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, Turnbull, Paul J. and Hough, Mike (2008) Tackling drug markets and distribution networks in the UK: a review of the recent literature. Project Report. Institute for Criminal Policy Research, London, UK.

Coomber, R. and Turnbull, Paul J. (2007) Arenas of drug transaction: adolescent cannabis transactions in England – social supply.Journal of Drug Issues 37 (4).

Stevens, A. and Berto, D. and Frick, U. and Kerschl, V. and McSweeney, Tim and Schaaf, S. and Tartari, M. and Turnbull, Paul J. and Trinkl, B. and Uchtenhagen, A. and Waidner, G. and Werdenich, W. (2007) The victimization of dependent drug users: findings from a European study, UK. European Journal of Criminology 4 (4), pp. 385-408.

Jacobson, Jessica (1999) Policing drug hot-spots. Project Report. Home Office, London, UK.