‘This excellent volume gives the reader an accessible, illuminating and up-to-date picture of Scottish criminal justice. Locating the distinctive character of the Scottish system in a social and comparative context, these incisive essays challenge complacent national myths and replace them with sharp, well-informed analysis.’–David Garland, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology, New York University
‘Criminal Justice in Scotland makes a valuable and timely contribution to the growing field of comparative criminology.’ – Pat Carlen, Professor of Criminology, University of Kent
‘At last we have a well-informed and up to date discussion of issues in Scottish criminal justice in one volume...Croall, Mooney, Munro and their contributors have done the field, in and beyond Scotland, a great service.’ – Richard Sparks, Professor of Criminology at the University of Edinburgh, and Co-director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
'The editors have attempted something ambitious and difficult with this collection....A very useful text.'
-Rod Morgan, University of Cardiff, in the British Journal of Criminology vol 51 iss 6
'This is an excellent book that not only fills a gap by providing an overview of the Scottish criminal justice system, but also provides an accomplish insight into the dynamics of globalisation and localism.'
-Jamie Bennett, Governor of HMP Morton Hal, in Prison Service Journal no 194