David Patton


NameDavid Patton
Job titleAssociate Professor in Criminology (Research)
Research instituteCollege of Business, Law and Social Sciences

Research outputs

Community recovery capital and how it contributes to building recovery capital at the individual level

Best, D., Collinson, B. and Patton, D. 2025. Community recovery capital and how it contributes to building recovery capital at the individual level. in: Best, D. and Hennessy, E. (ed.) The Handbook of Recovery Capital : Understanding the Science and Practice UK Bristol University Press.

Women's recovery capital pathways

Patton, D. and Nisic, M. (ed.) 2025. Women's recovery capital pathways. New Central Media.

Recovery capital : pathways through prison

Patton, D., Brierley, A. and Wheatley, M. (ed.) 2025. Recovery capital : pathways through prison. New Central Media.

Recovery capital and quality of life: recovery as an aide to improving well-being and quality of life

Nisic, M., Patton, D. and Best, D. 2024. Recovery capital and quality of life: recovery as an aide to improving well-being and quality of life. in: Florence, M, Vanderplasschen, W., Yu, M., De Maeyer, J. and Savahl, S. (ed.) Handbook of Addiction, Recovery and Quality of Life. International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life. Springer Cham Springer. pp. 35–43

Discovering the real self - examining the change in quality of life of people in recovery through art-based research

Nisic, M., Kovacevic-Jovanovic, M., Hajzler, C., Best, D., Patton, D. and Van Steenberghe, T. 2024. Discovering the real self - examining the change in quality of life of people in recovery through art-based research. in: Florence, M., Vanderplasschen, W., Yu, M., De Maeyer, J. and Savahl, S. (ed.) Handbook of Addiction, Recovery and Quality of Life : Cross-cutting Perspectives from Around the Globe Cham Springer. pp. 227–241

What constitutes a women’s recovery from addiction? Examining lived experiences and recovery capital of women from diverse European backgrounds

Nisic, M., Patton, D., Best, D., Ford, T and Heine, S 2025. What constitutes a women’s recovery from addiction? Examining lived experiences and recovery capital of women from diverse European backgrounds. Addiction Research and Theory. pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2446861

The Power, Capacity, and Resiliency of Women in Substance Use Disorder Recovery to Overcome Multiple and Complex Housing Transitions

Patton, D. 2024. The Power, Capacity, and Resiliency of Women in Substance Use Disorder Recovery to Overcome Multiple and Complex Housing Transitions. Social Sciences. 13 (4), pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13040206

A cluster analysis of European life in recovery data: what are the typical patterns of recovery experience?

Best, D., Sondhi, A., Patton, D., Abreu, V. and Nisic, M. 2024. A cluster analysis of European life in recovery data: what are the typical patterns of recovery experience? Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2311841

Assessing a Pilot Scheme of Intensive Support and Assertive Linkage in Levels of Engagement, Retention, and Recovery Capital for People in Recovery Housing using Quasi-Experimental Methods

Belanger, M. J., Sondhi, A., Mericle, A. A., Leidi, A., Klein, M., Collinson, B,, Patton, D., White, W., Chen, H., Grimes, A., Conner, M., De Triquet, B. and Best, D. 2024. Assessing a Pilot Scheme of Intensive Support and Assertive Linkage in Levels of Engagement, Retention, and Recovery Capital for People in Recovery Housing using Quasi-Experimental Methods. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209283

Motivations for Change in Drug Addiction Recovery: Turning Points as the Antidotes to the Pains of Recovery

Patton, D. and Best, D. 2022. Motivations for Change in Drug Addiction Recovery: Turning Points as the Antidotes to the Pains of Recovery. Journal of Drug Issues. pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426221140887

Differences in addiction and recovery gains according to gender – gender barriers and specific differences in overall strengths growth

Abreu, V., Best, D., Brown, L., Patton, D. and Vanderplasschen , W 2022. Differences in addiction and recovery gains according to gender – gender barriers and specific differences in overall strengths growth. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 17 (21), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00444-8

Overcoming the pains of recovery: the management of negative recovery capital during addiction recovery pathways

Patton, D., Best, D. and Brown, L. 2022. Overcoming the pains of recovery: the management of negative recovery capital during addiction recovery pathways. Addiction Research and Theory. pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2022.2039912

Recovery Communities: Resources & Settings

Best, D., Hargreaves, C, Hodgson, P. and Patton, D. 2021. Recovery Communities: Resources & Settings. in: Tucker, J. A. and Witkiewitz, K. (ed.) Dynamic Pathways to Recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder Cambridge Cambridge University Press. pp. 303 - 316

Desistance: A utopian perspective

Patton, David and Farrall, Stephen 2021. Desistance: A utopian perspective. Howard Journal of Crime & Justice. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12406

Navigating drugs at university: normalization, differentiation & drift?

Patton, David 2018. Navigating drugs at university: normalization, differentiation & drift? Safer Communities. https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-01-2018-0002

The need for new criminal justice & criminological approaches to end the ‘War on Terror’

Patton, David 2016. The need for new criminal justice & criminological approaches to end the ‘War on Terror’. Diplomacy and the politics of fear: the 21st century challenges to the theory and practice of Diplomacy and International Relations.
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