Category: Criminal Justice • Page 11
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Supplementary evidence on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (November 2020)
We have submitted supplementary evidence to the Justice Committee in the light of (a) an open letter currently circulating which has been signed by a number of parliamentarians and...
29th November 2020
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Options for securing consensus on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (September 2020)
This blog may be downloaded as a briefing hereA more detailed briefing note on these proposals can be accessed here It has been hard to miss the reaction to...
23rd September 2020
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The Scottish Parliament’s bill process and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill
This is a post setting out how the Scottish Parliament handles government bills, and what that means for the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. A Bill is...
30th August 2020
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The limits of precedent and the special case of racial hatred
This blog is available as a briefing here In response to a recent parliamentary question by Labour MSP James Kelly on the proposed stirring up hatred offences in the...
28th August 2020
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Should ‘Variations in Sex Characteristics’ be included in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill? (August 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing paper here The Hate Crime and Public Order Bill provides for ‘Variations in Sex Characteristics’ (VSCs) as a standalone protected characteristic....
22nd August 2020
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Defining transgender identity in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill and beyond (updated December 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing paper here This blog looks at how the characteristic ‘transgender identity’ is defined in the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill,...
17th August 2020
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The placement of trans prisoners
Scottish Government position In response to a parliamentary question by Johann Lamont MSP on how acquisition of a gender recognition certificate (GRC) affects a prisoner’s legal rights in relation...
17th January 2020
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Losing Sight of Women’s Rights: the unregulated introduction of gender self-identification as a case study of policy capture in Scotland
Losing sight of women’s rights ‘Losing Sight of Women’s Rights: the unregulated introduction of gender self-identification as a case study of policy capture in Scotland’ was published in Scottish...
29th July 2019
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MBM statement on recording in the Scottish Criminal Justice System
Recorded crime statistics allows stakeholders, policy-makers and researchers to analyse and monitor offending trends, develop our understanding of offending behaviours, and to target resources and services. To ensure these...
3rd June 2019
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Recording sex in the criminal justice system: letter to the National Advisory Council on Women & Girls
“As part of the current NACWG spotlight on justice, we would like to draw your attention to a recent case which we think raises questions about how sex and...
4th March 2019