Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour.
Book
Allardyce, S., & Yates, P. (2018)
Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press
‘At a time when a better-informed picture about the realities of child sexual abuse is urgently needed, this book provides a vital part of this complex jigsaw’ from the Forewo...
What’s in a word? Victims on ‘victim’
Journal Article
Fohring, S. (2018)
What’s in a word? Victims on ‘victim’. International Review of Victimology, 24(2), 151-164. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269758018755154
Identifying as a victim of crime is a complex process involving both social and personal motivations. This paper utilises data gathered from victims of crime to examine how th...
Measuring risk and efficiency in Police Scotland custody settings: A pilot study
Report
Wooff, A. & Elvins, M. (2017)
Measuring risk and efficiency in Police Scotland custody settings: A pilot study. http://www.sipr.ac.uk/downloads/SIPR_Annual_Report_16.pdf: Scottish Institute for Policing Research
No abstract available.
Improving the Practice of Stop and Search in Scotland
Journal Article
O'Neill, M., & Aston, E. (2016)
Improving the Practice of Stop and Search in Scotland. Translational Criminology, 7-9
No abstract available.
Book review: Victims of terrorism. A comparative and interdisciplinary study-Lynch, Orla & Argomaniz, Javier (eds) Routledge: London, 2015; ISBN 9780415836593
Journal Article
Fohring, S. (2015)
Book review: Victims of terrorism. A comparative and interdisciplinary study-Lynch, Orla & Argomaniz, Javier (eds) Routledge: London, 2015; ISBN 9780415836593. International Review of Victimology, 21(3), 363-364. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269758015591933
No abstract available.
Crime prevention and the development of the Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland (SCEMS).
Journal Article
Aston, E. V., & Lum, C. (2015)
Crime prevention and the development of the Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland (SCEMS). Scottish Justice Matters, 3(2), 17-18
THE Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland (SCEMS) is a knowledge exchange tool which aims to provide easy access to evidence on policing and community safety from Scotlan...
Long-term recovery from addiction: criminal justice involvement and positive criminology?
Book
Best, D., & Aston, E. V. (2014)
Long-term recovery from addiction: criminal justice involvement and positive criminology?. In N. Ronel, & D. Segev (Eds.), Positive Criminology: the good can overcome the bad, 177-193. Routledge
The positive criminology perspective looks at positive life influences that distance individuals from offending, and enable the growth of personal and social strengths. Within...
Are risk factors for drug use and offending similar during the teenage years?
Journal Article
Aston, E. V. (2015)
Are risk factors for drug use and offending similar during the teenage years?. International Journal of Drug Policy, 26(4), 396-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.11.002
Background
This paper explores whether at different stages of the developmental cycle of adolescence, drug use and offending are associated with a similar set of risk factors ...
Assessing the impact of a high-intensity partnership between the police and drug treatment service in addressing the offending of problematic drug users.
Journal Article
Best, D., Walker, D., Aston, E., Pegram, C., & O'Donnell, G. (2010)
Assessing the impact of a high-intensity partnership between the police and drug treatment service in addressing the offending of problematic drug users. Policing and Society, 20(3), 358-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2010.493609
While there is a considerable evidence base showing links between drug use and offending and clear evidence of the impact of treatment engagement on drug-related offending, th...