Adrienne Peters (PhD | she/her)

Criminologist & Faculty, @MUNSociology, Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador @MemorialU. Board @fasdNL. 7th Step Society. Always learning & sharing.

[Adrienne Peters (PhD | she/her) @APetersMUN]

❕🤍❕Don’t Use Alone ❕🤍❕

[Critical Criminology @critcrim]

They've wanted to expand reverse onus for awhile, and this will only be a start.

"A reverse onus provision places the burden on a person accused of a crime to prove why they should get bail."
https://t.co/VkHQHmJQiO

[CTV News Winnipeg @ctvwinnipeg]

Federal bail bill becomes law, but Manitoba lawyers warn more resources needed https://t.co/Sdo37ccQKI

[Justice Canada @JusticeCanadaEN]

(1/2) Yesterday, the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act (#C14) received Royal Assent and will come into force on July 15, 2026.

This legislation reflects the #GC promise to help make communities safer and increase trust in the criminal justice system. https://t.co/teP3dQgHEy

[John Howard Society @JohnHoward_Can]

Fourth homicide in a year: Prison worker unions seek more staffing, mental-health support. "the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers has tied the violence to federal budget reductions" How is the $132M reduction affecting COs? https://t.co/WDvjId3FxJ

[Jonathan Arenburg - Author, Speaker, Counsellor @ArenburgJohn]

Men’s Mental Health: Are We Misunderstanding Why Men Go Silent? https://t.co/JD5g0rVKHr via @ArenburgJohn

[Adrienne Peters (PhD | she/her) @APetersMUN]

Has bad behaviour in local politics reached an all-time high - or low? | https://t.co/nMkLQA9EHs https://t.co/vSa1HIk2YJ

[Adrienne Peters (PhD | she/her) @APetersMUN]

The NL Govt seems to not understand poverty reduction & instead is on a one-way path to bring its province/people into more poverty & related issues with all their cost-cutting to the most important areas/groups. We cannot afford more. It impacts all | CBC https://t.co/PTYqGjETy2

[Adrienne Peters (PhD | she/her) @APetersMUN]

“‘…concern that people can be displaced & have things happen to them with a really big impact…really quickly,’…understands concerns from residents…(but not)…dealing with the root cause of the problem. ‘…done as a cost-cutting measure’(McDermott)”|CBC https://t.co/GKzHhzigyN

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

Please share widely.
My paper has just been published in Clinical Psychologist: “Arguing the need for Aboriginal specific testing of attachment theory as a foundation of culturally informed child protection and attachment best practice.”

This paper, I believe is critically important to reducing Indigenous child removals.

The gap it documents is this: Aboriginal child removals have increased 119% over a decade. Non-Indigenous removals are down 12%. And the primary scientific tool used to assess infant attachment — Ainsworth’s Strange Situation Procedure — has been validated in more than 40 countries. Never with Aboriginal Australians.

That is not a footnote. That is a foundation missing from every child protection decision made about Aboriginal families by a workforce that is 94% non-Indigenous.

Based on over two decades of original research and clinical work, this paper presents new models for understanding culturally informed attachment — including collective caregiving, kinship obligation, skin and avoidance relationships, race-mediated trauma, and Black Identity Formation — and what it means for assessment and treatment.

The Westerman Jilya Institute has secured funding to do what this paper argues is urgently needed: validate the SSP with Aboriginal children for the first time, and build the first evidence-based attachment program designed from within Aboriginal culture.

https://t.co/rKxCr7gf4o

[The Telegram @StJohnsTelegram]

Three NL RCMP officers suspended after reportedly cutting hair of Innu woman in custody https://t.co/mVsH8Essaf

[James Barnes MSc., MA @psychgeist52]

In my latest @PsychToday post, I examine @AwaisAftab's attempt to rescue psychiatry on pragmatic grounds after conceding longstanding critiques of its foundations.

I argue the defence fails—and it leads not to reforming the psychiatric paradigm, but to moving beyond it.

https://t.co/7NdhEoeR0W

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

June is National PTSD Awareness Month – a condition that disproportionately affects incarcerated people.

Not only does the criminal legal system cause mental health issues, but it exacerbates existing problems in an already-vulnerable population.

[Dr Karen Mitchell PhD @karenmitchell__]

Narcissists, psychopaths (predators) brazenly push through when exposed. Most of us would be too embarrassed to show our faces let alone maintain a platform. Not predators! Lack of fear, empathy & shame plus a powerful ego means predators behave differently when they’re exposed.

[Dr Karen Mitchell PhD @karenmitchell__]

What’s the perfect way for a narcissist, psychopath to hide?
By working/advocating in the area of narcissists, psychopaths, domestic violence, criminology.
Has anyone observed a subtle smirk/left right facial asymmetry & other red flags re an advocate/worker in these fields?

[Canadian Femicide Observatory 🇨🇦 @CAN_Femicide]

Ok, good. Now what?

Orillia declares intimate partner violence an epidemic https://t.co/OrMFBS4NrC via @orilliamatters

[Sevtap Savas, PhD (she/her) @savaslab]

https://t.co/xO6zqYW0Q7

[CTV News Atlantic @CTVAtlantic]

Halifax conference on gender-based violence addresses leadership and work harassment https://t.co/8wotxgSbmC

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

❌ MYTH: Some people need to go to jail to get treatment and services.

⚠️ REALITY: Time & time again, people trapped in the system are left worse off because they cannot get the treatment they need.

Jails and prisons are designed for punishment, not care.

[The Telegram @StJohnsTelegram]

Former Memorial University seals die nearly two years after relocation to NB https://t.co/sHcS3wNilV

[The Telegram @StJohnsTelegram]

Natuashish teen Wally Rich was isolated by language, bullied by staff, and encouraged to seek mental health care elsewhere in the days before his death while in care. His family hopes his legacy will keep any other child from going through his experience https://t.co/rQP5bhnPDk