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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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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...

Scottish Parliament Justice Committee Consultation Responses on the Presumption Against Short Sentences (PASS)

28th May 2019

Colleagues from the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) have responded to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee which is holding a consultation on the Presumption Against Short Sentences (PASS). The Scottish Government had stated that it would extend the presumption against short sentences to 12 months which will be...

Less isolation and more access to family crucial for young people’s wellbeing in custody

21st May 2019

An evidence review on mental health and wellbeing of young people in custody has identified that prisoners should not be isolated or denied access to family or support, and that time outside of their cells should be maximised. The review, which was co-written by Dr Sarah Armstrong, Director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research...

Graphic Novel Brings Life to Prison Sentences

30th April 2019

A NEW graphic novel aims to bring life to a Scottish woman’s story of trauma, substance abuse and prison. ‘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, University of Glasgow and illustrator Morag Kewell, and follows the story of ‘Alison’ as...

Study finds criminal record tick box failing employers and job applicants

4th January 2019

Criminal record declarations often do little to accurately predict the risk of re-offending among potential recruits, new research has found. But asking people to declare convictions upfront may put people off applying for jobs whilst offering employers a false sense of security. The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research paper,  Time for...

Offenders view short-term sentences as waste of time

28th November 2018

Unlike long-term prisoners, those with short, repeated sentences rarely view such prison terms as transformative or effective at rehabilitation or deterrence, says a recent study among prisoners themselves into the meaning of serving short-term prison sentences repeatedly and over a long period of time. In a three-year study, SCCJR’s Dr...

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