From the impact on victims to interviews with high-profile criminal justice figures, The Scotsman’s series is looking at the ...

Part of Modern Studies Crime, law and the justice system When a young male in Scotland aged between 16 and 21 is sentenced to a period of imprisonment or is remanded by the court, he will ...

Thousands of criminal cases in Scotland have been abandoned over the past five years due to statutory time-bar limits and delays by police and reporting agencies, The Scotsman reports. The Crown ...

Ready to study abroad? Consider criminal justice's study abroad to Scotland Course. This short-term study abroad course explores crime and space throughout Scotland. Students will visit historic ...

‘Instant justice’ is not possible ... Operation Branchform hold-up Scotland’s most senior judge has said it appears there is a “hold-up” with the criminal investigation into the SNP ...

Efforts to reduce severe delays in Scotland’s criminal justice system have been “too slow,” legal experts have warned, with victims of serious crimes waiting more than three years for verdicts. At the ...

But they warned that a lack of criminal defence lawyers will add to delays in bringing cases to trial. Lord Carloway also claimed he felt he'd been left "high and dry" by Scotland's justice ...

The replacement HMP Glasgow will open in 2028, three years later than originally planned.

Criminal defence lawyers are to boycott courts across Scotland on Monday in a dispute ... "This is fundamental to access to justice. "The most vulnerable in society and, indeed, justice itself ...