Justice in Scotland: vision and priorities

Document setting out Scottish Government's plan for a just, safe and resilient Scotland, with established priorities for 2017 to 2020.


Key Evidence Sources

Auditor General (2015) Efficiency of prosecuting criminal cases through the sheriff courts Scotland.

http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/uploads/docs/report/2015/nr_150924_sheriff_courts.pdf

Bellis MA, Hughes K, Leckenby N, Perkins C, Lowey H (2014). National household survey of adverse childhood experiences and their relationship with resilience to health-harming behaviours in England. BMC Medicine 2014, 12:72

Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (2017). The Whole System Approach: responding to complexity and lessons learned.

http://www.cycj.org.uk/resource/the-whole-system-approach-responding-to-complexity-and-lessons-learned/

Christie Commission on the future Delivery of Public Services

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2011/06/27154527/0

Couper S and Fraser A (2014) Is the Scottish Prison Service looking after its older and frail prisoners? Scottish Justice Matters.

Dodds, S. (2014). Ten years of the GCPH: the evidence and implications.

http://www.gcph.co.uk/publications/534_ten_years_of_the_gcph_the_evidence_and_implications

Fazel S, Seewald K (2012). Severe mental illness in 33 588 prisoners worldwide: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. The British Journal of Psychiatry May 2012, 200 (5) 364-373

Fletcher EH, Cornish H (2015) . Healthcare in Police Custody Substance Misuse Literature Review

http://www.policecare.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/SM_Literature_Review-Final.pdf

Graham L, Fischbacher CM, Stockton D, Fraser A, Fleming M, Greig K (2015) Understanding extreme mortality among prisoners: a national cohort study in Scotland using data linkage. European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 25, No. 5, 879-885

Graham L. (2007) Prison Health in Scotland: A healthcare needs assessment.

http://www.ohrn.nhs.uk/resource/policy/ScottishPrisonHealthNeeds.pdf

Guardian Research (2016)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/27/mental-health-crisis-huge-increasing-share-police-time-40

McKinnon B (2014). Police in Scotland and Mental health: Time for Change? Scottish Justice Matters

McVie S, Norris P and Pillinger R (2015) Has Scotland's falling crime rate benefited everyone equally? Scottish Justice Matters 3(2): 33-34.

Murray J, Farrington DP, Sekol I , Olsen RF (2009) Effects of parental imprisonment on child antisocial behaviour and mental health: a systematic review

http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/people/academic_research/david_farrington/parimp.pdf

Information Statistics Division (2017) Unintentional Injuries - hospital admissions data

https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Emergency-Care/Publications/2017-03-07/2017-03-07-UI-Report.pdf

Ministry of Justice (2015) The impact of short custodial sentences, Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders on reoffending

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-impact-of-short-custodial-sentences-community-orders-and-suspended-sentence-orders-on-reoffending

National Records for Scotland. Drug-related deaths in Scotland 2015

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths/drug-related-deaths-in-scotland/2015

Public Health Wales NHS Trust (2015) Adverse Childhood Experiences and their impact on health-harming behaviours in the Welsh adult population. Adverse Childhood Experiences ( ACE) Study.

http://www.cph.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ACE-Report-FINAL-E.pdf

Ready Scotland

http://www.readyscotland.org/

Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (2016). Backgrounds and outcomes for children aged 8 to 11 years old who have been referred to the Children's Reporter for offending.

http://www.scra.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Backgrounds-and-outcomes-for-children-aged-8-11-years-old-who-have-been-referred-for-offending.pdf

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/crime-and-justice-survey

http://www.gov.scot/stats/bulletins/01202

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2014/15: Drug Use

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/06/8687

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2014/15: Partner Abuse Report

http://www.gov.scot/stats/bulletins/01209

Scotland's Economic Strategy

http://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-economic-strategy/

Scottish Household Survey

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/16002

http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781786524416

Scottish Government (2013) Creating Places: A policy statement on architecture and place for Scotland

/publications/creating-places-policy-statement-architecture-place-scotland/

Scottish Government (2015) What works to reduce reoffending: a summary of the evidence

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/05/2480

Scottish Government (2015) Evaluation of Sixteen Women's Community Justice Services in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/09/5053

Scottish Government (2016) Recorded Crime in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubRecordedCrime

http://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2015-16/

Scottish Government (2016) Homicide in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/TrendHom

http://www.gov.scot/publications/recorded-crime-scotland-2015-16//332787

Scottish Government (2016) Caledonian System Evaluation: Analysis of a programme for tackling domestic abuse in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/publications/caledonian-system-evaluation-analysis-programme-tackling-domestic-abuse-scotland/

Scottish Government (2016) Evaluation of the | Reducing Reoffending Change Fund

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/02/9184

Scottish Government (2016) Evaluation of Police and Fire Reform in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/06/3002/0

Scottish Government (2016) Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland: 2014/15

http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0050/00502180.pdf

Scottish Government (2016) Costs of the Criminal Justice System in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/Publications/costcrimjustscot

Scottish Government (2017) Criminal Proceedings in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubCriminalProceedings

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/01/6376/0

Scottish Government (2017) Civil justice statistics in Scotland 2015-2016

/publications/civil-justice-statistics-scotland-2015-16/

Scottish Government (2017) Reconviction of Offenders

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubReconvictions

http://www.gov.scot/stats/bulletins/01272

Scottish Government. Equally Well Strategy

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/06/7483

Scottish Government. Criminal Justice Board Management Information System

Scottish Institute for Policing Research (2017). Policing 2026 Evidence Reviews

http://www.sipr.ac.uk/downloads/Policing_2026_Evidence_Review.pdf

Scottish Prison Service Prisoner Survey 2015

http://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Publications/Publication-4565.aspx

Scottish Prison Service. Prisoners Survey 2015 - Young People in Custody

http://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Publications/Publication-3908.aspx

Scottish Prison Service (2014) Unlocking Potential, Transforming Lives

http://www.sps.gov.uk/Corporate/Publications/Corporate9.aspx

SCOTPHO Drug Misuse and treatment in Scottish prisons.

http://www.scotpho.org.uk/behaviour/drugs/data/availability-and-prevalence

Weaver B and Nolan D (2015) Families of Prisoners: A Review of the Evidence

http://www.cycj.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Families-of-Prisoners-A-Review-of-The-Evidence-FINAL.pdf

Contact

Email: Justice Analysts, Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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