Criminal Justice in Scotland

Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as well as its history and some of the key challenges and critical issues facing Scottish criminal justice today.

List of contents

1. What is distinctive about Scotland? 2. Community safety and crime prevention in Scotland 3. Policing in Scotland 4. Courts, prosecution and sentencing in Scotland 5. Fines and financial penalties in Scotland 6. Community justice in Scotland 7. Electronic monitoring in Scotland 8. Prisons and imprisonment in Scotland 9. The youth justice system in Scotland 10. Life after punishment in Scotland 11. Crime control in Scotland in a transnational context 12. Interrogating Scottish distinctiveness

About the author

Jamie Buchan is a Lecturer in Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University. His research centres on penal policy in Scotland, with a particular emphasis on community penalties and restorative justice.
Sarah Anderson is a Lecturer in Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University. Her research has focused on desistance from crime, the intersection of health and justice, and the harms of the criminal justice system.
Katrina Morrison is a Lecturer in Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University and an Associate Director at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). Her work focuses on penal politics and penal change, imprisonment, prison workforces and cultures and healthcare in prisons, with a focus on Scotland.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Anderson, Jamie (Edinburgh Napier University Buchan, Buchan Jamie, Katrina Morrison
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032445809
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244580-9
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Legal aspects of criminology, Police & security services, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, criminal justice, Criminal justice law, Causes & Prevention Of Crime, Police and security services, Causes and prevention of crime, Criminology: legal aspects, Probation services, Juvenile Criminal Law