Projects (10)

Public Health and Criminal Justice CPD Apr 1, 2025 - Jul 31, 2025
Criminal justice and health services share much common ground with both responding to people and communities susceptible to crime, ill health, or both. Understanding this common ground is critically important, requiring an inter-sectoral approach. Th... Read More about Public Health and Criminal Justice CPD.

Dubai Police Authority consultancy Jun 10, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024

Embedding Public Health Approaches to the policing of alcohol in Kenya Aug 1, 2024 - Jul 31, 2025
Heavy handed law enforcement approaches that have historically been deployed by the Kenyan government to regulate alcohol consumption seem to have failed. It is estimated that 12.5% of Kenyans aged 15-65, especially young men, currently use alcohol,... Read More about Embedding Public Health Approaches to the policing of alcohol in Kenya.

Full day NCA consultancy Oct 23 Sep 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2024
I will be providing consultancy on developing objectives for the Scottish office of the NCA around the implementation of recommendations to improve inclusion

NCA consultancy Sep 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2024
I will be providing consultancy on developing objectives for the Scottish office of the NCA around the implementation of recommendations to improve inclusion

Chairing Independent Advisory Group on Emerging Technologies in Policing Dec 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2022
To establish and Chair a new Independent Advisory Group on Emerging Technologies in Policing and prepare a final report

Purpose of the ETIAG
To report to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice on whether the current legal or ethical... Read More about Chairing Independent Advisory Group on Emerging Technologies in Policing.

The National Hub for Restorative Justice in Sensitive Cases Apr 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023
Thriving Survivors will collaborate with Dr Estelle Zinsstag and Community Justice Scotland (CJS) on the development and delivery of a National Hub for Restorative Justice (RJ) in cases of sexual harm in Scotland. The National Hub will initially offe... Read More about The National Hub for Restorative Justice in Sensitive Cases.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: The ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial. Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027
This study (award: £2,497,467.37) is funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment, and is being delivered in partnership with The Salvation Army, the University of Aberdeen, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, the University... Read More about Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: The ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial..

SIPR Associate Director Jan 8, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
This is a project for my role as Associate Director (Development) with the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR)

Mapping Capacities for a Community Policing of Cybercrime and Digital Harm Sep 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2024
Research exploring cybercrime policing has tended to focus on specialist policing units on the one hand (Harkin, Whelan and Change, 2018), and on the inherent limits of public policing organisations on the other; multi jurisdictional, insufficient tr... Read More about Mapping Capacities for a Community Policing of Cybercrime and Digital Harm.