Yesterday, Biden delivered an address on gun violence. He suggested investing in more police would reduce this. Tell that to the families of the people in our communities who have been shot & killed by police. Gun violence by law enforcement is still gun violence. #End1033

Accountability in the form of convictions and prison sentences is not justice. Justice would be that our Brother George Floyd were still here to raise his daughter, love his family, and live out his life to its fullest potential.

We hope that the closing of this chapter provides some relief for his family. May this remind us of the need for real justice in George’s name & those whose lives have been stolen by police violence. To find out how you can be in solidarity, visit Justice For George Floyd

Day 2 of University of Portsmouth #ICMCA21. Looking forward to contributions from SPACE (space4countylines on Bsky) Amy VL Karen Shalev and Josie Allan from Missing People & more. #missingpeople #everylifematters port.ac.uk/news-events-an…

Only 8% of police officers accused of abuse of wives or girlfriends have been disciplined and half of those kept their jobs. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/p…

Last week in Cleveland, Karla Hopkins, a Black woman, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing $40K from a high school, while Debbie Bosworth, a white woman who stole nearly $250K from the village of Chagrin Falls, was sentenced to probation. eji.org/news/disparate…

How effective are missing children appeals? Why not check out my recent post discussing this to find out more! Huddersfield Psychology

Ready for the first live panel of iIIRG! Looking forward to hear from all of these extraordinary researchers this week.

The FBI reported last week that over 15,000 law enforcement agencies submitted incident reports in 2020, the highest number of reported hate crime incidents since 2008. eji.org/news/fbi-repor…

We are launching the International Journal of Missing Persons. This is a peer reviewed academic journal. We are now open for submissions on all topics relating to missing persons, using relevant research methods (quantitative and qualitative). Please RT. scholarworks.sjsu.edu/ijmp/

My professor emailed me a screenshot of this post ⬇️, because I was honest with him and told him I’m struggling with my mental health this semester , and now I’m sitting here crying because it’s so damn true.

We’re incredibly excited to hear today’s talks and chat about our work in the CCIT! 🤗

3000th EXON: In 1986, 17-year-old Reynaldo Munoz was convicted of murder and sentenced to 60 years in prison. His exoneration in 2022 was based on reports suppressed by the police and physical evidence suggesting Munoz was not involved in the crime. bit.ly/3umLfvc

Really happy to see this new article out in the British Journal of Criminology. I argue that wrongful convictions perpetuate and exacerbate racialized harms that disproportionately impact Black and Hispanic exonerees over the life course. Link: bit.ly/3PIYy2V

It’s National Missing Persons Week! With international #ambiguousloss expert Dr Sarah Wayland (she/her) we're very proud to be launching The Hope Narratives -- a world-first therapeutic tool to help the loved ones of missing people: mpan.com.au/hope 💗 #missingpersons #hopenarratives

Delighted to be part of Prof. David Keatley’s Special Issue on Cold Case Investigations! Great work Katie Toolin, Amy VL, Viktoria Hoi, & Adrian Scott! I hope this is the first of many publications together on this important topic 🤗

…and we’re off! #SARMAC2023! Congratulations to the award winners (especially our own) Amy VL 🤩 from Goldsmiths Uni Gold Forensic Psych

Excited that our symposium on cold case investigations has just started #SARMAC2023 🤗 Kirk Luther Amy VL Heather Price and Wayne Thomas

First up in the individual presentations today is Amy VL talking about her systematic review on what works for public appeals for information #EAPL2024 🤗