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Dr. James Irving is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the Department of Law and Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University. He holds a PhD in Criminology from the University of Manchester (2011), focusing on desistance from criminality and recovery from alcoholism among long-term abstinent individuals in Alcoholics Anonymous. His research expertise spans addiction recovery, desistance theory, and criminological methods.
- Education: BA (Hons) Criminology (Sheffield Hallam, 2007), MRes in socio-legal/criminological research methods (University of Manchester, 2009), PhD Criminology (ESRC-funded, 2011)
Primary research interests include recovery pathways from substance abuse, desistance from offending, and the role of social capital in rehabilitation. He leads the Intuitive Recovery programme evaluation for long-term opiate users and manages the ERANID-funded Recovery Pathways study across four countries. Key projects include the UK Life in Recovery Survey (2015) and evaluations of veteran-specific recovery services.
His recent publications analyze gender differences in recovery, cross-national recovery comparisons, and family perspectives in addiction recovery. He serves as Course Leader for the Criminology and Sociology Honours Degree and actively engages in policy-oriented research through collaborations with organizations like Addaction and the Forces in Mind Trust.
Irving is a member of the Sheffield Addiction and Recovery Research Group (SARRG) and a Trustee of Ben’s Centre, supporting street drinkers in Sheffield.
