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Jim Turner and Camilla Elphick discuss the potential for public-police conflict, and the need for mutual public-police trust and solidarity, in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak. Jim Turner is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and Camilla Elphick is a post-doctoral Research Associate in Psychology, both at The Open University.

In this article, Steve Tombs argues that keeping construction sites open is putting workers and their families at unncessary risk from coronavirus. Steve Tombs is Professor of Criminology at The Open University.

In this article, Avi Boulki considers the ways in which social harms are proliferating during the Coronavirus pandemic. Avi Boukli is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at The Open University.

In today's blog, Jo Phoenix considers the ethical questions surrounding the REF (Research Excellence Framework) in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic. Jo Phoenix is Professor of Criminology at The Open University.

In this week's post, David Scott and Joe Sim consider the position of prisoners in relation to Coronavirus. David Scott is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at The Open University and Joe Sim is Professor of Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University.

In the first of several blogs about the unfolding Coronavirus crisis, Steve Tombs considers the early approach taken by the UK Government to fight it. Steve Tombs is Professor of Criminology at The Open University.

In this article, Steve Tombs considers the differences in the treatment of powerful and less powerful groups by the criminal justice system since the fire at Grenfell Tower. Steve Tombs is Professor of Criminology at The Open University.

In this post, Hugh McFaul discusses the Open Justice radio project Legal Eagles. Hugh McFaul is Director of the Open Justice Centre and Senior Lecturer in The Open University Law School.

This week's blog comes from Steve Tombs and Zoe Walkington, who discuss the Open University’s role in delivering education to students in prison. Zoe Walkington is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Steve Tombs is a Professor of Criminology, both at The Open University.

In this article, Lee John Curley and James Munro discuss the role of bias in crime scene forensics. Lee John Curley is a lecturer in Psychology at The Open University and James Munro is a Psychology Researcher at Edinburgh Napier University.