Publications

SCCJR Bulletin: December 2018

Published: December 2018

The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research produces a monthly bulletin to keep our community informed about our latest activities including events, presentations, funding grants, projects, publications and media appearances. Click on the orange download button to access our December 2018 bulletin...

Community experiences of serious organised crime: Summary findings

Published: June 2018

‘Home game’: domestic abuse and football

Published: 2018

Review of the Aberdeen Problem-Solving Approach – FULL REPORT

Published: 2018

Scottish Prisons Commission Conference Programme

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The Scottish Prisons Commission 10 Years On – A Briefing Paper

Published: July 2018

Researching Inclusively With People With Learning Disabilities in Prisons

Published: 2018

Very little is known about how people with learning disabilities symbolically engage with imprisonment and discursively account for it within their wider self-narratives. Although there is little published research on this, literature shows that this group are over-represented among prison populations worldwide and that their needs are simply not being met during their incarceration. My doctoral...

SCCJR’s Written Submission on the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill

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Dr Beth Weaver (University of Strathclyde) and Dr Hannah Graham (University of Stirling), Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) provided written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee who were taking evidence on the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill. Hannah also provided oral evidence which can be viewed here.

Employment and Employability in Scottish Prisons: A Research Briefing Paper, Feb 2018

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Laura Piacentini, Beth Weaver and Cara Jardine, SCCJR School of Social Work & Social Policy, University of Strathclyde This research briefing paper provides an analysis of the limited research into employment and employability in prisons research. It was produced by Piacentini, Weaver and Jardine to inform discussions at an event held at the University of Strathclyde on 19th February,...

British Transport Police: Leaving Home Project: The impact of the transfer of BTP D Division into Police Scotland on officers and staff

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In November 2014 the Smith Commission recommended that the functions of the BTP in Scotland should be a devolved matter. Responsibility for railway policing in Scotland subsequently passed from the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) under the Railway Policing (Scotland) Act 2017. At the time of writing it is expected that railway policing in Scotland...