In this edition of Scottish Justice Matters, Professor Susan McVie explores whether current methodological approaches to recording crime reflect the true reality of domestic violence rates in Scotland. Read the article in full. Journal: Scottish Justice Matters Edition:June 2016 Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Pages: 36-37 ISSN: 2052-7950
» Read moreLike many other western countries, the number of recorded crimes and offences in Scotland has seen a dramatic reduction since the early 1990s. A key aim of the AQMeN research on crime and victimisation was to examine the crime drop in Scotland, comparing and contrasting the trends in different types of crimes and offences, and to establish how this was
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The number of recorded crimes has fallen in many countries, including Scotland, since the early 1990s. As crime is committed by people, this crime drop must be explained by either a reduction in the number of people offending (prevalence) or a reduction in the number of offences committed by people who do offend (frequency), or both. However, to date, little
» Read moreIn November 2016, AQMeN Director Professor Susan McVie wrote a guest blog for ADRN – the Administrative Data Research Network – on the potential impact of better data linkage across crime data in Scotland. Check out Susan’s guest blog at the ADRN website.
» Read moreThis AQMeN impact case study highlights the impact of recent research by doctoral student Ben Matthews. Ben’s research explores the fall in conviction rates for young people in Scotland, including the use of his findings in the development of the Scottish Government Youth Justice Strategy, published in 2015, and the revised Justice Strategy, due to be published in 2017. Read
» Read morePart of the new AQMeN impact case study series, this document highlights the impact of the research undertaken by Dr Kath Murray and Professor Susan McVie around high rates of stop and search in Scotland. The research took place in 2014 with the findings having a transformative impact on policing in Scotland, including the introduction of a new Code of
» Read moreThis AQMeN impact case study draws on research from the Crime and Victimisation programme and highlights the impact of the research findings which have influenced crime reduction strategies through the Scottish Government ‘Building Safer Communities’ Board. Professor Susan McVie has been a member of the Board since inception in 2013 and has used evidence from the AQMeN research to inform
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A key aspect of our research programme on the crime drop has involved examining it from the perspective of victims. Victimisation surveys provide a useful alternative source to police statistics on changing trends in crime in a number of countries, including Scotland. By combining multiple sweeps of Scottish victim surveys from 1993 to 2014/15, we take a victim-centered approach to
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Our work on the crime drop in Scotland has included a detailed analysis of how crime has changed at different spatial scales. We have conducted research aimed at explaining the crime drop at a national level; however, here we present key papers which have focused on changing crime trends at regional and local level. The aim of this work has
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Dramatic drops in crime have been observed across many countries worldwide, but research has until very recently focused mostly on the US (see, for example, Lafree 1999; Levitt 2004; Blumstein & Wallman 2006). There has been little international comparative research (exceptions include Tseloni et al. 2010, Farrell et al. 2010), no comparison of the UK jurisdictions, and no research at
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