Reading Time: 8 minutes This blog outlines what has been happening in relation to jury trials following the introduction of social distancing restrictions.
Tag: Criminal justice
Coronavirus (Covid-19): prisoner numbers
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at the impact on prisoner numbers of measures taken in response to the coronavirus
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – social distancing
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog outlines restrictions placed on the general public in Scotland with the aim of limiting the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) through social distancing.
Twenty Years of Imprisonment
Reading Time: 12 minutes As part of the programme to mark 20 years of the Scottish Parliament, this blog looks at the use of imprisonment since devolution.
Does your face fit?
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post looks at the need to balance the use of biometrics in tackling crime whilst also protecting the privacy and human rights of individuals.
A new approach to women offenders in Scotland
Reading Time: 5 minutes Where were we? Scotland has come a long way in its approach to women offenders in recent years. For example, until the mid 2000s, women