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Diseases of affluence, without the affluence

One of the predictions made in global health was that as low/mid income countries became wealthier, their populations would adopt the illnesses characteristic of high income counties. Causes…

The post-user and the digital drug market

The concept of ‘the user’ or ‘person who uses drugs’ is central to how we talk about drug supply and distribution. It implies a singular individual who has…

When did capitalism stop being any good?

When the whole world has been opened to capital, there is nowhere to expand into. There are no more sources of cheap labour or raw materials, and no…

Ontological problems are research problems

Ontology (‘what is’) is a topic students often have difficulty grappling with in their work. It tends to end up being a set of buzzwords that people lay…

Three and a half rules for applying for academic posts

As Olivia Rodrigo so wisely said ‘it’s brutal out there’. But we are never so brutal as with ourselves. Apply widely and be adaptable – you can fit…

Naming paragraphs as part of the writing process

In my quest to expose the writing process I have structured this paper using named paragraphs. Each paragraph has a title showing the purpose it performs as part…

Docs and podcasts for my Illicit Markets course

Cultural accounts of illicit markets and criminal activities are the best way to develop a feel for them. Here are my recommendations: Podcasts Some of the most insightful…

It is lucky police AI is crap. What if it worked?

I want to engage with a type of argument that is self-undermining. The months after Al-Qaeda’s attacks on New York and Washington in 2001 birthed an immoral decision….

Social construction is an answer to a problem nobody has

One of the annoying things academic competition does is push us to develop elaborate ways of not quite saying what is staring us in the face. There is…

Crime’s social facts

…really just one social fact Crime is behaviour that is intentional, measurable and directly harmful. The only reason to care about crime is that it gets in the…

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