Delivering the Scottish Government’s Vision for Justice requires a whole system approach as recognised in its four underpinning core principles: ‘Founded in equality and human rights’,’ Evidence-based’, ‘Embed person-centred and trauma-informed practices’ and, ‘Collaboration and Partnership’. As such, Justice Analytical Services have identified the theme of ‘Whole Justice System Analysis’ as a research priority. This theme includes holistic research into justice equalities, justice economics and justice as a system – robust research on all of these topics will inform work towards the Vision for Justice aims.
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Not only does Scotland imprison more people than most European countries, but our prison numbers are also rising despite a fall in crime levels. The Scottish Government is attempting to reduce imprisonment through increa...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde
Partially relevant as it focuses on compliance and breach in criminal justice social work, but does not directly address factors affecting different sentences based on protected characteristics and socio-economic background.
The proposed project will improve our understanding of ethnicity and gender in relation to the requirements of community-based sanctions. Better understanding of these relationships has been identified as crucial by Her ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
Partially relevant as it explores how ethnicity and gender impact sentences served in the community, but does not directly address all factors affecting different sentences based on protected characteristics and socio-economic background.
There has been little research examining how those who are punished by the criminal justice system experience and give meaning to their sentences. Research that does exist has largely focused on one single sentence. Howe...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow
Partially relevant as it focuses on the punishment careers of persistent offenders, but does not directly address all factors affecting different sentences based on protected characteristics and socio-economic background.