Profile
Biography
Charlie has a background in criminology, undertaking research at the University of Cambridge and then the Home Office, where he undertook research on prisons and probation and managed a programme of research on drugs prevention. He then moved to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, where he managed research programmes on young people, drugs and alcohol. In 2010 he moved to the Department of Health Sciences in the University of York, undertaking research and teaching on drug and alcohol use. He joined the School for Business and Society in 2017, where he is teaching on criminal justice and substance use, and undertaking research on prison and police responses to drug use.
Qualifications
- BSc. Psychology
- MPhil. Criminology
- PGCAP
Areas of expertise
- Criminal Justice responses to drug use: prisons, probation and police
- Drug policy
- Stigmatisation and recovery of people who use drugs
Research
Overview
Research interests:
- Drug use in prison and on release, including recovery and rehabilitation
- Substance users under the supervision of the NPS and CRCs
- Police responses to substance use
- Stigmatisation of people who use drugs
- Drug Consumption Rooms
- People on long-term substitute prescriptions
- Recovery from dependent substance use
Projects
- “Spice” use among ex-prisoners supervised in Approved Premises and by Community Rehabilitation Companies
- Policing of Cannabis in North Yorkshire
- Long-stay Parking: a study of people on long-term substitute prescriptions
- N8 Policing Research Partnership: Evaluation Strand
Supervision
PhD supervision - Illicit drugs and criminal justice research including:
- Prison, probation and police responses to drug use and drug users
- Stigmatisation of people who use drugs
- Recovery from dependent drug use
- Drug consumption rooms