Helen Kosc

Doctoral Candidate at the @UniofOxford , Department of Sociology @SociologyOxford

Prisons researcher, evidence-based activist, sociologist and criminologist

[Sociology at Oxford @SociologyOxford]

AI & data science are being increasingly used within law enforcement, despite criticism about accuracy & bias.

DPhil student @HelenKosc collaborated with police practitioners to explore their views on when & how this technology should be used ⬇️

https://t.co/a4eOf69SGO

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

Our latest #publication investigating how strategic decisions are made about where, when and how to employ #datascience in #policing , in collaboration with @PoliceScotland.

Read our newest publication here: https://t.co/uB6qOd0r9y

[CCSFScholar @CCSF_Scholar]

We recently got to celebrate and fundraise for our CCSF scholars at the Maple Leaf Ball. Thanks to the @MapleTrust for a brilliant evening.

[Sociology at Oxford @SociologyOxford]

DPhil student @HelenKosc's poster explains her ethnographic study, which maps how likely UK prison-leavers are to re-offend within the first 18 months of release.

Helen won first prize in the competition! 🥇

View ➡️ https://t.co/8ITt0T2MPe

[Sociology at Oxford @SociologyOxford]

42% of ex-offenders in the UK are reconvicted within a year of release - existing policies meant to reintegrate them into communities are ineffective.

@HelenKosc & Dave Kirk call for evidence-based approaches to tackle this urgent issue.

Read more ⬇️
https://t.co/Lhij510uGT

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

@ailie_rennie Woohoo congrats Ailie! Looking forward to reading it in due time 👏📖

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

@PrisonersAdvice Thank you very much for sharing!

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

Thank you very much @BritSocCrim for sharing my newest piece, 'A Home for Christmas'.

Criminologists, practitioners, policymakers, members of the public...if you've got 5 minutes, please give it a read and let me know what you think!

[British Criminology @BritSocCrim]

New BSC Blog: A Home for Christmas: Leaving Prison amidst a National Housing Crisis. A short, thought-provoking piece by @HelenKosc, reflecting on the men and women released homeless from prison, wishing for a home for Christmas.. Read it here: https://t.co/aYnVOH4xOr

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

'A Home for Christmas' by Helen Kosc
👇
https://t.co/kTVGCosZlc

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

400 handmade Christmas cards for men serving time in @HMPBullingdon

Thx to students & staff of @UniofOxford & @WolfsonCollege who volunteered to spread some kindness this holiday season
A small way I can give back to my field of study and the men who trust me with their stories

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

Thank you to the High Commissioner of Canada in the UK, the Honourable @RalphGoodale , and the Deputy High Commissioner @RobertRAFry , for having us.
What an honour to be surrounded by so many inspiring Canadians.

@CCSF67 @CCSF_Scholar @CanadianUK @UniofOxford @SociologyOxford

[Ralph Goodale @RalphGoodale]

A great pleasure tonight for Canada House/LDN to host 14 distinguished Cdn scholars who are the 2023 recipients of 🇨🇦 Centennial Scholarships (& many of their predecessors), together w/ the generous donors in the Cdn business/financial community in the UK who make this possible.

[CCSFScholar @CCSF_Scholar]

Thank you to @CanUKFoundation @MapleTrust @CanadianUK @RobertRAFry and @RalphGoodale for celebrating our scholars with us this evening. We wish you all the best with your exciting work.

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

In the short clip from my speech, you can hear about how my Doctoral research journey @UniofOxford actually began back in Canada 🇨🇦 , as an 18-year-old volunteering with Correctional Services Canada @CSC_SCC_en while an undergraduate @queensu

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

What an honour to be invited by the High Commissioner of Canada in the UK, the Honourable @RalphGoodale , Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund, Maple Leaf Trust and the Canada UK Foundation to speak about my Doctoral Research @ Canada House 🇨🇦

@CCSF67 @CCSF_Scholar @CanadianUK

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

Congratulations @MRovira_ 👏 I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work as a research assistant for this project for nearly 2 years.

It’s an honor to be part of such an important project that I am positive will provoke much-needed changes in hiring practices in the UK

[Martí Rovira @MRovira_]

📚 Thrilled to share my latest article, "Invisible Stripes? A Field Experiment on the Disclosure of a Criminal Record in the British Labour Market and the Potential Effects of Introducing Ban-The-Box Policies," now published in the BJC https://t.co/QqTASzbUZ0

[Sociology at Oxford @SociologyOxford]

Our MSc students practiced their fieldwork skills last weekend by interviewing people at the Remembrance Day service in Whitehall📝

They were supported by three excellent TAs, our DPhil students Wing Kei, Helen and Gabriel!

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

800 delegates from 78 countries gathered for the International Corrections and Prisons Association’s Annual Conference in Antwerp @icpaadvancing

I had the honor of presenting my Doctoral Research Project: a long-term, ethnographic study of 150 prison-leavers over 18-months.

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

Thank you to the Social Science Division at @UniofOxford for having me and my Doctoral Research Poster @oxsocsci

@TV_PCC @SociologyOxford

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

@daria_przblsk @CCSF67 @CCSF_Scholar @MapleTrust @UniofOxford @SociologyOxford @WolfsonCollege Thank you Daria!!!

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

Very excited to have been selected as one of the Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund’s 2023-2024 Scholars.

What an honour it is to be part of a network of inspiring young Canadians using research to make an impact on a global stage — let’s make Canada proud 🇨🇦

[Helen Kosc @HelenKosc]

@SociologyOxford Thank you very much!