Dr. Matt Brooks

Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology @ManMetUni interested in posttraumatic growth, trauma and victimology🏳️‍🌈. I've moved to Linkedin @drmattbrooks

[MetroPolis @mcrmetropolis]

In the second of our 'Countdown to the Election' blogs, @h_fawcett and @mtrbrooks discuss the need for a national juror wellbeing policy👎https://t.co/BCXRU4EM0p
@MMUPsychology @MoJGovUK @MMU_Research

[Nick Davis @n_j_davis]

For any current @MMUPsychology students who follow me, @mtrbrooks and I are advertising an RA position for our British Academy grant on the effects of social isolation in the criminal justice system. Internal applications via Jobs4Students: https://t.co/bLfgsZHmk4

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

If you are an undergraduate Psychology student at MMU, and are interested in shaping our assessment and feedback processes, please consider taking part in the focus group below. Details below! 👇

@MMUPsychology @mmupsychstudent

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

⚖ As part of Jury Duty Appreciation Week, I spoke to
@Telegraph about the psychological aspects of jury duty and the Government's pilot of post-trial support

🙏 Thanks to Amy Herbert for contributing her lived experiences to the article

📰https://t.co/7bsfgqSlBX - paywalled

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

Thank you to @LisaMCoulthard and the @BACP for their support in this important campaign.

#ThankAJuror

[MetroPolis @mcrmetropolis]

📢Jury Duty Appreciation Week 2024📢

We're thrilled to have the support of Dr @LisaMCoulthard (@BACP) for our new campaign, led by @h_fawcett & @mtrbrooks @ManMetUni, calling for dedicated specialist wellbeing support for jurors in England and Wales 👏

#ThankAJuror

[The Canadian Juries Commission @canadajury]

Jury duty is our civic duty in Canada and the United Kingdom. We have a duty to thank and support jurors after their service.
The Canadian Juries Commission is proud to support the first #jurydutyappreciationweek in England & Wales! #thankyoujurors #thankajuror #MentalHealthWeek

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

Thank you to @BPSOfficial for their support with this important campaign for better wellbeing support for jurors.

For more info on this work see our website https://t.co/Tm0ZA01lnG

#ThankAJuror

[MetroPolis @mcrmetropolis]

@h_fawcett @mtrbrooks @ManMetUni @BPSOfficial @uniofleicester @canadajury @MoJGovUK @HMCTSgovuk @mmu_law @MMU_Research @mcrmetribl @HealthRI_MMU @TheLawSociety @Law_Commission @LivUniSLSJ @law_uom @LegalWeek 📢Jury Duty Appreciation Week 2024 📢

Dr Roman Raczka (@romanpsych) President-Elect of @BPSOfficial is calling for the next government to prioritise better mental health support for the 'unsung heroes' of the criminal justice system ⚖️

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/mepIqz0otH

[Manchester Metropolitan Uni @ManMetUni]

Researchers at @MMUForensicPsyc are leading a movement to champion the work of jurors.

The UK's first Jury Duty Appreciation Week (6 - 12 May) has been launched by @h_fawcett and @mtrbrooks and encourages specialist wellbeing support.

👉https://t.co/ZncYIH4Ti9

#ThankAJuror

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

⚖ Pleased to be part of the team behind the first Jury Duty Appreciation Week in England and Wales to recognise and support the hard work of jurors.

👀 Keep an eye out on our social media (@mcrmetropolis) for further updates over the coming week!

#thankajuror
#jurorsupport

[MetroPolis @mcrmetropolis]

Over 350,000 people in England & Wales are called for Jury service annually⚖️

50% of jurors experience symptoms of stress.

Jury Duty Appreciation Week 2024, led by @h_fawcett & @mtrbrooks @manmetuni, recognises the crucial role of jurors & calls for policy reform.

#thankajuror

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

🙌More good news! Super pleased to have been awarded a @BritishAcademy_ small grant with @n_j_davis to explore the effects of social isolation within the context of the criminal justice system ⚖️ @mmupsychstudent @MMUForensicPsyc @MMU_Research @HealthRI_MMU

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

@MMU_Research @HealthRI_MMU @mmupsychstudent @MMUForensicPsyc

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

🛬 Returned from another successful and super productive 'ResilienceCon' conference and research consortium this week in a very sunny and hot Nashville, TN! 🌎 1/6

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

🌟 Honoured to be part of an international community that is really advancing the science of resilience. Thank you to Prof. Sherry Hamby, for providing the space to allow this to happen! 6/6

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

✨@h_fawcett and I have had our first article in @ConversationUK published!

⚖ We talk about the challenges of jury duty and the need for better well-being support for jurors.

📖https://t.co/STUxxt2xAY

@MMUPsychology @mcrmetropolis @MMU_Research

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

🗞️Read about the seminar @h_fawcett and I attended in the House of Lords on support for jurors as part of a trauma-informed court system @MMU_Research @mcrmetropolis @mmupsychstudent @MMUForensicPsyc https://t.co/jpNZciGTgX

[Dr. Matt Brooks @mtrbrooks]

Publication update 📚

Congratulations to @en_kirkham, our former @MMUForensicPsyc student, who has had her dissertation on betrayal trauma published in the Journal of Loss and Trauma!

https://t.co/dprnKec2E2