Nicola Knight

How to bother a pigeon

My study at home overlooks a small garden and I have been making some very informal and un-Darwin-like observations of the behaviour of birds that have got me thinking about how minor harms are

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“You work in WHAT field?”

I've been thinking for a while about the relevance of cognition and culture to the wider world. This problem is of course not restricted to our field , but we may have to overcome some special

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Crime without Punishment?

I thought I'd start by posting about something that has been puzzling me of late. One of the purposes of criminal law in many countries is to protect individuals, or society at large, from harmful

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