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.

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.

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