Relevant Publications

Page last updated: December 2025 Listed below are some relevant publications which impact on community safety and building safer communities in Scotland, organised by theme. Violence Prevention & Reduction Exclusion from School and Risk of Serious Violence: A Target Trial Emulation Study (2025) Safe Space? The past present and future of violence reduction in Scotland…

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Effective Interventions Reviews

Produced in partnership with Glasgow University, Effective Intervention Reviews provide independent academic research from across the UK on a range of community safety topics. These archived reports offer evidence-based insights into what works in community safety practice. User Guide: How to work with the SCS Effective Intervention Reviews   Anti-Social Behaviour Approaches to Community Safety…

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A Local Experience of Managing Anti-Social Behaviour | Lunchtime Learning Summary

A Local Experience of Managing Anti-Social Behaviour For this session, we heard directly from Inverclyde Community Safety Network — and it was a genuinely useful look at what joined-up working on ASB actually looks like in practice, not just in theory. Inverclyde’s approach sits within a well-structured partnership framework, with reducing antisocial behaviour as a…

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Gannochy Bridge

Improved engagement with the community to highlight the Water Safety, particularly with the young people within the area following a spike in recent water incidents within an area which attracted young people due to good weather/staycations. Following a rise of water rescue incidents both nationally and locally, LALO Duncan, WC Matty Crabb and WC Michael…

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SafeTaysiders

Dundee is a large city, which had a problem with youth related disorder and ant-social behaviour in the northeast of the city.  In 1991 a programme was set up by the police for P7 pupils, who were about to go into secondary education to teach them what could happen in various situations such as Personal, Road, Water and…

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