Hannah Graham

Experience

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  SAGE Publishing

  Jan 2017 - now

  Editor, European Journal of Probation

  An Editor of the European Journal of Probation alongside fellow Editors Professors Ioan Durnescu, Fergus McNeill and Martine Herzog-Evans. This is a voluntary or unpaid role.

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  University of Stirling

  Sept 2018 - now

  Senior Lecturer in Criminology

  in the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR), Faculty of Social Sciences, at the University of Stirling. I am the Deputy Director of the ESRC-funded Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) at University of Stirling.

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  The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research

  May 2022 - now

  Associate Director

  This Associate Director role involves being the portfolio lead on External Engagement and Impact (our relationships with people and groups outwith academia, and the influence and impact of our research) for the SCCJR.

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  Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission

  Feb 2025 - now

  Commissioner

  The Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission was established in Scotland in February 2025. The purpose of this independent commission is to consider how imprisonment and community-based interventions are currently used in Scotland and ensure that Scotland has a sustainable prison population. The commission will make detailed and actionable recommendations for improvements in how offending behaviour can be dealt with in an effective and proportionate way with the underlying aim of ensuring less crime, fewer victims, and safer communities. The remit of the commission will initially focus on community sentencing, bail and remand, and release from custody. It can consider such other areas as it deems necessary in fulfilling its purpose but it should have a primary focus on the criminal justice system when making recommendations. The independent Commission Chair is Martyn Evans; the Commissioners are Hannah Graham, Cathy Jamieson, David Mackie, Lynsey Smith, and Catherine Dyer, and they are supported by staff in the Secretariat.The commission will also take account of the principles contained within the Scottish Government’s Vision for Justice in Scotland and the National Strategy for Community Justice, which focus on taking a person centred, rehabilitative approach and encouraging a shift in the balance between the use of custody and justice in the community. In carrying out its work, the review will embed trauma-informed practice and have regard to the views of victims, those with experience of the system, and representative organisations on how best to respect and protect the interests of victims while maintaining the rights of those accused of crime or serving a sentence. Show less