Repertoires of Distinction: Exploring patterns of weekend polydrug use within local leisure scenes across the English night time economy

Measham, F.; Moore, K.

doi:10.1177/1748895809343406

Conceptualising safety and crime at UK music festivals (2020)
Book Chapter
Bows, H., King, H., & Measham, F. (2020). Conceptualising safety and crime at UK music festivals. In L. Platt, & R. Finkel (Eds.), Gendered violence at international festivals (86-104). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429344893-7

There has been a global surge in music festivals over the last decade, especially in Europe. In the UK, it is estimated that more than 3.5 million people attended the 230 music festivals in 2015 (Time Out, 2015; UK Festival Awards, 2016). Despite a b... Read More about Conceptualising safety and crime at UK music festivals.

Drug safety testing, disposals and dealing in an English field: Exploring the operational and behavioural outcomes of the UK’s first onsite ‘drug checking’ service (2018)
Journal Article
Measham, F. C. (2019). Drug safety testing, disposals and dealing in an English field: Exploring the operational and behavioural outcomes of the UK’s first onsite ‘drug checking’ service. International Journal of Drug Policy, 67, 102-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.11.001

Background: In a year when UK drug-related deaths and festival drug-related deaths reached their highest on record, a pilot festival drug safety testing service was introduced with the aim of reducing drug-related harm. This paper describes the opera... Read More about Drug safety testing, disposals and dealing in an English field: Exploring the operational and behavioural outcomes of the UK’s first onsite ‘drug checking’ service.

Building Bridges Across Diversity: Utilising the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Programme to promote an egalitarian higher education community within three UK prisons (2018)
Journal Article
King, H., Measham, F., & O’Brien, K. (2019). Building Bridges Across Diversity: Utilising the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Programme to promote an egalitarian higher education community within three UK prisons. International journal of bias, identity and diversities in education, 4(1), 66-81. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijbide.2019010105

The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Programme is a unique prison education programme that brings together ‘Inside' (prison) students and ‘Outside' (university) students to learn collaboratively through dialogue and community-building exercises within the... Read More about Building Bridges Across Diversity: Utilising the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Programme to promote an egalitarian higher education community within three UK prisons.

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.

University students and prisoners learning collaboratively (2017)
Book Chapter
O’Brien, K., Meahsam, F., & King, H. (2017). University students and prisoners learning collaboratively. In P. Crane (Ed.), ife Beyond Crime. Lemos Crane

What’s So ‘New’ About New Psychoactive Substances? Definitions, prevalence, motivations, user groups and a proposed new taxonomy (2016)
Book Chapter
Measham, F., & Newcombe, R. (2016). What’s So ‘New’ About New Psychoactive Substances? Definitions, prevalence, motivations, user groups and a proposed new taxonomy. In T. Kolind, B. Thom, & G. Hunt (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of drug & alcohol studies - social science approaches (576-596). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473921986.n33

This chapter provides an overview of the varied definitions of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) or so-called ‘legal highs’, along with data on (relatively low) prevalence in selected countries and user motivations in order to tease out the broader p... Read More about What’s So ‘New’ About New Psychoactive Substances? Definitions, prevalence, motivations, user groups and a proposed new taxonomy.

“Skittles & Red Bull is my favourite flavour”: E-cigarettes, smoking, vaping and the changing landscape of nicotine consumption amongst British teenagers – implications for the normalisation debate (2016)
Journal Article
Measham, F., O'Brien, K., & Turnbull, G. (2016). “Skittles & Red Bull is my favourite flavour”: E-cigarettes, smoking, vaping and the changing landscape of nicotine consumption amongst British teenagers – implications for the normalisation debate. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 23(3), 224-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2016.1178708

Aims: From an academic discourse explaining trends in drug-related attitudes and behaviours, “normalisation” now also encompasses public health policy advocating “denormalisation” of smoking. This study explored young people’s attitudes and behaviour... Read More about “Skittles & Red Bull is my favourite flavour”: E-cigarettes, smoking, vaping and the changing landscape of nicotine consumption amongst British teenagers – implications for the normalisation debate.

New psychoactive substances and British drug policy: A view from the cyber-psychonauts (2014)
Journal Article
O'Brien, K., Chatwin, C., Jenkins, C., & Measham, F. (2015). New psychoactive substances and British drug policy: A view from the cyber-psychonauts. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 22(3), 217-223. https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2014.989959

Aims: (i) To collect data on the consumption patterns, purchase patterns and motivations of the online NPS community, and (ii) engage this specific group of NPS users in an exploration of recent policy developments in the UK focusing on their experie... Read More about New psychoactive substances and British drug policy: A view from the cyber-psychonauts.

The outsourcing of control: Alcohol law enforcement, private-sector governance and the evening and night-time economy (2014)
Journal Article
Hadfield, P., & Measham, F. (2015). The outsourcing of control: Alcohol law enforcement, private-sector governance and the evening and night-time economy. Urban Studies, 52(3), 517-537. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098014554540

England and Wales have experienced a decade of transformation concerning the legislative governance of urban public drinking spaces, yet the Evening and Night-time Economy (ENTE) retains its position at the top of ‘community safety’ agendas. This art... Read More about The outsourcing of control: Alcohol law enforcement, private-sector governance and the evening and night-time economy.

The ‘drug policy ratchet’: why do sanctions for new psychoactive drugs typically only go up? (2014)
Journal Article
Stevens, A., & Measham, F. (2014). The ‘drug policy ratchet’: why do sanctions for new psychoactive drugs typically only go up?. Addiction, 109(8), 1226-1232. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12406

It has been much more common for drugs to be subjected to tighter rather than looser control as drugs and evidence about their effects have has emerged. We argue that there is in place a drug policy ratchet which subjects new psychoactive substances... Read More about The ‘drug policy ratchet’: why do sanctions for new psychoactive drugs typically only go up?.

The Silent "G": A Case Study in the Production of "Drugs" and "Drug Problems (2012)
Journal Article
Moore, K., & Measham, F. (2012). The Silent "G": A Case Study in the Production of "Drugs" and "Drug Problems. Contemporary Drug Problems, 39(3), 565-590. https://doi.org/10.1177/009145091203900309

This article focuses on “G” in the United Kingdom (UK), G being the collective term for gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and gammabutyrolactone (GBL). Drawing on empirical data and taking a critical drug studies perspective, we use G as a case study in ho... Read More about The Silent "G": A Case Study in the Production of "Drugs" and "Drug Problems.

Drugs, Alcohol and Crime (2012)
Book Chapter
Measham, F., & South, N. (2012). Drugs, Alcohol and Crime. In M. Maguire, R. Morgan, & R. Reiner (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (686-716). Oxford University Press

Illegal Leisure Revisited: Changing patterns of alcohol and drug use in adolescents and young adults (2011)
Book
Aldridge, J., Measham, F., & Williams, L. (2011). Illegal Leisure Revisited: Changing patterns of alcohol and drug use in adolescents and young adults. Routledge

Repertoires of Distinction: Exploring patterns of weekend polydrug use within local leisure scenes across the English night time economy (2009)
Journal Article
Measham, F., & Moore, K. (2009). Repertoires of Distinction: Exploring patterns of weekend polydrug use within local leisure scenes across the English night time economy. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 9(4), 437-464. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895809343406

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