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Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Hillen, P., Speakman, E. M., Jamieson, M., Dougall, N., Heyman, I., Murray, J., Aston, E. V., & McAuley, A. (online). Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland. Policing and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2367142

In the context of escalating drug-related deaths, during 2021 Police Scotland implemented a pilot project incorporating naloxone training to test the carriage and administration of naloxone by officers. The current paper presents data from the evalua... Read More about Police officer knowledge of and attitudes to opioid overdose and naloxone administration: an evaluation of police training in Scotland.

Protect and Serve with Privacy: Interrogating the Responsibilisation of Policing Professionals in Their Online Lives (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Horgan, S., Wong, Y. N., & Aston, L. (2024, November). Protect and Serve with Privacy: Interrogating the Responsibilisation of Policing Professionals in Their Online Lives. Presented at 2024 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

Alongside the proliferation of smart devices and social networking platforms, we have observed a rapid expansion of both the practice and study of police sousveillance. Many pages have been devoted to ‘cop-watching’ and resisting police surveillance,... Read More about Protect and Serve with Privacy: Interrogating the Responsibilisation of Policing Professionals in Their Online Lives.

Organisational Justice in the Management of Online Risks and Harms to UK Police Professionals (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aston, E., Wong, Y. N., & Horgan, S. (2024, November). Organisational Justice in the Management of Online Risks and Harms to UK Police Professionals. Presented at 2024 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

This paper explores how online risks and harms to police professionals are managed by drawing from 50 interviews with managers from 4 UK police forces. We adopt an organisational justice lens (Colquitt, 2001) to consider fairness in the context of ma... Read More about Organisational Justice in the Management of Online Risks and Harms to UK Police Professionals.

The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World (2024)
Journal Article
Easton, M., de Paepe, J., Aston, L., & Clayton, E. (2024). The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000018

In the ever-evolving landscape of law enforcement, the advent of the digital age has ushered in transformative shifts in police practices. These shifts have sparked scholarly attention and fuelled an increased volume of research dedicated to unravell... Read More about The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World.

“Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact (2024)
Journal Article
Wells, H., Andrews, W., Clayton, E., Bradford, B., Aston, E. V., & O’Neill, M. (2024). “Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 14-35. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000017

Police organizations in England and Wales, as in many other contexts, are increasingly shifting crime reporting and other public-facing contact online. In this article, we explore the beliefs, motivations and objectives of those tasked with “deliveri... Read More about “Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact.

Planning and implementing community-based drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration using the consolidated framework for implementation research (2024)
Journal Article
Falzon, D., Carver, H., Masterton, W., Wallace, B., Sumnall, H., Measham, F., Craik, V., Gittins, R., Aston, E. V., Watson, K., Hunter, C., Priyadarshi, S., & Parkes, T. (2024). Planning and implementing community-based drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration using the consolidated framework for implementation research. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 19(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-023-00590-7

Background: Drug checking services (DCS) provide harm reduction support and advice to individuals based on chemical analysis of submitted substances of concern. Whilst there are currently no DCS in Scotland, community-based services are being planned... Read More about Planning and implementing community-based drug checking services in Scotland: a qualitative exploration using the consolidated framework for implementation research.

“It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board”: A qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland (2023)
Journal Article
Falzon, D., Parkes, T., Carver, H., Masterton, W., Wallace, B., Craik, V., Measham, F., Sumnall, H., Gittins, R., Hunter, C., Watson, K., Mooney, J. D., & Aston, E. V. (2023). “It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board”: A qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland. PLOS ONE, 18(12), Article e0292812. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292812

Drug checking services (DCS) enable individuals to voluntarily submit a small amount of a substance for analysis, providing information about the content of the substance along with tailored harm reduction support and advice. There is some evidence s... Read More about “It would really support the wider harm reduction agenda across the board”: A qualitative study of the potential impacts of drug checking service delivery in Scotland.

Governing Police Stops Across Europe (2023)
Book
Aston, E., De Kimpe, S., Fazekas, J., Lennon, G., & Rowe, M. (Eds.). (2023). Governing Police Stops Across Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41363-6

This book takes a critical and comparative approach to the analysis of the governance of police stops across Europe. It draws on an EU COST Action research network on Police Stops which engaged academics and practitioners from 29 countries to better... Read More about Governing Police Stops Across Europe.

Conclusion: The Three Levels of Governance of Police Stops (2023)
Book Chapter
Lennon, G., De Kimpe, S., Aston, E., Rowe, M., & Fazekas, J. (2023). Conclusion: The Three Levels of Governance of Police Stops. In E. Aston, S. De Kimpe, J. Fazekas, G. Lennon, & M. Rowe (Eds.), Governing Police Stops Across Europe (273-297). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41363-6_9

This chapter draws together the threads from across the book to argue that while the legal, social, political and historical context of policing and systems of governance and reforms to policing are important, ultimately reforms and governance system... Read More about Conclusion: The Three Levels of Governance of Police Stops.