Papers by Polly Radcliffe
Experiences of Being Housed in a London Hotel as Part of the ‘Everyone In’ Initiative: Part 2: Life in the Month After Leaving the Hotel
Qualitative Health Research, Dec 8, 2020
Undertaking qualitative dyad or couple interviews involving intimate partner abuse and substance ... more Undertaking qualitative dyad or couple interviews involving intimate partner abuse and substance use presents considerable ethical, safeguarding, and theoretical challenges throughout the research process from recruitment to conducting interviews and analysis. These challenges and how they were managed are outlined using the experience from a qualitative study of 14 heterosexual "couples" that explored the complex interplay between intimate partner abuse and substance use. Managing these challenges for participants, their families, and researchers included the use of safeguarding protocols and procedures to manage risk and the provision of clinical support for experienced researchers. Researchers often felt drawn into the conflicts and complex dynamics of opposing accounts from the male and females' relationship which could be emotionally and methodologically taxing. Researchers discussing their analysis and felt experiences with each other provided a reflexive space to manage emotions and stay close to the theoretical underpinnings.
British Journal of Criminology, May 7, 2019
This article elucidates the dynamics that occur in relationships where there has been both substa... more This article elucidates the dynamics that occur in relationships where there has been both substance use and domestic abuse. It draws interpretively on in-depth qualitative interviews with male perpetrators and their current and former partners. These interviews were undertaken for the National Institute for Health Research-funded ADVANCE programme. The article's analysis highlights the diverse ways in which domestic abuse by substance-using male partners is compounded for women who have never been substance dependent, women who have formerly been substance dependent and women who are currently substance dependent. The criminological implications of the competing models of change deployed in drug treatment and domestic violence intervention are discussed alongside the policy and practice challenges entailed in reconciling them within intervention contexts where specialist service provision has been scaled back and victims navigate pressures to stay with perpetrators while they undergo treatment alongside the threat of sanction should they seek protection from the police and courts.
Pilot and Feasibility Studies, Jul 30, 2022
Background: Compared to men in the general population, men in substance use treatment are more li... more Background: Compared to men in the general population, men in substance use treatment are more likely to perpetrate intimate partner abuse (IPA). The ADVANCE group intervention for men in substance use treatment is tailored to address substance use and IPA in an integrated way. In a feasibility trial pre-COVID, men who received the ADVANCE intervention via face-to-face group delivery showed reductions in IPA perpetration. Due to COVID-19, ADVANCE was adapted for remote digital delivery. Methods/design: This mixed-methods non-randomised feasibility study, with a nested process evaluation, will explore the feasibility and acceptability of delivering the ADVANCE digital intervention to men in substance use treatment who have perpetrated IPA towards a female partner in the past year. Sixty men will be recruited from seven substance use treatment services in Great Britain. The ADVANCE digital intervention comprises a preparatory one-toone session with a facilitator to set goals, develop a personal safety plan, and increase motivation and a preparatory online group to prepare men for taking part in the intervention. The core intervention comprises six fortnightly online group sessions and 12 weekly self-directed website sessions to recap and practise skills learned in the online group sessions. Each website session is followed by a one-to-one video/phone coaching session with a facilitator. Men will also receive their usual substance use treatment. Men's female (ex) partners will be invited to provide outcome data and offered support from integrated safety services (ISS). Outcome measures for men and women will be sought post intervention (approximately 4 months post male baseline interview). Feasibility parameters to be estimated include
Factors associated with the severity of intimate partner violence perpetrated by substance using men towards current partner
Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 2019
Barriers and facilitators to accessing inpatient and community substance use treatment and harm reduction services for people who use drugs in the Muslim communities: A systematic narrative review of studies on the experiences of people who receive services and service providers
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
English Substance-using Perpetrators' and Their Ex/Current Partners' Narratives of What Contributes to IPV. Findings from Qualitative Interviews
Assessing Risk in Child Protection, by Hedy Cleaver, Corinne Wattam and Pat Cawson, NSPCC Policy Practice Research Series. ISBN 0 902498 81 9. £16.50
Child Abuse Review, Jul 1, 1999
Barriers and facilitators to accessing inpatient and community substance use treatment and harm reduction services for people who use drugs in the Muslim communities: A systematic narrative review of studies on the experiences of people who receive services and service providers
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
The Conceptual Practices of Children and Family Social Work: Protection, Risk and Partnership
In this thesis I examine the contemporary social work gaze and social work knowledge as a practic... more In this thesis I examine the contemporary social work gaze and social work knowledge as a practice of government. The data for this thesis is derived from qualitative analysis of interviews with children and social workers from two local authority social services departments in which they described their practices. In addition I have carried out analyses of social work guidance and regulation. The professionalisation of social work, and legislation to mandate its activities coincided with, and was intimately linked with a post-war politics of consensus. It was part of a more general governmental strategy of alleviating problems, which were understood as social in character by supporting the family through a blend of welfarist measures and a therapeutics of the family. Analysis of policy and legislation over the last five decades reveals that the conceptual currency of social work, the focus and subject of its gaze have been transformed. It is the priority of protection, which domina...
Additional file 1 of A study protocol to assess the feasibility of conducting an evaluation trial of the ADVANCE integrated intervention to address both substance use and intimate partner abuse perpetration to men in substance use treatment
Additional file 1: Table S3. The TIDieR (Template for Intervention Description and Replication) C... more Additional file 1: Table S3. The TIDieR (Template for Intervention Description and Replication) Checklist. Information to include when describing an intervention and the location of the information.
Social Policy & Administration, 2020
Charlotte and Brooks, Matthew (2020)A qualitative study of the practices and experiences of staff... more Charlotte and Brooks, Matthew (2020)A qualitative study of the practices and experiences of staff in multidisciplinary child sexual exploitation partnerships in three English coastal towns. Social Policy and Administration: An International Journal of Policy and Research.
Rates of early exit by agency (includes only agencies with at least 20 people entering treatment)
<b>Copyright information:</b>Taken from "Early exit: Estimating and explaining e... more <b>Copyright information:</b>Taken from "Early exit: Estimating and explaining early exit from drug treatment"http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/5/1/13Harm Reduction Journal 2008;5():13-13.Published online 25 Apr 2008PMCID:PMC2391146.
Intimate partner violence perpetration by men in substance use treatment, a mixed-methods study 2014-2015
Background: Early exit (drop-out) from drug treatment can mean that drug users do not derive the ... more Background: Early exit (drop-out) from drug treatment can mean that drug users do not derive the full benefits that treatment potentially offers. Additionally, it may mean that scarce treatment resources are used inefficiently. Understanding the factors that lead to early exit from treatment should enable services to operate more effectively and better reduce drug related harm. To date, few studies have focused on drop-out during the initial, engagement phase of treatment. This paper describes a mixed method study of early exit from English drug treatment services. Methods: Quantitative data (n = 2,624) was derived from three English drug action team areas; two metropolitan and one provincial. Hierarchical linear modelling (HLM) was used to investigate predictors of early-exit while controlling for differences between agencies. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 53 ex-clients and 16 members of staff from 10 agencies in these areas to explore their perspectives on early exit,...
This Framework has been developed from the findings of the bilateral project â?~Perpetration of i... more This Framework has been developed from the findings of the bilateral project â?~Perpetration of intimate partner violence by males in substance abuse treatment: a cross-cultural research Learning Allianceâ?T funded by the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK (ES/K002589/1). This research examined and compared the prevalence and cultural construction of intimate partner violence perpetration by males attending treatment for substance use in England and Brazil. Government and local strategies, protocols and care pathways were reviewed, and interviews with key stakeholders identified the barriers and facilitators to responding to intimate partner violence among people in treatment for substance use. Findings from this research alongside stakeholder consultation with Learning Alliance members has informed the development of this Framework. The Framework aims to define and clarify the key capabilities (ie knowledge, attitude and values, ethical practice, skills and reflection a...
Citing this paper Please note that where the full-text provided on King's Research Portal is ... more Citing this paper Please note that where the full-text provided on King's Research Portal is the Author Accepted Manuscript or Post-Print version this may differ from the final Published version. If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version for pagination, volume/issue, and date of publication details. And where the final published version is provided on the Research Portal, if citing you are again advised to check the publisher's website for any subsequent corrections.
Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences, 2021
In March 2020, the ‘Everyone In’ initiative was introduced by the UK government as a public healt... more In March 2020, the ‘Everyone In’ initiative was introduced by the UK government as a public health response to COVID-19. This initiative sought to temporarily accommodate people experiencing rough sleeping in hotels in all local authority areas throughout England. In London, ‘Everyone In’ involved the procurement of vacant accommodation in over 100 hotels and temporarily re-housed approximately 2000 individuals. A rapid qualitative study was undertaken within two hotels to explore experiences of the initiative from the perspective of people accommodated in the hotels. This article describes how standard qualitative methods were adapted and implemented to complete the study whilst meeting COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. The research involved a longitudinal design of a two-stage qualitative interview that sought to capture residents’ experience of ‘Everyone In’ at two points in time (while in the hotel and when residents had left the hotel). Adapted qualitative methods were emp...
Drugs and Alcohol Today, 2009
open access for parents into drug treatment, the availability of family-friendly treatment servic... more open access for parents into drug treatment, the availability of family-friendly treatment services and the provision of parenting skills to drug-using parents. As other commentators have noted , the focus in policy and research in this area on 'parents' and 'parenting' provides an apparently gender-neutral response to issues that are highly differentiated by gender, especially with regard to pregnancy. My interviews suggest that services for substancemisusing women are most successful when they acknowledge women's specific experiences of disadvantage and structural inequality. This article reports preliminary, thematic findings from a qualitative study of substance misuse and pregnancy, based on interviews with 17 substancemisusing women who are either pregnant or