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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research
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The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier, Stirling and Strathclyde. SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice.
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The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science academic placements are now available to some ESRC-funded students.

🟡Justice Health: Advancing understanding of emergency and unscheduled care use among people released from prison.

🔵Scottish Death in Custody Project.

www.sgsss.ac.uk/research-in-...
Academic Placements - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science
Apply Now SGSSS Academic placements are now available to ESRC-funded students whose funding began in October 2024 or later as part of the Research in Practice element of their studentship.Academic pla...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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📢 BIG NEWS! Sara Snell, Chief Inspector of Prisons @hmipscot will be the keynote speaker, talking about 'Towards Humane Prisons' at our annual Drummond Hunter Lecture on 25 November.
Tickets here: tinyurl.com/3s6yke4x.
Please spread the word!
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Here's a wee snippet from Irvin Kinnes' talk on Monday about gangs in Haiti.

You can listen to the whole presentation on the SCCJR YouTube channel youtu.be/7Z9SBT0Z7Qc?...
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Jamie Buchan, Sarah Anderson, and Katrina Morrison have published a 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook 📚🍷📖👏

I had the joy of chairing their well attended book launch today.

It has gone straight onto #Criminology Uni reading lists.
🔗
www.routledge.com/Criminal-Jus...
@kmmorrison.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
RECORDING OUT NOW!🎦

The amazing talk Irvin Kinnes gave yesterday on 'Gangs in the Global South: Future Lessons from Haiti?' is now available on the SCCJR YouTube channel.

youtu.be/7Z9SBT0Z7Qc
Gangs in the Global South: Future lessons from Haiti?
YouTube video by The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW WORKSHOP: 'Mass incarceration, mass incorporation, and the rise of a protagonist Judiciary in Brazil' with Dr Luiz Dal Santo.

Wed 29 Oct, 4pm (UK time) 🕓

Register bit.ly/4gSUCe0 👈
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Thinking of a Social Science PhD in Scotland?

Need funding?

@sgsss.bsky.social open-competition details are available here, and it's worth linking up with departments and potential supervisors already.

www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentships...

#PhDchat #SocSciSky

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Student-led Open Competition 2024/25 - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science
SGSSS STUDENT-LED OPEN COMPETITION 2025/26 THE 25/26 CALL IS NOW OPEN FOR ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is delighted to announce the launch of the Student-Led Open...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Draft of my paper on Politics and Policing in Post-Communist Europe is up on @ssrn.bsky.social if that's your kind of thing. Even if it's not your kind of thing, it is still there.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

#Criminology #Police #Politics #Postcommunism
October 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We are excited to announce we have 5 new video Learning Resources, developed by our members, all about the Advanced Higher Modern Studies Dissertation.

You can access these videos on our YouTube channel & the accompanying written resources on our website.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5XE...
October 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If you missed last week's book talk with Professor David Garland (or just want to hear it again) head over to our YouTube channel.

youtu.be/9Ci7wrG7nsk 📺👀
Professor David Garland Book Talk
YouTube video by The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
There's still time to register for this!

All welcome 😀
Textbook Launch Event🚀

Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.

Register your place now 👇
bit.ly/criminal-jus...
The launch of 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook
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.
bit.ly
September 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
EVENT: 'The Barlinnie Special Unit: Shedding Light on Criminal Justice' with 🗣️Professor Mike Nellis, Sarah Trevelyan & Karyn McCluskey at Galgael Trust in Glasgow.
September 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This webinar takes place Monday 6th 12 noon (UK time).

All are welcome so please share widely!
Are organised armed gangs in Haiti capable and ideologically committed to overthrowing the state and challenging for political power?

Irvin Kinnes, University of Cape Town, will give his thoughts on these questions at our next Security & Justice Futures webinar on Mon 6 Oct.

bit.ly/gangs-haiti 👈
Gangs in the Global South: Future lessons from Haiti?
Are organised armed gangs capable and ideologically committed to overthrowing the state and challenging for political power?
bit.ly
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Are organised armed gangs in Haiti capable and ideologically committed to overthrowing the state and challenging for political power?

Irvin Kinnes, University of Cape Town, will give his thoughts on these questions at our next Security & Justice Futures webinar on Mon 6 Oct.

bit.ly/gangs-haiti 👈
Gangs in the Global South: Future lessons from Haiti?
Are organised armed gangs capable and ideologically committed to overthrowing the state and challenging for political power?
bit.ly
September 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The SCCJR & UNL is hosting an event with Prof. David Garland who will talk about his new book, 'Law and Order Leviathan: America’s Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment.'

Join us online Wed 24 Sept, 4pm UK time.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...
Professor David Garland Book Talk
Professor Garland will talk about his new book, 'Law and Order Leviathan: America’s Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment'.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Textbook Launch Event🚀

Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going.

Register your place now 👇
bit.ly/criminal-jus...
The launch of 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbook
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.
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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📢Parliamentary Internship Programme Applications Now Open!

Don’t miss your chance to apply to our flagship internship programme to kickstart your future in politics & public life.

📆29 September 2025

Don’t waste time and apply today:
Parliamentary Internship Programme - John Smith Centre
The John Smith Centre Parliamentary Internship Programme has been running since 2017 and places students with host MSPs for invaluable work experience. Through the structured 10-week placement…
www.johnsmithcentre.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The main news story running on BBC Scotland today is about Order for Lifelong Restrictions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you want to know more about OLRs listen to the latest episode of Just Humans wherever you get your podcasts.
bit.ly/JustHumans-OLR 🎧
Lifelong sentences can be 'inhuman and degrading', campaigners warn
Concerns have been raised about how orders for lifelong restriction are being implemented in Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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📢 Article Alert!

"To warn or not to warn? Trigger warnings in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences in UK HE", by JMC researchers @profkarenboyle.bsky.social, Melanie McCarry & Melody House, has been selected for the Journal of Gender-Based Violence Editors’ Collection Choice! 👏

🆓 Free access here:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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2nd & 3rd yr SGSSS PhD students can come on academic placement with me & @kjellgren.bsky.social at @sacasrstir.bsky.social

Work with the RELEASE dataset examining health service contacts on release from prison

If eligible you'll have details in your inbox from
@sgsss.bsky.social

#JusticeHealth
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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📄 NEW Report: Interested in the potential crime and security risks of freeports, in pursuing #NetZero?

'Inverness and Comarty Green Freeport: Assessing Crime and Security Risks'

🔗 to the report in next post 👇
@thesccjr.bsky.social
#ICFGF #GreenFreeport #Criminology #Security #Inverness #Scotland
August 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Interested in any of these titles? Come and review one for us! Book reviewers receive a free e-copy or print copy in exchange for 750-1,000 words of their insight into the text. Email our book reviews editor nayera.bordercrim[at]gmail.com for more info 📖
August 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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🚨My report on the criminological risks of the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport has been published! Massive thanks to everyone at @thesccjr.bsky.social for the opportunity and for their own work in creating this.

Read it here: www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...
Inverness and Cromarty Green Freeport: Assessing crime and security risks - SCCJR
The following report was funded by the SCCJR Research Development Grant. This report presents a review of research evidence into […]
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August 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you're a criminology lecturer, teaching assistant or school teacher, you have to check out our resources!

Why not add a podcast episode, recorded seminar or an SCCJR publication to this year's reading/listening lists for your students?

sccjr.ac.uk/resources/
August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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📢 2 fixed term positions are currently available within our criminology team 📢

1 Lecturer in Criminology
Full time (35 hours p/w), Fixed Term (9 months)
Grade 6 - £46,049 to £58,225 per annum
Colleagues at the PhD submission/viva stage are welcome to apply
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH075/l...
Lecturer in Criminology, Full time, Fixed Term at Edinburgh Napier University
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August 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM