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Scotland's approach to antisocial behaviour: review findings
This report presents findings on the perceptions of current approaches to antisocial behaviour in Scotland, based on discussions with key stakeholders including victims and frontline staff. The report will help inform future reviews on best practice for preventing and tackling antisocial behaviour.
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Repeat violence in Scotland: a qualitative approach
This report presents findings from a qualitative research study which explored peoples’ experiences of repeat, interpersonal violence. The research involved in-depth interviews with people who have lived experience of repeat violence and community stakeholders who support them.
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Deaths in Prison Custody in Scotland 2012-2022
This report analyses and presents an overview of data published by the Scottish Prison Service on deaths in prison custody in Scotland.
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Civil justice system - pandemic response: research findings
Findings from research exploring the impacts of remote hearings and other measures introduced or expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic on Scotland’s civil justice system.
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Scottish prison population projections
Presents the first projections to be published since the COVID-19 pandemic began. These projections have been produced using ‘microsimulation’ scenario modelling which simulates prison arrivals and departures and estimates the number of individuals in prison on a particular date in the future.
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Hearings in Scottish courts - ethnicity of individuals: analysis
This occasional paper presents new experimental analysis based on the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service’s management information, on the ethnicity of individuals who were proceeded against and sentenced from April 2016 to February 2023.
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- Crime and justice statistics
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Ethnicity in the justice system: evidence review
Review of quantitative evidence relating to ethnicity in the justice system in Scotland.
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- Crime and justice statistics
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Police recorded hate crime - characteristics: updated study
Updated information on the number of hate crimes recorded by the police in Scotland during 2020-21 and 2021-22. It also includes new details on the characteristics of hate crime, based on a random sample of cases recorded by the police in 2020-21.
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- Recorded crime in Scotland
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Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 - male victims' experiences of the criminal justice system: emerging findings
This report presents the findings from a survey which aimed to capture the views and experiences of male adult victims of domestic abuse, since the introduction of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 in April 2019.
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Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018: interim reporting requirement
Provides information gathered to fulfil (in part) the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 ‘Reporting Requirement’. It includes statistical information relating to progress and outcomes of domestic abuse cases in court and information about the experiences of victims/witnesses.