Higher and Advanced Higher
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Higher:
General Websites
SQA Understanding Standards Higher - Learn how Paper 1 and 2 are marked!
Modern Studies Association - links to good websites
Modernity Scotland - Resources for Higher Students
Study Theme 1A:
Devolved Decision Making in Scotland
Directgov - How Scotland is governed
Scottish Parliament - On line Resources
Scottish Parliament - Executive Bill Case Study
Scottish Parliament - Committee Bill Case Study
Study Theme 1D:
Electoral Systems, Voting and Political Attitudes
Study Theme 2:
Wealth and Health Inequalities in the UK
Wealth
SNS - Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics is the Scottish Governments on-going programme to improve the availability, consistency and accessibility of small area statistics in Scotland. This internet site is the main way in which the Scottish Government will disseminate the range of small area statistics including information on health, education, poverty, unemployment, housing, population, crime and social / community issues at the data zone level and above which support a number of the Governments targets and commitments aimed at closing the gap between disadvantaged areas and the rest of Scotland.
Scottish Government Social and Welfare Statistics
BBC Bitesize Revision Activities
The Poverty Site - The UK site for statistics on poverty and social exclusion.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Directgov - Money, tax and benefits
Directgov - Employment
Department for Work And Pensions
Health
Equally Well: Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities
Scottish Government Health Statistics
Scottish Government - Health and Community Care
Directgov - Health and well-being
Department of Health - Follow links to statistics
Study Theme 3A:
Republic of South Africa
Links to all South African political parties
Decision Making Exercise:
DME
Political Parties And Leaders:
- The Conservative Party
- David Cameron
- Scottish Conservative Party
- Annabel Goldie
- The Labour Party
- Gordon Brown
- The Scottish Labour Party
- Liberal Democrats
- Nick Clegg
- Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Scottish National Party
- Alex Salmond
- Scottish Green Party
- Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
- Scottish Socialist Party
- Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement
TV News:
Newspapers:
- Press and Journal Newspaper
- Daily Record/Sunday Mail
- The Glasgow Herald
- The Scotsman
- London Evening Standard
- The Telegraph
- The Guardian
- The Independent
- The Times
- The Sun
- The Mirror
- The Economist
- Newsweek Magazine
- Reuters International News Agency
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Advanced Higher:
Modern Studies Association - links to good websites
Many thanks to J. Ashley for help developing this section
Law and Order - General:
Crime Info - If you want to know about crime, what causes it and how it is dealt with then this is where you can find out.|
Crime Times - Crime Times is a quarterly publication of The Wacker Foundation concentrating on the links between brain dysfunction and disordered/ criminal/ psychopathic behavior.
SACRO - Sacro's Mission is to reduce conflict and offending and make communities safer.
DirectGov - Crime, justice and the law
CIViTAS - The Institute for the Study of Civil Society
Intute - a free on line service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists.
Portree High School Website - has excellent Advanced Higher links.
Law and Order - Policing:
Scottish Police Service - Police Forces in Scotland
Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency
Crime Reduction - Providing information and resources for people working to reduce crime in their local area.
Crimestoppers - Crimestoppers is an independent UK-wide charity working to stop crime. Crimestoppers works for you, your family and your community.
SOCA - The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is a new law enforcement agency created to reduce the harm caused to people and communities in the UK by serious organised crime.
Law and Order - Government Response:
Directgov - Crime prevention
Directgov - Victims of crime
- Victim Support in England and Wales
- Victim Support Scotland
- Domestic violence: getting help
- Protecting yourself and your child from domestic abuse
Directgov - Prison and probation
Scottish Government – justice section covers many topics.
Scottish Parliament - Justice Committee.
Law and Order - Non Governmental Organisation Response:
Apex - To reduce re-offending by working with offenders and young people at risk of offending to help them address their employability needs and progress them towards employment, education or training.
SACC - Scotland Against Criminalising Communities -is a grassroots group that campaigns against Britain's anti-terrorism acts and offers solidarity to the communities most affected by them.
Antisocial Behaviour Scotland - Standing up to antisocial behaviour
Law and Order - Statistics/Research:
SNS - Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics is the Scottish Governments on-goingprogramme to improve the availability, consistency and accessibility of small areastatistics in Scotland. This internet site is the main way in which the Scottish Government will disseminate the range of small area statistics including information on health, education, poverty, unemployment, housing, population, crime and social / community issues at the data zone level and above which support a number of the Governments targets and commitments aimed at closing the gap between disadvantaged areas and the rest of Scotland.
Scottish Government Crime and Justice Statistics
Scottish Government - Crime statistics
Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime- A review by Louise Casey, June 2008
British Society of Criminology - Welcome to the website for Britain's major criminological society. The British Society of Criminology has a fast-growing membership (currently 850, including 80 overseas members from all continents). The Society aims to further the interests and knowledge of both academic and professional people who engaged in any aspect of teaching, research or public education about crime, criminal behaviour and the criminal.
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies - CCJS is an independent charity at King's College London that informs and educates about all aspects of crime and the criminal justice system.
Home Office Statistics - We're the government department responsible for reducing and preventing crime. We are currently reforming the criminal justice system to put the concerns of victims of crime at the heart of the work we do.
MORI - polling organization, lots of research on various topics. Use research archive.
YouGov - Opinion Polls
Crime.org – crime rates and statistics.
CCTA – CCTA Government Information Office.
Criminal Justice Scotland - an independent resource into criminal justice in Scotland.
Law and Order - Courts/Prisons:
SPS - Welcome to the website of the Scottish Prison Service.
The Howard League - The Howard League for Penal Reform.
Rethinking - A strategic initiative to raise the level of public debate about the use of prison and alternative forms of punishment in the UK.