Lecturer
Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology 3T4, RG Bomont Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Tracey Price-Allan’s research areas include harm reduction, drug policy and practice, substance use, homelessness, trauma-informed approaches and law enforcement and public health. She holds a diverse portfolio of work and takes on multiple projects related to these subject areas. She is currently working cross-institutionally and trans-nationally on several projects. Tracey is a member of Drugs Research Network Scotland, the Scottish Institute for Policing Research, and the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. She is a co-convener and founding member of the Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association’s (GLEPHA) international special interest group on deflection and diversion and works with GLEPHA to strengthen and enhance international research partnerships.
Drug policy and practice; substance use; harm reduction; homelessness; developmental and relational trauma; trauma-informed practice and policy; law enforcement and public health; deflection and diversion; social work and social care.
Article
Parkes T, Price T, Foster R, Trayner KMA, Sumnall HR, Livingston W, Perkins A, Cairns B, Dumbrell J & Nicholls J (2022) ‘Why would we not want to keep everybody safe?’ The views of family members of people who use drugs on the implementation of drug consumption rooms in Scotland. Harm Reduction Journal, 19 (1), Art. No.: 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00679-5
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Parkes T, Matheson C, Carver H, Foster R, Budd J, Liddell D, Wallace J, Pauly B, Fotopoulou M, Burley A, Anderson I, Price T, Schofield J & MacLennan G (2022) Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of a peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of people who experience homelessness with problem substance use: the SHARPS study. Harm Reduction Journal, 19 (1), Art. No.: 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00582-5
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Drug Consumption Rooms and Public Health Policy: Perspectives of Scottish Strategic Decision-Makers
Nicholls J, Livingston W, Perkins A, Cairns B, Foster R, Trayner KMA, Sumnall HR, Price T, Cairney P, Dumbrell J & Parkes T (2022) Drug Consumption Rooms and Public Health Policy: Perspectives of Scottish Strategic Decision-Makers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (11), Art. No.: 6575. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116575
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Carver H, Price T, Falzon D, McCulloch P & Parkes T (2022) Stress and Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Frontline Homelessness Services Staff Experiences in Scotland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (6), Art. No.: 3659. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063659
Research Report
Digital Inclusion to Prevent Drug Related Deaths: Scoping User Needs
Matheson C, Carver H, Parkes T, Daneshvar H, Schofield J, Dumbrell J, Connell C, Price T & Hnizdilova K (2022) Digital Inclusion to Prevent Drug Related Deaths: Scoping User Needs. Digital Lifelines Scotland.
Research Report
Digital Inclusion to Prevent Drug Related Deaths: Scoping user needs
Matheson C, Carver H, Parkes T, Daneshvar H, Schofield J, Dumbrell J, Connell C, Price T & Hnizdilova K (2022) Digital Inclusion to Prevent Drug Related Deaths: Scoping user needs. Scottish Government. Edinburgh. https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fdigitallifelines.scot%2Fmedia%2F1111%2Fdigital-lifelines-user-needs-slide-deck-drns-jan-2022.pptx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK
Article
Price T, Parkes T & Malloch M (2021) 'Discursive struggles' between criminal justice sanctions and health interventions for people who use drugs: a qualitative exploration of diversion policy and practice in Scotland. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 28 (2), pp. 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2020.1775180
Tracey has previously coordinated the master's module SUBP001: Drug Use: theories and comparative policies, and has taught on various master's and undergraduate modules including SPCUJT Drugs, Crime and Society and SPCU9PA Alcohol and Society: policies and interventions.
