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X: Free speech vs. extreme narratives - sexism and misogyny (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Holmes, J., McCready, C., Smietanko, E., bowers, C., James, J., & Etherton, K. (2024, February). X: Free speech vs. extreme narratives - sexism and misogyny. Paper presented at Third annual colloquium European society of criminology working group on radicalization, extremism, and terrorism, Online, hosted by ESC and University of Portsmouth

X: free speech vs. extreme narratives – sexism and misogyny Since the purchase of Twitter, now ‘X’, by Elon Musk in October 2022, a growing concern has emerged within academic and professional discourse regarding the ‘free speech absolutist’ sta... Read More about X: Free speech vs. extreme narratives - sexism and misogyny.

Identifying the need for and obtaining appropriate adults for vulnerable suspects (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Holmes, J., & Pierpoint, H. (2023, September). Identifying the need for and obtaining appropriate adults for vulnerable suspects. Paper presented at The Vulnerable Accused, Birmingham University

Code of Practice C of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 establishes that suspects who are vulnerable (juveniles or vulnerable adults) should receive the safeguard of an appropriate adult (AA). The role of the AA is to provide support to suspe... Read More about Identifying the need for and obtaining appropriate adults for vulnerable suspects.

Interviewing vulnerable suspects arrested for homicide offences: The working practices of detectives and third parties (2023)
Thesis
Holmes, J. Interviewing vulnerable suspects arrested for homicide offences: The working practices of detectives and third parties. (Thesis). University of South Wales. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11139014

The aim of this research is to critically explore the working practices of detectives and third parties involved in the detention and interviewing of vulnerable suspects, who have been arrested on suspicion of committing homicide (and attempted murde... Read More about Interviewing vulnerable suspects arrested for homicide offences: The working practices of detectives and third parties.

'You can't go home until you answer the officers' questions': Police interviewing of vulnerable suspects (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Holmes, J. (2019, September). 'You can't go home until you answer the officers' questions': Police interviewing of vulnerable suspects. Paper presented at 19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Ghent, Belgium

This paper outlines my PhD study into the police interviewing of vulnerable suspects, within the context of homicide investigations. During such investigations suspects can be detained over several days and interviewed on multiple occasions (Police a... Read More about 'You can't go home until you answer the officers' questions': Police interviewing of vulnerable suspects.