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Alex Stevens

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50

Publications

2.8K

Citations

29

H-Index

2003

Active since

Affiliations

University of Kent(Current)

King's College London

Medway School of Pharmacy

University of Vienna

Alex Stevens is an author at University of Kent specializing in substance abuse, addiction, and health sciences.

Top concepts

Substance AbuseAddictionHealthHarm ReductionLawPublic PolicySubstance UseCriminal JusticeAddiction MedicineMedicine

Publications per year

2003–2022

50

Publications

50

What Can We Learn From The Portuguese Decriminalization of Illicit Drugs?

Caitlin Hughes, Alex Stevens · The British Journal of Criminology · 2010 · 390 citations · Full text

Are drug treatment services only for ‘thieving junkie scumbags’? Drug users and the management of stigmatised identities

Polly Radcliffe, Alex Stevens · Social Science & Medicine · 2008 · 309 citations

Social Stigma, Substance Abuse, Stigmatization +15

Telling Policy Stories: An Ethnographic Study of the Use of Evidence in Policy-making in the UK

Alex Stevens · Journal of Social Policy · 2010 · 258 citations

Narrative Use, Education, Rhetoric +19

Survival of the Ideas that Fit: An Evolutionary Analogy for the Use of Evidence in Policy

Alex Stevens · Social Policy and Society · 2007 · 106 citations

Education, Political Behavior, Research Ethics +17

A resounding success or a disastrous failure: Re‐examining the interpretation of evidence on the Portuguese decriminalisation of illicit drugs

Caitlin Hughes, Alex Stevens · Drug and Alcohol Review · 2012 · 100 citations · Full text

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