The economic burden of functional neurological disorder (opens in a new tab)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences381(1958), 20240470
DOI : 10.1098/rstb.2024.0470 (opens in a new tab)§ 02 Publications
Crime, institutions and public policy
My research examines how institutions and incentives shape crime, policing, political decisions and the effectiveness of public policy. I also work on domestic abuse and health, development and gender, and how technology is reshaping the world of work.
A selection of my publications
These papers reflect the main strands of my research: crime and policing, political institutions, policy evaluation, violence, health and development.
To Catch a Thief: Endogenous Policing and Choice of Location by Criminals (opens in a new tab)
CEPR Discussion Paper 2165322 June 2026
CEPR (opens in a new tab)Economic burden of PTSD in the UK: a systematic review and economic analysis (opens in a new tab)
BMJ Open15(7), e084394
DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084394 (opens in a new tab)The risk of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases following exposure to childhood maltreatment: A retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data (opens in a new tab)
Heliyon10(22), e40493
DOI : 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40493 (opens in a new tab)Impact evaluation and economic benefit analysis of a domestic violence and abuse UK police intervention (opens in a new tab)
Frontiers in Psychology14, 1063701
DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1063701 (opens in a new tab)The association between access to key household resources and violence against women (opens in a new tab)
Scientific Reports13(1), 12278
DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-37879-3 (opens in a new tab)A model of conflict and leadership: Is there a hawkish drift in politics? (opens in a new tab)
PLOS ONE17(1), e0261646
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0261646 (opens in a new tab)The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials (opens in a new tab)
Public Choice161(1-2), 141-156
DOI : 10.1007/s11127-013-0144-0 (opens in a new tab)§ 02.2 Publication archive↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗
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2026
The economic burden of functional neurological disorder (opens in a new tab)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences381(1958), 20240470
DOI : 10.1098/rstb.2024.0470 (opens in a new tab)The ‘In-Between Space’ of Peer Research: Sharing the Lessons Learned From a Study With Young People (opens in a new tab)
Journal of Participatory Research Methods7(5)
DOI : 10.35844/001c.167271 (opens in a new tab)To Catch a Thief: Endogenous Policing and Choice of Location by Criminals (opens in a new tab)
CEPR Discussion Paper 2165322 June 2026
CEPR (opens in a new tab)Co-STARS: a feasibility evaluation of a co-produced mental health literacy training package to reduce mental health inequities for Black young people in underserved communities – study protocol for a randomised controlled trial with an external pilot, process evaluation and economic analysis (opens in a new tab)
BMJ Open16(3), e103120
DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103120 (opens in a new tab)The Health Needs of Sex Workers and the Factors that Enable or Hinder Their Access to Services: A Co-Produced, Multimethod Study in the United Kingdom (opens in a new tab)
Health & Social Care in the Community2026(1), 6944421
DOI : 10.1155/hsc/6944421 (opens in a new tab)2025
Economic burden of PTSD in the UK: a systematic review and economic analysis (opens in a new tab)
BMJ Open15(7), e084394
DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084394 (opens in a new tab)Impact, Process and Economic Evaluation of the WEPROTECT service (opens in a new tab)
Commissioned report103 pp.
PURE (opens in a new tab)2024
Editorial: Economic evaluation in evidence-based criminal justice contexts (opens in a new tab)
Frontiers in Psychology15, 1429063
DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1429063 (opens in a new tab)Redthread Youth Violence Intervention Programme: Pilot trial report (opens in a new tab)
Youth Endowment Fund91 pp.
PURE (opens in a new tab)Remedi Restorative Mentors: Pilot trial report (opens in a new tab)
Youth Endowment FundPilot trial report
Report (opens in a new tab)The risk of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases following exposure to childhood maltreatment: A retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data (opens in a new tab)
Heliyon10(22), e40493
DOI : 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40493 (opens in a new tab)United Borders music mentoring programme: Pilot trial report (opens in a new tab)
Youth Endowment Fund141 pp.
PURE (opens in a new tab)2023
Domestic Abuse links to Suicide: Rapid Review, Fieldwork, and Quantitative Analysis Report (opens in a new tab)
OSF Preprints126 pp.
DOI : 10.31219/osf.io/4t9ab (opens in a new tab)Exposure to Domestic Abuse and the Subsequent Development of Atopic Disease in Women (opens in a new tab)
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice11(6), 1752-1756.e3
DOI : 10.1016/j.jaip.2023.03.016 (opens in a new tab)Health outcomes in those who have been victims of knife crime: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (opens in a new tab)
BMJ Open13(12), e078020
DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078020 (opens in a new tab)Impact evaluation and economic benefit analysis of a domestic violence and abuse UK police intervention (opens in a new tab)
Frontiers in Psychology14, 1063701
DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1063701 (opens in a new tab)Pricing group membership (opens in a new tab)
Mathematical Social Sciences123, 114-121
DOI : 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2023.02.009 (opens in a new tab)The association between access to key household resources and violence against women (opens in a new tab)
Scientific Reports13(1), 12278
DOI : 10.1038/s41598-023-37879-3 (opens in a new tab)United Borders music mentoring programme: Feasibility study report (opens in a new tab)
Youth Endowment FundFeasibility study
Report (opens in a new tab)Work 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
Penguin Random House IndiaBook
Publisher (opens in a new tab)2022
A model of conflict and leadership: Is there a hawkish drift in politics? (opens in a new tab)
PLOS ONE17(1), e0261646
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0261646 (opens in a new tab)Association between childhood maltreatment and atopy in the UK: A population based retrospective cohort study (opens in a new tab)
eClinicalMedicine53, 101730
DOI : 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101730 (opens in a new tab)Classical deterrence theory revisited: An empirical analysis of Police Force Areas in England and Wales (opens in a new tab)
European Journal of Criminology20(5), 1663-1680
DOI : 10.1177/14773708211072415 (opens in a new tab)COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK: a longitudinal household cross-sectional study (opens in a new tab)
BMC Public Health22(1), 104
DOI : 10.1186/s12889-021-12472-3 (opens in a new tab)Exposure to domestic abuse and the subsequent risk of developing periodontal disease (opens in a new tab)
Heliyon8(12), e12631
DOI : 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12631 (opens in a new tab)Impacts of an Intervention to Improve the Identification, Referral and Safety of Those Experiencing Domestic Violence: A Mixed Methods Study in the UK (opens in a new tab)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health19(23), 16181
DOI : 10.3390/ijerph192316181 (opens in a new tab)Party Formation and Coalitional Bargaining in a Model of Proportional Representation (opens in a new tab)
Games13(4), 48
DOI : 10.3390/g13040048 (opens in a new tab)The Experiences of Post-Separation Survivors of Domestic Violence During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Findings From a Qualitative Study in the United Kingdom (opens in a new tab)
Violence Against Women30(9), 2128-2147
DOI : 10.1177/10778012221142914 (opens in a new tab)2021
Associations between primary care recorded cannabis use and mental ill health in the UK: a population-based retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data (opens in a new tab)
Psychological Medicine53(5), 2106-2115
DOI : 10.1017/s003329172100386x (opens in a new tab)Learning versus habit formation: Optimal timing of lockdown for disease containment (opens in a new tab)
Journal of Mathematical Economics93, 102452
DOI : 10.1016/j.jmateco.2020.11.008 (opens in a new tab)The association between exposure to domestic abuse in women and the development of syndromes indicating central nervous system sensitization: A retrospective cohort study using UK primary care records (opens in a new tab)
European Journal of Pain25(6), 1283-1291
DOI : 10.1002/ejp.1750 (opens in a new tab)The interaction of ethnicity and deprivation on COVID-19 mortality risk: a retrospective ecological study (opens in a new tab)
Scientific Reports11(1), 11555
DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-91076-8 (opens in a new tab)The risk of COVID-19 in survivors of domestic violence and abuse (opens in a new tab)
BMC Medicine19(1), 246
DOI : 10.1186/s12916-021-02119-w (opens in a new tab)2020
COVID-19: a public health approach to manage domestic violence is needed (opens in a new tab)
The Lancet Public Health5(6), e309
DOI : 10.1016/s2468-2667(20)30112-2 (opens in a new tab)Exploration of a Novel Preventative Policing Approach in the United Kingdom to Adverse Childhood Experiences (opens in a new tab)
Child Abuse Review29(2), 144-158
DOI : 10.1002/car.2614 (opens in a new tab)Exploration of trends in the incidence and prevalence of childhood maltreatment and domestic abuse recording in UK primary care: a retrospective cohort study using ‘the health improvement network’ database (opens in a new tab)
BMJ Open10(6), e036949
DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036949 (opens in a new tab)Extremist Platforms: Political Consequences of Profit-Seeking Media (opens in a new tab)
International Economic Review61(3), 1173-1193
DOI : 10.1111/iere.12453 (opens in a new tab)Health technology assessment and issues in health economics (opens in a new tab)
Clinical Engineering: A Handbook for Clinical and Biomedical Engineers31–37
DOI : 10.1016/b978-0-08-102694-6.00003-6 (opens in a new tab)Increased Cardiometabolic and Mortality Risk Following Childhood Maltreatment in the United Kingdom (opens in a new tab)
Journal of the American Heart Association9(10), e015855
DOI : 10.1161/jaha.119.015855 (opens in a new tab)Risk of Cardiometabolic Disease and All‐Cause Mortality in Female Survivors of Domestic Abuse (opens in a new tab)
Journal of the American Heart Association9(4), e014580
DOI : 10.1161/jaha.119.014580 (opens in a new tab)The association between exposure to childhood maltreatment and the subsequent development of functional somatic and visceral pain syndromes (opens in a new tab)
EClinicalMedicine23, 100392
DOI : 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100392 (opens in a new tab)2019
Alternatives to Custody: Evidence from Police Force Areas in England and Wales (opens in a new tab)
The British Journal of Criminology59(4), 800-822
DOI : 10.1093/bjc/azy056 (opens in a new tab)Association between child maltreatment and central sensitivity syndromes: a systematic review protocol (opens in a new tab)
BMJ Open9(2), e025436
DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025436 (opens in a new tab)Female survivors of intimate partner violence and risk of depression, anxiety and serious mental illness (opens in a new tab)
The British Journal of Psychiatry217(4), 562-567
DOI : 10.1192/bjp.2019.124 (opens in a new tab)Intimate partner violence and temporomandibular joint disorder (opens in a new tab)
Journal of Dentistry82, 98-100
DOI : 10.1016/j.jdent.2019.01.008 (opens in a new tab)Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Developing Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (opens in a new tab)
Journal of Interpersonal Violence36(21-22), NP12279-NP12298
DOI : 10.1177/0886260519888515 (opens in a new tab)Solving Burglary Offences: Building a Model to Predict Clearance of Burglary Following Initial Investigation (opens in a new tab)
Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice15(2), 832-847
DOI : 10.1093/police/paz002 (opens in a new tab)The burden of mental ill health associated with childhood maltreatment in the UK, using The Health Improvement Network database: a population-based retrospective cohort study (opens in a new tab)
The Lancet Psychiatry6(11), 926-934
DOI : 10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30369-4 (opens in a new tab)Using statistical modelling to analyze risk factors for severe and fatal road traffic accidents (opens in a new tab)
International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion26(4), 364-371
DOI : 10.1080/17457300.2019.1635625 (opens in a new tab)2018
Community Resolution: Impact and Cost-Effectiveness (opens in a new tab)
Commissioned evaluationResearch report
UoB (opens in a new tab)SCANNET in nightclubs: An Impact Evaluation (opens in a new tab)
Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies / Better Policing CollaborativeCommissioned evaluation
PURE (opens in a new tab)2017
Flying Blind: Voter Information and Prosecutor Behavior: A Comment on Ronald Wright’s ‘Prosecutor Institutions and Incentives’ (opens in a new tab)
Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society18(3), 101–104
Full text (opens in a new tab)LOCATE: A Mixed Methods Evaluation (opens in a new tab)
West Midlands PoliceCommissioned evaluation
Record (opens in a new tab)Strategic dissent in the Hotelling–Downs model with sequential entry and private information (opens in a new tab)
Research in Economics71(1), 51-66
DOI : 10.1016/j.rie.2016.11.002 (opens in a new tab)2016
EIA Pilot: A Mixed Methods Approach (opens in a new tab)
College of PolicingCommissioned evaluation
PURE (opens in a new tab)KSI: A Quantitative Analysis (opens in a new tab)
Norfolk and Suffolk PoliceCommissioned evaluation
UoB (opens in a new tab)Solvability Model for Burglary (opens in a new tab)
Norfolk and Suffolk PoliceCommissioned evaluation
PURE (opens in a new tab)THRIVE: A Mixed Methods Evaluation (opens in a new tab)
Norfolk and Suffolk PoliceCommissioned evaluation
PURE (opens in a new tab)Workplace Deviance and Recession (opens in a new tab)
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics16(1), 47-81
DOI : 10.1515/bejte-2014-0049 (opens in a new tab)2015
An analysis of the factors determining crime in England and Wales: A quantile regression approach (opens in a new tab)
Economics Bulletin35(1), 665–679
RePEc (opens in a new tab)Court Backlogs and Crime in India (opens in a new tab)
IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review4(2), 86-91
DOI : 10.1177/2277975215604065 (opens in a new tab)Employment Programmes for the Poor and Female Empowerment: The Effect of NREGS on Gender-based Violence in India (opens in a new tab)
Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics27(2), 199-218
DOI : 10.1177/0260107915582295 (opens in a new tab)Prosecutorial Retention: Signaling by Trial (opens in a new tab)
Journal of Public Economic Theory17(2), 219-256
DOI : 10.1111/jpet.12107 (opens in a new tab)Research into emergency services collaboration (opens in a new tab)
Skills for Justice62 pp.
Record (opens in a new tab)The Dynamics of Intergenerational Family Abuse: A Focus on Child Maltreatment and Violence and Abuse in Intimate Relationships (opens in a new tab)
Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics27(2), 160-174
DOI : 10.1177/0260107915582254 (opens in a new tab)2014
Crime and social conflict in India (opens in a new tab)
The Economics of Peace and Security Journal9(1)
DOI : 10.15355/epsj.9.1.46 (opens in a new tab)R&D Cooperation with Entry (opens in a new tab)
The Manchester School82(1), 52-70
DOI : 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2012.02336.x (opens in a new tab)The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials (opens in a new tab)
Public Choice161(1-2), 141-156
DOI : 10.1007/s11127-013-0144-0 (opens in a new tab)2013
Crime Policy in an Era of Austerity (opens in a new tab)
The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles86(2), 102-115
DOI : 10.1350/pojo.2013.86.2.617 (opens in a new tab)Determinants of violent and property crimes in England and Wales: a panel data analysis (opens in a new tab)
Applied Economics45(34), 4820-4830
DOI : 10.1080/00036846.2013.806782 (opens in a new tab)Market thickness, prices and honesty: A quality demand trap (opens in a new tab)
Mathematical Social Sciences65(1), 52-59
DOI : 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2012.07.001 (opens in a new tab)Re-election Concerns and the Failure of Plea Bargaining (opens in a new tab)
Theoretical Economics Letters03(05), 40-44
DOI : 10.4236/tel.2013.35a2007 (opens in a new tab)2012
Acquisitive Crime: Imprisonment, Detection and Social Factors (opens in a new tab)
CivitasPolicy report
Report (opens in a new tab)Models of Coalition Formation in Multilateral Negotiations (opens in a new tab)
The Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution76–88
DOI : 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199730858.013.0007 (opens in a new tab)2011
An Analysis of Crime and Crime Policy (opens in a new tab)
CivitasPolicy report
Publisher (opens in a new tab)Pre-electoral Coalitions and Post-election Bargaining (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly Journal of Political Science6(1), 1-53
DOI : 10.1561/100.00010043 (opens in a new tab)2010
Crime Reporting: Profiling and Neighbourhood Observation (opens in a new tab)
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics10(1), Article 7
DOI : 10.2202/1935-1704.1625 (opens in a new tab)2008
Coalition governments in a model of parliamentary democracy (opens in a new tab)
European Journal of Political Economy24(3), 554-561
DOI : 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2007.06.010 (opens in a new tab)2006
Coalition Theory and Its Applications: A Survey (opens in a new tab)
The Economic Journal116(509), F136-F155
DOI : 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01068.x (opens in a new tab)§ 07 Get in touch
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