News items related to the SCCJR http://www.sccjr.ac.uk (C) SCCJR This is a ’Call for Papers and Workshops’ for the International Scribani Conference: “Re-imagining Imprisonment in Europe: Common Challenges, Diverse Policies and Practice” which will take place in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland on September 5th to 7th 2012. (Abstracts for 20-minute papers and 90-minute workshops should be sent by 13 April 2012.) Conference Details Abstract Submission Form   http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=685 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Further Details http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=684 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Further details: http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=681 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Further details http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=679 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Horizons Report issue 9 Autumn 2011 (see pages 6-9) http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=677 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Further details: http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=675 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Justice Analytical Services (JAS), Scottish Government, are producing a new monthly bulletin: 'Monthly Safer Communities and Justice Brief''.  The bulletin will provide facts and figures on a range of topics including: Crime, Policing, Drugs, Community Safety, Criminal and Civil Proceedings and Offender Management.  This month's feature is: 'Results from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2010/11'   http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=676 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Further details http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=672 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Interventions for Drug Users in the Criminal Justice System: Scottish Review The purpose of this review was to examine the available research evidence on criminal justice interventions in Scotland in terms of „effectiveness‟, (measured by rates of reconviction/reoffending, and reductions in drug use) and costs. The review also recognises the current policy emphasis on „recovery‟, which requires a wider acknowledgement of the possible mechanisms for measuring „success‟ and a wider vision for the process of recovery itself. The review was undertaken between August and November 2010. Acknowledgements This report was produced for the Scottish Government. Thanks to Julie Carr and Dawn Abell, Scottish Government and to Gill McIvor, SCCJR for advice and constructive comments. http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=673 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Further details http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=671 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Further details http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=670 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT The European Research Council (ERC) is supporting some 480 early-career researchers over the coming five years with grants worth up to €2 million each. In this fourth 'ERC Starting Grant' competition, just over €670 million is allocated to top talent to carry out their pioneering research in any domain throughout Europe. The number of applications increased by 42% compared to last year. The projects selected cover a wide variety of topics: from studying the exceptional properties of biological nanomaterials to the health impact of exposure to traffic noise and the role of economic media in financial crises. Our congratulations are due to Dr Simon MacKenzie, of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Reasearch, who won his award in the Social Sciences and Humanities category.   The GTICO project will gather and analyse data on the international illicit trade of cultural goods (motives of traffickers, types of activities such as illegal excavation, pricing structures etc). This comprehensive study will not only develop new approaches to regulate international trade of cultural goods but also help policy-makers to better define laws to fight criminal activities. http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=666 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT This is an evaluation of the pilot Up-2-Us Time for Change Project, which is a gender-specific service targeted at young women aged between 14 and 18 years deemed to be at significantly high risk of admission to secure care or custody.  The research takes a multi-dimensional perspective, by undertaking a set of qualitative interviews with young women attending the project, the professionals or stakeholders working with them as well as the practitioner’s of the Time for Change project itself.  In addition, documentary analysis of the agency’s casefile data of young women has also contributed to the assessment and evaluation of the project’s principal approaches namely: holistic intensive support, gender-specificity, person centred premise and relationship based practice. The research has taken place over the course of the project’s pilot year from April/May 2010 with fieldwork being conducted from August 2010 –March 2011. On 30th June 2011 we hosted a launch event to both raise awareness of this often marginalised area and to present our key findings within the local practice and policy arena.    Time for Change Briefing Paper: Summary of Findings http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=665 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT This project ran from January – July 2011 and has involved: • Identifying key topics and issues where new research has recently been published and has  direct relevant to policy and practice concerns • Recruiting participants willing to be recorded talking about their recent research and contemporary crime and justice issues • Recording, editing and producing five research soundbite recordings (a further 4 were completed prior to the C-SAP funding by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and included in the collection) • Recording, editing and producing three research discussion recordings • Creating a crime and justice collection webspace - http://www.iriss.org.uk/crime-and-justice-research-collection • Promoting the collection via direct emails, including details on newsletters, via twitter and facebook accounts of the partners • Producing 1000 postcards promoting the crime and justice collection.  These were distributed to 180 known contacts, 20 copies were provided to all contributors to disseminate through their channels and 400 copies have been distribution to all modern studies teachers in Scotland. The remainder will be disseminated at events and meetings. • Collating the statistics available about the number of times the collection To access full report click here http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=658 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT SCCJR Newsletter July 2011 http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/view_news.php?id=656 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT