BOOK REVIEW: Theo Gavrielides (ed.), The Routledge international handbook of restorative justice
Journal Article
Buchan, J. (2022)
BOOK REVIEW: Theo Gavrielides (ed.), The Routledge international handbook of restorative justice. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 2022(2),
Progressive Penality as Performance
Journal Article
Buchan, J., & McNeill, F. (in press)
Progressive Penality as Performance. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice,
Scotland’s prison population remains stubbornly high despite reforms to sentencing and community penalties (most recently in 2016). Seeking to advance the debate on punishment...
Institutionalising restorative justice for adults in Scotland: An empirical study of criminal justice practitioners’ perspectives
Journal Article
Butler, S., Maglione, G., & Buchan, J. (2024)
Institutionalising restorative justice for adults in Scotland: An empirical study of criminal justice practitioners’ perspectives. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 24(1), 269-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958221104229
While in some European and extra-European countries the incorporation of restorative justice into policy frameworks is a dated and widely studied phenomenon, in others it is a...
Book Review: Professionalism in Probation: Making Sense of Marketisation by Matt Tidmarsh
Journal Article
Buchan, J. (2023)
Book Review: Professionalism in Probation: Making Sense of Marketisation by Matt Tidmarsh. Punishment and Society, 25(4), 1144-1147. https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745221079000
The Local Provision of Restorative Justice in Scotland: an Exploratory Empirical Study
Journal Article
Maglione, G., Buchan, J., & Robertson, L. (2022)
The Local Provision of Restorative Justice in Scotland: an Exploratory Empirical Study. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 28, 617-640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-020-09470-3
This article presents the results of the first empirical qualitative research on the provision of restorative justice (RJ) in Scotland, based on interviews with 14 practitione...
Book Review: Philippa Tomczak - The Penal Voluntary Sector
Journal Article
Buchan, J. (2020)
Book Review: Philippa Tomczak - The Penal Voluntary Sector. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 20(3), 376-378. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895819878281
Abstract not available.
The Struggle is Real: Theorising Community Justice Restructuring Agonistically
Journal Article
Buchan, J. (2020)
The Struggle is Real: Theorising Community Justice Restructuring Agonistically. European Journal of Probation, 12(2), 73-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/2066220320927353
This article is a novel use of the ‘agonistic framework’ – a theory of penal change developed in the US, which emphasises the role of hidden conflict – to analyse recent organ...
Compromise, Partnership, Control: Community Justice Authorities In Scotland
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 an...
Book review: Philip Goodman, Joshua Page and Michelle Phelps, Breaking the Pendulum: The Long Struggle over Criminal Justice
Journal Article
Buchan, J. (2018)
Book review: Philip Goodman, Joshua Page and Michelle Phelps, Breaking the Pendulum: The Long Struggle over Criminal Justice. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 18(5), 647-648. doi:10.1177/1748895817719785
No abstract available.
Justice, Empowerment and Community in Scotland
Journal Article
Buchan, J. (2016)
Justice, Empowerment and Community in Scotland. Scottish Justice Matters, 4(2), 20-21
No abstract available.