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Yesterday I was delighted to host Trauma-Informed Justice for Women: Possibilities and Pitfalls at the University of Greenwich. It was a brilliant day of discussion, reflection and challenge, bringing together colleagues from the third sector, academia, policy and practice to think critically about what trauma-informed approaches can, cannot and might do in the context of women’s justice. Across the day, we explored the promise of trauma-informed work, but also its limits: how it can support more humane, responsive and relational forms of justice, while also raising important questions about implementation, institutional cultures, resources, accountability and the risk of trauma becoming another policy buzzword. Huge thanks to all of our speakers, contributors, attendees and the rest of the Women, Crime and Criminal Justice Network and, of course, the amazing dancers of DANCE UNITED YORKSHIRE CIC for such thoughtful and generous engagement, and to the BRITISH SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY and the Institute for Inclusive Communities and Environments for supporting the event. Days like this are a reminder of the value of creating spaces where research, practice, policy and lived/working expertise can sit together, not to settle the debate, but to ask better questions. #TraumaInformed #WomenAndJustice #Criminology #GenderJustice #WomenInCriminalJustice #BSC #UniversityOfGreenwich