Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Policy Document

Justice That Works: Report of the Scottish Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission

Evans M, Graham H, Smith L, Jamieson C, Mackie D, Dyer C & Penal Policy Commission Sa (2026) Justice That Works: Report of the Scottish Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission. Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission. Edinburgh, Scotland.: The Scottish Government. https://www.gov.scot/publications/justice-works-report-scottish-sentencing-penal-policy-commission/documents/

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'Build, baby, build'? A critical assessment of housing policy over the first year of the Labour Government in the UK

Rolfe S, Iafrati S, Baptiste H, James G & Clark C (2026) 'Build, baby, build'? A critical assessment of housing policy over the first year of the Labour Government in the UK. Social Policy and Society.

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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: protocol for the ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial

Parkes T, Carver H, Boyd J, Cotton S, Breeman S, Cooper D, Forrest M, Foster R, Hawthorn J, Hunt K, Kilonzo M, Matheson C, Maxwell M, Mercer SW & Macaulay L (2026) Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: protocol for the ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 27, Art. No.: 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09364-x

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‘Alcohol problems are definitely twenty-four seven’—a qualitative interview study exploring the presenting features of alcohol-related ambulance call-outs in Scotland (IMPAACT study)

Martin JG, Uny I, Mitchell D, Ford A, Begley A, Howell R, Fitzpatrick D, Mackay D, Lewsey J & Fitzgerald N (2026) ‘Alcohol problems are definitely twenty-four seven’—a qualitative interview study exploring the presenting features of alcohol-related ambulance call-outs in Scotland (IMPAACT study). Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2026.2615705; https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2026.2615705

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Understanding changing patterns of placement type stability in the first two years of placement for looked after children in Scotland: A sequence analysis

Matthews B, Playford C, McGhee J, Mitchell F & Dibben C (2026) Understanding changing patterns of placement type stability in the first two years of placement for looked after children in Scotland: A sequence analysis. Children and Youth Services Review, 180, Art. No.: 108680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108680

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Integrating energy justice and earth observation to examine the social dimensions of hydroelectric dams

Gupta G, Pawar S, Littleboy C, Bunnefeld N, Dickie J & Jones IL (2026) Integrating energy justice and earth observation to examine the social dimensions of hydroelectric dams. Energy Research & Social Science, 131, Art. No.: 104521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104521

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The Ontological Shift in Surveillance: Revisiting the “Surveillant Assemblage” in the Age of Facial Recognition

Eneman M, Ljungberg J, Miranda D, Urquhart L & Webster W (2025) The Ontological Shift in Surveillance: Revisiting the “Surveillant Assemblage” in the Age of Facial Recognition. Surveillance & Society, 23 (4), pp. 498-504. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v23i4.20070

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Displacing border violence: Floating prisons, everyday incarcerations and abolitionist journeys

Spathopoulou A (2025) Displacing border violence: Floating prisons, everyday incarcerations and abolitionist journeys. British Journal of Community Justice, 20 (1), pp. 68-87.

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Book Chapter

Towards an understanding of care poverty

Rummery K, Kröger T, Brimblecombe N & Rodrigues R (2025) Towards an understanding of care poverty. In: Kroger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (eds.) Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Policy Press, pp. 191-201. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch013

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Introduction: Unmet care needs and care poverty in international perspective

Kröger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (2025) Introduction: Unmet care needs and care poverty in international perspective. In: Kroger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (eds.) Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Policy Press, pp. 3-12. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch001

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COVID-19 and anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal survey

Ayers S, Meades R, Sinesi A, Cheyne H, Maxwell M, Best C, McNicol S, Alderdice F, Jomeen J, Shakespeare J & MAP Study Team (2025) COVID-19 and anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal survey. BMC Public Health, 25, Art. No.: 1146. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22257-7

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The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh

Nicholls J, Masterton W, Falzon D, McAuley A, Carver H, Skivington K, Dumbrell J, Perkins A, Steele S, Trayner K & Parkes T (2025) The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh. Harm Reduction Journal, 22, Art. No.: 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01144-1

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Preventing gambling-related harm in adolescents (PRoGRAM-A), a secondary school‐based social network intervention: Results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial

Dobbie F, Miller M, Niven A, Wardle H, Weir C, Ensor H, Stoddart A, Griffiths D, Noble L, Purves R & White J (2025) Preventing gambling-related harm in adolescents (PRoGRAM-A), a secondary school‐based social network intervention: Results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70267

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Young people's smoking and vaping behaviour, and comparative perceptions of appeal, imagery and harm, across different vape devices and a tobacco cigarette: findings from UK cross-sectional surveys in 2020 and 2023

MacKintosh AM, Mitchell D, Hilton S, Smith M & Ford A (2025) Young people's smoking and vaping behaviour, and comparative perceptions of appeal, imagery and harm, across different vape devices and a tobacco cigarette: findings from UK cross-sectional surveys in 2020 and 2023. Frontiers in Public Health, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1689766

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Co-developing best bets for participatory disaster risk management in a postcolonial harmscape

Petersen L, Black G, Wilson A, Ncube S, Piper L, Abrams A, Carden K, Dickie J, Hamilton-Smith N, Lamb G, Mpofu Mketwa T & Dick L (2025) Co-developing best bets for participatory disaster risk management in a postcolonial harmscape. Climate and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2025.2598004

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Edited Book

Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice

Kröger T, Brimblecombe N, Rodrigues R & Rummery K (eds.) (2025) Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice. Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch002

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Asylum as Artifice: Race, Law and Capital as Regimes of Abstraction in the United Kingdom' s Asylum Accommodation System

Pearce A (2025) Asylum as Artifice: Race, Law and Capital as Regimes of Abstraction in the United Kingdom' s Asylum Accommodation System. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Art. No.: e70047. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.70047

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