Drugs, alcohol and criminal justice

Drug markets and their policing, the relationship between substance misuse and offending, and the provision and effectiveness of drug treatment for suspects and offenders are among the topics researched within this broad theme. ICPR studies have also looked at the scope and effects of licensing laws in England and Wales, and have considered the implications of drug criminalisation and decriminalisation.

Publications

McSweeney, Tim and Turnbull, Paul J. (2011) Enforcement strategies of drug control. In: Kleiman, M.A.R. and Hawdon, J.E. (eds.)Encyclopedia of Drug Policy. London, UK: Sage, pp. 176-182.

McSweeney, Tim, Turnbull, Paul J. and May, Tiggey. (2010) Drug supply and possession. In: Brookman, F. and Maguire, M. and Pierpoint, H. and Bennett, T. (eds.) Handbook On Crime. Abingdon: Routledge.

Schaub, M. and Stevens, A. and Berto, D. and Hunt, N. and Kerschl, V. and McSweeney, Tim and Oeuvray, K. and Puppo, I. and Santa Maria, A. and Trinkl, B. and Werdenich, W. and Uchtenhagen, A. (2010) Comparing outcomes of ‘voluntary’ and ‘quasi-compulsory’ treatment of substance dependence in Europe. European Addiction Research 16 (1), pp. 53-60.

Turnbull, Paul J. and Skinns, L. (2010) Drug interventions programme: neither success nor failure? In: Hucklesby, A. and Wincup, E.(eds.) Drug Interventions in Criminal Justice. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press, pp. 64-83.

McSweeney, Tim (2010) Recovery, desistance and 'coerced' drug treatment. In: Yates, R. and Malloch, M.S. (eds.) Tackling Addiction: Pathways to Recovery. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

McSweeney, Tim and Meadows, P. and Metcalf, H. and Turnbull, Paul J. and Stanley, C. (2009) The feasibility of conducting an impact evaluation of the Dedicated Drug Court pilot. Project Report. Ministry of Justice, London, UK.