CRIME AND NOURISHMENT

In 2002 a research paper was published that should have triggered a transformation in the judicial system. Instead, and in spite of successful replication, nothing has been done. This special series examines that research, explores the implications for society and the justice system and asks why, as yet, nothing has been done.

This podcast includes content funded by the British Podcast Awards Fund and the Wellcome Trust.

Episodes

 

Trailer

The Kids Aren't Alright

The Prison
Studies

Food, Brain, Behaviour

You Be The
Judge

 

CONTRIBUTORS

PROF. JOHN STEIN

Emeritus Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Magdalen College, Oxford University

Key paper: 3 Prisons Study: Reducing serious incidents among offenders through nutrition

PROF. ADRIAN RAINE

Richard Perry University Professor of Criminology & Psychiatry in the Department of Criminology of the School of Arts and Sciences and in the Department of Psychiatry of the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Key paper: Omega-3 supplementation in young offenders: a randomized, stratified, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial

DR. ALEX RICHARDSON

Founder Director of FAB Research, Research Associate, Dept of Physiology, Anatomy Genetics, University of Oxford

Key paper: Low Blood Long Chain omega-3 Fatty Acids in UK Children Are Associated With Poor Cognitive Performance and Behavior: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the DOLAB Study

PROF. DR. SOYOUNG Q PARK

Head of the Department - Decision Neuroscience & Nutrition. Joint professor of Charité - niversitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE)

Key paper: Impact of nutrition on social decision making

PROF. JULIA RUCKLIDGE

Director of the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing | Te Kura Mahi ā-Hirikapo

Key paper: Shaken but unstirred? Effects of micronutrients on stress and trauma after an earthquake: RCT evidence comparing formulas and doses

TEDx Talk: The surprisingly dramatic role of nutrition in mental health

NICOLA PADFIELD QC

Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice, University of Cambridge. Life Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

FABIO TARTARINI

Chartered Psychologist and PhD. Candidate - Prisons Research Centre, University of Cambridge

LUIS NAVARRO

Restaurateur and consultant to prison kitchens in association with Learning Together prison education programme.

JOHN SAMUELS QC

John Samuels FRSA, retired judge. Former Chair of the Prisoners Education Trust

Key paper: Judicial Sentence Review: a 'carrot and stick' approach to rehabilitation


CARMEL MCCONNELL MBE

Founder - Magic Breakfast Childhood Nutrition Charity

MagicBreakfast.com

SARAH DOVE MPQH MA

Strategic Director Phoenix Education Consultancy. President of PRUsAP

SARA HASHEM

Producer

JUAN IGLESIAS

Music

JuanIglesias.co


This series was supported by a grant from the Pulse Awards, a joint venture between the Wellcome Trust and the British Podcast Awards