The goal of this project is to support the development of policies and practices aimed at ensuring people with mental health distress receive appropriate care from both a policing and public health point of view.

The project will achieve this by developing a better understanding of who...

We aim to examine patterns of referral for treatment from problem drug users in Scotland and examine their outcomes, in terms of health vulnerabilities and death. 

This project examines patterns and potential harms of illegal drug parcels arriving into Scotland via international postal services and intercepted by the National Crime Agency.

We examine the relationship between violence and vulnerability at both an individual and a community level, including factors such as deprivation, mental health, drug use and alcohol addiction.

This project began through the research team’s involvement in advising Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority during the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.