SCCJR

Welcome to the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research

The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling and Strathclyde. The SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice.

Latest Publications

SJF Briefing: The reality of ‘cyber awareness’: findings and policy implications for Scotland

SJF Briefing: Imprisoned Families: Young people’s experiences of simultaneous family imprisonment

Latest Projects

Scotland in Lockdown

The “Health and social impacts of Covid-19 in Scotland” study aims to understand how the response to Covid-19 including lockdown measures is affecting those who may already have been isolated or excluded. The research, commissioned by the Chief Scientist Office, is organised into four work streams for each of these isolated or excluded populations; 1. Disabilities and long-term health conditions 2. Domestic abuse and...

Public Health, Youth & Violence Reduction

The study responds to the urgent social problem of rising youth violence. England and Wales have seen marked increases in homicide, knife crime, and hospital admissions for stab-wounds, with particular concentrations in the city of London. In recent years the ‘public health’ approach to violence reduction has gained increasing currency, most recently in the funding of 18 new regional Violence Reduction Units in...

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Day 4: Scottish Justice Fellowship Briefings

Dr Kirsty Deacon outlines the experiences of young people in Scotland who have a family member in prison (a parent or sibling) while they are also serving a prison sentence themselves.

👉https://www.sccjr.ac.uk/publications/sjf-briefing-imprisoned-families-young-peoples-experiences-of-simultaneous-family-imprisonment/

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24 Feb

Book your place now to attend our next SCCJR Seminar with Prof Thomas Ugelvik @ugelvik @IKRS_no who will be discussing 'The role of interpersonal trust in desistance processes.' Fri 5 March, 12noon GMT.

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24 Feb

Super briefing on dangers of intervention 👏@fgillo10 Benign intentions of heroic profes'nals Will widen net *Unless* contained by limiting proportionality - a policy decision. Without it we'll repeat mistakes. @TheSCCJR @CYCJScotland @ComJusScot @weaver_beth @karynmccluskey https://twitter.com/TheSCCJR/status/1364511384969568256

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24 Feb

Day 3: Scottish Justice Fellowship Briefing
In this SJF briefing paper Dr Fern Gillon @fgillo10 illustrates a number of concerns regarding early intervention within the sphere of youth justice.

https://www.sccjr.ac.uk/publications/sjf-briefing-grappling-with-the-complexity-of-early-and-effective-intervention-eei/

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23 Feb

😍We love Rewind so much that we made the beat our intro/outro for the Just Humans Podcast.
It's a real treat to see the artists perform this live. Thank you.

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