Left Out and Locked Down: impacts of covid-19 lockdown for marginalised groups in Scotland. (December 2020)
This research project is focussing on four groups that may already have been isolated, excluded or marginalised prior to Covid-19. The research is organised into work streams for each of these populations. The groups include: Disabilities and long-term health conditions… Read more
Factsheet: Who are ex-offenders? Information for Employers
This factsheet for employers highlights the reality behind common assumptions made about people with criminal convictions. Read more
View from the Girls - Exploring violence and violent behaviour
This report aims to understand the meaning and function of violence in girls? lives based on the experiences, views and attitudes of girls themselves. It also aims to challenge some of the traditional thinking about violence which has been derived primarily from research on boys… Read more
The State of Happiness: Can public policy shape people's wellbeing and resilience?
This final Local Wellbeing Project report brings together four years of groundbreaking work based on in-depth pilots - from teaching resilience to children in schools to promoting neighbourliness - with three councils in very different areas of England: Manchester, Herfordshire a… Read more
Drug Misuse Statistics Scotland 2009
This annual publication presents the latest available information from a range of national data sources relevant to drug misuse. This report and previous publications are available on the national drugs misuse information web site at www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/dmss In thi… Read more
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2009: Public Attitudes to Drugs and Drug Use in Scotland
This report presents findings from the 2009 Scottish Social Attitudes survey (SSA) on public attitudes towards illegal drugs and drug misuse in Scotland. The questions were funded by the Scottish Government?s Police and Community Safety Directorate, and aimed to explore changes i… Read more
The role of the third sector in work with offenders: the perceptions of criminal justice and third sector stakeholders
This paper examines the views of national criminal justice and third sector stakeholders in England on the strategic position of the sector and its role in the resettlement of offenders. The interview data suggests that although the involvement of the third sector in the criminal… Read more
Right Here, Right Now - taking co-production into the mainstream
This discussion paper is the last of three reports from nef and NESTA. The first report, The Challenge of Co-production, published in December 2009, explained what co-production is and why it offers the possibility of more effective and efficient public services. The second repor… Read more
Evaluation of Intensive Family Support Services in Scotland
Reducing anti-social behaviour (ASB) and building a culture of respect have been key Central Government priorities both in Scotland and south of the border in recent years. Accordingly, measures to tackle ASB have been located within a wider policy agenda of revitalising disadvan… Read more
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2009
'Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2009' is the twelfth in a series of annual reports by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the New Policy Institute. The reports assess a wide range of subjects including unemployment, education and health and are built around a set of 50 in… Read more