October 2021 – MurrayBlackburnMackenzie

MBM response to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee decision on Petition 1876

Posted by Kath Murrayon October 6, 2021November 28, 2021in Data collection, Scottish Parliament Public petition

We are pleased at the Committee’s decision to continue to work on the petition and gather further evidence. The petition raises substantive questions about the accuracy and reliability of criminal justice statistics, particularly in relation to serious sexual offending. It…

MBM response to Scottish Government submission on Petition 1876

Posted by Lisa Mackenzieon October 4, 2021in Scottish Parliament Public petition

The response states that it is “for Police Scotland to determine how the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape is recorded on the CHS”. Our petition asks that the Scottish Government require Police Scotland to…