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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/99/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Criminology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/lw3350
Module code: LW3350 Criminology is the multi-disciplinary study of crime, criminals and the criminal justice system. It is informed by a wide variety of perspectives (social, philosophical, political), helping you to develop a contextual understanding of the law.
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Criminology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw3350
Module code: LW3350 Criminology is the multi-disciplinary study of crime, criminals and the criminal justice system. It is informed by a wide variety of perspectives (social, philosophical, political), helping you to develop a contextual understanding of the law.
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Criminology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/lw3350
Module code: LW3350 Criminology is the multi-disciplinary study of crime, criminals and the criminal justice system. It is informed by a wide variety of perspectives (social, philosophical, political), helping you to develop a contextual understanding of the law.
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Former Leicester astronomers recall how they discovered the source of the dazzling Geminids meteor shower
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/former-leicester-astronomers-recall-how-they-discovered-the-source-of-the-dazzling-geminids-meteor-shower
The beautiful Geminids meteor shower is due to light up the heavens this weekend, but the source of the enigmatic cosmic display had eluded stargazers for more than 120 years.
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Beat those January exam blues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/beat-the-exam-blues
It's cold. It's wet. It's dark. Welcome to January. Most people suffer from a case of the 'January blues' but add exam worries to the mix and you really have got a gloomy prognosis.
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Study finds final year individual bonuses are counter-productive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/study-finds-final-year-individual-bonuses-are-counter-productive
A new study by researchers in the UK and Australia has found it makes better business sense to reward team performance rather than provide individual bonuses – and that group rewards generate the top-performing individuals.
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Prison rehabilitation researcher wins presenting challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/short-sentence-prison-rehabilitation-researcher-wins-presenting-challenge
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s 3 Minute Thesis competition, held on 20 May 2015. The competition featured eleven excellent presentations from both full time and part time postgraduate researchers.
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Researcher suggests mainstream media is responsible for shallow coverage of antirape activism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/researcher-suggests-mainstream-media-is-responsible-for-shallow-coverage-of-anti-rape-activism
Dr Kaitlynn Mendes (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has argued in a new book that the mainstream media often neglects anti-rape activism by delivering ‘shallow’ coverage.
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Research shows women who feel more at risk of crime also prefer physically dominant partners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/research-shows-women-who-feel-more-at-risk-of-crime-also-prefer-physically-dominant-partners
Women who prefer physically formidable and dominant mates (PPFDM) tend to feel more at risk of crime regardless of the situation or risk factors present, according to researchers from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour.