Inaugural lecture of Professor Susan McVie (cancelled). Event details : CANCELLED We are sorry to announce that this lecture has been cancelled. Lecture title: “Painting by numbers: Changing the landscape of Scottish criminology" Date: 27 February 2012, 5pm Venue: Lecture Theatre 270, Old College Lecture abstract This lecture will consider the profile of Scottish criminology and the increasing importance of quantitative research in informing theory, policy and practice. In particular, it will highlight the key findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, and identify ways in which integrated datasets are providing a multi-dimensional view of the problem of crime. Both the challenges and the opportunities afforded by quantitative approaches to criminological research will be explored. This article was published on 2024-08-28
