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Current Scottish criminal justice statistics and annual reports
The starting point for official Scottish Government criminal justice related statistics is the very useful Crime and Justice Statistics page. Here you can find downloadable datasets as well as high level trends on a range of relevant topics.
ACPOS (Association of Chief Officers of Police in Scotland) Annual Report 2010-11
Alcohol Statistics This link takes you to the statistics page of Alcohol Information Scotland.
Antisocial Behaviour Framework First Annual Report 2010
Children’s Hearings site publications page
Civil Recovery Unit Annual Report 2012/2013
Conviction Rates for Rape Charges in Scotland – Charges Reported: 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009
Costs and Equalities and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 2005/6 This is the last publication in the series.
Criminal Appeal Statistics, Scotland, 2008-09 Note: this is the last publication in the series. This data is no longer being collected by the SG but basic figures can be found in the Scottish Court Service Annual Report.
Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics, 2011-12 | Community Payback Order – Scottish Government Summary of Local Authority Annual Reports 2011-12
Criminal Proceedings in Scotland 2011-12
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Annual Report and Accounts for the year to 31 March 2011
Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2010-11 and 2011-12
Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2010
Drug Related Deaths in Scotland in 2011 (GROS publication)
Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces, 2011-12
Electronic Monitoring in the Scottish Criminal and Youth Justice systems July – September 2007
Estimating the National and Local Prevalence of Problem Drug Misuse in Scotland 2009/10
Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland, 2012
Hate Crime in Scotland 2011-12 (COPFS)
Health and Safety Executive Enforcement Statistics page
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland Annual Report 2010-11
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland: Annual Report 2011 – 2012
Inequalities in Mortality in Scotland 1981-2001
Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland 2011-2012
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland Annual Report 2010/11
Liquor Licensing Statistics, 2007 (latest in series)
National Forum on Drug-related Deaths in Scotland Annual Report 2010-11
No Proceedings statistics to March 2008 (COPFS)
Offensive Weapons Crimes: 2000-01 to 2009-10
Parole Board Annual Report 2011-12
Police Complaints statistics 2009/10
Prison statistics and population projections Scotland: 2011-12
Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2011-12
Reconviction rates in Scotland: 2009-10 offender cohort
Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2011-12
Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2011/12
Religiously Aggravated Offending in Scotland 2011-12
Scottish Children’s Reporter online statistics page
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey
Scottish Drugs Enforcement Agency Annual Report 2007-8
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
Scottish Legal Aid Board Annual Report 2007-08
Scottish Policing Performance Framework Annual Report 2007-08
Scottish Prisons Complaints Commission’s Annual Report 2005-2006
SPS Annual Report and Accounts 2005-6
Summary Justice Reform Performance Report: July 2008 – June 2010
Notes on Scottish Crime Recording Standards. (Fife Police site).
Official agencies and institutions
Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS)
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
HM Prisons Inspectorate for Scotland.
Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland
Improving Practice-The High Court of the Justiciary
Independent Custody Visitors Association (Scottish team)
Judicial Appontments Board for Scotland
Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland
Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People
Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA)
Scottish Sentencing Commission
The Scottish Executive and Parliament
Scottish Government publications page Set filter to ‘Crime, Law, Justice and Rights
Scottish Executive Justice Department
Office of the Queen’s Printer ( Scottish legislation on-line texts)
Research Resources
Centre for Sentencing Research (Strathclyde)
CJ Social Work Development Centre Portal
Drug Misuse Information Scotland
Glasgow Partnership: An evaluation of integrated support for young people
Justice:a guide to comparative enquiries. SPICe subject map. April 2004.
Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
Consortium of Scottish universities carrying out and promoting crime and criminal justice research in Scotland.
Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice
Scottish Executive Crime and CJ research publications
Scottish Executive Criminal Justice Research Comprehensive site outlining areas of activity, previous and prospective publications, newsletter.
Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education
Scottish Institute for Policing Research
Scottish Parliament Research Briefings: Criminal Justice.
Youth Transitions and Crime Study (Edinburgh)
Other Essential Scottish Sites
Airborne Initiative Note: Airborne has now closed.
Gay Police Association in Scotland
Semper Scotland. Supporting Ethnic Minority Police Staff.
Special: SPS On-line staff newsletter
Streetwatch Glasgow (CCTV agency)
Women’s Development Forum (Scottish Police)
Women’s Support Project (Glasgow and national)
Victim Information and Advice (Crown Office)
Essential UK
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody
Leeds Law Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (Professor Clive Walker’s links compendium)
No More Prison (Radical Alternatives to Prison)
Rethinking Crime and Punishment
Essential International
The Campbell Crime & Justice Coordinating Group
European Forum for Victim-Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice
European Committee for Children of Imprisoned Parents
European Institute of Crime Prevention and Control
European Offender Employment Forum
European Union: Justice and Home Affairs entrance page
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCCDA
European Sourcebook of Crime nd Criminal Justice Statistics
International Center for the Prevention of Crime
International Centre for Prison Studies
International Crime Victim Surveys (UNICRI site)
International Victimology Website (IVW)
United Nations lnterregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
World Prison Population List (6th edition). International Centre for Prison Studies
