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Dr Katrina Morrison's Outputs (36)

Empowering? Discussing ‘Strong Women’ (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morrison, K. (2019, March). Empowering? Discussing ‘Strong Women’. Paper presented at Scottish Universities-Prisons Network Conference - Empowering, Linking, Making, Edinburgh

Compromise, Partnership, Control: Community Justice Authorities In Scotland (2018)
Journal Article
Buchan, J., & Morrison, K. (2020). Compromise, Partnership, Control: Community Justice Authorities In Scotland. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 20(2), 131-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895818814903

Community Justice Authorities (CJAs) were heralded on their inception as modernising Scotland’s community justice system and resolving longstanding tensions between central and local government over community justice control, by encouraging partnersh... Read More about Compromise, Partnership, Control: Community Justice Authorities In Scotland.

Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service (2018)
Book Chapter
Morrison, K. (2018). Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service. In S. Loo (Ed.), Multiple Dimensions of Teaching and Learning for Occupational Practice. Routledge

This paper argues that, as the Scottish Prison Service moves towards professionalisation, the ‘ethical’ component of an officer’s work increases in importance, and that learning in the ‘affective domain’ (that which addresses values, attitudes, and b... Read More about Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service.

What does publicly available research submitted to the Scottish Prison Service Research Access and Ethics Committee (2012-2016), tell us about the distinct nature of Imprisonment in Scotland? (2018)
Journal Article
Maycock, M., Pratt, D., & Morrison, K. (2018). What does publicly available research submitted to the Scottish Prison Service Research Access and Ethics Committee (2012-2016), tell us about the distinct nature of Imprisonment in Scotland?. Prison Service Journal, 238, 46-52

The criminal justice system in Scotland is in many ways distinct from criminal justice systems both within the UK and Europe, which is reflected in the institutions, processes and experiences for those whose lives are affected by it. Within this cont... Read More about What does publicly available research submitted to the Scottish Prison Service Research Access and Ethics Committee (2012-2016), tell us about the distinct nature of Imprisonment in Scotland?.

The criminal justice system in Scotland (2017)
Book Chapter
Morrison, K. (2017). The criminal justice system in Scotland. In Case, Johnson, Williams, Smith, & Manlow (Eds.), Criminology. Oxford University Press

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Book review: Community Punishment: European Perspectives McNeil,Fergus,Robinson,Gwen (eds), Community Punishment: European Perspectives, Routledge: London, 2016; 9781138783782, 9781138818644, (2017)
Journal Article
Morrison, K. (2017). Book review: Community Punishment: European Perspectives McNeil,Fergus,Robinson,Gwen (eds), Community Punishment: European Perspectives, Routledge: London, 2016; 9781138783782, 9781138818644,. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 17(5), 643-645. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895816663860

No abstract available.

Professionalisation and Learning at the Scottish Prison Service (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morrison, K. (2017, June). Professionalisation and Learning at the Scottish Prison Service. Paper presented at Leading the Way: Shaping Practice in the Workplace and the Academy, University of Middlesex, UK

Research, knowledge and criminal justice policy: the Scottish experience. (2016)
Book Chapter
Morrison, K., & Sparks, R. (2016). Research, knowledge and criminal justice policy: the Scottish experience. In H. Croall, G. Mooney, & M. Munro (Eds.), Crime, Jusice and Society in Scotland (30-44). Routledge

Crime, Justice and Society in Scotland is an edited collection of chapters from leading experts that builds and expands upon the success of the 2010 publication Criminal Justice in Scotland to offer a comprehensive and critical overview of Scottish c... Read More about Research, knowledge and criminal justice policy: the Scottish experience..

The management of community justice services in Scotland: policy-making and the dynamics of central and local control. (2015)
Book Chapter
Morrison, K. (2015). The management of community justice services in Scotland: policy-making and the dynamics of central and local control. In M. Wasik, & S. Santatzoglou (Eds.), The management of change in criminal justice: who knows best? (152-169). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137462497_9

For observers of, and those involved with, the Probation Service in England and Wales, this is a bleak time. As the Ministry of Justice pushes through reforms which will see 70% of Probation Trusts’ work outsourced to voluntary and private bidders on... Read More about The management of community justice services in Scotland: policy-making and the dynamics of central and local control..