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UPDATE ... Winners announced - Scottish Justice Fellowships: PhDs into Policy and Practice

22nd November 2018

FIVE PhD students have become the first recipients of a Scottish Justice Fellowship which will see them turn their theses into research summaries and associated materials for policy makers and practitioners. We are delighted to announce the Fellows: Emma Forbes, Kirsty Deacon and Annie Crowley...

Scottish Funding Council gives SIPR a glowing "10-year Impact Report"

1st February 2017

Growing a stronger, safer Scotland This article appeared as an SFC Blog to coincide with the launch of the Report The seeds of SFC funding have the potential to grow great things. A review, published today, shows that our initial funding for a research project ten years ago has made a...

RGU showcases Scottish model of policing research at International LEPH conference

16th November 2016

[reproduced from the RGU website] The Police (Special Operations) Research Group recently delivered a major session at an international conference on Law Enforcement and Public Health. The biennial LEPH Conference, held in Amsterdam, aimed to explore the complex and diverse intersection of law...

George Mason Criminology students joined with others in Scotland to explore how policing is researched around the world.

26th July 2016

[Reproduced from the GMU Website. Photo provided.] While some visitors to Scotland go for the bagpipes, castle tours or whisky tastings, a team of students and professors from George Mason University's Criminology, Law and Society Department spent a week during summer break at the University of...