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In this introductory episode of Doing Time on鈥�, hosts Katie and Iain discuss the value of looking to the past to help understand the present. This podcast helps establish why social scientists should not neglect historical perspectives while analysing present phenomena. Discussions highlight issues such as the suffragettes and changes in punishments through time.

Channing, I., Churchill, D. and Yeomans, H. (2023) Renewing Historical Criminology: Scope, Significance, and Future Directions, Annual Review of Criminology, 6:339-361.

Churchill, D., Yeomans, H. and Channing, I. (2021), Historical Criminology, Routledge: Abingdon.

Coverley, M. (2020) Hauntology: Ghosts of Futures Past, Harpenden: Oldcastle Books Ltd.

Foucault, M. (1991 [1977]) Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, London: Penguin.

Jenkins, K. (1991) Re-thinking History, London: Routledge.

In this episode of Doing Time, Dr Katie McBride and Dr Iain Channing talk about the role of criminology in policing protests and activism. Which traditions are protected, and which should be changed to achieve equality? And how do laws impact who the police should take action against? To delve into this, they discuss a history of policing ranging from 18th century all the way through to significant events in the 1930s and today.

Channing, Iain. (2015) The Police and the Expansion of Public Order Law in Britain, 1829-2014, Abingdon: Routledge.

Channing, I. (2021) 鈥楶olicing extreme political protest: A historical evaluation of police prejudice鈥� in Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 14:4, 900-915.

Clement, Matt. (2016) A People鈥檚 History of Riots, Protest and the Law: The Sound of the Crowd, London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Mead, David. (2010) The New Law of Peaceful Protest: Rights and Regulation in the Human Rights Act Era, Oxford: Hart Publishing.

White, R. J. (1957) Waterloo to Peterloo, London: William Heinemann Ltd.

Throughout history, trans people have experienced a pervasive pattern of discrimination and prejudice, which is what Dr Iain Channing and Dr Katie McBride discuss in this episode of Doing Time. By going through the historical evolution of the trans experience in society and by delving into McBride鈥檚 research, they show how biology and science aren鈥檛 always as clear cut as people are led to believe.

Billings, D. B. and Urban, T. (1996) 'The Socio-Medical Construction of Transsexualism', Blending Genders: Social Aspects of Cross-Dressing and Sex-Changing, pp. 99-117.

Cali铿乤, P. (1997) Sex Changes: The politics of transgenderism. San Francisco: Cleis Press.

Drescher, J. (2010) 'Queer diagnoses: Parallels and contrasts in the history of homosexuality, gender variance, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual', Archives of sexual behavior, 39(2), pp. 427-460.

Lombardi, E. L.; Wilchins, R. A.; Priesing, D.; Malouf, D. (2001) 鈥楪ender Violence: Transgender Experiences with Violence and Discrimination鈥�, Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 42(1), p. 89-101.

McBride, K. (2019) A Critical Analysis of Harms Experienced by Transgender Individuals (PhD Thesis, 麻豆传媒) Available at: (Accessed: 27.06.2023).

McBride, K. (2020) 鈥楻edressing the balance: Lived experiences of the harms of visually mediated transgender identity鈥�, International Review of Victimology, Vol. 26(2), p. 163-180.

Socarides, C. W. (1969) 'The desire for sexual transformation: A psychiatric evaluation of transsexualism', American Journal of Psychiatry, 125(10), pp. 1419-1425.

Professor Zo毛 James joins Dr Iain Channing and Dr Katie McBride to talk about her research on Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, especially the role of legislation and multi-agency policing in how these communities are controlled. They explore historical and contemporary evidence, shedding light on experiences of racism and exclusion, and busting myths of harmful stereotypes and tropes associated with Gypsies and Travellers.

Cemlyn S, Greenfields M, Burnett S, Matthews Z and Whitwell C (2009) Inequalities experienced by Gypsy and Traveller Communities: A review, London: EHRC.

Clark, C. and Greenfields, M., (Eds.) (2006) Here to Stay: The Gypsies and Travellers of Britain. Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press.

James, Z. (2020) The Harms of Hate for Gypsies and Travellers: A Critical Hate Studies Perspective, Cham: Springer International Publishing.

James, Z.; McBride, K. (2022) 鈥楥ritical hate studies: A new perspective鈥�, International Review of Victimology, Vol. 28(1), p. 92-108.

James, Z. (2022) 鈥楻oma, Gypsies, and Travellers As a Community of Difference: Challenging Inclusivity As an Anti-racist Approach鈥�, Critical Romani Studies, Vol. 4(2), p. 142-162.

Marcus, G. (2019) Gypsy and Traveller Girls: Silence, Agency and Power. Palgrave Macmillan.

Okely, J. (1983) The Traveller-Gypsies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Taylor, B. (2014) Another Darkness, Another Dawn: A History of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers. London: Reaktion Books.

Willers, M. and Johnson, C. (Eds.) (2020) Gypsy and Traveller Law, London: Legal Action Group.

For this episode of Doing Time, Dr Iain Channing and Dr Katie McBride are joined by Dr Sian Lewis to discuss her research about sexual harassment against women on public transport. The liminality of the space, behavioural rules and intersectionality all play important roles in understanding women鈥檚 experiences with these incidents. Dr Lewis highlights this in using her data on sexual harassment on the London Underground, the role of the British Transport Police and the importance of sharing one鈥檚 story.

APPG for UN Women (2021) Prevalence and reporting of sexual harassment in UK public spaces. Available at: (Accessed: 30.05.2023).

PA Media (2019) 鈥楻eports of sexual assaults on London Underground soar鈥�, The Guardian, Available at: (Accessed 30.05.2023).

Sian, Lewis (2018) Sexual harassment on the London Underground: Mobilities, temporalities and knowledge鈥檚 of gendered violence in public transport, (PhD Thesis, 麻豆传媒) Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/19027 (Accessed: 30.05.2023).

Sian, Lewis (2022) 鈥樷�橶e Call it Getting Your Eye in鈥�: Policing Sexual Harassment on the London Underground Through the Lens of Haraway鈥檚 Situated Knowledge鈥檚 and Cyborgs鈥�, The British Journal of Criminology. Available at : (Accessed: 30.05.2023).

Sian, Lewis (2020) 鈥榃hat not to say when women talk to you about sexual harassment鈥�, The Conversation, Available at: (Accessed: 30.05.2023).

In light of recent media coverage, former Detective Chief Inspector Brendan Brookshaw shares his experience and research in the police force, exploring institutional corruption and improper conduct. What is police corruption and how does it persist in society? Together with Dr Iain Channing and Dr Katie McBride, they pick apart the complexities of legislation, hierarchy of rank and ethics when it comes to police culture.

Brookshaw, B. P. (2023) What Happened Within the Police Service when the Government Created the Offence of 鈥淐orrupt or Improper Practice鈥� in Section 26 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015? (PhD Thesis, 麻豆传媒) Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/20743 (Accessed: 31.05.2023).

Chan, J. (1999) 鈥楶olice Culture鈥� in Dixon, D. (ed.) A Culture of Corruption, Hawkins: Australia, pp. 98鈥�138.

Montana Innocence Project (2023) 鈥楾he Blue Wall of Silence Perpetuates Racist Policing, Wrongful Convictions鈥� Available at: (Accessed: 31.05.2023).

Moran, J. (2005) 鈥樷�橞lue walls鈥�, 鈥榞rey areas鈥� and 鈥檆leanups鈥�: Issues in the control of police corruption in England and Wales鈥�, Crime, Law and Social Change, 43, pp. 57-79.

Dodd, V. (2023) 鈥楳et Police found to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic鈥�, The Guardian. Available at: (Accessed: 31.05.2023).