(23 June 2025) This evidence review aims to explore current understanding of approaches to preventing human trafficking and exploitation in the UK. It is part of a series of four evidence reviews. This paper provides insight on the potential merits of a public health approach.

(23 June 2025) This paper is part of series of evidence reviews which aim to explore current understanding of prevention strategies and interventions in relation to human trafficking and exploitation in the UK. This paper focuses on the prevention of criminal exploitation of adults and children.

(19 June 2025) Within Scotland, there has been a long standing interest in preventative approaches. This report includes 15 case studies of successful preventative interventions introduced in Scotland since devolution and draws together overarching observations.

(19 June 2025) The Public Service Reform Strategy sets out commitments to change the system of public services - to be preventative, to better join up and to be efficient - in order to better deliver for people. It sets out how we will tackle systemic barriers to change.

(18 June 2025) The “Future Trends for Scotland” report sets out 60 trends that are likely to be important to Scotland over the next 10-to-20 years and includes the project methodology. The supporting Trend Pack articulates the evidence and interview insights that informed each trend in the report.

(18 June 2025) This paper is the first in the series ‘What Works to Reduce Reoffending: An update of the evidence’. The Scottish Government last published What Works to Reduce Reoffending: A Summary of the Evidence in 2015.

(17 June 2025) As part of its Horizon Scanning work, Scottish Government worked with Demos Helsinki, the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) and the UK Government Office for Science to undertake a futures-focused engagement with young people aged 14-19. The engagement findings and the methodology are presented in this report.

(17 June 2025) The Population Health Framework aims to tackle the root causes of poor health and outlines a wide range of actions, including giving greater access to green spaces and opportunities for sport and active recreation.

(17 June 2025) The College publishes guidance on data ethics, data driven technologies and building AI-enabled tools.

(16 June 2025) New guidance to help smart product manufacturers get data protection right.

(16 June 2025) SHRC publishes its response to the Biometrics Code of Practice. This includes feedback that the guidance could better refer to the rights of children.

(14 May 2025) Summary of the findings from phase one of the testing of Scotland's proposed national Domestic Homicide and Suicide Review Model and Scottish Government response to the findings commissioned by the Scottish Government.

(7 May 2025) The Scottish Institute for Policing Research has been awarded funded to be one of nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence (P-ACE). 

(9 May 2025) HMICS publishes its Best Value in policing audit guidance. The findings are due to be published in early 2026. 

(29 April 2025) This report presents short-term Scottish prison population projections for the six month period from April to September 2025.