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Introduction

The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) was launched in June

criminal justice research in Scotland. SCCJR is an academic research consortium forged from a unique partnership between Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling and Glasgow

in obtaining core funding of £2.6 million from the Scottish Funding Council and

and infrastructure.

and postgraduates with cognate research interests from across Scotland, together

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political and economic landscape. The scope of the problems and research puzzles

Understanding and responding to crime poses unique academic, political and practical

Michele Burman, Gill McIvor and Richard Sparks (Co-Directors, March 2010)

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About Us

together academic researchers and postgraduates with cognate research interests from across Scotland, together with

students, and 46 associates from a number of organisations around the world.

Research Strengths

website ( ).

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Governance

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students and their research interests, see .

SCCJR Associates

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Visiting Scholars

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2008/2009

2009/2010

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Summary of our first years

Research Development

submitted, and more details on current and completed projects can be found later in

Research Outputs

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Research Awards

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Events, Seminars and Lectures

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>‘Critical Friends: The Honest Politician’s Need for.....’

and the Uncertain Road to Desistance’ ‘Resisting Punitiveness’.

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Engagement

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Scotland’s Choice).

Internationalisation

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than 700 people in attendance.

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Where Next? Priorities for 2011

Consolidating SCCJR …..following our

we will be consolidating our research

Supporting inter-disciplinarity …..our aims and research programme require

organisation of families and households, mechanisms of social control, the power

2010 and 2011 to pursue common research interests.

Growing Internationalisation

The Governance of Security and the Analysis of Risk for Sporting Mega-Events

Civic criminologies for late-modern societies?: evidence and policy in European perspective

on ‘Gangs and Global Exchange’ Punishment & Society: Politics &

Culture

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Visiting Scholars

is cognisant of the twin importance of global and local forces and the characteristics

Annual Lecture

‘What are Psychopaths for?: Dangerousness and the Popular Imagination’

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Research Snapshots

1. International Market in Illicit Antiquities (Simon Mackenzie)

Criminology and Archaeology, which

Key Findings from the Research

the illicit trade to continue to function. Impact

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and practice focused projects concerned with interpreting

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“your work along with your colleagues has been instrumental in shaping

behaviour change. Keep writing. Thank you.”

(Ex-Director of Probation Services for the State of Connecticut)

“I want to pass along to

your work (articles like “What Works and What’s Just?”) to be refreshing.”

(Director of a Probation Office in Illinois)

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Impact

formed the basis for a presentation at the Council of Europe

“The approach that you have developed in

very much in the risk assessment framework we are developing particularly on case management.”

(Risk Management Authority)

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“The creation of this valuable training resource would not be possible without your co-operation and input.”

(Head of Judical Studies Committee)

3. Criminal Justice Responses to Rape and Sexual Assault (Michele Burman)

Key Findings from the Research

introduction of rape shield legislation, designed to restrict the

than limiting it, such that 7 out of 10 complainers in the most

with legal constructions and understandings of fairness, and

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Redressing the Balance:

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4. Young Runaways (Margaret Malloch)

Key Findings from the Research

after and accommodated, there was less awareness of the

there was apparent compliance with guidance because attention was focused on

within local areas.

Impact

“This study will feed in to the work of our recently established national working group on young runaways, and help us improve services for these young people.”

(Scottish Government’s Children and Early Years Minister, Adam Ingram)

“ADSW welcomes the report, and the increased focus on this vulnerable group of young people.”

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5. Alcohol, Glass and Violence (Alasdair Forsyth)

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bottles, 67% of which were smashed).

session, or because of the ubiquitous nature of bottles at the

Impact

and Sport Committee.

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“(This is) sound research which highlights a strong link between alcohol consumption and violent crime

in Scotland… The qualitative interviews conducted in 2008 also shed light on young people’s perspectives on intoxication and alcohol’s disinhibiting

violence.”

Mike Ewart, Chief Executive Scottish Prison Service (Quoted in the Scottish Parliament, 7 April 2009)

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Having an Impact and Making a Difference

Key achievements

Established an SCCJR seminar series and an annual >

Resisting Punitiveness.

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“It was very useful to have Scottish issues set within the European context by such a knowledgeable academic.”

(Attendee at SCCJR’s 2009 Annual Lecture delivered by Prof Sonja Snacken)

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>updated with details of SCCJR research, news and publications.

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students to present on their research,

academics.

SCCJR has established and supports >

of information, news and ideas between crime and justice students, www.crimestudents.org, which went

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(Scotland) Bill.

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>accessing and using research for a range of organisations.

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Research Projects

Below is an alphabetic list of current and completed SCCJR research projects, the

Gill McIvor

All Change

Margaret Malloch

changes are supported within communities, and the wider implications of these

Analysis of Supervision Skills by Juvenile Justice Workers

Gill McIvor

conducted with Chris Trotter who is the project lead.

Susan McVie

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Building Safer Communities: ESRC Engaging with Scottish Local Authorities Initiative

Jon Bannister, Simon Mackenzie and Nick Fyfe (SIPR)

Supervision (CREDOS)

Fergus McNeill

Simon Mackenzie

where further details and project outputs can be found.

Ben Bradford and Sarah MacQueen

colleagues in June 2010.

Economics of Crime

Jon Bannister and Mark Livingston

on crime and the other on house sales in the same geographical area. The outputs

research further.

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Sarah Armstrong

is due to conclude in September 2010.

Sarah Armstrong

Margaret Malloch

Gill McIvor, Margaret Malloch, Cheryl Burgess, Susan Batchelor and Fergus McNeill

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Susan Batchelor

Liz Gilchrist

Incarceration, social control and human rights

Fergus McNeill and Richard Sparks

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Alasdair Forsyth

Michele Burman and Jenny Johnstone

Responding To Gender-Based Violence In Scotland : The Scope Of The Gender Equality Duty To Drive Cultural And Practical Change

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Racism and social marginalisation research study

Susan McVie

to social marginalisation and alienation that, in turn, might be one set of factors

Jenny Johnstone, Steve Kirkwood, Niall Hamilton-Smith and Yulia Chistyakova

Niall Hamilton-Smith, Jenny Johnstone and Yulia Chistyakova

Michele Burman, Simon Mackenzie, Niall Hamilton-Smith in collaboration with Prof Nick Fyfe (SIPR) Prof Chris Johnson, Computing Science, University of Glasgow and Prof Allan McConnell, Dept of Government, University of StrathclydeThe Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow in 2014 (G2014), and policing and

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of how planning translates into implementation. The project will run from 2010 to 2012.

Understanding the drivers of the female prison population in Scotland

Gill McIvor, Sarah Armstrong, Michele Burman and Margaret Malloch

contributed to the increased use of female imprisonment in Scotland. The number of

has done in other western jurisdictions) prompting questions as to the factors that

Sarah Armstrong and Beth Weaver

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Gill McIvor and Margaret Malloch

with a particular emphasis upon human rights and social justice. The programme will

Youth Gangs and Knife Carrying in Scotland

Jon Bannister, Michele Burman, Susan Batchelor, Keith Kintrea and Susan McVie

publication in summer 2010.

Youth Violence in Scotland

Alasdair Fraser, Michele Burman, and Susan Batchelor, with Susan McVie

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Alcohol Misuse and Domestic Abuse

Susan Batchelor

residential neighbourhoods

Alasdair Forsyth

Paul Norris

of whether changes in the amount of crime reported to the police are a result of

Gill McIvor and Monica Barry

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Simon Mackenzie, Andrew Millie, and Jon Bannister

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Liz Gilchrist

E. Gilchrist and the resulting assessment is being used across Scotland to inform

Liz Gilchrist

Audit of a sample of alcohol outlets in Glasgow

Alasdair Forsyth

Circles of Accountability and Support

Sarah Armstrong, Margaret Malloch, Simon Mackenzie and Yulia Chistyakova

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Comparing Crime Surveys Across the UK

Paul Norris

Michele Burman and Jenny JohnstoneSCCJR, in collaboration with Xunta de Galicia, Spain and 4 other international partners,

the project culminated in a transnational forum held in Santiago de Compostela in

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Cultural Change in Community Justice

Fergus McNeill

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11 Countries

Michele Burman

Alasdair Forsyth

Margaret Malloch and Cheryl Burgess

prisoners to address issues of separation from their children. This project completed

Paul Norris

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Gender Equality Duty and Scottish Criminal Justice – Equal Opportunities

Commission Guidance

Michele Burman, Jenny Johnstone and Vivian Leacock

Margaret Malloch

Simon Mackenzie and Niall Hamilton-Smith

Simon Mackenzie, Niall Hamilton-Smith and Sarah Armstrong

Fergus McNeill

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SCJS User Guide

Paul Norris

Scoping Study into Quantitative Methods Capacity Building in Scotland

Susan McVie

Fergus McNeill

completed in 2006.

Reconviction among Drug Court participants

Gill McIvor The aim of the project was to assess whether the pilot drug courts had successful in

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Reconviction among young people sentenced in the pilot Youth Courts

Gill McIvor

Services for Young Runaways: A Scoping Study

Margaret Malloch and Cheryl Burgess

download from the SCCJR website.

Simon Mackenzie Simon has conducted two empirical research projects into looted antiquities to date.

Going, Going, Gone: Regulating the Market in Illicit Antiquities

Criminology and Archaeology: Studies in Looted Antiquities, and it

Paul Norris

researchers from across SCCJR.

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Publications (2007 – March 2010)

purchase them on our website,

2010

Barry, M. and McIvor, G.

Containing the chaos’, Probation Journal,

Burman, M. (2010) ‘Perspectives on investigation, conviction and attrition in rape cases’, in Association for Criminal Justice Research & Development.

Burman, M., Johnstone, J., Fraser, A. and (2010) ‘Scotland’, in F. Dunkel.,

Ellaway, A., Macdonald, L., Forsyth, A.J.M.,

distribution of alcohol outlets in Glasgow city’,

Forsyth, A.J.M.

Substance Use,

Forsyth, A.J.M.

presence of alcohol-related detritus in residential neighbourhoods’, ,

Hohl, K., Bradford, B.

London Metropolitan Police’,

Mackenzie, S., Bannister, J., Flint, J., Parr, S., Millie, A. & Fleetwood, J. (2010)

Mackenzie, S.

(eds.) Mackenzie, S. (2010) ‘Scams’, in F. Brookman, M. Maguire, H. Pierpoint and

Malloch, M.

considerations’, in P. R. Yates and M.S. Malloch (eds.)

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McAra, L. and McVie, S.

Juvenile Justice

McIvor, G.,

Probation Journal

McIvor, G. (2010)

Justice Services.

Bracken, D. and Clarke, A. (2010) ‘Social work and criminal justice’, in

London Sage.

Sparks, R.

Justice Matters

Sparks, R.

Leuven University Press.

Sparks, R.

Bosworth and C. Hoyle (eds.)

probation practice’, in F. Cowe, J. Deering and J. Pakes (eds.)

Publishing.

Yates, P.R. and Malloch, M. (2010) Jessica Kingsley.

2009

Armstrong, S. , in C. Lightowler and D. Hare (eds.) , SCCJR Report.

Armstrong, S. and thinking about prisons and punishment’,

, SCCJR Research Report for the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (restricted).

Armstrong, S., Leverick, F., Chalmers, J. and , SCCRC.

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Bannister, J.

and intolerance in contemporary Britain’,

Bannister, J.

cities’, in A. Millie (ed.)

Bannister, J., Mackenzie, S. & SCCJR Report.

Barry, M. and

Batchelor, S.

Scotland’, in M. Kreuzer and B. Geiger-Battermann (eds.) Niederrhein University Press.

Batchelor, S. Probation Journal,

Batchelor, S. and Burman, M.

and M. Burman (eds.) Bradford, B.

Bradford, B.

encounters with the police’,

Bradford, B.

Bradford, B.

Bradford, B.

Burman, M. Probation Journal,

Burman, M. M. Burman

Justice,

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Burman, M.

Scotland’, in J. Johnstone and M. Burman (eds.)

Burman, M. and Batchelor, S.

Burman, M.

M. Burman (eds.)

Burman, M.,

,

Forsyth, A.J.M.

music and DJs in nightclub disorder.],

Forsyth, A.J.M.

investigation’,

Forsyth, A.J.M.

premises’,

Fraser, A.,

, Esharp, University of Glasgow.

Frisher, A., and Forsyth, A.J.M.

problematic drug use in England’,

Halliday, S., Burns, N., Hutton, N.,

Johnstone, J. and Burman, M.

Kintrea, K., Bannister, J.,

, Joseph Rowntree Foundation Report.

Gilchrist, L.

perpetrators of domestic violence’,

Gilchrist, L.

perpetrators of domestic violence’, in P. Lehmann and C. Simmons, (eds.)

Springer.

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Lightowler, C. , SCCJR Report.

Mackenzie, S.

, Routledge-Cavendish.

Mackenzie, S.

the international antiquities market’ in S. Manacorda (ed.)

Mackenzie, S.

UNODC Report.

Mackenzie, S.

Mackenzie, S. ,

MacQueen, S. , Criminal

McIvor, G.

Courts’, 5-25.

Forsyth, A.J.M.

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Scottish Government.

M. Burman (eds.)

M. Barry and (eds.)

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McVie, S.

McVie, S. (eds.)

McVie, S.

Millie, A. Open University Press.

Millie, A.

Millie, A.

Police, Australia’, in D.K. Das and O. Marenin (eds.)

Millie, A. A.

Millie (ed.)

Sparks, R.

2008

Armstrong, S.

Armstrong, S., Chistyakova, Y., Mackenzie, S. and Malloch, M.

SCCJR Report. Bannister, J. and Fraser, A.

development in restricted geographies’,

Barry, M. and McIvor, G.

Authority.

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Bowen, E., Gilchrist, L.,

International

Burman, M.

Scotland’,

Forsyth, A.J.M.

Observed impacts, compliance and patron’s views. 117.

Forsyth, A.J.M.

Forsyth, A.J.M.

Probation Journal,

Forsyth, A.J.M.

Glasgow Pubs’

Forsyth, A.J.M.

to blame for alcohol-related incivility in residential communities?’, S

Gilchrist, L.

Gilchrist, L., Bannister, J.,

Halliday, S. Burns, N., Hutton, N.,

, SCCJR research report for Scottish Government/ Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (restricted).

Malloch, M., Hill, M. and McIvor, G.

Kintrea, K., Bannister, J.,

Sparks, R.

roles of Criminology’ 72 (June).

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Mackenzie, S.

Powerful People Avoid Criminal Labels’

Mackenzie, S.

Labour’

Mackenzie, S.

Mackenzie, S.

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Malloch, M.

(ed.)

Malloch, M., McIvor, G.

E. Lancaster and S. Feasey (eds.) Publishing.

perspective’, in K. Baker and A. Sutherland (eds.)

McVie, S.,

ESRC/SFC Report.

Robinson, G. and Community Penalties’

2007

Armstrong, S. Prison Service Journal,

Armstrong, S.

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Barry, M., Malloch, M., Moodie, K., Nellis, M., Knapp, M., Romeo, R. and Dhanasiri, S. (2007)

Batchelor, S.

London Glasshouse Press.

Burman, M., Jamieson, L., Nicholson, J., and Brooks, O. (2007) ,

Bowen, E., Gilchrist, L.

a preliminary study’

Burman, M.

Burman, M. & Sparks, R. (2007) ‘Criminology in Scotland’

Burman, M., Armstrong, S., Batchelor, S., & Nicholson, J. (2007)

Authority.

Forsyth, A.J.M.,

Alcohol Education Research Council.

Galloway, J., Forsyth, A.J.M. & Shewan, D. (2007)

Education Research Council.

Bannister, J., Khan, F., McIvor, G. and Kendrick, A. (2007) ‘More haste, less speed? An evaluation of fast track policies to

Sparks, R.

Governance, risk and globalization’, in M. Maguire, R. Morgan and R. Reiner (eds.)

Mackenzie, S.

Mackenzie, S.

Ruggiero’

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Mackenzie, S. Co-operation’

Mackenzie, S.

Malloch, M. and Burgess, C. (2007) , Scottish Coalition for Young Runaways and Scottish Government.

Malloch, M.

G. McIvor

Publishing.

McAra, L. and McVie, S.

McAra, L. and McVie, S.

McCulloch, and Management’,

McIvor, G. (2007) ‘Assessment in criminal justice’, in J. Lishman (ed.)

McIvor, G.

(eds.)

McIvor, G. (2007) ‘Restorative justice’, in R. Canton and D. Hancock (eds.)

McIvor, G. G. McIvor and

McIvor, G. L. Gelsthorpe, and R. Morgan (eds.) Publishing.

McIvor, G. and (2007) ‘Developments in probation in Scotland’, in G. McIvor and P. Raynor (eds.) Jessica Kingsley.

McIvor, G. and in L. Gelsthorpe and R. Morgan (eds.) Publishing.

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McIvor, G. G. McIvor and P. Raynor (eds.)

McIvor, G. and Raynor, P. (eds.) (2007) ,

G. McIvor and P. Raynor (eds.)

and McIvor, G.

and D. Hancock (eds.)

Justice,

, Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice.

McVie, S. (2007) , Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

McVie, S., . & McAra, L. (2007)

McVie, S. and McAra, L. (2007) , Edinburgh Study of Youth

Sheehan, R., McIvor, G.

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Sheehan, R., McIvor, G. ,

Sparks, R.

Prisons

Sparks, R.

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