Griffith Edwards, the Addiction Research Unit and research on the criminal justice system

Michael Farrell; John Marsden; John Strang

doi:10.1111/add.12910

Griffith Edwards, the Addiction Research Unit and research on the criminal justice system

Michael Farrell^*, John Marsden, John Strang

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Background: This paper reviews the early work of Griffith Edwards and his colleagues on alcohol in the criminal justice system and outlines the direction of research in this area in the Addiction Research Unit in the 1960s and 1970s. The paper outlines the link between that work and work undertaken in the more recent past in this area. Methods: The key papers of the authors are reviewed and the impact of this work on policy and practice is discussed. Conclusions: There is a rich seam of work on deprived and incarcerated populations that has been under way at the Addiction Research Unit and subsequently the National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London. Griffith Edwards initiated this work that explores the risks and problems experienced by people moving between the health and criminal justice system, and demonstrated the need for better care and continuity across this system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	54-58
Number of pages	5
Journal	Addiction
Volume	110
Issue number	S2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12910
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2015

Keywords

Alcohol
Drugs
HIV
Naloxone
Overdose
Prisons
Psychiatric morbidity

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