Katrina Morrison
Katrina Morrison

Dr Katrina Morrison

Lecturer

Biography

I am a part-time Lecturer in Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University where I have been since December 2012. I am also an Associate Director at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. I was seconded to the Scottish Prison Service between 2016 and 2018 where I lead a team developing a professional qualification for prison officers. Before joining Napier I was a Research Assistant at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the University of Glasgow, and before then I completed my PhD at the Law School in the University of Edinburgh.

I am a passionate advocate for penal reform and in that capacity also sit as a Board member and Secretary for Howard League Scotland.

My research interests and areas of recognised expertise include:
▪ Prisons and imprisonment, prison cultures and workforces.
▪ Penal policy and politics.
▪ Qualitative research methods.

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24 results

Locked Down, Locked Out? Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Final Report

Report
Buchan, J., Nogales, C., Morrison, K., & Wooff, A. (2022)
Locked Down, Locked Out? Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Final Report. Economic and Social Research Council

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

Presentation / Conference
Haddow, C., Winterton, M., & Morrison, K. (2022, June)
Identity, Transitions and Support: Processes of Desistance Among Ex-Military Personnel in Custody. Poster presented at Edinburgh Napier Armed Forces Day Event, Edinburgh, UK

Scotland

Book Chapter
Graham, H., & Morrison, K. (2022)
Scotland. In F. Dünkel, S. Harrendorf, & D. van Zyl Smit (Eds.), The Impact of COVID-19 on Prison Conditions and Penal Policy. London: Routledge
The COVID-19 pandemic has been disruptive and halting in its impact on Scottish justice. This chapter offers an overview of how the pandemic has affected Scottish prisons and ...

The Criminal Justice System in Scotland

Book Chapter
Morrison, K., Buchan, J., & Wooff, A. (2021)
The Criminal Justice System in Scotland. In The Oxford Textbook on Criminology. (2nd). Oxford: Oxford University Press
Morrison, K., Buchan, J., & Wooff, A. (2021). The Criminal Justice System in Scotland. In The Oxford Textbook on Criminology. (2nd). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available...

Locked Down, Locked Out?: Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic - A Report on Interim Findings

Report
Buchan, J., Nogales, C., Wooff, A., & Morrison, K. (2021)
Locked Down, Locked Out?: Local Partnership Resilience in the Covid-19 Pandemic - A Report on Interim Findings. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University
This report presents interim findings from a research project on local partnership working and resilience in the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures. This grant...

Becoming a Prison Officer: An Analysis of the Early Development of Prison Officer Cultures

Journal Article
Morrison, K., & Maycock, M. (2021)
Becoming a Prison Officer: An Analysis of the Early Development of Prison Officer Cultures. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 60(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12394
Despite the fact that over recent years, imprisonment in Scotland has adopted a bold and aspirational policy direction including proposed reforms to the role of the prison off...

What are the Implications of Changing Place for the Professional Performativity of Prison Officers?

Journal Article
Maycock, M., McGuckin, K., & Morrison, K. (in press)
What are the Implications of Changing Place for the Professional Performativity of Prison Officers?. Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2020.1821407
Throughcare Support Officers (TSOs) were a unique role in the Scottish criminal justice system when they operated between 2015 and 2019. This research challenges and extends e...

"We are 'free range' prison officers", the experiences of Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Throughcare Support Officers (TSOs) working in custody and the community

Journal Article
Maycock, M., McGuckin, K., & Morrison, K. (2020)
"We are 'free range' prison officers", the experiences of Scottish Prison Service (SPS) Throughcare Support Officers (TSOs) working in custody and the community. Probation Journal, 67(4), 358-374. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550520954898
Between 2015 and 2019, forty-one Throughcare Support Officers (TSOs) supported people serving short sentences leaving custody across eleven Scottish Prison Service (SPS) estab...

The Paradox Of Scottish Life Imprisonment

Journal Article
Van Zyl Smit, D., & Morrison, K. (2020)
The Paradox Of Scottish Life Imprisonment. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 28(1), 76-102. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718174-02801004
More people are serving life sentences in Scotland as a proportion of the national population than in any other country in Europe. Yet Scotland claims to adopt a welfarist rat...

Scottish Penal Reform since Devolution: Reflections and Prospects for Change

Digital Artefact
Morrison, K. (2019)
Scottish Penal Reform since Devolution: Reflections and Prospects for Change. [Blog]
The 20th anniversary of the opening of the Scottish Parliament allows us to pause and reflect on the progress of penal reform in this time. While criminal justice was under th...

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