Katrina Morrison

Dr Katrina Morrison

Lecturer

K.Morrison@napier.ac.uk

About me
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Post Grad

Biography

I am a part-time lecturer in criminology at Edinburgh Napier, where I have been since December 2012. I was on secondment to the Scottish Prison Service for two years until autumn 2018. I am also a Board member for Howard League Scotland. Before beginning at Napier I worked with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (University of Glasgow) on a project examining the policing and security of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014. My education was at the University of Edinburgh. I studies for my BA (hons) in sociology and social policy at the University of Edinburgh, and received the James Clerke Memorial prize for best social policy dissertation on the topic of introducing restorative justice practices in Scottish criminal justice. I continued onto the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice, where my dissertation examined the history of rehabilitation in Scottish prisons. My PhD examined the effects of devolution on Scottish criminal justice, drawing on theoretical frameworks from social and political sciences and interviews from criminal justice policy-makers and practitioners.

School

School of Applied Sciences

Research Groups

Social Sciences Research Group

Themes

Research Areas

Compromise , Partnership , Control: Community Justice Authorities In Scotland

Buchan, J., & Morrison, K. (in press). Compromise , Partnership , Control: Community Justice Authorities In Scotland. Criminology and Criminal Justice, doi:10.1177/1748895818814903
Buchan, J., & Morrison, K. (in press). Compromise , Partnership , Control: Community Justice Authorities In Scotland. Criminology and Criminal Justice, doi: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...

2018
What does publicly available research submitted to the Scottish Prison Service Research Access and Ethics Committee (2012-2016), tell us about the distinct nature of Imprisonment in Scotland?

Maycock, M., Pratt, D., & Morrison, K. (2018). What does publicly available research submitted to the Scottish Prison Service Research Access and Ethics Committee (2012-2016), tell us about the distinct nature of Imprisonment in Scotland?. Prison Service Journal, 238, 46-52
Maycock, M., Pratt, D., & Morrison, K. (2018). What does publicly available research submitted to the Scottish Prison Service Research Access and Ethics Committee (2012-2016), tell us about the distinct nature of Imprisonment in Scotland?. Prison Service Journal, 238, 46-52

2018
Book review: Community Punishment: European Perspectives McNeil,Fergus,Robinson,Gwen (eds), Community Punishment: European Perspectives, Routledge: London, 2016; 9781138783782, 9781138818644,

Morrison, K. (2017). Book review: Community Punishment: European Perspectives McNeil,Fergus,Robinson,Gwen (eds), Community Punishment: European Perspectives, Routledge: London, 2016; 9781138783782, 9781138818644,. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 17(5), (643-645). doi:10.1177/1748895816663860. ISSN 1748-8958
Morrison, K. (2017). Book review: Community Punishment: European Perspectives McNeil,Fergus,Robinson,Gwen (eds), Community Punishment: European Perspectives, Routledge: London, 2016; 9781138783782, 9781138818644,. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 17(5), (643-645). doi:10.1177/1748895816663860. ISSN 1748-8958

No abstract available.

2017
The criminal justice system in Scotland

Morrison, K. (2016). The criminal justice system in Scotland. In Case, , Johnson, , Williams, , Smith, & Manlow, (Eds.). CriminologyOxford University Press (OUP). ISBN unknown
Morrison, K. (2016). The criminal justice system in Scotland. In Case, , Johnson, , Williams, , Smith, & Manlow, (Eds.). CriminologyOxford University Press (OUP). ISBN unknown

No abstract available.

2016
Tagging more offenders can’t just be quick fix for prison numbers

Morrison, K. (2016). Tagging more offenders can’t just be quick fix for prison numbers. The Conversation,
Morrison, K. (2016). Tagging more offenders can’t just be quick fix for prison numbers. The Conversation, 

No abstract available.

2016
Research, knowledge and criminal justice policy: the Scottish experience.

Morrison, K., & Sparks, R. (2016). Research, knowledge and criminal justice policy: the Scottish experience. In H. Croall, G. Mooney, & M. Munro (Eds.), Crime, Jusice and Society in Scotland, 30-44. Routledge
Morrison, K., & Sparks, R. (2016). Research, knowledge and criminal justice policy: the Scottish experience. In H. Croall, G. Mooney, & M. Munro (Eds.), Crime, Jusice and Society in Scotland, 30-44. Routledge

Crime, Justice and Society in Scotland is an edited collection of chapters from leading experts that builds and expands upon the success of the 2010 publication Criminal Justi...

2016
The management of community justice services in Scotland: policy-making and the dynamics of central and local control.

Morrison, K. (2014). The management of community justice services in Scotland: policy-making and the dynamics of central and local control. In M. Wasik, & S. Santatzoglou (Eds.), The management of change in criminal justice: who knows best?, 152-169. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137462497_9
Morrison, K. (2014). The management of community justice services in Scotland: policy-making and the dynamics of central and local control. In M. Wasik, & S. Santatzoglou (Eds.), The management of change in criminal justice: who knows best?, 152-169. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137462497_9

For observers of, and those involved with, the Probation Service in England and Wales, this is a bleak time. As the Ministry of Justice pushes through reforms which will see 7...

2015
Why penal reform should care about prison officers.

Morrison, K. (2018). Why penal reform should care about prison officers
Morrison, K. (2018). Why penal reform should care about prison officers

No abstract available.

2018
Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service

Morrison, K. (2018). Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service. In S. Loo (Ed.), Multiple Dimensions of Teaching and Learning for Occupational PracticeTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
Morrison, K. (2018). Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service. In S. Loo (Ed.), Multiple Dimensions of Teaching and Learning for Occupational PracticeTaylor & Francis (Routledge)

This paper argues that, as the Scottish Prison Service moves towards professionalisation, the ‘ethical’ component of an officer’s work increases in importance, and that learni...

2018
Redesigning Community Justice in Scotland?

Morrison, K. (2015). Redesigning Community Justice in Scotland?
Morrison, K. (2015). Redesigning Community Justice in Scotland?

No abstract available.

2015

Identity, Transitions and Support: Processes of Desistance among Ex-Military Personnel in Custody

Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

£9358

Increasingly in Scottish criminal justice, ‘desistance’ is regarded as central to supporting a reduction and cessation in offending. This approach, which places the offender at the centre of their pro...

2019 to 2019

Current Post Grad projects

Exploring the History and Cultural Representation of Capital Punishment in Scotland - Simon McFadden, Prof Anne Schwan, Dr Katrina Morrison (Second Supervisor), Dr Alistair Scott

Master's Degree

2019 to date

Previous Post Grad projects

Developing a clinically meaningful and feasible suicide risk assessment measure for use in Emergency Departments - Dr Kirstie McClatchey, Dr Jennifer Murray, Dr Zoe Chouliara, Dr Anne Rowat, Dr Katrina Morrison

Doctorate

My PhD project aims to explore suicide risk assessment practices in emergency settings. ...

2014 to 2018

Katrina Morrison

Dr Katrina Morrison

Biography

Compromise , Partnership , Control: Community Justice Authorities In Scotland

What does publicly available research submitted to the Scottish Prison Service Research Access and Ethics Committee (2012-2016), tell us about the distinct nature of Imprisonment in Scotland?

Book review: Community Punishment: European Perspectives McNeil,Fergus,Robinson,Gwen (eds), Community Punishment: European Perspectives, Routledge: London, 2016; 9781138783782, 9781138818644,

The criminal justice system in Scotland

Tagging more offenders can’t just be quick fix for prison numbers

Research, knowledge and criminal justice policy: the Scottish experience.

The management of community justice services in Scotland: policy-making and the dynamics of central and local control.

Why penal reform should care about prison officers.

Professionalism and affective learning for new prison officers: learning values, attitudes and behaviours in training at the Scottish Prison Service

Redesigning Community Justice in Scotland?

Identity, Transitions and Support: Processes of Desistance among Ex-Military Personnel in Custody

Current Post Grad projects

Exploring the History and Cultural Representation of Capital Punishment in Scotland - Simon McFadden, Prof Anne Schwan, Dr Katrina Morrison (Second Supervisor), Dr Alistair Scott

Previous Post Grad projects

Developing a clinically meaningful and feasible suicide risk assessment measure for use in Emergency Departments - Dr Kirstie McClatchey, Dr Jennifer Murray, Dr Zoe Chouliara, Dr Anne Rowat, Dr Katrina Morrison