Reflecting on the Past, Present and Future of Scottish criminal justice: a launch of Criminal Justice in Scotland
(In-person - Room LRC5, ENU Sighthill Campus, 3-5pm.)
The launch of Criminal Justice in Scotland offers a timely opportunity to bring together a range of voices together to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it’s going.
Criminal Justice in Scotland is the first textbook on the Scottish criminal justice system in a decade, written by Jamie Buchan, Sarah Anderson and Katrina Morrison (Edinburgh Napier University). Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as well as its history and some of the key challenges and critical issues facing Scottish criminal justice today.
Together with discussants from different areas of expertise, the authors will use the opportunity of this book to reflect on the past, present and future directions of Scottish criminal justice. They will briefly introduce the book and our resulting reflections about the direction of Scottish criminal justice and contemporary challenges. The discussants, who bring extensive experience of researching and working in this field will then draw on their own contemporary research on Scottish criminal justice, to provide their reflections on these questions. We will then open the discussion out to a wider audience Q&A/discussion session.
Chair:
Dr Hannah Graham, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Stirling Hannah Graham is an experienced criminologist with expertise in rehabilitation, desistance, community penalties and electronic monitoring. As well as a record of research that includes the publication of four books, Hannah has extensive experience engaging with policy audiences and informing justice policy in Scotland and beyond.
Discussants:
Dr Deborah Russo, Queen's University Belfast Deborah Russo is a former practicing solicitor in England & Wales with a specialism in human rights and prison law. In July 2024 she completed her PhD focusing on experiences of isolation in Scottish prisons. Deborah is also a Panel Chair in the Children's Hearings System.
Ross Gibson, Children and Young People's Centre for Justice/University of Strathclyde Ross Gibson is a Practice Development Adviser for the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ); he has researched on areas of diversion from prosecution and children's rights, and is undergoing a PhD on the experiences of children in the secure care system. Before entering academia, Ross was a youth justice social worker in Glasgow City Council.
(plus more discussants TBC)
NB: This is an in-person event, but talks will be recorded and made available at a later date.
