Dr Ella Cockbain (@DrEllaC) / X

Dr Ella Cockbain

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Dr Ella Cockbain

@DrEllaC

Associate Professor @UCLCrimeScience . UCL Research group lead on human trafficking, smuggling & exploitation. On Bluesky as @DrEllaC too

London

Joined December 2008

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Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
May 25, 2023
Proud to stand with so many amazing people and organisations to call for child sexual abuse policy to be inclusive, victim-centred and evidence-based. Huge thanks to co-organisers @helenlbeckett @CamilleLW , all who signed & supported & @peterwalker99
‘Inaccurate’ grooming gang claims putting children at risk, Sunak and Braverman told
From theguardian.com
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Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Mar 3, 2023
I just put in an @Ofcom complaint about the GB news programme “Grooming Gangs: Britain’s Shame”. It clearly breaches the Ofcom code on due accuracy and due impartiality. It promotes racist tropes, is harmful to abuse victims & survivors and is likely to fuel yet more hate. 1/2
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Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Nov 23, 2022
There’s such a raging disconnect between what people think university working conditions are like, and what they really are. We’re not striking because we’re greedy or don’t care about students, it’s because we desperately want better for a broken sector. #ucuRISING
Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Oct 28, 2023
Was legit nervous about taking two little kids to such a big protest on my own. I’m glad we went. Loads of other kids & kindness there & an incredible turn out to say #NotInMyName #CeasefireNOW
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Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Mar 4, 2023
Need a Twitter break. This stuff is so toxic. I’m not going to be threatened and bullied into silence though. 1/
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Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Apr 9, 2021
Good news 💥: the Quilliam Foundation has officially shut down. Shame these quacks never had the integrity to retract their abysmal “grooming gangs report”.
Quilliam: British 'counter-extremist' group closes citing lack of funds
From middleeasteye.net
Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Apr 2, 2023
I wrote this last year but sadly it’s very relevant today due to Braverman’s false claims. It’s about misinformation, hidden agendas & politically convenient stereotyping around “grooming gangs”. For @The_NewArab
newarab.com
Media manufacturing of the Muslim grooming gangs crisis
States of Journalism: The media has driven intense racial stereotyping around “Muslim grooming gangs”. Dr Ella Cockbain writes about the origins, beneficiaries and harms of this persistent trope.
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Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Apr 4, 2023
New for @guardianopinion : I wrote about Braverman & Sunak’s announcements around “grooming gangs”. It’s incredibly dangerous and a huge distraction from cross-cutting issues that need addressing.
Not even Suella Braverman’s own department agrees with her about ‘grooming gangs’ | Ella Cockbain
From theguardian.com
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Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Mar 27, 2019
Had some lovely news today: after less than a week, this article is already their all-time most read. Looks like lots of people care about misinformation around child sexual abuse.
Policing Insight
@PolicingInsight
Mar 20, 2019
When bad evidence is worse than no evidence: Quilliam’s “grooming gangs” report and its legacy policinginsight.com/analysis/when-… by @DrEllaC
Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Jan 6, 2020
❗️New article looking at how the ‘Muslim grooming gangs’ narrative evolved & became entrenched over past decade, its beneficiaries & its harms. Free access at journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… . Great working with @_WaqasTufail on this for @Race_Class
Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Nov 6, 2018
THREAD (PART 1 of 4): Why you shouldn’t trust @QuilliamOrg ‘s report on #groominggangs & the claim that 84% of “grooming gang offenders” are Asian. An evidence-based critique. 1/
Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Jan 5, 2021
Today marks ten years since Andrew Norfolk @thetimes propelled the inaccurate, racial stereotype of “Asian sex gangs” into the mainstream. It’s shaped the past decade & caused numerous harms. It’s also been debunked both in academic research & the government’s own research. 1/3
Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Jan 6, 2020
❗️New article looking at how the ‘Muslim grooming gangs’ narrative evolved & became entrenched over past decade, its beneficiaries & its harms. Free access at journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… . Great working with @_WaqasTufail on this for @Race_Class
Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Mar 4, 2023
Replying to @DrEllaC
Tell me again that this is about caring about violence against women and girls? 2/
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Dr Ella Cockbain
@DrEllaC
Mar 20, 2019
Junk science on #groominggangs does nothing to help tackle abuse. Instead, it harms sexually abused children & already marginalised groups. My new piece for @PolicingInsight - please share.
Policing Insight
@PolicingInsight
Mar 20, 2019
When bad evidence is worse than no evidence: Quilliam’s “grooming gangs” report and its legacy policinginsight.com/analysis/when-… by @DrEllaC