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Last week in the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is now sitting. Our weekly Parliamentary reviews covering all relevant proceedings from September 1st will be available from the week beginning 22nd September.

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Dr Lesley McAra's presentation to the European Society of Criminology Conference on 4th September 2008 entitled 'Global politics and local culture: crime control and penal practice in a small nation' will be available on this site in late September.

Events: The events diary for 2008-9 is filling up so if you haven't had a look for a while, why not check now? Events page

Article: "Justice reinvestment: what it is and why it may be an idea to consider in Scotland" by Hillary Ross. Go to articles index.

3.10.07. CjScotland's 4th Birthday Now starting our fifth year of the project and still going . . .

James Devon Project: We are currently uploading the digitised content of Dr James Devon's The Criminal and the Community (1912). For more about this fascinating work go to the The James Devon Project.

Have you ever been frustrated by the patchy media coverage of Parliamentary business or need to check current developments in criminal justice legislation? Our new weekly Parliamentary review is now online to summarise, track and link to criminal justice developments at Holyrood for you. The page has been made possible by a grant from the Clarke Foundation for Legal Education for which we are grateful. It will be posted early every week following the business reviewed

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