... and responses to issues. Environmental crime was a high priority for community members, along with tackling drug-related crime and diverting youth disorder, which concurred with police concern. However, the anti-terrorism agenda was a pre-occupation for the Local Authority, and school concerns included modern...

... Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Participatory research Participatory education Youth crime prevention World Café Forum Theatre Drugs Racism Loan sharks Domestic abuse Crime prevention education NPS drugs Analysis: Shared power...

...David Patton Purpose Whilst drug use appears to be common amongst university students, the purpose of this paper is to move beyond mere drug prevalence, and use the six dimensions of normalisation to better understand the role and place drugs play in the lives of university students. Design...

... Drugs Offenders Halfway house Reintegration Singapore The work with any offender population has always revolved around the area of risk, reoffending and recidivism (McNeill et al., 2005). Singapore’s rate of recidivism is considered low in comparison to the neighbouring countries...

...Linda Cusick; Kathryn McGarry; Georgina Perry; Sian Kilcommons In this paper, academics and managers of specialist services reflect on the shifting policy and funding landscapes that shape service provision for drug‐using sex workers in England and Ireland. The paper outlines the harm reduction...

...Colin Wisely This report concerns itself with the process of change that has been underway in the city of Salford, concerning the adoption of a recovery‐oriented system of care. The paper contains the observations of the lead commissioner for drug treatment in Salford on the process of this change...

... and that a harm-reduction approach to enforcement fits in well with a multi-agency response where the role of the local authority is critical and the approach is responsive to the needs of residents. Key words Drugs; harm reduction; multi-agency working. LEO BOLAND Chief Executive (at time of writing), London...

...Frank Warburton Frank Warburton assesses the government's new 10‐year drug strategy. He takes as a benchmark the guidance given to crime and disorder reduction partnerships in Delivering Safer Communities. Against this benchmark he finds the strategy wanting in several areas. These include a lack...

...Margaret Melrose This article considers the recommendations to the government's public consultation exercise for drug‐using sex workers (Home Office, 2004). It argues that the ‘problem’ of drug use by sex workers cannot be separated from wider social problems experienced by this group, especially...

...Michelle Duffin In this article Michelle Duffin reports on the difficulties of finding adequate housing for vulnerable groups including drug users and ex drug users. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Housing Drugs Alcohl community safety research Housing drug and alcohol users...

...Katy Owen Little research has been carried out on the links between drug misuse and domestic violence. This article attempts to address this gap by presenting key findings and recommendations from research carried out by Perpetuity Research and Consultancy International Ltd in the West Midlands...

...Michelle Duffin This article summarises survey research amongst young people concerning their attitudes to alcohol, drugs and nicotine. It explores the origins of those attitudes and makes recommendations as to the means by which information sources may be improved. © Emerald Group Publishing...

... of crime science and its usefulness in the reduction of alcohol and drug‐related crime. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Research Science Alcohol Drugs auditing crime and disorder The substance of crime: the use of crime science in the reduction of alcohol and drug-related crime Kim...

... for analysis. Strong success was indicated in the drug arrest referral scheme evaluation and the alcohol arrest referral project received a positive outcome. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Drugs Alcohol Arrest referral research report Two evaluations of arrest referral schemes ABSTRACT...

...Margaret Melrose This article describes the conclusions from interviews with drug users who had been referred to treatment services through an arrest referral scheme. It describes the lifestyles, drug use and offending behaviour of the subject group and their reactions to the scheme. It is asserted...

...Garry Banks; Sandra Jowett; Alyson Brown; Jill Goodall This article summarises the findings of a research study conducted to establish the links between homelessness, begging and drug misuse. It concludes that drug misuse is widespread amongst beggars and rough sleepers. It discusses some...