Sentencing for stalking is being increased in the UK from 5 – 10 years

  A recent paper from Gilchrist and colleagues on “Controlling behaviours and technology facilitated stalking reported by men receiving treatment for substance use in England and Brazil” has recently been published in Drug and Alcohol Review highlighting the prevalence of such behaviours. In 2015, in the UK, the Serious Crime Act (2015) established a new offence of controlling …

Special issue on Intimate Partner Violence by Drug and Alcohol Review

  A Special Issue on Intimate partner violence and substance misuse has just been published by Drug and Alcohol Review edited by Dr Gail Gilchrist (King’s College London) and Professor Kelsey Hegarty (University of Melbourne)   Download papers here   “This special issue provides commentaries, debate, reviews and primary research that contribute to our understanding of the role of alcohol …