Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research

The resource pack is on our website. Please share with any practitioners who may wish to facilitate discussions around youth violence with young people.

www.sccjr.ac.uk/resource/you...

Justice Futures Seminar. Resources of Hope: Violence Prevention and the School of the Wise Men. YouTube video by The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research

It was brilliant to see Alistair Fraser, Fern Gillon and Graeme Armstrong talk about the 'Straight Out the Scheme: Youth Work Resource' which launched last week.

If you work with young people please make sure to check out the recorded talk and download the resource pack!

youtu.be/HYXUmY68z_w?...

All welcome to attend this lunchtime session.

Just register on Eventbrite now.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sccjr-just...

Our next Justice Futures Seminar will be on Tues 24 March with Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social & Laurie Denyer Willis @ldenyerwillis.bsky.social

Living a feminist life? Women’s activism as resistance against authoritarian governance in Latin America.

Register bit.ly/4rcWyBR

A poster advertising the PhD conference at the Institute of Criminology, on 28 and 29 April 2026. It includes calls for PhD students to submit abstracts by 15 March, and a link and QR code for them to do this.

Are you a PhD student, researching the most pressing issues of our time? If so, there is still time to submit an abstract for the Institute of Criminology's PhD conference on 28 and 29 April.

If interested, send an abstract by 15 March via the QR code or link below: sites.google.com/view/phdcrim...

The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre | Anthem Press Explore more about this title.

“The Anthem Press Companion to Henri Lefebvre" a new edited book by our own Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson explores the sociology of Lefebvre including rural sociology, everyday life, the urban, utopia, space and its continuing relevance for the discipline today.

anthempress.com/books/the-an...

We have teamed up with @glalarn.bsky.social to host an in-person talk with Trevor Stack, Aberdeen Uni, on Mon 16 March, 3pm @glasgow.ac.uk

Trevor will talk about 'Children in conflict with the law: challenges for Scotland' while drawing on research from Mexico. www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/childr...

On behalf of Fern Gillon @crimsocjust.bsky.social and Alistair Fraser @crmnlgy.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk we want to say a huge thank you to the Wise Men, who helped co-create this resource for young people, and to @graemearmstrong.bsky.social for all his support.

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New SCCJR Youth Work Resource Launched 🤩

The Straight Out the Scheme: Youth Work Resource includes a boardgame, rap music, podcast clips and videos - each accompanied by a session plan to guide discussions around youth violence.

Check it out👇
www.sccjr.ac.uk/resource/you...
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Don’t think I’ve seen this extraordinary picture before: David Forrester’s Three Wicked Men inspired by the story of Winston Rose who died in police custody in 1981

Lectureship: Quantitative Criminology (Please share)

Cardiff University

Deadline 11 March 2026

Details: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

#Criminology #Quantitative #AcademicChat #PhDChat #JobFairy #Wales #Cymru

Jennifer Fleetwood, City St George's, University of London, will be @glasgow.ac.uk on 25 March to give a talk on 'From private concerns to public narratives: tracing the rise of personal stories about crime'.

It's in-person, no need to register, all welcome.

www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/from-p...

Screenshot of the cover of the report, 'Justice That Works: Report of the Scottish Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission.'

NEW: the independent Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 final report and recommendations have been published today.

As one of the Commissioners, this year has involved an enormous amount of work. Our report sets out an agenda for change.

🔗 link to report
www.gov.scot/publications...

If you haven't seen A Giant on the Bridge yet please do.

You can find out where they'll be on the website www.ktproducing.co.uk/giant

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Prison violence, sound and survival A prize-winning study of the sounds of prison life, and an exploration of victimisation.

Hey #Criminology & #CJS,
If you're interested in #prison & #SensoryCriminology then check out this week's #ThinkingAloud on BBC #Radio4

@kateherrity.bsky.social will be discussing her book Sound, Order and Survival in Prisons: The Rythms and Routines of HMP Midtown
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Congratulations!

🧡Beyond the Walls: Exploring Carceral Landscapes Through ‘Prison in Twelve Landscapes’.
B. Arneson, @kir-anderson.bsky.social & Dr Rae Rosenberg.

🧡 Boundaries, Bodies, and Control: Women’s Confinement Across History.
@louisebrangan.bsky.social & @annalisamartin.bsky.social

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📢SCCJR Funding Announcement 2026!

We are delighted to announce the successful applicants to the SCCJR Research Development and Knowledge Exchange Fund.

🎉https://www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/sccjr-funding-announcement-2026/

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Joshua Page, University of Minnesota, will be @glasgow.ac.uk on 11 March to discuss his latest co-authored book, Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice.

This is an in-person event, no need to register.
All welcome.

www.sccjr.ac.uk/event/legal-...

📕New Book Takes the Temperature of Violence Reduction Units in Scotland & England.

Out Now! bit.ly/49NoaYI

🗣️@crmnlgy.bsky.social @timnewburn.bsky.social @susanmcvie.bsky.social @lbilli91.bsky.social Keir Irwin-Rogers & Fern Gillon

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All welcome to join us for this online workshop so please share with your networks and register your place today.

The Case of Maximum-Security Prison Reform in Turkey This presentation challenges the widely shared assumption that the modern state has sovereign control over penality.

🟠 Our popular Social Analysis of Penalities Across Boundaries workshop series is back!

Join us on Wed 25 Feb, 4pm UK time to hear Arda Ibikoglu present his paper on 'Penality and Antagonistic Struggles: The Case of Maximum-Security Prison Reform in Turkey.'

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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Assistant Overview of the RoleWe are seeking to appoint a full-time grade 6 Research Assistant for 2 years starting February or March 2026 to facilitate the development of knowledge of formal and informal infor...

The University of Leeds is looking for a Research Assistant to join a project which aims to understand how, when, in what circumstances, and with whom police forces in England and Wales share information via the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme.

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

NEW SURVEY FINDINGS‼️
81% of women musicians in the Scottish folk music scene, who participated in a new survey, have been sexually assaulted or harassed.

Full report here: sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...

@uofgsociology.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk

🔊Video of findings.

Dr Allan Gillies Presents his New Book ‘Narco-Democratization: Organized Crime and Political Transition in Bolivia’ On Tuesday 10 February at 2-3.30pm in Edward Wright F61 and on Teams, Dr Allan Gillies (University of Glasgow) will speak on his new book ‘Narco-Democratization: Organized Crime and Political…

Looking forward to sharing insights from my new book Narco-Democratization at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law seminar series on 10 February: cisrul.blog/event/dr-all...

The Scottish Parliament's Criminal Justice Committee recently published its inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish prisons.

You can read the full report here.

bprcdn.parliament.scot/published/CJ...

#prison #health #scotland #justice #holyrood #substancemisuse #inquiry

The University of the West of Scotland is looking to hire TWO lecturers in Criminology and Criminal Justice.
The deadline for applications is 25 Jan.

You can find the advert on their website.

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Come and do a fully-funded 4-year PhD with me in Glasgow (and @thesccjr.bsky.social ) and Thomas Ugelvik as part of the Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Europe project. 😊. www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc....

What The Louvre Doesn't Want You To Know YouTube video by DER KERN

This came together beautifully - thank you so much for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this! #LouvreHeist #museumtheft #culturalheritage #colonialheritage #restitution @uofgsps.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social

🎞️ youtu.be/QWvws_H3Bq4?...

Oona Brooks-Hay is the new Director of SCCJR

We want to thank Dr Julie Berg for all her incredible hard work over the past three years and offer a warm welcome to Professor Oona Brooks-Hay who joins us as our new Director.

www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/oo...

👀Here's a sneak preview of the upcoming seminar presentations we have.

You can register for Alistair and Fern's seminar now!

We will open registration for the other presentations nearer the time.