Our Wider Community

The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research is committed to working with a range of stakeholders to develop thinking and improve practice in the criminal justice field. This section details our work with others, particularly academic, policy and practitioner partners. If you wish to discuss potential collaboration opportunities please contact the relevant academic directly or contact Claire Lightowler in the first instance.

Academics

  • Postgraduate Conference
    Alistair Fraser co-organised (with Stephen Ashe and Teresa Piacentini of SAASS) a 2-day postgraduate conference at Glasgow University on 30-31st October. The conference dealt with problems, challenges and responses to the theme of research with 'hidden communities', and was both well attended and well received.
  • British Society of Criminology
    SCCJR’s Simon Mackenzie is a member of the Executive Committee of the British Society of Criminology.
  • European Criminological Postgraduate and Early Stage Researchers Working Group
    SCCJR, the ESC and the Centre for Criminological Research (University of Sheffield) supports the European Criminological Postgraduate and Early Stage Researchers Working Group. The group provides the opportunity for members to present their research, and provides information on publishing work, pursuing academic/research careers, applying for research funding and working collaboratively.

  • Criminalization Collaboration
    We are working closely to identify areas of complementary research interests and share knowledge with academics involved in a project aiming to develop a normative theory of criminalization (what should be criminalised), funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. See here for more details.

Policy and Practice

  • SCCJR's Michele Burman recently attended a conference about Juvenile Justice in Europe and Asia, organized by Siberian Federal University's Law Institute.  The event was attended by academics and specialists who put juvenile models into practice. European developments were compared with the ones in particular Asian countries. Attention was paid to identification of successful practice models and responding the question: how their widespread application and transference into Russia could be possible. The Asian experts (Kazakhstan, China, Japan and South Korea) compared experiences with European researchers (England, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Finland and Scotland) and specialists from different regions of Russia reported about the problems and prospects of Juvenile Justice in Russia.

  • Family Protection and Offender Management Think Tank
    SCCJR has been a key partner involved in the Scottish family protection and offender management think tank, in conjunction with ACPOS, ADSW and the RMA. These events offer an opportunity for key stakeholders to come together to explore issues and learn from each other. The last think tank was held in November about multi-agency effectiveness: The future and Now.  A report detailing outcomes of the think tank and information about the process is available here.

  • SCCJR provides written submission on female offenders in the criminal justice system

    SCCJR has provided a written submission to an inquiry into female offenders in the criminal justice system by the Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee.  For further information, and at a later date, written submissions, see - http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/committees/equal/Femaleoffenders.htm.

  • Margaret Malloch invited onto the Young Runaways Emergency Accommodation Steering Group 

    This group has been set up by the Home Office (Department for Children, Schools and Families) to work with researchers undertaking UK-wide research into the Commissioning, Delivery and Perceptions of Emergency Accommodation for Young Runaways.

  • Fergus McNeil Presents at the European Conference of Directors of Probation Services
    Further details can be found here

The Public

  • CJ Scotland
    SCCJR works closely with CJ Scotland , an independent website which makes Scottish crime and justice news and materials as accessible to the public as possible. We share information, resources and advice where appropriate.
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