In the 1980 and 90s, Glasgow was notorious for a knife crime and had a high rate of homicide – which, in 2005, resulted in the World Health Organization dubbing Glasgow the “murder capital of Europe.”
In this second episode of our podcast pilot, Mr Alastair McAlpine discusses with
Professor Susan McVie how Glasgow has seen a 60% drop in homicide, and violent crime in Scotland has fallen to historic lows over the last two decades, and asks whether she believes that 'this was a miracle' or whether there were other reasons.
In this episode, Susan discusses:
You may wish to refer to the following documents after listening to the podcast, which demonstrate the value of researchers having secure access to datasets from Police Scotland, Hospital A&E, Census 2011 or Ambulance Service.
Violence and vulnerability
Covid19 - Policing the Pandemic
Professor Susan McVie has recently joined a European research group on crime register data, who hope to expand and formalise into a more formal group of the European Society of Criminology. It is hoped that future funding will allow joint research.
For further information on ADR Scotland including all the research projects we are involved in, please visit the SCADR website or follow us on Twitter and Linkedin.
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