issues along with contemporary problems on the return of ISIS detainees and their families, the complexity of armed groups and civilian relationships and reparations by groups like FARC. Assistant Professor Dr Katharine Fortin from Utrecht University, is the winner of the ASIL 2018 Lieber Prize for her book on 'The Accountability of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law' OUP (2017). She is also co-editor of the 'Armed Groups and International Law' blog (https://armedgroups-internationallaw.org/author/armedgroupsinternationallaw/) and recent recipient of VENI grant, which she is the PI of the project of 'Dangerous Liaisons: Civilian agency, armed groups and international law'. This podcast followed her presentation in the School of Law on 'Non-State Armed Groups and International Law: Engaging on Values and Building Ownership'. Dr Luke Moffett is a senior law lecturer at Queen's University Belfast, and is currently Principal Investigator of the AHRC funded 'Reparations, Responsibility and Victimhood in Transitional Societies' project, which is exploring the role of non-state armed groups in making reparations to their victims, including engagement with nearly two dozen armed groups on these issues around the world. More details of the project can be found here: https://reparations.qub.ac.uk/

8 - Criminology Matters - Host Rachel Killean talks to Eithne Dowds about her work on conceptualisations of rape under international law. (Content warning - this episode discusses sexual violence) Using a feminist methodology, Eithne discusses the nuances of consent and coercion, considering the potential of  'constructive force' to provide a framework for understanding rape in a global context. Find out more about Eithne's work  in her recent article with the Modern Law Review: E. Dowds, ‘Towards a contextual definition of rape: Consent, coercion and constructive Force’ (2019) Modern Law Review. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-2230.12461 See Eithne's upcoming book here: E. Dowds, Feminist Engagement with International Criminal Law: Norm Transfer, Complementarity, Rape and Consent (Hart forthcoming):  https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/feminist-engagement-with-international-criminal-law-9781509921898/

7 - Criminology Matters - In this podcast co-host Gillian talks to Professor Phil Scraton about the harms of imprisonment and prison abolition. This entails an examination of issues of decarceration - decreasing existing rates of criminalisation and imprisonment. They also discuss the transformative justice dimensions of prison abolition, which sees building of community responses to harms that occur in society, putting in place the building blocks for transformative social change. Phil's work can be found here: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/phil-scraton/publications/

Dr Luke Moffett talks to Dr Elisa Novic from Advocats Sans Frontièrs about the challenges and developments with regard to victim participation in the prosecution of international crimes. Victim participation is a relatively recent development within international criminal justice, being introduced in the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. However, given the scale of international crimes that can involve thousands of victims, affording them a procedure to participate meaningfully and effectively in practice against an individual perpetrator is challenging at the international and domestic level. This podcast discusses the challenges and developments with regard to victim participation in the prosecution of international crimes. Dr Elisa Novic is the Transitional Justice and Business and Human Rights Expert in Avocats Sans Frontières, she is author of the book 'The Concept of Cultural Genocide: An International Law Perspective', published by Oxford University Press (2016) and works with a number of civil society and victim organisations on the issue of participation in a number of countries. ASF has recently published a briefing on victim participation at the Ugandan International Crimes Division here: https://www.asf.be/blog/2019/09/16/observations-et-reflexions-sur-la-participation-des-victimes-en-ouganda/   Dr Luke Moffett is a senior lecturer in the school and author of the book 'Justice for Victims before the International Criminal Court', by Routledge (2014).

6 - Criminology Matters - Co-host Gillian McNaull talks to SSESW NINE MRes student, Angela Rogan about her research and activism in the area of corporate pharmaceutical crime. In this episode, Angela examines the gendered nature of medical implant harms against female reproductive systems and discusses her own experiences with the Essure Device and the radical activism this has provoked. Her research examines women's experiences of pharmaceutical reproductive harms in the context of gendered power dynamics in society, using a Foucaultian perspective.   Angela's UG paper on this topic was Highly Commended in The Global Undergraduate Awards (UA), the world’s largest academic awards programme. Her paper, A Fusion of Feminism and Foucault to Fight Pharmaceutical Crime, was assessed by an international panel of expert judges and was ranked in the top 10% of 4,887 submissions from over 300 global universities:https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ssesw/Discover/News/Archive/GlobalAwardCommendationforSSESWStudent.html

5 - Criminology Matters - Rachel Killean talks to Dr. Amanda Kramer about her recent IHREC/NIHRC research with Rachael Dickson and Anni Pues on the potential impact of Brexit on Criminal Justice on the Island of Ireland. The research focuses on justice and security cooperation measures across five areas including the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), policing and prosecution cooperation, and data sharing tools such as the European Criminal Records Information System and Passenger Name Records. The report has a particular focus on the human rights implications of potential changes in justice arrangements. They discuss the risk of justice and security vulnerabilities, as arrangements for justice are made post-Brexit. http://www.nihrc.org/uploads/publications/Evolving_Justice_Arrangements_Post_Brexit_FA.pdf Amanda Kramer PURE Biography https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/amanda-kramer

4 - Criminology Matters - Paul Gallagher, PhD researcher in the Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s, and Dr Sarah Jankowitz, Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, discuss the complex concept of victimhood. Sarah begins with an overview of how victimhood as a concept is socially constructed, and discusses the implications of the so-called ‘ideal victim’ image for how society responds to victims’ needs. Paul then shares his own experiences of violence during the Northern Ireland conflict and how he encounters many of the paradoxes of victimhood in his advocacy work as part of the campaign for a pension for those severely injured as a result of the conflict and on the Victims and Survivors Forum. Dr Sara Jankowitz PURE profile http://wavetraumacentre.org.uk

3 - Criminology Matters - In this podcast Gillian talks to Dr John Topping from SSESW about his recent event - Patten 20 years on: Young People, Policing and Stop and Search. http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/patten-20-years-on-young-people-policing-and-stop-and-search/They discuss the significance and implications of NI's disproportionate and rising use of stop and search - which is used to little effect. They ask, what are the tensions of policing in NI and what promise do alternative community restorative justice mechanisms hold?https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/sep/04/stop-and-search-northern-ireland-psni Find out more about the series on our blog.