@VGorton

Research Fellow in Criminology @UoELawSchool & @SCADR_data Tweets on conferences, stats anxiety and @covidfines.

 Edinburgh
law.ed.ac.uk/people/dr-victoria-gorton
Joined August 2011
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Who got fined during the #covid pandemic in #England and #Wales? (Apart from politicians 🤫 #partygate) ✅️ 18 - 24yr olds ✅️ disadvantaged communities ✅️ English residents travelling to Wales Read more here: ed.ac.uk/news/2023/covid-rul… Full report 👇 edin.ac/3l15Apn
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Call for participants! The @EdinburghUni 'Policing the Pandemic' study is looking at the use of police fixed penalties in the pandemic. Did you receive a Covid fine? If so, we would like to hear about your experiences. To take part, please email: [email protected]
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Published today: new research report on #Police use of #Covid Fixed Penalty Notices (#FPNs) in England and Wales during the pandemic. blogs.ed.ac.uk/edinburghlaws…
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9am and struggling for seats at the first @qmrg_rgs_ibg session at #RGSIBG22!!! So exciting to see QM so popular!
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Was not execting to end the day with Northumbrian pipes and step dancing. #RGSIBG22 really is a treat!
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My last tweet was about my first paper, 2 yrs on, now I've got my first blog on the @LSEPublicPolicy!! #Partygate, not just about politicians. Also lessons about law making and crisis communication. Read more (go on, it's Friday!): blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2022…

Partygate raises important questions about rules, guidance and compliance during COVID - LSE...

Drawing on research in Scotland on the use of Fixed Penalty Notices and patterns of enforcement, Vicky Gorton, Susan McVie and Kath Murray (University of Edinburgh) consider whether in legislating so...

blogs.lse.ac.uk
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My first peer-reviewed article has FINALLY been published! Read our blog about it here: tinyurl.com/y8y9ce3h #infographic #Stats #databias #genderbias
Infographic summarizing the article. See the blog post for a short description of the article.

ALT Infographic summarizing the article. See the blog post for a short description of the article.

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#6stsitalia - one of the friendliest conferences I've been to, such a warm crowd!
Welcome to the future! #stsitalia
Another brilliantly honest opening from Attila Bruni #6stsitalia
"We need a ping pong between actors" on climate change - what an image. #6stsitalia
So good to hear about the slowness of data instead of the endless speeding up of data narratives @lifeofdata #4sEASST2016
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Great talk by @WillMasonWilkes fun to see Brian Cox's godly status being reimagined & explored. #4sEASST2016
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"We need to bolster provision not reinvent the wheel"-fascinating talk about literacy & numeracy support in homeless adults by @KatyJones88
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Getting sick of the #5000Poppies at #RHSChelsea being constantly referred to as "knitted" #crochetisnotknitting #bbcmychelsea
What is/can be the contribution of ANT studies to policy? Is complexity a problem? #STS6Lancs
Great chats about quantatitive methods had over lunch! #STS6Lancs
"Join us for some fetish pizza", not someting you get invited to everyday #sts6lancs
To what extent should academic discussion be an arguement or a collaboration across disciplines? Big questions being asked here. #sts6lancs
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Seems this afternoon we have reocurring idea of negotiating between "fiction" & "non-fiction" in our writings of our areas #sts6lancs
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