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Alcohol, crime and public health / Dorothy Newbury-Birch and Jennifer Ferguson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newbury-Birch, Dorothy, author.
- Ferguson, Jennifer (Lecturer in criminology), author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in crime and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners--Alcohol use--Great Britain.
- Prisoners.
- Alcoholism--Great Britain.
- Alcoholism.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Criminal statistics--Great Britain.
- Criminal statistics.
- Public health--Great Britain.
- Public health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 116 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- Dorothy Newbury-Birch is Professor of Alcohol and Public Health Research at Teesside University, UK. She leads a team of researchers and students in work around co-producing public health research in various settings including the criminal justice system. Professor Newbury-Birch is a world-leading expert in work around reducing alcohol-related harm in society, particularly for young people and those in various stages of the criminal justice system. Jennifer Ferguson is a lecturer in Criminology and a senior researcher in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law at Teesside University, UK. Jennifer comes from a legal background, having completed her law degree and Legal Practice Course (LPC) in 2010. She has been working as a researcher since 2011 on various alcohol projects and has moved more towards research in the criminal justice system. Her research expertise includes alcohol-related harm in the criminal justice setting.
- Contents:
- What do we mean by public health, criminal justice and alcohol use disorders?
- The policy context of alcohol and crime
- Prevalence of risky alcohol consumption amongst adults in the criminal justice
- Risky drinking amongst men in the criminal justice system
- Risky drinking amongst women in the criminal justice system
- Risky drinking and brief interventions for young people in the criminal justice system
- The efficacy of psychosocial brief alcohol interventions for risky drinkers in the criminal justice system
- The way forward: researchers and practitioners working in a co-productive way to produce research in the criminal justice system.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 19, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Newbury-Birch, Dorothy. Alcohol, crime and public health
- ISBN:
- 9781003169802
- 1003169805
- 9781000889727
- 1000889726
- 9781000889659
- 1000889653
- Publisher Number:
- 40031829337
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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