This event offers an opportunity to bring a range of voices together to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.

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Join us online for our third seminar of the 2025 series, delivered by Dr Emma King, Dr Hannah Carver and Jessica Greenhalgh.

Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as w...

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This inquiry will seek to establish a clear vision for what good media literacy would look like in the UK, and examine the barriers to achieving this vision. The committee will consider the roles and ...

Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as w...

From Mon 18 Aug - Cultural experiences are a proven springboard for positive change and rehabilitation in the criminal justice system. Yet, despite numerous interventions over the last 50 years, arts ...

The Edinburgh Law School is seeking a Research Fellow in Criminology to work with Professor Susan McVie on the ESRC-funded Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR).

A definitive retrospective and the first detailed history/analysis of the Barlinnie Special Unit. A supreme record of an ‘iconic’ social experiment.

Foster, Carver et al. apply Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) to provide an understanding of how successful the Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support study (SHARPS) was. Overall the interven...

At first glance, the row of booths could be mistaken for a chorus line dressing room. There are eight in all; each with...

This is an autoethnographic exploration of some of my experiences in prisons in both Mexico City and England. My writing is a way for me to try to understand my journey in the light of my research as ...