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Experiences of families using prison visitors’ centres (2019)
Book Chapter
Foster, R. (2019). Experiences of families using prison visitors’ centres. In M. Hutton, & D. Moran (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family (251-272). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12744-2_13

Prison visitors’ centres are unique spaces, typically distinct from the prisons they are connected to; they are the areas where families wait prior to entering the prison where visits take place. There is increasing recognition of the role visitors’... Read More about Experiences of families using prison visitors’ centres.

Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS): testing the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-delivered, relational intervention for people with problem substance use who are homeless, to improve health outcomes, quality of life and social functioning and reduce harms: study protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Parkes, T., Matheson, C., Carver, H., Budd, J., Liddell, D., Wallace, J., Pauly, B., Fotopoulou, M., Burley, A., Anderson, I., MacLennan, G., & Foster, R. (2019). Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS): testing the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-delivered, relational intervention for people with problem substance use who are homeless, to improve health outcomes, quality of life and social functioning and reduce harms: study protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0447-0

Background
While people who are homeless often experience poor mental and physical health and problem substance use, getting access to appropriate services can be challenging. The development of trusting relationships with non-judgemental staff can... Read More about Supporting Harm Reduction through Peer Support (SHARPS): testing the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-delivered, relational intervention for people with problem substance use who are homeless, to improve health outcomes, quality of life and social functioning and reduce harms: study protocol.

The research perspective on knife crime and knife carrying (2018)
Other
Foster, R. (2018). The research perspective on knife crime and knife carrying. [Blog post]

Blog post summarising the key findings from a literature review I authored, and published with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. The literature review was commissioned and funded by the Scottish Government.

Exploring 'Betwixt and Between' in a Prison Visitors' Centre and Beyond (2017)
Book Chapter
Foster, R. (2017). Exploring 'Betwixt and Between' in a Prison Visitors' Centre and Beyond. In D. Moran, & A. K. Schliehe (Eds.), Carceral Spatiality: Dialogues between Geography and Criminology (169-198). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56057-5_7

In order to maintain relationships with their loved ones, family members will often spend a great deal of time (as well as expense and emotional labour) visiting their loved one in prison. When visiting inside the prison, visitors occupy the liminal... Read More about Exploring 'Betwixt and Between' in a Prison Visitors' Centre and Beyond.

‘Doing the Wait’: An exploration into the waiting experiences of prisoners’ families (2016)
Journal Article
Foster, R. (2019). ‘Doing the Wait’: An exploration into the waiting experiences of prisoners’ families. Time and Society, 28(2), 459-477. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463x16633235

Waiting is a universal experience and a ‘taken for granted’ form of time. However, it is given a social specificity when embodied by particular agents in particular settings. This paper reflects on the universal experience of waiting in the very part... Read More about ‘Doing the Wait’: An exploration into the waiting experiences of prisoners’ families.