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Mapping Drug Use, Interventions and Treatment Needs in Scottish Prisons

19th January 2022

Problem drug use features prominently in people entering prison in Scotland and for a considerable percentage, continues while they are in custody. Researchers at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research have now published a literature review exploring the prevalence of this drug use and the services provided to those in our...

Season 2 Just Humans Podcast Launched

24th November 2021

The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research’s podcast Just Humans is back! We have four episodes this season which kicks off today with a conversation all about family with Dr Cara Jardine, University of Strathclyde, and our Director Dr Ali Fraser. Cara and Ali talk about family as a verb, what prisons can do to help families connect...

Study into almost 200 deaths in custody finds recommendations to improve practices are rare despite rising death numbers

5th October 2021

A research team based at the University of Glasgow has investigated 196 Fatal Accident Inquiries that were held as a result of a death in custody. They found that in more than 90% of those Inquiries a ‘corrective’ finding was not made by Sheriffs, meaning that in most cases a defect or recommendation to improve practice was not...

New Study to Look at South Asian Women’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse and Viable Pathways to Justice

15th September 2021

Researchers based at the University of Glasgow have launched a new study which will look at how South Asian women in Scotland get help for domestic abuse, and their experiences of the criminal justice system. The study will fill a vital gap in our understanding of how race, culture, social, education and community factors play into...

Scottish Justice Fellowship 2021 Launched

14th September 2021

An initiative which will see six recent PhD graduates receive £5,000 to turn their justice-related research into compelling content for policy makers and practitioners has been launched today. (Tuesday 14th Sept) A call for applications to the Scottish Justice Fellowship, which is a unique scheme funded by the Scottish Government in partnership...

Police and Government Using Online ‘Influence’ Tactics to Tackle Crime and Shape Behaviour

8th September 2021

Marketing agencies and advertisers use digital platforms, paid targeted advertising, and social media influencers to encourage audiences to buy products or change their habits. Researchers at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) have now found that Law Enforcement and Government agencies in the UK are using the same tools to...

New Workshop Series Launched

7th September 2021

The Social Analysis of Penality Across Boundaries A new collaboration between the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and the Crime and Society Program of the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Argentina has been launched. This workshop series aims to bring together a wide range of current work from around the world on aspects of penal politics, policies, practices and...

University of Strathclyde to launch new MSc in Criminology & Social Policy in 2022

23rd August 2021

The School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow is delighted to announce that it will be offering a new Master’s degree in Criminology and Social Policy commencing in January 2022, which will provide extensive opportunities for engaging with research into criminalisation and its harmful consequences in...

Major new violence reduction research project launched

12th July 2021

Scotland once had the unenviable position of being the most violent country in the developed world until an innovative public health approach brought radical reductions in violent crimes in the last decade. Though territorial gangs once dominated headlines about Glasgow, today youth violence has reduced significantly. While the Violence Reduction...

SCCJR offers four new internships

21st June 2021

We are offering four internships based in the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR), a collaboration involving four partner universities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Strathclyde). The posts will be administratively based within the School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, but the post-holders will...

We are hiring a Knowledge Exchange Officer

14th June 2021

We are investing in a Knowledge Exchange Officer post (0.6FTE). It is advertised for 12 months in the first instance but we very much hope that the role will be absorbed into our budgets on an ongoing basis. The brief job spec and link are below. This is an opportunity to join our friendly team, and ever-growing community and make a real and...

University in Uzbekistan Joins SCCJR as New International Partner

1st June 2021

We are delighted to announce that a new international partner has joined the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. Tashkent State University of Law in Uzbekistan is the latest to join the Centre. In 2018 SCCJR formalised partnerships with internationally renowned criminological research centres and departments: the Universities of...

Campaign Calls for Scotland to Reduce Remand Prisoner Population

24th May 2021

The total number of people on remand in Scottish prisons has risen during the Covid-19 pandemic to 27% of the prison population prompting calls for action to be taken immediately. A collective of individuals, including members of The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and Howard League Scotland are leading on a week of social media...

New Just About…event series launched

18th May 2021

The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research has launched a new event series called Just About. . . It is a new initiative which combines podcast and webinar formats to explore topical justice issues and to promote dialogue amongst academics, activists, practitioners and policymakers. Each event begins with the live-streaming of a...

New research will look at demise of Mother and Baby Homes & Magdalene Laundries

31st March 2021

Dr Louise Brangan, University of Stirling, has been awarded an ESRC New Investigator Grant for her new project ‘Mass Decarceration: A critical social history’. The three-year study will look at the demise of Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries in the Republic of Ireland between 1970-1998. In 1950s Ireland, Magdalene Laundries...

A Life in Pieces – School Resource launched

10th March 2021

A graphic novel which aims to bring life to a Scottish woman’s story of trauma, substance abuse and prison has now been turned into a series of educational resources for Modern Studies students. ‘A Life in Pieces’ is the work of Dr Marguerite Schinkel, a lecturer in Sociology based at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research,...

Scottish Justice Fellows Put Research to Work

18th February 2021

The inaugural Scottish Justice Fellowship winners have now published their briefing papers as part of an innovative project which sees academic research inform policy making and practice. Five PhD students based at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) were awarded funding by the Scottish Government to turn their theses into...

Phil Crockett Thomas wins Fellowship Competition

6th January 2021

SCCJR’s Phil Crockett Thomas is among the winners of the seventh Political Economy Research Fellowship Competition awarded by the Independent Social Research Foundation’s Scholar Fellowship (ISRF). Phil won grant funding for her project which is called ‘Prison Break: Imagining Alternatives to Prison in the UK’. It invites...

Successful funding for project comparing trafficking of cultural and natural resources in Indonesia

17th December 2020

Dr Emiline Smith, Lecturer in Art Crime and Criminology at the University of Glasgow, has been awarded a Scottish Funding Council GCRF grant as the Principal Investigator for the project ‘Art, Feathers & Crime: New Approaches to Studying Natural and Cultural Heritage Trafficking in Indonesia’. Together with Dr Chloe...

Measuring Justice: New report published today

7th December 2020

How just is justice? This is the question explored in a report published today by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). The Measuring Justice: Defining Concepts, Delivering Practice report documents how experiences of justice are measured in Scotland with researchers focusing on procedural justice and person-centred support...

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