‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland
Journal Article
Parkes, T., Price, T., Foster, R., Trayner, K. M. A., Sumnall, H. R., Livingston, W., …Nicholls, J. (2022)
‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland. Harm Reduction Journal, 19(1), Article 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00679-5
Background
People who use drugs in Scotland are currently experiencing disproportionately high rates of drug-related deaths. Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) are harm reduction s...
Drug Consumption Rooms and Public Health Policy: Perspectives of Scottish Strategic Decision-Makers
Journal Article
Nicholls, J., Livingston, W., Perkins, A., Cairns, B., Foster, R., Trayner, K. M. A., …Parkes, T. (2022)
Drug Consumption Rooms and Public Health Policy: Perspectives of Scottish Strategic Decision-Makers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(11), Article 6575. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116575
There is widespread support for the introduction of Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) in Scotland as part of a policy response to record levels of drug-related harm. However, exis...
Getting it right for families affected by imprisonment: Lessons from ten years of research
Report
Barkas, B., Deacon, K., Foster, R., Jardine, C., Primrose, K., & Troy, V. (2021)
Getting it right for families affected by imprisonment: Lessons from ten years of research. Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
Experiences of families using prison visitors’ centres
Book Chapter
Foster, R. (2019)
Experiences of families using prison visitors’ centres. In M. Hutton, & D. Moran (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family (251-272). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12744-2_13
Prison visitors’ centres are unique spaces, typically distinct from the prisons they are connected to; they are the areas where families wait prior to entering the prison wher...
What Works? Collaborative Police and Health interventions for mental health distress
Report
McGeough, E., & Foster, R. (2018)
What Works? Collaborative Police and Health interventions for mental health distress. Scottish Government
Charges reported under the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2016-2017
Report
Foster, R., & Myant, K. (2017)
Charges reported under the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2016-2017. Scottish Government
Religiously aggravated offending in Scotland in 2016-17
Report
Foster, R., & Myant, K. (2017)
Religiously aggravated offending in Scotland in 2016-17. Scottish Government
Exploring 'Betwixt and Between' in a Prison Visitors' Centre and Beyond
Book Chapter
Foster, R. (2017)
Exploring 'Betwixt and Between' in a Prison Visitors' Centre and Beyond. In D. Moran, & A. K. Schliehe (Eds.), Carceral Spatiality: Dialogues between Geography and Criminology (169-198). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56057-5_7
In order to maintain relationships with their loved ones, family members will often spend a great deal of time (as well as expense and emotional labour) visiting their loved o...
‘Doing the Wait’: An exploration into the waiting experiences of prisoners’ families
Journal Article
Foster, R. (2019)
‘Doing the Wait’: An exploration into the waiting experiences of prisoners’ families. Time and Society, 28(2), 459-477. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463x16633235
Waiting is a universal experience and a ‘taken for granted’ form of time. However, it is given a social specificity when embodied by particular agents in particular settings. ...
Knife Crime interventions: 'What Works'?
Report
Foster, R. (2014)
Knife Crime interventions: 'What Works'?. Scottish Government