Publications

Latest Publications

Justice, Civic Engagement and the Public Sphere: Mapping Democratic Transformations in Scottish Society

Published: June 2017

The high level of citizen engagement which marked the 2014 Referendum in Scotland was significant. 97 percent of the population were registered to vote, encouraged by the actions of local political activists and a registration awareness campaign. A turn-out of 84 percent appeared to represent a healthy indication of active citizenship and the re-emergence of democratic debate. This study set out...

Response from SCCJR to the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey Questionnaire Review 2017

Published: March 2017

Response from Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (Sarah MacQueen, Anna Souhami and Susan McVie, University of Edinburgh; Fergus McNeill and Sarah Armstrong, University of Glasgow; Beth Weaver, University of Strathclyde). Read the Questionnaire Review documents here. Proposed changes to ‘Sentencing and Prisons’ The consultation paper suggests that the proposed changes are...

Criminological Knowledge and the Politics of Impact: Implications for Researching Juvenile Justice

Published: March 2017

McAra, L. (2017) 'Criminological Knowledge and the Politics of Impact: Implications for Researching Juvenile Justice' in Armstrong, S., Blaustein, J. and Henry, A. (eds.) Reflexivity and Criminal Justice: Intersections of Policy, Practice and Research. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp.149-167.

Policy as a Crime Scene

Published: March 2017

Armstrong, S. (2017) 'Policy as a Crime Scene' in Armstrong, S., Blaustein, J. and Henry, A. (eds.) Reflexivity and Criminal Justice: Intersections of Policy, Practice and Research. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp.101-122.

City as lens: (Re)imaging youth in Glasgow and Hong Kong

Published: March 2017

Fraser, A., Batchelor, S., Li, L. and Whittaker, L. (2017) City as lens: (Re)imaging youth in Glasgow and Hong Kong. Young – Nordic Journal of Youth Research. 25(3) 1–17.

Trafficking Cultural Objects and Human Rights

Published: February 2017

Mackenzie, S. and Yates, D. (2016), ‘Trafficking Cultural Objects and Human Rights’, in L. Weber, E. Fishwick and M. Marmo (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Criminology and Human Rights (London: Routledge)

Evidence Assessment of the Impacts of the Criminalisation of the Purchase of Sex: A Review

Published: February 2017

During the passage of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015, the Cabinet Secretary gave a commitment to the Justice Committee and to Parliament that the Scottish Government would commission research to investigate the reliability of the evidence available on the criminalisation of the purchase of sexual services, and how it applies to Scotland. This report considers the...

Examining sexual offences through a sociological lens: A socio-cultural exploration of causal and desistance theories

Published: January 2017

Kyle, D. (2016) Examining sexual offences through a sociological lens: A socio-cultural exploration of causal and desistance theories, European Journal of Probation, 8(3): 170-184

Reporting rape: victim perspectives on advocacy support in the criminal justice process

Published: January 2017

Brooks, O. and Burman, M. (2016) Reporting rape: victim perspectives on advocacy support in the criminal justice process. Criminology and Criminal Justice.

SCCJR Annual Report 2015/16

Published: 2016

The centre’s Annual Report contains snapshots and updates about our research projects in a diverse range of areas including offender supervision, poverty and crime, police stop and search and organised crime. Also included is information about the impact of our research, our training and development activity, work with the Scottish Government, public engagement and knowledge exchange...