Category: Criminal Justice • Page 8
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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
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Supplementary evidence on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: the meaning of transphobia (November 2020)
This blog can be accessed as a briefing here Background On 29 November 2020 we submitted supplementary evidence to the Justice Committee in the light of (a) an open...
30th May 2021
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The ‘ordinary meaning’ of words: a reassurance that does not reassure (November 2020)
This blog may be downloaded as a briefing here 1. Background Discussing the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill at the Justice Committee on 24 November, the Cabinet Secretary...
30th May 2021
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Stage 1 questions for the Cabinet Secretary for Justice (October 2020)
This blog can be downloaded as a briefing here Background The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee began consideration of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 on...
30th May 2021
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The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: views from Scottish policing
Note: This blog was first published in September 2020 Introduction In April 2020 the Scottish Government published the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. The Bill aims to consolidate...
30th May 2021