The Vision for Justice in Scotland

List of Evidence Sources

Aim – We have a society in which people feel, and are, safer in their communities

Scottish Government (2021) Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20

Scottish Government (2021) Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2020-2021

Scottish Government (2021) Homicide in Scotland 2020-2021

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (2020) Fire and Rescue Incident Statistics 2019-20

Scottish Government (2021) Domestic abuse recorded by the police in Scotland, 2020-21

Williams, D. R. (2018) Stress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color:Advancing Our Understanding of Race-related Stressors

Scottish Government (2021) Characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland: study, 2019/20

Scottish Government (2021) Digital Economy Business Survey 2021: findings

Aim – We work together to address the underlying causes of crime and support everyone to live full and healthy lives

Scottish Government (2014) What Works to Reduce Crime?: A Summary of the Evidence

Scottish Government (2021) Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20

Scottish Government (2020) Scottish prison population: statistics 2019 to 2020

Skafida, V., Morrison, F., Devaney, J. (2021) Prevalence and Social Inequality in Experiences of Domestic Abuse Among Mothers of Young Children: A Study Using National Survey Data from Scotland

Police Scotland (2021) Police Scotland Quarter Two Performance Report 2021/22

NHS Scotland Information Services Division (2018) The National Drug-Related Deaths Database (Scotland) Report

Scottish Prison Service (2018) 16th PRISONER SURVEY 2017 Young People in Custody

Scottish Prison Service (2020) 17th Prisoner Survey 2019

Who Cares? Scotland (2018) Who Cares? Scotland’s Report on the Criminalisation of Care Experienced People,

Scottish Government (2018) Understanding childhood adversity, resilience and crime

Public Health Wales (2015) Welsh Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study

McAra, L. and McVie, S. (2010) Youth crime and justice: Key messages from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime

Aim – We have effective, modern person-centred and trauma-informed approaches to justice in which everyone can have trust, including as victims, those accused of crimes and as individuals in civil disputes

Scottish Government (2021) Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20

Legal Services Board (2020) Reshaping legal services to meet people’s needs

Scottish Government (2014) What Works to Reduce Crime?: A Summary of the Evidence

Scottish Government (2015) What Works to Reduce Reoffending: A Summary of the Evidence

Police Scotland (2019) Equality and Diversity Mainstreaming and Outcomes Progress Report, Police Scotland

Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service (2019) Equality Outcomes Progress Report

Scottish Courts & Tribunals Service (2019) Annual People Scorecard 2019

Scottish Government (2015) Preventing offending: getting it right for children and young people

Scottish Government (2021) Criminal justice social work statistics: 2019 to 2020

Victims Commissioner (2016) What works in supporting victims of crime: A rapid evidence assessment

Victims Commissioner (2021) Victims’ Experience: Annual Survey

Scottish Government (2020) Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Victims, Witnesses and Survivors – Evidence from Support Organisations

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (2019) Scottish Court Survey Report 2019 Final Report

Edinburgh University (2021) Responding to Child Victims and Witnesses of Trauma and Abuse: Addressing the Support Needs of Children and Families Through the Barnahus Model

Aim – We support rehabilitation, use custody only where there is no alternative and work to reduce reoffending and revictimisation

Scottish Prison Service (2022) SPS Prison Population

World Prison Brief (2022) United Kingdom: Scotland | World Prison Brief

Scottish Government (2021) Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2020-2021

Scottish Government (2021) Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2018-19 Offender Cohort

Scottish Government (2020) Extended presumption against short sentences: monitoring information July 2019 – December 2019

Scottish Government (2021) Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2019-20

Scottish Government (2021) Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2019/20

Scottish Sentencing Council (2021) Judicial perspectives of community-based disposals

NHS Health Scotland (2017) Reducing Offending, Reducing Inequalities

ScotPHO (2022) Prisoners: health in prison

Scottish Government (2015) What Works to Reduce Reoffending: A Summary of the Evidence

Ministry of Justice (2013) Analysis of the impact of employment on re-offending following release from custody, using Propensity Score Matching

Scottish Prison Service (2020) 17th Prisoner Survey 2019

Bramley, G. et al (2019) Hard Edges Scotland

Iriss (2015) Prison leavers and homelessness

Scottish Government (2018) Understanding childhood adversity, resilience and crime

Families Outside (2020) Constructive Connections: building resilience of families affected by the criminal justice system

Prison Reform Trust (2010) Time is Money: financial responsibility after prison

Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (2016) Key messages

O’Rourke, S et al. (2020) The development of cognitive and emotional maturity in adolescents and its relevance in judicial contexts

Aim – We address the on-going impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to renew and transform justice

Scottish Government (2021) Coronavirus (COVID-19): Justice Analytical Services data report – November 2021

Scottish Prison Service (2022) SPS Prison Population

Scottish Government (2020) Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Victims, Witnesses and Survivors – Evidence from Support Organisations

Maycock, M. (2022) ‘Covid-19 has caused a dramatic change to prison life’. Analysing the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the pains of imprisonment in the Scottish Prison Estate