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Latest Publications about Prisons, Probation and Community Justice

Family Learning Group HMP Kilmarnock

Published: April 2020

This exploratory research report from Dr Kirsty Deacon looks at a specific family visit provision for children and young people with parents in prison, known as a Family Learning Group and previously or sometimes referred to as the Homework Club or After School Club. It takes place in the prison gym and involves the family eating together, playing together and the children can bring in their...

Analysis of EuroPris Working Group Questionnaire on Prison Education in Europe

Published: January 2019

This report written by Dr Sarah Armstrong and James Reilly presents results of the European Prison Education Policy Review 2017-2019 Questionnaire carried out by a Working Group set up by EuroPris with support from the the European Prison Education Association. Of the 30 European countries invited to take part, 22 completed and returned a questionnaire for a response rate of 73%.

Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People in Custody: Evidence Review

Published: May 2019

This document presents a review of evidence on mental health and wellbeing of young people in custody, focusing on suicide risk and prevention in custody. It organises evidence into different frames and factors, separating the diverse perspectives through which mental health issues are analysed. These can shape alternative and sometimes contradictory understandings of problems and what to do...

SCCJR Response to Scottish Government Consultation on Transforming Parole Scotland

Published: March 2019

SCCJR welcomes the opportunity to comment in response to this Scottish Government consultation. Our submission focuses on the following key points: 1. We advocate further consideration and discussion of the purpose of the parole system in Scotland. Its future development could formally encompass two purposes: (a) risk assessment and public safety, and (b) enabling desistance and...

Scottish Government Consultation on Prisoner Voting

Published: March 2019

Dr Hannah Graham, Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) at the University of Stirling, submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Prisoner Voting.

The Scottish Prisons Commission 10 Years On – A Briefing Paper

Published: July 2018

This briefing paper highlights the key issues that the Commission concerned itself with during its deliberations, quoting from its report and sketching how the landscape in these areas has developed since then. We hope it serves as a useful refresher for stimulating your participation at the conference on 29th June 2018. The presentations, lectures and discussion at this event will inform the...

Scottish Prisons Commission Conference Programme

Published: June 2018

Researching Inclusively With People With Learning Disabilities in Prisons

Published: June 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...

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