Community experiences of serious organised crime in Scotland: research report

Footnotes

1. The survey did not include questions on whether or not people had actually purchased fake or smuggled goods. 2% said 'don't know or can't remember'

2. See supplementary data table 2.69c, available online: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Datasets/SCJS/SCJS2016-17vol2

3. See: 'Criminals Use Nurseries to Launder Cash' , Scotsman, 1 ^st May 2010
https://www.scotsman.com/news/criminals-use-nurseries-to-launder-cash-1-1366324
'Concern over Glasgow nurseries organised crime link', 15 ^th March 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12737903

4. An early pre-emptive attempt to address the challenges of austerity for policing in Scotland, was the development of the 'Integrated Service Delivery Model' ( ISDM) in legacy force Strathclyde. This model, which was subsequently rolled out across many areas of Police Scotland, was associated in some areas with disruption to established community policing capacity and practices (Hamilton-Smith et. al., 2013)

5. In 2016/17 a smaller proportion of those living in the 15% most deprived areas of Scotland described the local police's performance as good or excellent, compared to adults in the rest of Scotland (53% compared with 59% respectively). This was consistent with SCJS findings in previous years. This question was included in the survey in 2012/13 (Scottish Government 2018a:61).

6. The serious organised crime strategy identifies 4 key objectives: 1. to Divert people from becoming involved in SOC and using its products; 2. to Deter SOC groups by supporting private, public and third sector organisations to protect themselves and each other 3; to Detect, identify and prosecute those involved in SOC and 4; to Disrupt SOC groups. (Scottish Government 2015a)