Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies in Criminology and Social Work
E-mail: socialwork@lancaster.ac.uk | criminology@lancaster.ac.uk
Keywords
Alcohol and illicit drug use, Applied Social Science, Disadvantage, Drug related deaths, Drug related deaths confidential inquiries, Drugs, Drugs and criminal justice, Gambling
Research Areas
Social Science
Alison Clifton
Research Student
Bowland North
Lancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
United Kingdom
LA1 4YN
Tel: +44 1524 594105
Location: C140
Affiliations
Assure Evaluation
Child Welfare Research Unit CWRU
Management School Office
Research Interests
My main research interests are:
- Addiction
- Drug use, treatment & service proivision
- Benzodiapepine use
- Over the counter drug misuse
- Recovery & abstinence from addiction
- Drug related deaths
- Alcohol related deaths
- Non fatal & fatal overdose
- Alcohol & substance use
- Drug & Alcohol related issues
- Crime, gambling and substance use
- Children of substance using parents
- Vulnerability & resilience
- Prisons & resettlement
- Service evaluation (private, pubilic & third sector)
Additional Information
Research Projects
The following are past and current research I am involved with:
2009 - 2012 (3 years) Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)/Responsible Gambling Trust (RIGT)
Tracking Vulnerability and Resilience: Gambling Careers in the Criminal Justice System.
2012 - 2013 (12 months) Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team (Extension)
Drug Related Deaths Confidential Inquiry Audit 2011/12 (East & Central Lancashire, & Blackburn with Darwen unitary area)
2011 - 2012 (12 months) Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team (Extension)
Drug Related Deaths Confidential Inquiry Audit 2010/11 (East & Central Lancashire, & Blackburn with Darwen & Blackpool unitary areas)
2010 - 2011 (12 months) Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team (Extension)
Drug Related Deaths Confidential Inquiry 2009/10 (East & Central Lancashire & Blackburn with Darwen
& Blackpool unitary areas)
2009 - 2010 (12 months) Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team
Drug Related Deaths Confidential Inquiry Audit 2008/9 (East & Central Lancashire, & Blackburn with Darwen
unitary area)
2007 Government Office of the North West
Understanding and tackling criminal damage (North West crime & disorder reduction partnerships)
2007 - 2008 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne County Council (9 months)
Changing Trax Pilot Project Evaluation
2007 - 2008 Lancashire County Council (3 months)
Looked after Children Pilot
2007 - 2008 GamCare and Responsible Gambling Trust (RIGT)
Offender Problem Gambling Reduction Programme (OffGam)
2006 - 2008 National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
Evaluation of Enterprising Young Offenders Programme (Enterprise Gateway Project)
2006 - 2007 (6 months) Department of Culture, Media & Sports
Scoping Study for a UK Gambling Act, 2005 Impact Assessment Framework (Phase 1 & 2)
2006 (6 months) Blackpool Borough Council
Social Impact Assessment - preliminary study (Blackpool Super Casino)
2005 (6 months) Lifeline Project (North West)
Evaluation of 'Outlook', Support Project, East Manchester
2005 - 2007 (9 months) Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team
Drug Related Deaths Confidential Inquiry Pilot (East Lancashire & Central Lancashire)
2005 - 2007 Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team
Drug Related Deaths Confidential Inquiry Protocol for Lancashire
2005 - 2007 (6 months) Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team
Alcohol Scoping Study for Lancashire
2005 - 2006 (6 months) Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team
Needle Exchange Review for Lancashire
2005 - 2006 (4 months) Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team
Service Users and Carers Support Group Review
2005 - 2006 (3 months) Lancashire Drug & Alcohol Action Team
Workforce Development and Volunteer Review Study
My research work is linked to the Applied Social Science Unit for Research and Evaluation (ASSURE - further information can be found on our website at http://assure-evaluation.org.uk/) and the Department of Applied Social Scienc.
2012
Promoting an Evidence-Informed Approach to Addressing Problem Gambling in UK Prison Populations
May-Chahal, C., Wilson, A., Humphreys, L. & Anderson, J. 09/2012 In: The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 51, 4, p. 372–386, 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2009
Alcohol and older people
Simmill-Binning, C., Paylor, I. & Clifton, A. 2009 In: Drugs and Alcohol Today. 9, 2, p. 13-18, 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2007
Daring to damage: an investigation of young people’s motivations to commit acts of criminal damage in the North West of England. A report for Lancashire’s Strategic Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership
Simmill-Binning, C., Pearson, J., Norris, A., Clifton, A., Anderson, J. & Paylor, I. 2007 Lancashire’s Strategic Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Commissioned report
A project description of Outlook
Clifton, A. & Paylor, I. 2007 In: Drugs and Alcohol Today. 7, 4, p. 40-42, 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Pilot Audit for Alcohol Related Death 2008-2009
01/04/2011 → 31/07/2012
This retrospective pilot inquiry has been commissioned by NHS North into the circumstances surrounding local alcohol related deaths across Lancashire County between 2008 and 2010 as reported by the Pr ... Read more»Needle Exchange Situation Report
01/01/2005 → 31/12/2005
Study of drug related deaths and 'near misses'. ... Read more»
Alcohol and older people project adopted by Help the Aged and Age Concern
25/06/2009
A recently completed piece of research funded by Help the Aged and undertaken by the Applied Social Science Unit for Research and Evaluation (ASSURE) has highlighted a lack of services for those over ... Read more»
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