Social Science/ Health Policy/ Alcohol and Drugs
Head, Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
Qualifications
MA, BSc, PhD, Cert.Ed., Diploma in Public Health
Publications from 2010
Books / book chapters
Peer reviewed papers
Reports from 2015
Editorials
English, French, German
Professor Thom led the development of a European Masters in Drug and Alcohol Studies funded by an Erasmus Life Long Learning curriculum development grant Oct 2007 - Sept 2010. She teaches on alcohol and drug use/ problem use and policy and supervises PhD students.
Duke, Karen L. and Gleeson, Helen and MacGregor, Susanne and Thom, Betsy (2023) The risk matrix : drug-related deaths in prisons in England and Wales, 2015-2020. Journal of Community Psychology , 2023 . ISSN 0090-4392 (Published online first)
Thom, Betsy (2022) Drug Policy. By AlisonRitter, London & New York: Routledge, 2022. ISBN: 9781032124278 (paperback) [Book review]. Addiction , 117 (9). p. 2562. ISSN 0965-2140
Thom, Betsy and Duke, Karen L. (2022) Exchanging prevention practices on polydrug use among youth in criminal justice systems (EPPIC). In: How to Manage International Multidisciplinary Research Projects. Hantrais, Linda , ed. Edward Elgar, pp. 114-125. ISBN 9781802204711
Duke, Karen L. and Gleeson, Helen and Dabrowska, Katarzyna and Herold, Maria Dich and Rolando, Sara and Thom, Betsy (2022) Building cultures of participation: involving young people in contact with the criminal justice system in the development of drug interventions in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Italy and Poland. Youth Justice . ISSN 1473-2254 (Published online first)
Frank, Vibeke Asmussen and Rolando, Sara and Thom, Betsy and Beccaria, Franca and Duke, Karen L. and Herold, Maria Dich (2021) Editorial DEPP: drug experienced young people in contact with the criminal justice system. Understanding the challenges and working towards solutions. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy , 28 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 0968-7637
European
UK research
Evaluations
Prevention lead, Scottish Drug Research Network
Member of IARD research advisory group