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Mental health inpatients are known to be at risk of criminal victimisation, but the experiences of this vulnerable victim population seldom receive mention in the victimological literature. Against this backdrop, this article explores to what extent and in what ways mental health inpatients report victimisation, and provides the first systematic analysis of what the existing evidence base tells us about the subsequent responses of mental health services and criminal justice agencies, particularly in England and Wales. Identified knowledge gaps are problematised as impediments to evaluation of both policy and practice in this context. An agenda for future research is additionally sketched out.

Chlamydia trachomatisis the world's most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection and leading infectious cause of blindness, yet it is one of the least understood human pathogens, in part due to the difficulties of in vitro culturing and the lack of available tools for genetic manipulation. Genome sequencing has reinvigorated this field, shedding light on the contemporary history of this pathogen. Here, we analyze 563 full genomes, 455 of which are novel, to show that the history of the species comprises two phases, and conclude that the currently circulating lineages are the result of evolution in different genomic ecotypes. Temporal analysis indicates these lineages have recently expanded in the space of thousands of years, rather than the millions of years as previously thought, a finding that dramatically changes our understanding of this pathogen's history. Finally, at a time when almost every pathogen is becoming increasingly resistant to antimicrobials, we show that there is no evidence of circulating genomic resistance in C. trachomatis.

Cross‐examination is lauded within the common law tradition as the definitive forensic device for exposing testimonial infirmity. Victimological study of criminal trial proceedings has, however, revealed the extent to which cross‐examination is used as a tool to humiliate, intimidate and confuse opposing witnesses. Particular difficulties confront children and those with learning disabilities as little reference is made during cross‐examination to their special communicative needs. This paper reviews the tactics and techniques employed by cross‐examiners to systematically destroy the credibility of those with limited language capability. The main aim of the paper is, however, to demonstrate the significant limitations of what may be termed an accommodation approach to the problems facing vulnerable witnesses, whereby ‘solutions’ are sought and crafted within the established trial framework. Such an approach ignores the very nature of adversary advacacy and the potent structural barriers to effective regulation of courtroom questioning within an adversarial system of trial.

This article discusses innovative developments in education in Great Britain for sustainability and the role of the professional community in it. A new Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning has been established at Kingston University supported by government funding. Sustainability is being embedded within built-environment curricula. Sustainability agenda and debate has been developed by the professional community. There is a planned project that will combine postgraduate social work and planning students.