Associate Professor in Psychology & @PsychToday blogger on politics, sex, and crime. @HdxAcademy member. Tweets = own views. Likes and retweets ≠ endorsement.
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Joined February 2011
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Huge congratulations to @R_Lievesley on receiving the #ATSA2025 early career research award for ongoing contributions to the field. A very much deserved honour.
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A new book edited by @CraigHarper19 @R_Lievesley Helen Swaby @belinda_winder @drnblagden Kerensa Hocken + Phil Banyard with contributions from others like Prof Derek Perkins explores the use of the internet and its impacts upon sexual crime and offending. link.springer.com/book/10.10…
We have a new paper published in the Journal of Sexual Aggression
This one has been long in the writing. We show differential effects of the "sex offender" label as we varied the level of analysis.
doi.org/10.1080/13552600.202…
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Our commentary on the recent critique of the "minor attracted person" label is now live and available at Trauma, Violence & Abuse.
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This week I've been thinking more than usual about #InternationalMensDay, and reflecting on my recent experiences of becoming a first time dad of twin boys.
Nothing prepares you for the complete change in perspective and shift in identity that becoming a father brings.
Becoming a dad of boys adds another layer of reflection. How to model 'positive masculinity' while preventing them internalising social negativity about men and masculinity. How to encourage both traditionally masculine values and the expression of vulnerability as they grow up.
These will undoubtedly be things I grapple with for a long time. But this year, more than ever, I'm grateful for #InternationalMensDay for providing the space and opportunity to highlight and reflect on these issues. In time, I hope my boys will appreciate this opportunity too.
Exeter away moved to a 12.30 kick off says everything about this Sky Sports deal for the EFL. Commercial interest placed ahead of fan attendance in a move that will chip away at the strength of the English football pyramid.
Next target: the 3pm blackout.
⚽️ Three further City games during the 2024/25 season have had their kick-off times brought forward for live TV coverage - the trip to Exeter City in November, as well as the home fixtures against Reading and Charlton Athletic in December.
#WeAreImps
New preprint with @R_Lievesley, @ellieiwoodward1, Lauren Stubbs, and Roanna Wilson, where we found that more life-like sex dolls and sex robots, those that resemble children, and those used for sexual purposes are judged most negatively.
Read more here: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/9w…
Linguistically, Rishi is doing a very interesting thing here.
"Don't surrender your/our...." when ending his answer on every policy speaks directly to the floating Reform voter.
#bbcdebate
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hard not to respect the England players for their determination not to give Rishi Sunak the glimmer of a national feelgood factor
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Useful advice on how to use X/Twitter well as an early career researcher. Using these methods facilitates the transition from playing on the sidelines to getting into the center of the game.
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REF: We want to see two or three study papers.
Journals: We’ll give you 6000 words despite nobody having read a paper version of our journals since 2007.
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Your ethics application can become your preregistration which can become your manuscript.
Simples!
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Jack Moylan produced 45 minutes of brilliance as Lincoln ripped Barnsley to shreds. That’s some player they have on their hands.
#WeAreImps