Our Work

The Centre produces high quality, internationally recognised research in relation to crime and criminal justice.

Colleagues at SCCJR have a proven track record in winning research income that supports cutting edge studies. A number of our publications contribute to REF submissions and overall, we aim to develop international networks to support our research ambitions.

Collaboration is key in our work and that’s why we engage widely with communities, policy makers and the public to build just societies.

In order to nurture the research talent and capacity there is across Scotland, we provide a vibrant and supportive research environment for our Staff, Postgraduate (PGR) and Early Career Researchers (ECR) with funding grants, networking opportunities and mentorship schemes such as the Scottish Justice Fellowship.

Publications

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August 2022

Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 and the Criminal Justice System: Women’s Experiences

This report was collated and written by Dr Nancy Lombard, Dr Katy Proctor, and Dr Nel Whiting from Glasgow Caledonian […]

June 2022

Criminal Grades? Contract cheating and student exploitation in Higher Education

Recent reports in the UK media highlight that students in higher education are increasingly outsourcing their assignments to third-party service […]

June 2022

SCCJR Bulletin: June 2022

The SCCJR Bulletin features the latest news from staff and students at the Centre.

April 2022

SCCJR Bulletin: April 2022

The SCCJR Bulletin features the latest news from staff and students at the Centre.

March 2022

Prisons, Prison Officers and Prisoners’ Families – Full Report

The research aimed to understand the translation of the rhetoric around the importance of families of prisoners and their role, […]

March 2022

Prisons, Prison Officers and Prisoners’ Families – Briefing Paper

The current Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Family Strategy was published in 2017 and runs until 2022. During the four years […]

January 2022

Mapping Drug Use, Interventions and Treatment Needs in Scottish Prisons: A literature review

This Literature Review was written by Claire Toomey and Maria Fotopoulou, University of Stirling and Sarah Armstrong, University of Glasgow […]

January 2022

SCCJR Bulletin: January 2022

The SCCJR Bulletin features the latest news from staff and students at the Centre.

Projects

May 2022

Digital Communications as Evidence in Adult Sexual Offence Applications to the CCRC

Research Team: Prof Michele Burman, Dr Oona Brooks-Hay and Dr Ellen Daly (all SCCJR, Glasgow), Dr Yassin Bringer (Queens University […]

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March 2022

Hidden voices: how women convicted of killing their intimate partners experience the Scottish criminal justice system

Dr Susan Batchelor and Dr Rachel McPherson (University of Glasgow) have received funding from the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants SRG […]

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October 2021

Women working to support women in the welfare sphere: psychosocial challenges

This project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, will investigate the psychosocial wellbeing and personal welfare of women workers in organisations […]

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October 2021

Nothing to See Here? 15 years of FAI determinations for deaths in custody

A research team based at the University of Glasgow has investigated 196 Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAI) that were held as […]

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