Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research
@thesccjr.bsky.social
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.
https://linktr.ee/sccjr
https://linktr.ee/sccjr
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?...
You can listen to the whole presentation on the SCCJR YouTube channel youtu.be/7Z9SBT0Z7Qc?...
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 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?...
You can listen to the whole presentation on the SCCJR YouTube channel youtu.be/7Z9SBT0Z7Qc?...
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 👈
Wed 29 Oct, 4pm (UK time) 🕓
Register bit.ly/4gSUCe0 👈
October 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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 👈
Wed 29 Oct, 4pm (UK time) 🕓
Register bit.ly/4gSUCe0 👈
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...
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
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...
You can access these videos on our YouTube channel & the accompanying written resources on our website.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5XE...
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
EVENT: 'The Barlinnie Special Unit: Shedding Light on Criminal Justice' with 🗣️Professor Mike Nellis, Sarah Trevelyan & Karyn McCluskey at Galgael Trust in Glasgow.
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/
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
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/
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/
🎧 NEW JUST HUMANS EPISODE OUT NOW!
Listen on Apple & Spotify - search 'Just Humans' - or on our website.
sccjr.ac.uk/podcast/a-se...
🔊 Wee clip below of @justrachelle.bsky.social Nicola Ceesay & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
Listen on Apple & Spotify - search 'Just Humans' - or on our website.
sccjr.ac.uk/podcast/a-se...
🔊 Wee clip below of @justrachelle.bsky.social Nicola Ceesay & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🎧 NEW JUST HUMANS EPISODE OUT NOW!
Listen on Apple & Spotify - search 'Just Humans' - or on our website.
sccjr.ac.uk/podcast/a-se...
🔊 Wee clip below of @justrachelle.bsky.social Nicola Ceesay & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
Listen on Apple & Spotify - search 'Just Humans' - or on our website.
sccjr.ac.uk/podcast/a-se...
🔊 Wee clip below of @justrachelle.bsky.social Nicola Ceesay & @margueritesch.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
Are you a postgraduate student in Criminology or Criminal Justice studying in Scotland?
Bayan Jabalawi wants to hear your views on AI and the criminal justice system.
Bayan Jabalawi wants to hear your views on AI and the criminal justice system.
June 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Are you a postgraduate student in Criminology or Criminal Justice studying in Scotland?
Bayan Jabalawi wants to hear your views on AI and the criminal justice system.
Bayan Jabalawi wants to hear your views on AI and the criminal justice system.
🗣️ Please share/take part in our survey on: Women musicians' experiences of sexual violence & harassment in the Scottish folk scene.
We've heard many conversations about ongoing challenges and hope to help develop better understanding and awareness, and pathways to change.
✍️ bit.ly/UofG-Survey
We've heard many conversations about ongoing challenges and hope to help develop better understanding and awareness, and pathways to change.
✍️ bit.ly/UofG-Survey
June 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🗣️ Please share/take part in our survey on: Women musicians' experiences of sexual violence & harassment in the Scottish folk scene.
We've heard many conversations about ongoing challenges and hope to help develop better understanding and awareness, and pathways to change.
✍️ bit.ly/UofG-Survey
We've heard many conversations about ongoing challenges and hope to help develop better understanding and awareness, and pathways to change.
✍️ bit.ly/UofG-Survey
Cardiff: Violence on the Frontline.
Young people in Cardiff aren’t just speaking out - they’re gathering evidence and changing policy.
Meet the Peer Action Collective and hear how they're taking the fight against violence to the Welsh Parliament:
🎧https://shorturl.at/xWH90
#YoungWarriorsPodcast
Young people in Cardiff aren’t just speaking out - they’re gathering evidence and changing policy.
Meet the Peer Action Collective and hear how they're taking the fight against violence to the Welsh Parliament:
🎧https://shorturl.at/xWH90
#YoungWarriorsPodcast
June 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Cardiff: Violence on the Frontline.
Young people in Cardiff aren’t just speaking out - they’re gathering evidence and changing policy.
Meet the Peer Action Collective and hear how they're taking the fight against violence to the Welsh Parliament:
🎧https://shorturl.at/xWH90
#YoungWarriorsPodcast
Young people in Cardiff aren’t just speaking out - they’re gathering evidence and changing policy.
Meet the Peer Action Collective and hear how they're taking the fight against violence to the Welsh Parliament:
🎧https://shorturl.at/xWH90
#YoungWarriorsPodcast
🎧 Dundee: Gang Labels and Deep Time
In Dundee, the word “gang” has deep roots - from medieval rebels to 1970s jumpers to modern street life.
What can the past teach us about today?
tinyurl.com/h497sk78
#YoungWarriorsPodcast
In Dundee, the word “gang” has deep roots - from medieval rebels to 1970s jumpers to modern street life.
What can the past teach us about today?
tinyurl.com/h497sk78
#YoungWarriorsPodcast
June 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🎧 Dundee: Gang Labels and Deep Time
In Dundee, the word “gang” has deep roots - from medieval rebels to 1970s jumpers to modern street life.
What can the past teach us about today?
tinyurl.com/h497sk78
#YoungWarriorsPodcast
In Dundee, the word “gang” has deep roots - from medieval rebels to 1970s jumpers to modern street life.
What can the past teach us about today?
tinyurl.com/h497sk78
#YoungWarriorsPodcast
📢New Report: Researchers Review Role of Digital Communications Evidence in Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) Applications.
Read our press release here📰
www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/di...
Read our press release here📰
www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/di...
June 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
📢New Report: Researchers Review Role of Digital Communications Evidence in Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) Applications.
Read our press release here📰
www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/di...
Read our press release here📰
www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/di...
Manchester: Rewriting the Pain.
In South Manchester, young people are turning pain into power - with rap, not retaliation.
Listen here: shorturl.at/ShPne or search for 'Young Warriors' wherever you get your podcasts.
#YoungWarriorsPodcast @crmnlgy.bsky.social
In South Manchester, young people are turning pain into power - with rap, not retaliation.
Listen here: shorturl.at/ShPne or search for 'Young Warriors' wherever you get your podcasts.
#YoungWarriorsPodcast @crmnlgy.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Manchester: Rewriting the Pain.
In South Manchester, young people are turning pain into power - with rap, not retaliation.
Listen here: shorturl.at/ShPne or search for 'Young Warriors' wherever you get your podcasts.
#YoungWarriorsPodcast @crmnlgy.bsky.social
In South Manchester, young people are turning pain into power - with rap, not retaliation.
Listen here: shorturl.at/ShPne or search for 'Young Warriors' wherever you get your podcasts.
#YoungWarriorsPodcast @crmnlgy.bsky.social
🌎Southern Green Criminology - 3 June, Online.
All welcome so please share with your followers.💚
bit.ly/south-green-...
All welcome so please share with your followers.💚
bit.ly/south-green-...
May 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🌎Southern Green Criminology - 3 June, Online.
All welcome so please share with your followers.💚
bit.ly/south-green-...
All welcome so please share with your followers.💚
bit.ly/south-green-...
🟠Body searches and Europe’s struggle with degradation.
Join us Wed 28 May, 4pm (UK) for this online workshop with Prof. Tom Daems, KU Leuven.
👉https://bit.ly/3GT1Voe
Join us Wed 28 May, 4pm (UK) for this online workshop with Prof. Tom Daems, KU Leuven.
👉https://bit.ly/3GT1Voe
May 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🟠Body searches and Europe’s struggle with degradation.
Join us Wed 28 May, 4pm (UK) for this online workshop with Prof. Tom Daems, KU Leuven.
👉https://bit.ly/3GT1Voe
Join us Wed 28 May, 4pm (UK) for this online workshop with Prof. Tom Daems, KU Leuven.
👉https://bit.ly/3GT1Voe
🎙️Announcing Young Warriors, a new podcast that flips the script on youth culture and street life.
Follow criminologist Ali Fraser @crmnlgy.bsky.social as he delves into street culture and learns about the power of youth-led change across the UK.
open.spotify.com/show/1KLXLNF...
Follow criminologist Ali Fraser @crmnlgy.bsky.social as he delves into street culture and learns about the power of youth-led change across the UK.
open.spotify.com/show/1KLXLNF...
May 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🎙️Announcing Young Warriors, a new podcast that flips the script on youth culture and street life.
Follow criminologist Ali Fraser @crmnlgy.bsky.social as he delves into street culture and learns about the power of youth-led change across the UK.
open.spotify.com/show/1KLXLNF...
Follow criminologist Ali Fraser @crmnlgy.bsky.social as he delves into street culture and learns about the power of youth-led change across the UK.
open.spotify.com/show/1KLXLNF...
🌍 Southern Green Criminology webinar.
🗣️Dr David R. Goyes, University of Oslo.
📌Tues 3 June 1pm UK time.
👉Register bit.ly/south-green-...
#SecurityJusticeFutures #Webinar
#greencriminology #globalsouth #criminology
🗣️Dr David R. Goyes, University of Oslo.
📌Tues 3 June 1pm UK time.
👉Register bit.ly/south-green-...
#SecurityJusticeFutures #Webinar
#greencriminology #globalsouth #criminology
April 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🌍 Southern Green Criminology webinar.
🗣️Dr David R. Goyes, University of Oslo.
📌Tues 3 June 1pm UK time.
👉Register bit.ly/south-green-...
#SecurityJusticeFutures #Webinar
#greencriminology #globalsouth #criminology
🗣️Dr David R. Goyes, University of Oslo.
📌Tues 3 June 1pm UK time.
👉Register bit.ly/south-green-...
#SecurityJusticeFutures #Webinar
#greencriminology #globalsouth #criminology
Major new report out today from SCCJR on the number of deaths in custody.
❗️Prison deaths in Scotland have surged to 64 in the last year.
bit.ly/deaths-in-cu...
Watch this short video to find out the key stats👇
❗️Prison deaths in Scotland have surged to 64 in the last year.
bit.ly/deaths-in-cu...
Watch this short video to find out the key stats👇
April 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Major new report out today from SCCJR on the number of deaths in custody.
❗️Prison deaths in Scotland have surged to 64 in the last year.
bit.ly/deaths-in-cu...
Watch this short video to find out the key stats👇
❗️Prison deaths in Scotland have surged to 64 in the last year.
bit.ly/deaths-in-cu...
Watch this short video to find out the key stats👇
Do you want to write about sentencing?
Palgrave Macmillan have launched a new book series and they're looking for proposals for monographs, edited collections, short volumes of 25-50k words, and handbooks from established and early career scholars alike.
#academic #law #sentencing #ecrc
Palgrave Macmillan have launched a new book series and they're looking for proposals for monographs, edited collections, short volumes of 25-50k words, and handbooks from established and early career scholars alike.
#academic #law #sentencing #ecrc
April 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Do you want to write about sentencing?
Palgrave Macmillan have launched a new book series and they're looking for proposals for monographs, edited collections, short volumes of 25-50k words, and handbooks from established and early career scholars alike.
#academic #law #sentencing #ecrc
Palgrave Macmillan have launched a new book series and they're looking for proposals for monographs, edited collections, short volumes of 25-50k words, and handbooks from established and early career scholars alike.
#academic #law #sentencing #ecrc
Join us for Thursday's webinar where Dr. Patrick Mutahi analyses how different policing actors project their power and sovereignty in two informal settlements in Kenya: Mathare and Kaptembwo.
Register your place here. bit.ly/3EXlWsH
Register your place here. bit.ly/3EXlWsH
March 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Join us for Thursday's webinar where Dr. Patrick Mutahi analyses how different policing actors project their power and sovereignty in two informal settlements in Kenya: Mathare and Kaptembwo.
Register your place here. bit.ly/3EXlWsH
Register your place here. bit.ly/3EXlWsH
👋 Janine Aitken, University of Stirling, gives us an update on the RELEASE project in our latest SCCJR blog.
The project focuses on understanding how individuals access health services for mental health and substance use following their release from prison.
👉 www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/re...
The project focuses on understanding how individuals access health services for mental health and substance use following their release from prison.
👉 www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/re...
March 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
👋 Janine Aitken, University of Stirling, gives us an update on the RELEASE project in our latest SCCJR blog.
The project focuses on understanding how individuals access health services for mental health and substance use following their release from prison.
👉 www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/re...
The project focuses on understanding how individuals access health services for mental health and substance use following their release from prison.
👉 www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/re...
We're on TikTok!
While we can't promise you any cool videos of us dancing 💃 we can give you some great content from our amazing community of creative criminologists.
If you're on TikTok please give us a follow www.tiktok.com/@thesccjr
#tiktok #criminology #sccjr
While we can't promise you any cool videos of us dancing 💃 we can give you some great content from our amazing community of creative criminologists.
If you're on TikTok please give us a follow www.tiktok.com/@thesccjr
#tiktok #criminology #sccjr
March 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We're on TikTok!
While we can't promise you any cool videos of us dancing 💃 we can give you some great content from our amazing community of creative criminologists.
If you're on TikTok please give us a follow www.tiktok.com/@thesccjr
#tiktok #criminology #sccjr
While we can't promise you any cool videos of us dancing 💃 we can give you some great content from our amazing community of creative criminologists.
If you're on TikTok please give us a follow www.tiktok.com/@thesccjr
#tiktok #criminology #sccjr
Happy World Book Day!
We'd love you to tell us what your favourite books were as a child - we'll start with a couple of suggestions from a mini-SCCJR member!
#worldbookday #wbd #reading
We'd love you to tell us what your favourite books were as a child - we'll start with a couple of suggestions from a mini-SCCJR member!
#worldbookday #wbd #reading
March 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Happy World Book Day!
We'd love you to tell us what your favourite books were as a child - we'll start with a couple of suggestions from a mini-SCCJR member!
#worldbookday #wbd #reading
We'd love you to tell us what your favourite books were as a child - we'll start with a couple of suggestions from a mini-SCCJR member!
#worldbookday #wbd #reading
🔊Watch the full presentation from Dr Katherine Bruce-Lockhart on our YouTube channel.
youtu.be/dMs8_vEj_5s?...
youtu.be/dMs8_vEj_5s?...
March 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🔊Watch the full presentation from Dr Katherine Bruce-Lockhart on our YouTube channel.
youtu.be/dMs8_vEj_5s?...
youtu.be/dMs8_vEj_5s?...