University of the West of Scotland
Postdoctoral Researcher, SIPR
University of the West of Scotland
Centre for Criminal Justice and Police Studies
Hamilton Campus
Hamilton
ML3 0JB
Tel: 01698 283100 extn. 8622
Fax: 01698 894435
elizabeth.aston@uws.ac.uk
ResearchLocal policing in Scotland; police-community relations; youth offending, alcohol and drug use; qualitative, quantitative and evaluation research methods.
NetworkPolice organization: Academic
GroupSIPR Postdoc
ProfileLiz is a SIPR Postdoctoral Researcher working on the ‘Local Policing in Scotland’ research project with Dr Kenneth Scott. As a researcher at the Social and Public Health Sciences Unit of the Medical Research Council she conducted an evaluation of youth diversionary projects in Glasgow as part of the GoWell study. Her doctoral work on the relationship between drug use and offending over the teenage years was undertaken at the University of Edinburgh with the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime.
PublicationsAston E. V. (2008) 'Drug use and offending: the relationship over the teenage years' [PhD]. School of Law, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh. Aston, E. et al. (forthcoming) ‘Evaluation of Youth Diversionary Projects in Glasgow’ Report to Glasgow Housing Association.
ProjectsLocal Policing in Scotland
Last Updated: Mon 2 Feb 09