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Latest Policy Reports

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.

Literature Review on outcomes of parental discipline styles, evidence on effective parenting styles and the international experience of prohibition of physical punishment in law

Published: June 2017

This review was commissioned by the Scottish Government to explore the legal approach taken in a variety of jurisdictions to the smacking of children and to review research evidence on the outcomes of physical punishment and on alternative approaches to disciplining children. This is a literature review of the international evidence on parental physical punishment and other forms of disciplinary...

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...

SCCJR Response to the Justice Committee Call for Written Evidence on the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill

Published: 2008

SCCJR, (2009), 'SCCJR Response to the Justice Committee Call for Written Evidence on the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill'. SCCJR.

How to Reduce Youth Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour by Going Round in Circles

Published: 2008

Mackenzie, S. (2008) How to Reduce Youth Crime and Anti-social Behaviour by Going Round in Circles. Discussion Paper. Institute for Public Policy Research.

Animal abuse amongst young people aged 13 to 17: Trends, trajectories and theoretical explanations

Published: 2007

McVie, S., (2007), 'Animal Abuse amongst Young People aged 13 to 17: Trends, Trajectories and Links with Other Offending', Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Giving Up Crime: Directions for Policy

Published: 2007

McNeill F. and Weaver B., (2007), Giving up crime: directions for policy, SCCCJ Online

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