Domestic Homicide Review Model: Give your views!

There’s still time for you to give your views to shape the development of multi-agency Domestic Homicide Review model for Scotland.  The Scottish Government are undertaking engagement with professionals and those with  lived experience until Monday 30 October.    There are a number of ways to take part depending on what works best for you...

SCSN publishes response to Victims, Witnesses, Crime & Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill

The SCSN has published its response to the Scottish Government’s Victims, Witnesses, Crime and Justice (Reform) Bill. The SCSN supports the creation of a Victims and Witnesses Commissioner and the establishment of a specialised sexual offences court. We also welcome the introduction of anonymity for those reporting sexual crime. We also support a reduction in...

Consultation on Dangerous Dogs

We recently submitted a response to the Scottish Government’s Dangerous Dogs Consultation. We support placing an absolute responsibility on dog owners as to the behaviour of their dogs. We support this in favour of the current legislation in Scotland, which only places responsibility on the owner if there has been ‘reasonable apprehension’ of an attack....