About SCCJR

The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) aims to:

• Produce high-quality, internationally recognised research in relation to crime and criminal justice;
• Advance understanding of crime and criminal justice through theoretical, empirical and applied research;
• Work with communities, policy makers and the wider public to collaboratively build just societies;
• Support the development criminological research capacity across Scotland and provide an inclusive forum for this regardless of SCCJR membership.

We undertake a wide range of projects and produce different forms of publications to achieve our core objectives.

Who we are

This Centre is lead by a partnership between Glasgow, Stirling, Edinburgh and Strathclyde Universities. We also work in alliance with a wider consortium of individuals and groups in Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrew’s Universities and have worked in partnership with a range of higher education institutions and research centres.