Category: Criminal justice data • Page 2
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Pangender terrorists and policy capture
‘At the risk of stating the obvious, it is hard to understand what possible operational value there is in knowing that a Registered Sex Offender or a person convicted...
24th March 2025
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Police Scotland: Wasting parliamentary time?
Introduction This blog charts the extraordinary behaviour of Police Scotland over the past six years, in response to a simple question: could a rapist ever be recorded as a...
3rd March 2025
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Police Scotland review of sex and gender: what’s the story?
Introduction This blog traces how Police Scotland appears to be quietly retreating from a promise made to the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), and indirectly, through the SPA, to the...
16th January 2025
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The wrong statistics
Introduction Against a backdrop on ongoing controversy, on 26 September the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) Board questioned the Chief Constable about Police Scotland’s policy on recording the sex of offenders. As detailed...
28th October 2024
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Police Scotland review of sex and gender: letter to Chief Constable
We have written today to Jo Farrell, Chief Constable of Police Scotland, following her statement to the Scottish Police Authority’s board meeting on 26 September. Our letter is available...
11th October 2024
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Does the Scottish Police Authority understand the data it is scrutinising
Introduction On 26 September the Scottish Police Authority questioned the Chief Constable about Police Scotland’s policy on recording the sex of offenders. This blog argues that the discussion of published police...
11th October 2024
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Transitioning at work: How Police Scotland gave cross-dressers an access-all-areas pass
On 26 September Police Scotland’s Chief Constable Jo Farrell told the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) that the single service would undertake a review of its policies based on gender...
30th September 2024
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Statement on Police Scotland recording policy U-turn
A letter from Police Scotland has just been published by the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee. It states: ‘The Committee should be absolutely assured that a man who commits...
25th September 2024
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Scottish Police Authority Chair’s report on Police Scotland recording policy
Introduction At this week’s Scottish Police Authority Board meeting (26 September), Board Members will question the Chief Constable on Police Scotland’s recording policy on sex and gender. The current...
25th September 2024
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Police Scotland statements on its recording policy: A timeline (updated May 2025)
Introduction Since 2019 Police Scotland has made various statements explaining and defending its policy in relation to recording the sex of suspects. This blog brings these together. This includes...
24th September 2024