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A new approach to formulating and appraising drug policy: A multi-criterion decision analysis applied to alcohol and cannabis regulation (2018)
Journal Article
Rogeberg, O., Bergsvik, D., Phillips, L., van Amsterdam, J., Eastwood, N., Henderson, G., Lynskey, M., Measham, F., Ponton, R., Rolles, S., Schlag, A., Taylor, P., & Nutt, D. (2018). A new approach to formulating and appraising drug policy: A multi-criterion decision analysis applied to alcohol and cannabis regulation. International Journal of Drug Policy, 56, 144-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.019

Background Drug policy, whether for legal or illegal substances, is a controversial field that encompasses many complex issues. Policies can have effects on a myriad of outcomes and stakeholders differ in the outcomes they consider and value, while r... Read More about A new approach to formulating and appraising drug policy: A multi-criterion decision analysis applied to alcohol and cannabis regulation.

Regional structures of feeling? A spatially and socially differentiated analysis of UK student im/mobility (2018)
Journal Article
Donnelly, M., & Gamsu, S. (2018). Regional structures of feeling? A spatially and socially differentiated analysis of UK student im/mobility. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(7), 961-981. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2018.1426442

This article explores the patterning of student im/mobility internally within the United Kingdom, using exceptionally detailed student records data on full-time undergraduate entrants from 2014. For this cohort of students, geographic mobility was cl... Read More about Regional structures of feeling? A spatially and socially differentiated analysis of UK student im/mobility.

Young people who engage in child sexual exploitation behaviours. An exploratory study (2018)
Report
Hackett, S., & Smith, S. (2018). Young people who engage in child sexual exploitation behaviours. An exploratory study. [No known commissioning body]

Despite increasing awareness of child sexual exploitation (CSE) across the UK in recent years, there remain gaps in current knowledge and understanding – including in relation to young people who perpetrate acts of CSE. In contrast to the wider resea... Read More about Young people who engage in child sexual exploitation behaviours. An exploratory study.

The Defiance of Global Commitment: A Complex Social Psychology (2018)
Book
Castellani, B. (2018). The Defiance of Global Commitment: A Complex Social Psychology. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351137140

The Brexit vote; the election of Trump; the upsurge of European nationalism; the devolution of the Arab Spring; global violence; Chinese expansionism; disruptive climate change; the riotous instabilities of the world capitalist system…While diverse i... Read More about The Defiance of Global Commitment: A Complex Social Psychology.

The challenges of interventions to promote healthier food in independent takeaways in England: qualitative study of intervention deliverers’ views (2018)
Journal Article
Goffe, L., Penn, L., Adams, J., Araujo-Soares, V., Summerbell, C. D., Abraham, C., …Lake, A. A. (2018). The challenges of interventions to promote healthier food in independent takeaways in England: qualitative study of intervention deliverers’ views. BMC Public Health, 18(1), Article 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5096-3

Background: Much of the food available from takeaways, pubs and restaurants particularly that sold by independent outlets, is unhealthy and its consumption is increasing. These food outlets are therefore important potential targets for interventions... Read More about The challenges of interventions to promote healthier food in independent takeaways in England: qualitative study of intervention deliverers’ views.

Modeling social complexity in infrastructures: a case-based approach to improving reliability and resiliency. (2018)
Book Chapter
Dister, C. J., Castellani, B., & Rajaram, R. (2018). Modeling social complexity in infrastructures: a case-based approach to improving reliability and resiliency. In E. Mitleton-Kelly, A. Paraskevas, & C. Day (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods in Complexity Science: Theory and Applications (267-284). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785364426.00025

If one is to improve reliability and resilience in infrastructures, it is necessary to adopt a ‘complex, smart territory’ modelling strategy, particularly one that gives attention to the importance of social complexity. To test the veracity of their... Read More about Modeling social complexity in infrastructures: a case-based approach to improving reliability and resiliency..

Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries (2018)
Book
Bergey, M. R., Filipe, A. M., Conrad, P., & Singh, I. (Eds.). (2018). Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. https://doi.org/10.1353/book.56717

Examining ADHD and its social and medical treatments around the world.Attention deficithyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been a common psychiatric diagnosis in both children and adults since the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. But the diagnosis... Read More about Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries.