There is a considerable body of existing research which examines the characteristics that are associated with young people’s involvement in anti-social and other problem behaviours. These characteristics are often referred

In order to measure the outcomes and the impact that housing support services have for service users, in 2006 the then Scottish Executive commissioned research to review existing models to

Disabled people and others have long argued that it does not make sense to spend money on services which limit people’s choices and their opportunities to live ordinary lives. The

This is a one person review of how illicit drugs get into prisons and what can be done about it. Drugs get in: • With visitors • ‘Over the wall’

* Relations Between Trauma Experiences and Psychological, Physical and Neuroendocrine Functioning Among Somali Refugees: Mediating Role of Coping with Acculturation Stressors * Nativity and Cigarette Smoking among Lower Income Blacks:

Scotland faces an important choice with regard to how it uses imprisonment. Its rapidly growing and overcrowded prisons are making it more difficult to secure public safety and respond effectively

* Risk Factors, Parental Communication, Self and Peers’ Beliefs as Predictors of Condom Use Among Female Adolescents Attending Family Planning Clinics * Pathways to Ready Schools * Institutionalization, Romanian Adoptions

The research outlined in this report had two aims at the outset. These were: firstly, describing the experience of using self-evaluation indicators to evaluate and improve practice in relation to

This research aimed to find out what level of income people think is needed to afford a socially acceptable standard of living in Britain today, and to participate in society.

The Scottish Government has launched a campaign that tackles negative perceptions of older people. It will highlight the positive and valuable contributions that older people make to life in Scotland