Kath Murray is an SCCJR research associate at the University of Edinburgh. After a barrage of negative headlines, political spats and recording cock-ups, the ability of police officers in Scotland to stop and search people without legal authority or reasonable…

In May 2014, against a backdrop of media and political attention, the Scottish Police Authority published its Scrutiny Review on stop and search. The Review raised several key questions: Does stop and search work? What constitutes a successful outcome? And…

There’s been a surge of interest in stop and search on both sides of the border in recent weeks, as the Home Secretary and the Scottish Police Authority presented their respective conclusions on the use of this controversial power. Both…