In Part Three of this Crime Bites Christmas Special, I speak to Damien’s mother Valerie Nettles about her experiences in the 21 years since he went missing and the investigation into his disappearance. If you have any information about the disappearance of Damien Nettles – or know someone who does – please call Hampshire Police … Continue reading Damien Nettles – Still Missing – Part 3

Over the next week, Crime Bites will focus upon the case of Damien Nettles, a 16-year-old boy who went missing from the Isle of Wight in the south of England in 1996. In the 21 years that have passed, no one has seen or heard from Damien. Today’s episode is an introduction to the case. … Continue reading Damien Nettles – Still Missing – Part 1

In Part Two of this Crime Bites Christmas Special, in which we’re focusing on the case of Damien Nettles, I speak to two of my colleagues, Professor David Wilson and Donal MacIntyre, criminologists from Birmingham City University about their thoughts on the case. If you have any information about the disappearance of Damien Nettles – … Continue reading Damien Nettles – Still Missing – Part 2

In this episode, Elizabeth joins two criminologists from Birmingham City University – Donal MacIntyre (@donalmacintyre) and Jenna Page (@Page_jen) –  to discuss the Netflix crime drama series Alias Grace. To find out more about the Crime Culture and Contemporary Media research group at Birmingham City University, please click here. Music for Crime Bites is by … Continue reading Alias Grace – Criminologists discuss the Netflix series

In this episode, Elizabeth joins Professor David Wilson (@ProfDavidWilson) and Dr Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) of Birmingham City University to talk about the murders of Simon Martin, Thomas Kelly, David Hanson and David Grieff. These four boys were killed by one man in the North East of England between 1990 and 1994. Serial murder is rare … Continue reading The Lost Boys of Sunderland: The forgotten victims of an unseen serial killer

In this episode, Elizabeth joins Dr Tom Raymen of Plymouth University to discuss the drama series The Walking Dead. For more information about The Walking Dead, visit the show’s page. Tom’s paper about the series Living in the end times through popular culture: An ultra-realist analysis of The Walking Dead as popular criminology is published … Continue reading “The Walking Dead” and late capitalism: A criminological take on the zombie apocalypse with Dr Tom Raymen

This week, Elizabeth is joined by Dr Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) and Kevin Hoffin (@KHriminology) from the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University to discuss crime comic books and the superheroes who have leapt out from the pages and onto our screens.  Why do we need superheroes? What does this suggest about our faith … Continue reading Crime Fighting Superheroes – From the comic book to the screen

On the show this week we’re talking about websleuths, or as we prefer to call them – “citizen detectives”. I join two colleagues from Birmingham City University – Emma Kelly (@crimemma) and Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) – to discuss the research we carried out into this phenomenon. I also speak to Lance Reenstierna (@LReenstierna) and Tim … Continue reading Special Episode – Websleuthing: Citizen detectives in the 21st century

This week, Elizabeth joins Dr Victoria Silverwood (@SilverwoodVS) to discuss her research about legitimised violence in ice hockey. To find out more about Victoria’s work, check out her Birmingham City University staff page. Music for Crime Bites is by Lee Rosevere at Happy Puppy Records  (http://www.happypuppyrecords.ca/). Please consider supporting Crime Bites via a small monthly … Continue reading Legitimised Violence in Professional Ice Hockey – Dr Victoria Silverwood

This week, Elizabeth is joined by Dr Adam Lynes (@Lynesey89) and Kevin Hoffin (@KHriminology) from the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University to discuss the Netflix series Mindhunter. Find out more about Elizabeth, Adam and Kevin’s work around crime, culture and contemporary media here. Please consider supporting Crime Bites via a small monthly … Continue reading Mindhunter – Criminologists discuss the Netflix series