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 Dabrowska, Katarzyna and Herold, Maria Dich and Rolando, Sara and Thom, Betsy (2023) 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 , 23 (1). pp. 97-116. ISSN 1473-2254
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
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