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In this series of blogs, HERC takes a multidisciplinary approach to exploring harmful evidence and evidencing harm. We consider the roles of harm and crime, uses and abuses of evidence in criminal justice and criminalisation to de-criminalisation.
** All views in the blogs are the author’s own.
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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 -
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Paralympics, Obama v Romney and the power of stories
Graham Pike shares his thoughts on recent events.
7th September 2012 -
When witnesses get it wrong
The third of today's blogs from Graham Pike, Professor of Forensic Cognition at the Open University, concerns the recent Hallam case.
5th September 2012 -
Magic and the Hidden Powers of the Mind
The second of today's blogs from Graham Pike, Professor of Forensic Cognition at the Open University, is about illusion and trickery.
5th September 2012 -
The London Olympics and the science fiction of security
This inaugral blog post for HERC comes from Graham Pike, Professor of Forensic Cognition at the Open University, and is on security and the London Olympics.
5th September 2012
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