Police Scotland has arrested 339 suspected paedophiles since April last year, according to a publication on the Scotland Police website. The detentions are part of continuous operations aiming to safeguard potential victims and punish criminals, the article stated. The process of identifying online pedophiles was performed in all of Scotland's [...]

3% of adults in Scotland were subject to psychical or psychological partner abuse last year, the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2012/13: Partner Abuse Statistics of Scotland's Chief Statistician shows. Overall, the nature of partner abuse experienced by individuals from the age of 16 broadly depended on the victim's gender; [...]

During Police Scotland's first year as a single service, housebreakings in Edinburgh skyrocketed by almost 40%, with only 25% of such burglaries having been solved by the authority, new figures show. The data reveals that an average of 11 properties a day were targeted by robbers in the capital, with [...]

In Scotland, self-reported drug use has declined significantly, new figures by Scotland's Chief Statistician reveal. The "Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) Drug Use Report" showed that during 2012-2013, the percentage of adults admitting to using illicit drugs use was 6.2%, down from 7.6% during 2008-2009. The report also pointed [...]

Rape cases have increased by 23% in Scotland, compared to 2013 levels, according to figures released by Police Scotland. The figures show that the total number of reported rapes over the year was 1,690 but it is believed that about 75% of rape cases go unreported. The information clearly indicates [...]

The average number of reconvictions per offender declined by 17% between 2002-2003 and 2011-2012, figures published by Scotland's Chief Statistician show. In the period 2010-11 to 2011-12, the average number of reconvictions per offender in all of Scotland fell by almost 4%, with the reconviction rate going down from 30.1% [...]

Citizen's Advice Scotland (CAS) has reported that its helpline received nearly 220 complaints last year from fraud victims in the Lothians. The majority of calls were related to Internet scams. Country-wide, the total number of calls for support recorded a 14% increase on the preceding year, according to the CAS [...]

The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) has come forward with a list of recommendations regarding stop and search tactics. Their aim is to improve targeting, enhance effectiveness and increase transparency. As the review results have shown, stop and search plays an important part in cracking down on violence and anti-social behaviour, [...]

One of Scotland's most high-profile murder cases is returning to court, Edinburgh News reports. The Crown Office announced earlier this week that Angus Sinclair will again stand trial on suspicion of murdering Christine Eadie and Helen Scott almost four decades ago, after a night out in a pub. Sinclair has [...]

Scotland's Solicitor General, Lesley Thomson, has expressed the belief that specialist litigation would greatly contribute to the fight against domestic abuse. In her speech at the recently held COPFS Domestic Abuse Conference, Thomson said the country should embrace a more modern approach to dealing with this crime. One way of [...]