centre

Crime & Justice

People

Dr Louise Brangan

Dr Louise Brangan

Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Jane Callaghan

Professor Jane Callaghan

Director Child Wellbeing & Protection, Social Work

Dr Marty Chamberlain

Dr Marty Chamberlain

Lecturer in Criminology, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Miss Jessica Cleary

Miss Jessica Cleary

PhD Researcher, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Catriona Connell

Dr Catriona Connell

Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences

Mrs Stephanie Crisp

Mrs Stephanie Crisp

PhD Researcher, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Phil Crockett Thomas

Dr Phil Crockett Thomas

Lecturer in Criminology, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Michelle Donnelly

Dr Michelle Donnelly

Lecturer in Law, Law

Mrs Chloe Rebecca Ezou

Mrs Chloe Rebecca Ezou

PhD Researcher, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Maria Fotopoulou

Dr Maria Fotopoulou

Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Sarah Galloway

Dr Sarah Galloway

Lecturer, Education

Dr Hannah Graham

Dr Hannah Graham

Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith

Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith

Associate Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Tracy Kirk

Dr Tracy Kirk

Lecturer in Child & Family Law, Law

Dr Richard Kjellgren

Dr Richard Kjellgren

Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Margaret Malloch

Professor Margaret Malloch

Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Ben Matthews

Dr Ben Matthews

Lecturer in Social Statistics&Demography, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Professor Gillian McIvor

Professor Gillian McIvor

Emeritus Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Diana Miranda

Dr Diana Miranda

Senior Lecturer, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Miss Laura Reid

Miss Laura Reid

Research Fellow, Dementia and Ageing

Outputs

Policy Document

Graham H, Armstrong S, McNeill F, Schinkel M, Jardine C, Weaver B & Morrison K (2024) Written evidence submission on early release of prisoners and the prison population for the Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee - November (2024). Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). Edinburgh. https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/session-6-criminal-justice-committee/meetings/2024/criminal-justice-committee-13-november-2024


Book Chapter

Malloch M & Armstrong LM (2024) Therapeutic or Therapunitive? Conceptualising Community Custody in Scotland. In: Chamberlen A & Bandyopadhyay M (eds.) Geographies of Gendered Punishment: Women’s Imprisonment in Global Context. 1 ed. Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. London: Palgrave MacMillan. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031612763#about-this-book


Website Content

(2023) Talking Teaching with Criminologists. BSC LTN Talking Teaching with Criminologists (1) [Podcast] 17.11.2023. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkteachcrim/episodes/Talking-Teaching-with-Criminologists---Prof-Marty-Chamberlain-e2c2mke


Book Chapter

Weaver B, Graham H & Maruna S (2023) Turning Over a New Leaf: Desistance Research for a New Generation. In: Liebling A, Maruna S & McAra L (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Criminology. 7th edition ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 144-163. https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-criminology-9780198860914?q=social%20research%20methods&cc=gb&lang=en&subjectcode1=4943102%7CLAW00000&view=Grid


Keynote

Graham H (2023) Technology, Ethics, and Rehabilitation. International Conference on Electronic Monitoring: Technology, Ethics and Guarantee of Rights, Brasilia, Brazil., 21.06.2023-23.06.2023. https://www.cnj.jus.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/conf-em-programme-english.pdf


Book Chapter

Fotopoulou M & Malloch M (2022) Responding to Problem Substance Use: deconstructing structures and politicising the personal. In: Gelsthorpe L & Brown S (eds.) The Wiley Handbook on What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law: A Critical Review of Theory, Practice, and Policy. Wiley Series in Offender Rehabilitation, Wiley Series in Offender Rehabilitation. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Wiley+Handbook+on+What+Works+with+Girls+and+Women+in+Conflict+with+the+Law%3A+A+Critical+Review+of+Theory%2C+Practice%2C+and+Policy-p-9781119886419


Book Chapter

Morrison K & Graham H (2022) Scotland. In: Dünkel F, Harrendorf S & Vanzylsmit D (eds.) The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy. Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Impact-of-Covid-19-on-Prison-Conditions-and-Penal-Policy/Dunkel-Harrendorf-Vanzylsmit/p/book/9780367769727


Book Chapter

McIvor G (2022) Women, crime and justice in Scotland. In: Brown SL & Gelsthorpe L (eds.) The Wiley Handbook on What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law: A Critical Review of Theory, Practice, and Policy. Wiley Series in Offender Rehabilitation. Oxford: Wiley. https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Wiley+Handbook+on+What+Works+with+Girls+and+Women+in+Conflict+with+the+Law%3A+A+Critical+Review+of+Theory%2C+Practice%2C+and+Policy-p-9781119886419; https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119874898.ch15


Edited Book

(2022) Abolition Science Fiction. Glasgow: Self-published. https://abolitionscifi.org/


Projects

Penal Supervision in Comparative Context
PI: Dr Hannah Graham
Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust

Help-seeking for substance use and mental health challenges among justice-involved people in Scottish community contexts: An analysis of the influence of social networks
PI: Dr Catriona Connell
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Developing the evidence base for social care responses to children / families affected by domestic abuse
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Should I stay or should I go: sense of belonging and intentions to stay among young, newcomers to Armenia
PI: Dr Sarah Wilson
Funded by: The British Academy

'It's our anxiety that keeps them locked up'. Protection for whom? Responding to the needs of 'at risk' young women in Scotland.
PI: Professor Margaret Malloch
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Critically Exploring Biometric AI Futures
PI: Dr Diana Miranda
Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Water and Fire: Understanding and reducing risk with 15 “Best Bets” for enhancing capacity for transformative adaptation with vulnerable township residents on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa.
PI: Professor Derek McGhee
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Interventions to improve prosocial occupational participation for people released from prison: A systematic review
PI: Dr Catriona Connell
Funded by: Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Emerging Technologies in Policing
PI: Dr Niall Hamilton-Smith
Funded by: Scottish Institute for Policing Research

Supporting separated migrant children to thrive during COVID-19
PI:
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Choice, Constraint and Conditional Citizenship: analysing migrant homelessness within 'crimmigration' systems
PI: Dr Regina Serpa
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Drugs Research Network Scotland (Host)
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Scottish Funding Council

The experiences of victims in the criminal justice system: a qualitative research project
PI: Professor Jane Callaghan
Funded by: National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Scottish Government - Child Trafficking
PI: Dr Paul Rigby
Funded by: Scottish Government