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SCCJR Launches new Podcast ‘Just Humans’

5th November 2020

The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research has today launched a new podcast called ‘Just Humans’. The series will introduce listeners to the criminologists who make the Centre, their lives and work and what inspires them. Hosted by Dr Alistair Fraser, Director of SCCJR, it will explore a number of themes with guests on episodes...

Stirling child trafficking experts publish research

14th October 2020

A team of experts from the University of Stirling commissioned by the Scottish Government to research the professional response to child trafficking in Scotland has published its research. The study, which was led by social work lecturer Dr Paul Rigby and released ahead of Anti-Slavery Day, explores victims’ experiences and sets out a series of...

New Paper Unveils Impact of Court Delays on Victim-Survivors of Serious Sexual

15th August 2020

Researchers from the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research have published a new paper detailing the impact delays to prosecutions of serious sexual crime during Covid-19 are having in Scotland. It outlines the wide-ranging adverse consequences that come from extended delays on victim-survivors’ health and wellbeing. The paper written by...

Criminal Justice System is Failing Disabled People

11th June 2020

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published its findings from a recent inquiry into whether the criminal justice system treats disabled people fairly. The equality watchdog says the system is not systematically recognising the needs of disabled people, meaning defendants and accused people risk not being able to participate...

New research project to investigate impacts of Covid-19 on vulnerable groups

29th April 2020

The Scottish Government has awarded funding to a group of University of Glasgow researchers to look into the current and longer-term impact of social distancing and other behavioural measures on vulnerable groups. The research team, led by SCCJR’s Prof Sarah Armstrong with co-principal investigator Dr Lucy Pickering, will focus on four key...

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