Category: Policing • Page 2
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Police Scotland and the Sullivan Review: getting data collection back on track
Introduction The recent publication of the Sullivan Independent Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender, to which we provided support, has thrown a spotlight on data...
9th May 2025
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MBM statement on adding ‘sex’ to the Hate Crime and Public Order Act (Scotland) 2021
Introduction The Scottish Government has announced today that it will bring forward an Order to add “sex” as a protected characteristic to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland)...
2nd May 2025
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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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MBM submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee inquiry into the operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in Scotland
Introduction On 7 February 2025 the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee issued a three-week Call for Views on Scottish Government proposals to amend the Scottish-specific duties...
3rd 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