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Question of the Month Our Question of the Month for September related to our most recent ‘Conversations with…’ interview with Niven Rennie, Director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit. In the interview, we discussed a public health approach to reducing violence, as well as broader themes of trauma informed justice and rehabilitation of offenders. We...
It is a great honour to introduce the SCSN Annual Report for 2019/20,my first as Chair Person of the Board of Directors. My first year has been made so much easier from the excellent work by our previous Chair Mark McCall, our Board of Directors and our staff team. The focus of our work is...
by Dawn Exley, National Development Officer On Thursday 27th August, we attended the launch of the Street Cones ‘Something to Lose’. Commissioned by Community Justice Glasgow, the film follows the fictional journey of a young man on a Community Payback Order ‘CPO’ and the impact it has on his life (as an alternative to a...
A Public Health Approach to reducing crime 2020 hasn’t been the best of years. There aren’t too many silver linings to a global pandemic, but what has been encouraging to see is the renewed appreciation for public health. ‘Viral load’ and ‘R numbers’ have become part of everyday dinner table conversation as people learn more...
Our Question of the Month for August was based around our Conversation With Dr Christine Goodall of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP). We discussed issues around alcohol arising from the Covid 19 pandemic, including anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, unintentional harm and more. We asked: Have you been aware of increases in anti-social behaviour...
by Dawn Exley, SCSN National Development Officer We recently attended a seminar from Red Harbour on youth justice and how a rights-based approach could be key to changing the system for the better. Dr Claire Lightowler – Director of the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice, presented on her work ‘Rights Respecting? Scotland’s approach...
by David Barbour, SCSN Communications Officer A few recent prominent media stories got our team, and myself in turn, interested in thinking more about this. The first was the case of a 15 year old boy arrested and charged with the killing of a Shetland pony in West Lothian. It brought about strong feeling. Comments...
The Scottish Government Consultation on the Road Safety Framework to 2030 is now open. The Road Safety Framework to 2030 sets out a compelling long-term vision for road safety, Vision Zero, where there are zero fatalities and injuries on Scotland’s roads by 2050. The journey to achieving this vision will also include ambitious interim targets...
“We think rehabilitation is particularly important for young people as there is significant potential for a young person’s behaviour to be changed and the risk of reoffending reduced, particularly as a result of their still developing maturity and their capacity for change.” SCSN recently submitted a response to the Scottish Sentencing Council (SSC) ‘Sentencing Young...
More than 5,000 child sex offences recorded by Police Scotland in 2019/20 Childline counselling sessions about sexual abuse in the family triple across UK during lockdown NSPCC urges Scottish Government to draw up a Child Sexual Abuse Strategy that puts victims and prevention at its core Police Scotland recorded an average of 15 child sex...