Gypsy and Traveller communities in Britain experience wide-ranging inequalities. These are
familiar to the communities themselves and to those working with them. However, published …

This commentary explores the relationships between homelessness, drug use and Hepatitis
C infection, within the broader context of social exclusion. Although it is difficult to estimate …

The association between drugs and crime is one of the central concerns of contemporary
British drugs research and policy. Another major concern in recent years has been the …

This article is intended to highlight some key themes within the news media's reporting of
drugs, drug users and drug-related crime. 1 Its aim is to focus on how the news media …

Prostitution has become an extremely topical issue in recent years and attention has
focused both on the situation of female prostitutes and the adequacy of existing forms of …

Nigerian drug lords in UK prisons, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacking Western ships,
crystal meth-smoking gangs controlling South Africa's streets, and narco-traffickers …

Homeless drug and alcohol users are one of the most marginalised groups in society. They
frequently have complex needs and limited social support. In this paper, we explore the role …

How people move from deviant to conventional lifestyles is an issue that has attracted
considerable interest over the past few years. However, much of this work has focused on …

Young people excluded from school are a group at an increased risk of drug use and
antisocial behaviour during adolescence and later marginalisation and exclusion from …

Aim To understand how the social networks of a new recovery community can help sustain
recovery, focusing on processes of social identity change, in the context of the wider UK …