D-SITAR Methods Report
This report summarises the methods used in evaluating the implementation of the UK government's 10-year drug strategy investment in the Treatment and Recovery Portfolio in England (D-SITAR).
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Lucy Strang is a research leader at RAND Europe. She focuses on criminal justice and drug policy research and is currently a co-principal investigator of a NIHR grant to evaluate the first three years of the treatment and recovery portfolio of the UK Government’s 10-year drug strategy. Strang has extensive experience in leading research studies for the UK government, including a major study for the UK Ministry of Justice on the use of Out of Court Disposals to support vulnerable adults, process evaluations of prison drug testing regimens and support programmes for prisoners who use drugs. She has expertise in conducting systematic reviews, most recently on the impact of law enforcement on drug-related violence, for the Home Office. She also recently led a study on approaches to measuring police performance in nine countries. Strang has also conducted research for U.S., Australian and European governments, including a comparative study examining approaches to drug misuse treatment in Switzerland, Canada, the United States, England and Wales, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands. She holds a B.A in law and humanities and an M.S.Sc. in applied anthropology and participatory development, all from the Australian National University.
Education
M.S.Sc. in applied anthropology and participatory development, Australian National University; L.L.B., Australian National University; B.A. in English and history, Australian National University
Selected Work
- Jirka Taylor, Lucy Strang, Kristy Kruithof, Beau Kilmer, Fook Nederveen, Emma Disley, Lisa Wagner, Jörg-Martin Jehle, Comparison of Criminal History Information Systems in the United States and Other Countries, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 2021
- Strang, Lucy, Rebecca K. Simmons, Citizen Science: Crowdsourcing for Systematic Reviews, The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (EP-67624), 2018
- Sutherland, A., Strang, L., Stepanek, M. Giacomantonio, C. & Boyle, A, Using Ambulance Data for Violence Prevention: Technical Report, RAND (RR-2216), 2017
- Cox, K., Strang, L., Sondergaard, S. & Gonzalez Monsalve, C., Understanding how organisations ensure that their decision making is fair, RAND (RR-1827), 2017
- Strang, Lucy, Julie Belanger, Catriona Manville, and Catherine Meads, Review of the Research Literature on Defining and Demonstrating Quality Teaching and Impact in Higher Education, Higher Education Academy (EP-66719), 2016
- Giacomantonio, C., Jonathan-Zamir, T., Limanovitz, Y., Bradford, B., Davies, M., Strang, L., & Sutherland. A., College of Policing Stop and Search Training Experiment: Process Evaluation, RAND (RR-1442), 2016
- Strang, L. & Broeks, M., Maternity leave policies: Trade-offs between labour market demands and health benefits for children, RAND (RR-1734), 2016
- Kruithof, Kristy, Matthew Davies, Emma Disley, Lucy Strang, and Kei Ito, Study on Alternatives to Coercive Sanctions as Response to Drug Law Offences and Drug-Related Crimes: Final Report, Publications Office of the European Union (EP-66607), 2016