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@colmw37

Senior Lecturer @qubelfast: research youth violence; criminal exploitation; psychological trauma; interventions. My views are not that of my employer

@violencestudies.bsky.social pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/pers… Joined February 2014

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🍉 @colmw37 Oct 5, 2025

Delighted that this has come to life.Thanks to @palgravecrim for commissioning. It aims to work backwards,making sense of why trauma clusters in the justice system, & offers alternative (& hopeful) insights re prevention. If interested, the publishers are offering a temp discount

🍉 @colmw37 Nov 27, 2025

Delighted to share this pub- one of the first to extend analysis of the impact of ACEs to community violence. We found adversity outside of the family is V common with sig a MH impact @GavinDavidson70 @endingtheharm @YouthEndowFund @profsiobhanon
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/e0…

🍉 @colmw37 Sep 20, 2025

This is one complex issue of many that requires data sharing. It is legal to share data ( 🗣️ gov depts) and it reduces harm.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk NI’s missing children: Officials have known they’ve a huge problem and fear kids could be sexually... Department attempted to censor figure showing huge gulf between children registered with GPs and those registered for education – but it failed to black it out and we can now report it

🍉 @colmw37 Sep 18, 2025

Interesting and encouraging reading from new @Y_J_Agency stats. Overall trend for referrals and custody =⬇️, however that’s not the case in all areas or all crime types. Violence related crimes = ⬆️
justice-ni.gov.uk/news/northern-…

www.justice-ni.gov.uk Northern Ireland Youth Justice Agency Annual Workload Statistics 2024-25 published today The Department of Justice (DoJ) today published the Research and Statistics Bulletin Northern Ireland Youth Justice Agency Annual Workload Statistics 2024/25.

🍉 @colmw37 Sep 15, 2025

Following my @QUBSSESW review and questions by @NIPolicingBoard @NualaMcAllister re threats to life, PSNI confirm 205 TM1s have been issued to children in last 5 years:
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk Nearly 6,000 threat to life warnings issued in Northern Ireland in just five years: ‘It’s insidious... MLA hits out at paramilitaries and brands figures as ‘alarming’