Rethinking Deviance

In this episode, I speak with Dr Evelyn Svingen who is an Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham and a reluctant evolutionary criminologist. Her book Evolutionary Criminology and Cooperation was published in 2023 and won the European Society of Criminology Book of the Year award. We speak about: evolutionary criminology, human nature, misconceptions and strawmans about evolutionary cr...

Dr Sarah Charman is Professor of Criminology in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Portsmouth. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice and Senior Associate Fellow at the Police Foundation. Sarah has researched and published widely on the sociology of policing and the policing organisation, most notably on policing cultures...

Dr Tyson Yunkaporta is a member of the Apalech clan in far north Queensland, Australia. He is a Senior Research Fellow in Indigenous knowledges at Deakin University and the author of ' Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World' (2019). In this episode, we discuss the colonial space, Indigenous perspectives on deviance and social control, the culture wars, advice for police, and the ide...

Dr Peter Neyroud is a lecturer in evidence-based policing at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology and a former Chief Constable for Thames Valley Police. We discuss his Turning Point Randomised Control Trial, police self-legitimacy, and the importance of education for police. He also shares some 'war stories' from his days as a constable.

Professor Lawrence W. Sherman is an esteemed Criminologist and police educator at the University of Cambridge. We discuss experimental criminology, gun violence in the United States, police shootings, police culture, and the ideal police recruit. Larry also shares some personal insights, including his biggest career regret.