Criminal law in Scotland

Comprehensive links to sites relating to Scottish criminal law

www.scottishlaw.org.uk/lawscotland/criminal.html

Courtesy of Scottish Law Online.

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

www.crownoffice.gov.uk

Open and friendly designed site contains information about the criminal prosecution system in Scotland, victim support assistance, news, the text of various reports and management plans (under Information) and other bits and bobs.

Scottish Prison Service

www.sps.gov.uk

General information on the SPS, a factsheet, research material, the annual reports and a few other things.

Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

www.sccrc.com

Very useful site explaining what the Commission does, links to cases it has been involved with, explanation of legal issues that have arisen and annual report.

Scottish police service

www.scottish.police.uk/mainframe.htm

A single website for the combined Scottish police forces with links to each police force and associated information: see www.spf.org.uk for the Scottish Police Federation, the collective police officer organisation (also good set of police links).

Public Defence Solicitor’s Office

www.slab.org.uk/pdso/

Funded by, but separate from SLAB, this Office provides salaried solicitors in criminal cases: the site explains the work of the organisation: see www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/resfinds/lsf37-00.asp for the research findings.

Lockerbie bombing

   Verdict and appeal:

www.scotcourts.gov.uk/library/lockerbie/

Available in Word and PDF formats (link available from this page).

   Victims of Pan Am Flight 103:

web.syr.edu/~vpaf103/

Official site of the victims; no longer maintained.

   American Radio Works:

americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/lockerbie/resources/

Collection of resources including sound files.

Victims of Crime in Scotland

www.scottishvictimsofcrime.co.uk

Scottish Executive sponsored site aimed at victims of crime explaining in basic terms how the criminal justice system works and the victim’s role in it.

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority

www.cica.gov.uk

Contains the complete rules of the current scheme (and the previous scheme) in PDF format, among other things.

Go to www.cicap.gov.uk for appeals against initial decisions (including appeal forms).

Sentencing Information for Scotland

www.sentencinginformationscotland.com

This website is aimed at the judiciary (but is open to all) and seeks to provide a comprehensive guide to sentencing options in the whole of Scotland; a very useful resource given the significant variations that exist in relation to non-custodial disposals. Also contains links to research and rather general information on fines.