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http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/index.php
This site provides excellent information on The Scottish Centre for Criminal Justice Research and links to all areas of the criminal justice system in Scotland, recent and current research and consultancy.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Justice/crimes
This site provides very valuable and informative links to criminal justice policy and practice in Scotland.
There are links to criminal justice research in all areas of policy-making.

http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/fighters/scottishcourtservice.shtml
http://www.scotland.gov.uk
These sites are excellent for information on the administration of criminal justice law and the operation of the Scottish courts. The above sites also contain links to the Ministry of Justice and Court Service, police forces, and the Prison Service in Scotland, as well as containing statistics and more general information on the criminal justice system.

http://www.scottishlaw.org.uk
This is a comprehensive independent web portal with links to a wide range of resources on all aspects of Scots law.

http://www.journalonline.co.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk
These sites are generally very useful for media information on specific cases such as Lockerbie.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/21/newsid_2539000/2539447.stm
This site provides a description of the Lockerbie Air disaster on 21 December 1988.

http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/justiciary/index.asp
A site that provides a very good introduction to the Scottish courts and how they work and which also provides detailed information on legal personnel.

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