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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...

Survivors of Sexual Assault and Rape Find their Voice in Powerful New Project

7th December 2020

A series of stories written by survivors of sexual assault and rape about their journeys through the criminal justice system have been published today (Monday 7 Dec) as part of the 16 Days of Action campaign. The accounts come from research participants who took part in a project for the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research called...

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...

Statement from SCCJR on our work and COVID 19

26th March 2020

Dear friends and colleagues, This is a challenging time for all of us. All of our staff are now working remotely and adjusting to new workloads alongside caring responsibilities. Much of our day-to-day research has been temporarily suspended as we adapt to life under lockdown. Yet issues of crime, justice and harm have not disappeared. Though there are early reports of reductions in crime, and a...

SCCJR Announces New Director

20th January 2020

We are delighted to announce that Dr Alistair Fraser has taken over as the new Director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. He has replaced Professor Sarah Armstrong who has led the Centre for the last three years. Dr Fraser, who is a senior lecturer in criminology based at the University of Glasgow, said he was looking forward...

A Fond Farewell to Dr Donna Yates

6th January 2020

We bid a fond farewell to our friend and colleague Dr Donna Yates, University of Glasgow, who is moving on from SCCJR to join the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology in the Faculty of Law at the University of Maastricht as an Associate Professor later this month. Donna will soon begin work on her 5-year project “Trafficking...

GlassWalls, a collaborative community art project, launches this month.

4th November 2019

GlassWalls, a collaborative community art project, launches this month. The stained glass art installation aims to raise awareness of domestic abuse and creatively reflects the research findings of Dr Emma Forbes, University of Glasgow, on how victims of domestic abuse experience the justice process in Scotland. The installation will launch during...

SCCJR to carry out major new project on repeat violence victimisation in Scotland

1st November 2019

SCCJR has been commissioned to work on a major new report on repeat victimisation of violence by the Scottish Government. The extensive 16-month research project will be led by Dr Susan Batchelor and assisted by Dr Caitlin Gormley as the main researcher, along with Dr Marguerite Schinkel who will conduct a secondary analysis of her Lives Sentenced...

Updated Learning Resource for Schools

29th October 2019

The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research has recently updated its Learning Resource for Schools. These briefings, which were originally prepared by Dr Rebecca Foster and Greg Duncan, have become a popular source of information for Modern Studies teachers and students alike. We have received numerous emails from teachers over the years to...

Multi-million pound award for domestic abuse research

19th October 2019

Researchers have received a multi-million pound grant to investigate innovative interventions to support children and young people impacted by domestic abuse. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded just over £2 million to a team led by the University of Stirling and comprising researchers from the universities of Edinburgh,...

Major new report takes stock of violence in Scotland

17th September 2019

Researchers based at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research have published a major new report which consolidates existing knowledge on violence in Scotland. A wealth of research has been conducted in Scotland over the last decade which has been essential in helping us understand violent offending in this country, but this is the first...

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