Alcohol, Crime and Public Health

Alcohol, Crime and Public Health explores the issue of drinking in the criminal justice system, providing an overview of the topic from both a criminal justice and public health perspective.

List of contents

CHAPTER 1 - What do we mean by public health, criminal justice and alcohol use disorders?
CHAPTER 2 - The policy context of alcohol and crime
CHAPTER 3 - Prevalence of risky alcohol consumption amongst adults in the criminal justice
CHAPTER 4 - Risky drinking amongst men in the criminal justice system
CHAPTER 5 - Risky drinking amongst women in the criminal justice system
CHAPTER 6 - Risky drinking and brief interventions for young people in the criminal justice system
CHAPTER 7 - The efficacy of psychosocial brief alcohol interventions for risky drinkers in the criminal justice system
CHAPTER 8 - The way forward: researchers and practitioners working in a co-productive way to produce research in the criminal justice system

About the author

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.

Summary

Alcohol, Crime and Public Health explores the issue of drinking in the criminal justice system, providing an overview of the topic from both a criminal justice and public health perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Ferguson, Ferguson Jennifer, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Dorothy Ferguson Newbury-Birch
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2023
• EAN: 9780367771058
• ISBN: 978-0-367-77105-8
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; LAW / Criminal Law / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Public health & preventive medicine, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Public health and preventive medicine