Scottish Journal of Criminal Justice Studies

Editor: Prof. Jason Ditton.
jasonditton@lineone.net

2007 issue

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Contents include presentations by Rob Allen, Kathleen Marshall and original articles by Michele Burman on the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, by Jenny Johnstone and Vivian Leacock on Managing equality in the criminal justice process, and by Simon Mackenzie on game theory and the evolution of cooperation in criminal justice policy.

2006 issue

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Papers from 'Crime and the Media' SASO’s 36th Annual Conference
• 'Media, crime and law and order. Robert Reiner
• 'The press and crime'. Tom Hamilton
• 'Crime reporting and its effects'. Duncan Campbell
• Original articles
• 'Alternatives to Prison'. Sir Anthony Bottoms of Cambridge and Sheffield Universities
• 'Prisons, prisoners and criminal justice as an instrument of social policy'. Roger Houchin of Glasgow Caledonian University
• 'Promoting desistance and resilience in young people who offend'. Lucy Robertson, Anne-Marie Campbell, Malcolm Hill and Fergus McNeill of the Glasgow University Centre for the Study of the Child
• 'Electronically monitoring offenders in Scotland, 1998-2006'. Mike Nellis of the Glasgow School of Social Work, University of Strathclyde

2005 issue

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• Papers from the 34th Annual Conference:'Order and Disorder'
• 'Prison works? International comparisons' Andrew Coyle
• 'The urge to punish' Richard Holloway
• 'Reflections on a quarter of a century as sheriff' Richard Scott
• 'What works with serious young offenders' Margaret McKinnon and Rachael Murray
• Original articles
• 'Representations of illegal drug case stories in the Scottish press" Alasdair Forsyth
• 'Unthinking drinking' Richard Hammersley
• 'When the world knows your name: Identity theft and fraud in the UK'

2004 issue

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• Papers from the 34th Annual Conference: 'Order and Disorder'
• 'The Irish Juvenile System' Aengus O'Hanrahan
• 'Producing Order from Disorder' Lord Woolf
• 'Risk Factors for Criminal Behaviour' David Cooke
• 'Owen Dudley Edwards on Public Attitudes to Order and Disorder' Sally Kuenssberg
• Original articles
• 'The Employability needs of young offenders' Duncan MacAuley
• 'DNA and Crime Investigation: Scotland and the 'UK National DNA Database' Paul Johnson and Robin Williams

2003 issue

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• Keynote article by Richard Simpson MSP, Deputy Minister for Justice
• Papers from the 33rd Annual Conference: 'Sentencing'
• 'Sentencing fundamentals and the impact of Europe' Nicky Padfield
• 'What do the Scottish public think about sentencing and punishment' Neil Hutton
• 'Drug Courts: the Scottish exerperience' Sheriff Michael O'Grady
• Original articles
• 'The Employability needs of young offenders' Bernadette Monaghan
• 'Worry about housebreaking: is it affected by employment status?' Jason Ditton

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