Jack Spicer

DiCaprio's exasperation at the coded passwords is similar to my experience of reading some post-structralism

Brad Pitt in True Romance? Loved OBAA by the way

Lecturer in Criminology | University College Cork UCC wishes to appoint an academic to the role of lecturer in Criminology.

Job alert - Lecturer in Criminology - Fixed Term Whole-time Post (duration 3 years) - University College Cork (Ireland)

Join a nice team, doing quality research in a cool city

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Chaotic conceptualisation, hyper-chronocentrism and cautionary tales: A cultural realist analysis of County Lines - Jack Spicer, 2025 A decade after County Lines drug supply was initially identified by the National Crime Agency, this article critically examines its cultural legacy. While Count...

New from me in CMC

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Cascading Constraint and Subsidiary Discretion: Perspectives on Police Discretion From Police-Led Drug Diversion and Stop and Search in England Abstract. This article explores how discretion is managed and exercised across senior, middle, and street levels of policing. It uses qualitative data from

New article in British Journal of Criminoligy - Cascading Constraint and Subsidiary Discretion: Perspectives on Police Discretion From Police-Led Drug Diversion and Stop and Search in England track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

Digital-physical hybridity in drug markets and harm reduction This special issue develops a more integrated approach to conceptualising relationships between the digital and physical in drug markets and harm reduction using concept of “digital-physical hybridity...

Call for papers for SI on Hybrid Drug Markets. Will explore the blurred on- and offline aspects of drug markets, drug use & harm reduction. Edited by @monicabarratt.bsky.social @thomasfriissogaard.bsky.social, @Robin van der Sanden. Abstracts 20 Sep. www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-pa...

How does a drug policy of ‘criminalisation’ influence people who use cannabis? A mixed methods project including quantitative comparison of international policies, longitudinal analysis with data link... PhD Project - How does a drug policy of ‘criminalisation’ influence people who use cannabis? A mixed methods project including quantitative comparison of international policies, longitudin...

Mixed methods PhD opportunity here at Bath looking at cannabis criminalisation

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Competing Through Service: Entrepreneurial Bricolage and the Servitization of Local Drug Markets Abstract. Customer services has long been a central pillar of drug sellers’ attempts to build and maintain customer loyalty. However, recent years have see

Great to see this paper out from 2 of my fav ppl in the drug market research field:👍👇

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The impact of drug-related law enforcement activity on serious violence and homicide: A systematic review

New RAND Europe review for the Home Office finds that drug-related law enforcement activities are of limited effectiveness in reducing violence, and may even increase it www.gov.uk/government/p...

Project ADDER: Impact evaluation

The long-awaited evaluation of Project ADDER is now out, and makes fascinating reading for all with a concern for illicit drug problems in England and Wales. A thread: 1/? ttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/project-adder-impact-evaluation/project-adder-impact-evaluation#key-findings

Now out in Critical Criminology. #Interventionitis in the Criminal Justice System: Three English Cases. By me,
@schreeche.bsky.social, @lbilli91.bsky.social & Keir Irwin-Rogers. 1/? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Enjoyed it. Thanks for having me

International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) 2025 Schedule, talks and talk submissions for International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) 2025

Call for abstracts for #issdp2025 has been extended to 31st January (you've still got time to submit your excellent drug policy research!) pretalx.com/internationa...

Inside the safe consumption room tasked with helping to drive down drug deaths Team behind UK first centre aim to save lives and improve public health

Good luck today Saket, Lynn and to all at the Thistle on the first sanctioned safer consumption facility in the UK. So much work to get this done. Congratulations to all who played their part over so many years. www.scotsman.com/news/inside-...

I believe Lammy borrowed it himself from some US foreign policy thinkers

Bad news that these fake oxycodone tablets containing nitazenes are circulating in the UK.

ISSDP The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy

Really honoured to be part of the organising committee for this year’s Int Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) in Manchester. Hosted by Manchester Met (who madly made me a visiting professor ☺️). Call for abstracts opened www.issdp.org

It's a nice paper. I've found it a useful one to discuss with students when they're setting out to understand the drugs field.

Genuine question, who is the target audience for this new campaign?

A curious case of being increasingly meaningless, while simultaneously having multiple meanings imposed on it and being conflated with other drug market features. Will hopefully publish something soon(ish) discussing this and other things.

The Institute of Criminology is advertising the position of an Associate Professor to lead the Master of Studies (MSt) programme in Applied Criminology, Penology & Management. This is a part-time role on a fixed-term basis for three years.

Further information here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49313/

I suspect Jock Young would have answered: 'boring'

📣 Release is recruiting a research lead for a new 4 yr project (Seriously thrilled about this).

Working with unhoused folks we want to explore how housing policies must be inclusive of people who use drugs.

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Deadline 25 Nov (excited this is my first post here)

This is why I like the concept of harm reduction policing, which encourages us to think about limiting the harms of coercive control, as well as the harms we label as crimes.