Crime Bites

In this episode, Elizabeth joins Dr Tom Raymen of Plymouth University to discuss the drama series The Walking Dead. For more information about The Walking Dead, visit the show’s page. Tom’s paper about the series Living in the end times through popular culture: An ultra-realist analysis of The Walking Dead as popular criminology is published … Continue reading “The Walking Dead” and late capitalism: A criminological take on the zombie apocalypse with Dr Tom Raymen

This week, Elizabeth is joined by Dr Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) and Kevin Hoffin (@KHriminology) from the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University to discuss crime comic books and the superheroes who have leapt out from the pages and onto our screens.  Why do we need superheroes? What does this suggest about our faith … Continue reading Crime Fighting Superheroes – From the comic book to the screen

On the show this week we’re talking about websleuths, or as we prefer to call them – “citizen detectives”. I join two colleagues from Birmingham City University – Emma Kelly (@crimemma) and Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) – to discuss the research we carried out into this phenomenon. I also speak to Lance Reenstierna (@LReenstierna) and Tim … Continue reading Special Episode – Websleuthing: Citizen detectives in the 21st century

This week, Elizabeth joins Dr Victoria Silverwood (@SilverwoodVS) to discuss her research about legitimised violence in ice hockey. To find out more about Victoria’s work, check out her Birmingham City University staff page. Music for Crime Bites is by Lee Rosevere at Happy Puppy Records  (http://www.happypuppyrecords.ca/). Please consider supporting Crime Bites via a small monthly … Continue reading Legitimised Violence in Professional Ice Hockey – Dr Victoria Silverwood

This week, Elizabeth is joined by Dr Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) and Kevin Hoffin (@KHriminology) from the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University to discuss the Netflix series Mindhunter. Find out more about Elizabeth, Adam and Kevin’s work around crime, culture and contemporary media here. Please consider supporting Crime Bites via a small monthly … Continue reading Mindhunter – Criminologists discuss the Netflix series

This week, Elizabeth joins award-winning true crime author Kerrie Droban (@kerriedroban) to talk about her new book with Peter ‘Big Pete’ James, The Last Chicago Boss: My life with the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club. To find out more about Kerrie’s work, check out her website. Image: Cover art The Last Chicago Boss: My life with … Continue reading Kerrie Droban on “The Last Chicago Boss: My life with the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club”

In this episode, Elizabeth talks to Dr Michael Fiddler of the University of Greenwich about representations of prison in films like The Shawshank Redemption. Correction: At 16m 21s Michael said ‘Sophia Loren’ when he actually meant to say ‘Raquel Welch’. To find out more about Michael’s work, visit his university staff page. Music for Crime … Continue reading Projecting the Prison: The Shawshank Redemption with Dr Michael Fiddler

This week, Elizabeth joins Dr Alyce McGovern (@dralycemcgovern) to discuss sexting and young people. To find out more about Alyce’s work, check out her University of New South Wales staff page. Music for Crime Bites is by Lee Rosevere at Happy Puppy Records (http://www.happypuppyrecords.ca/). Please consider supporting Crime Bites via a small monthly donation – … Continue reading Sexting – Dr Alyce McGovern

In this episode, Elizabeth joins two colleagues from Birmingham City University – Emma Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Criminology (@crimemma), and Dr Victoria Silverwood, Lecturer in Criminology (@SilverwoodVS) to discuss the BBC Two crime drama series Trust Me.   Music for Crime Bites is by Lee Rosevere at Happy Puppy Records (http://www.happypuppyrecords.ca/). Clips from Trust Me … Continue reading Pretending to be a Doctor – Criminologists discuss the BBC crime drama “Trust Me”

This week, Elizabeth joins Dr Emma Murray (@Emma_T_Murray) to discuss veterans in the criminal justice system. To find out more about Emma’s work, check out her Liverpool John Moores University staff page. In particular, have a look at the Reimagine the Veteran Project. This project brings together academics, the arts, policymakers, advocates, veteran communities and … Continue reading Veterans in the Criminal Justice System – Dr Emma Murray