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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...

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...

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...

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...

SCCJR at the Edinburgh Fringe: Hug a Thug returns!

10th August 2016

Professors Susan McVie and Lesley McAra are reviving their show Hug a Thug for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe as part of the The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas. The show poses questions including: Do you think the criminal justice system is a soft touch? Do you think that prisons make life too easy for criminals? Would you like to bring back hanging? Profs McVie and McAra will tell the stories...

Seminar by Alistair Fraser on Urban Legends: Gang Identity in the Post-Industrial City

21st January 2016

Dr Alistair Fraser will discuss his new book on young people and gang identity in Glasgow on Wednesday, February 10 as part of this semester’s University of Glasgow Sociology Seminar Series. Urban Legends: Gang Identity in the Post-Industrial City (Oxford University Press) tells a story of young people, gang identity, and social change in Glasgow, challenging the perceptions of gangs as a...

Hug a Thug? Crime and punishment debate at the Edinburgh Fringe

18th August 2015

The SCCJR’s Professor Susan McVie will aim to challenge preconceptions about “soft touch” justice with an event at the Edinburgh Fringe. She will be joined by her University of Edinburgh colleague Professor Lesley McAra to share stories of prisoners and victims and help the audience design their ideal prison. The event forms part of the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas at The Stand in...

SCCJR evaluation finds Whole System Approach to youth justice boosts partnership working

17th June 2015

A co-ordinated approach to diverting young offenders away from the criminal justice system has been found to boost partnership working amid a reduction in referrals to the children’s hearing system. Researchers from the SCCJR – Professor Michele Burman, Professor Susan McVie, Dr Paul McGuiness and Dr Kath Murray – evaluated the impact of the Scottish Government’s Whole System...

Scottish Community Safety Network

1st November 2012

Scottish Community Safety Network SCCJR works with the Scottish Community Safety Network to ensure that up to date thinking and evidence on crime and justice issues is shared with network members and that the work of our academics is informed by the concerns and experiences of network members.

Young People and Male Violence Against Women

25th May 2010

SCCJR associate Nancy Lombard presented about her research about 11-12 year olds and their attitudes about male violence against women at a seminar held at Stirling University on the 25 May 2010. The slides from her presentation are available here. For details about Nancy’s research interests see http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/associates/Ms-Nancy-Lombard/299...

Youth Offending and Youth Justice Book: Up there with the best works in the field!

18th February 2010

Fergus McNeill and Monica Barry’s recently published book entitled ‘Youth Offending and Youth Justice’ (see http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/pubs/Youth-Offending-and-Youth-Justice/156) has been reviewed in the British Journal of Social Work. The reviewer, Ian Paylor, describes the work as "an excellent, coherent, insightful addition to...

Researching Gangs in Glasgow (Presentation at the British Society of Criminology Conference)

8th October 2009

SCCJR’s Alistair Fraser and Colin Atkinson recently presentated to the British Society of Criminology Conference (September 2009) about their experiences of researching gangs in glasgow. A power point of their presentation is available here – www.sccjr.ac.uk/documents/Researching_Gangs_in_Glasgow_-_BSC_June_2009.ppt...

Youth Offending and Youth Justice Book – Forthcoming Sept 09

11th August 2009

Youth Offending and Youth Justice – Edited by Monica Barry and Fergus McNeill How is the modern world shaping young people and youth crime? What impact is this having on the latest policies and practice? Are current youth justice services working? With contributions from leading researchers in the field, this book offers an insightful, scholarly and critical analysis of such key...

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