Category: Criminal Justice • Page 8
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‘Hate incidents’ and freedom of expression (updated 10 April 2022)
Note added 10 April 2022 This blog provides a detailed discussion of police recording practices in Scotland in relation to ‘non-crime hate incidents’. It was originally published on 29...
29th January 2022
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Police Scotland policy on recording rape: how did it evolve and where does responsibility lie?
In recent weeks Police Scotland’s policy on recording the identity of those charged with the crime of rape has received considerable media attention. As revealed in a bluntly worded...
8th January 2022
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MBM response to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee decision on Petition 1876
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...
6th October 2021
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MBM response to Scottish Government submission on Petition 1876
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”....
4th October 2021
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Whose views count? Losing sight of sex in the Police Scotland ‘Your Police’ survey
Introduction In a recent press article, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey police Lisa Townsend stated that police forces should collect data on both sex and gender identity....
25th August 2021
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MBM submission to the Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group (August 2021)
This submission can also be downloaded here Introduction During the passage of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, we wrote extensively on the proposed legislation and...
6th August 2021
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Petition 1876: Next steps and further action needed
Our petition initially closed for signatories on 5 July, with 12,834 signatures (see update below). We are very grateful to all those who signed and shared it. All material...
23rd July 2021
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Letter to the Office for Statistics Regulation on criminal justice statistics: update (18 August 2020)
Many thanks for taking the time to speak to us last week, and updating us on the criminal justice statistics review. Thanks too for talking us through OSR’s proposed...
2nd June 2021
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Letter to the Office for Statistics Regulation on criminal justice statistics (22 June 2020)
22 June 2020 Dear We would like to raise our formal concerns about the reliability of some of the statistics published in ‘Criminal Proceedings in Scotland’. This is...
2nd June 2021
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The exclusion of sex and extension of stirring up hatred (Stage 1 debate briefing) (December 2020)
This briefing can also be accessed here Introduction This briefing was prepared for the Stage 1 debate on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. The briefing focuses...
30th May 2021