A new report on the link between homelessness and re-offending has called for housing to be made a priority in the forthcoming National Strategy for Community Justice in Scotland. Shelter
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Prisons are increasingly playing the role of care homes and hospices as rising numbers of older criminals are jailed, a watchdog has said. A rapidly ageing prison population drove a
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A new study addresses for the first time the understanding and prevention of suicide in recently-released offenders. While the risk of suicide by offenders in prison has been identified
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Nearly three quarters of Scotland’s prison population will experience mental health issues, according to latest figures. However many prison staff don’t have enough training or understanding to support prisoners and
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The UK National Preventative Mechanism (UK NPM) have just launched their new website. The UK NPM was established for the protection of people in detention through independent monitoring and
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In Offending and Desistance, Beth Weaver examines the role of a co-offending peer group in shaping and influencing offending and desistance, focusing on three phases of their criminal careers: onset,
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Prisons are failing to effectively rehabilitate criminals, Michael Gove will say today as he laments Britain’s “horrifying” failure to reduce re-offending rates. The Justice Secretary will float the idea of
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Scientists believe that a simple two-hour emotional awareness course aimed at making young offenders less aggressive could hold the key to significantly reducing the seriousness of their future crimes. In
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Scotland’s Justice Secretary, Michael Matheson, has announced a total of £639,500 funding is to be awarded to 12 projects working to tackle female offending. Mr Matheson (pictured) made the announcement
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The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research’s (SCCJR) Annual Report was published this week, providing an overview of the work of staff and students in 2014-15. The report contains
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