Dr Leah Burch (she/her)
@LeahFBurch
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Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University. Interested in hate crime, disability studies, sexual violence & intersectionality. She/her
Manchester, England
Joined December 2015
I am sure when this moment has sunk in I will be able to articulate how much this means, but for now I just want to say the biggest thank you to everyone who shared their stories with me. It was an absolute privilege @Leep1_Leeds @PFMerseyside @FD_SPICE @CPMidlands
"Burch takes a deeply ethical and compassionate but politicised approach to the unearthing of such painful stories, exposing the sensitivity, creativity, and emotional labour necessary in inquiry of this kind"- @KirstyLiddiard1 #hate #disability
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Based on these findings, @VictimsComm Baroness Newlove says: too often, disabled victims are confronted by impenetrable systems, inflexible procedures, and dismissive attitudes that block their path to Justice
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Disabled victims report feeling dismissed, describe having their credibility questioned and offenses recorded as less serious crimes
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Our report @VictimsComm found that disabled victims face obstacles at every stage of the justice process - including significant practical barriers, from delays in securing interpreters and intermediaries to inaccessible courtrooms. (1/3)
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🚨NEWS🚨 Disabled Victims Face Hurdles at Every Step of the Justice Process, finds new @VictimsComm report 'Disabled victims report feeling dismissed, describe having their credibility questioned and offences recorded as less serious crimes' Read more👇 https://t.co/KaqJ7PyqxZ
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The report was funded by @VictimsComm following their findings in the Victim Survey which showed that too many disabled victims were dissatisfied with the police response to crime and too few had confidence they could receive justice by reporting a crime
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Our report identifies some key recommendations, including (briefly): training & development opportunities, ensuring flexibility and proactively making reasonable adjustments, conducting accessibility audits, significant attitudinal change & multi-agency work
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Proud to see our report @vickerystamp published which highlights significant barriers for disabled victims of crime throughout criminal justice systems.
#NationalInclusionWeek is a timely reminder: inclusion cannot be optional in our justice system. My review provides a clear path forward, this starts with better training for all criminal justice professionals. Read the report: https://t.co/CplXzKV3T8 4/4
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Last year, my landmark victim survey revealed troubling disparities in how Disabled victims are treated by the justice system. I committed to looking into this further. To mark #NationalInclusionWeek, I'm now publishing my findings. This must be a wake-up call. 🧵 1/4
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Lovely to attend and present at the @VP_Centre conference today. Alfie and I shared our research on barriers to Justice for disabled victim-survivors of sexual violence.
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How brilliant! I can’t make it unfortunately (juggling life with a toddler and newborn) but hope you get a great turnout and have a great evening! I’m hoping to read this book while on parental leave 🤞
Calling all #Manchester disabled people and allies!!! I’m so honoured to be interviewing @RachelCDailey about her new brilliant books about the history of disabled people and activism. It’s a really interesting read! How we so often have to pull together to get rights.
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MANCHESTER DISABLED PEOPLE I'll be bringing Ramping Up Rights to Queer Lit and Social Refuge in the Northern Quarter on 23rd and I'll be joined by the incredible @cheryleehouston Please come along and celebrate the fights we've won
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Join us in welcoming Rachel to Queer Lit as we discuss 'Ramping up Rights'
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The proposed 39 redundancies will devastate the Faculty of Education & Social Sciences who I have worked closely with over the years on a #RightToFood I urge the management of @LiverpoolHopeUK can reconsider these damaging cuts. ✍️ the petition 👇
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Stop Compulsory Redundancies; Protect Students and Staff
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Petition: Abandon DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper https://t.co/mfgAG3YuPf - please consider signing and sharing this important petition against the proposed Green Paper
petition.parliament.uk
The DWP Green Paper Pathways to Work proposes what we think are devastating cuts to disability benefits. We think the Government must drop these proposals and instead begin a process of co-production...
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Disability Studies is more important now than ever. As an alumni of the MA Disability Studies course who benefited significantly from studying on it, I assure you that it is a course worth keeping - not least because of its impact within the wider disabled academic community.
Thank you to all the lovely colleagues signing this open letter challenging 39 proposed redundancies at Liverpool Hope. These redundancies disproportionately target those of us in Social Sciences and Disability Studies
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[Photo is of a bunch of staff and students at the demonstration today - standing outside of the VC office]
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Our amazing students organised a demonstration today outside of the newly refurbished VCs office. Thankful to have brill students and our @ucu branch fighting with us.
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Of the 39 proposed redundancies, 23 will be in the School of Social Sciences and Education. Lots of us received our at risk letter last Thursday at about 6pm. No regard for staff well-being during this difficult time
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Thank you to all the lovely colleagues signing this open letter challenging 39 proposed redundancies at Liverpool Hope. These redundancies disproportionately target those of us in Social Sciences and Disability Studies
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An Open Letter from the Disability Studies Community Regarding Proposed Redundancies at Liverpool Hope University To the Leadership of Liverpool Hope University, We, members of the international...
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Thank you to everyone who has joined our PGR/ECR discussion groups. It has been another fab year of hearing about the innovative and important work being done within hate studies by PGR and ECRs. You can watch all of the recordings on our YouTube channel
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The BSC Hate Crime Network is intended to provide a forum for those within the criminology community who have an interest in researching hate crime. This may include, although not be limited to, the...
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