Greg Los is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of West London. He has previously taught at the University of Brighton, following his PhD at the University of Kent. Greg’s research focuses broadly on drug policy.
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Qualifications
- PgCert Academic Practice (University of Brighton)
- PhD Criminology (University of Kent)
- MPhil Criminological Research (University of Cambridge)
- BA (Hons) Criminal Justice and Criminology (University of Kent)
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Memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Research
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Research and publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
Los, G. (2024). Taking Stock - Legalization of Polish Medical Cannabis Seven Years Later: Users' Perspectives. Substance Use & Misuses. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2024.2434683Los, G. (2024). “California on the Vistula River?” Cannabis users’ engagement with licit and illicit cannabis markets in Poland. Drugs, Habits and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1108/DHS-05-2024-0019Los, G., & Malczewski, A. (2024). Synthetic opioids in Poland—A cause for concern or a media distraction? International Journal of Drug Policy, 133, 104595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104595
Los, G. (2023). Critically explaining British policy responses to novel psychoactive substances using the policy constellations framework. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2218536
Los, G. (2023). Application of the policy constellations framework to the Polish drug policy over the past twenty-five years. Archives of Criminology, 44(2), 65-86. https://doi.org/10.7420/AK2022.07
Los, G., Ignatans, D., Pease, K. (2017). First-generation immigrant judgements of offence seriousness: evidence from the crime survey for England and Wales. Crime Prev Community Saf. 19, 151–161. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41300-017-0019-2
Book chapters:
Los, G., Płucińska, M., & Malczewski, A. (2023). Revisiting the normalisation thesis in the Polish context over the past 20 years. In J. Morgan, T. Friis Søgaard, & A. Uhl (Eds.), Normalisation re-visited: Drugs in Europe in the 21st Century. Pabst Science Publishers.
Media engagement:
Interviewed on Lithuanian National Radio and Television (08.05.2024) ‘Lietuvos neaplenkia Europos narkotikų tendencijos – kristalų populiarumas ir toliau auga’ [Lithuania is not ahead of European drug trends - the popularity of crystals continues to grow] https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2/2325779/lietuvos-neaplenkia-europos-narkotiku-tendencijos-kristalu-populiarumas-ir-toliau-auga
Los, G. (2023, Feb 9). Polska policja nie zna prawdziwej skali przestępstw. Gazeta Wyborcza. [‘Polish Police does not know the true scale of crime’] https://wyborcza.pl/7,75400,29445611,grzegorz-los-kryminolog-polska-policja-nie-znaprawdziwej.html?disableRedirects=true
Reports:
Hine, B. A., Los, G., & Hoppe, I. (2024). Exploring the experiences and needs of men made homeless by domestic violence. Wokingham Borough Council.
Others:
Los, G. (2024). Poland is Having a Medical Cannabis Revolution. Talking Drugs. https://www.talkingdrugs.org/poland-is-having-a-medical-cannabis-revolution/Los, G. (2023, Aug 24). Celebrating Poland’s Slow Yet Steady Drug Reform. Talking Drugs. Celebrating Poland’s Slow Yet Steady Drug Reform (talkingdrugs.org) -
Conferences
2022 (Nov. 22) – 15th Annual ISSDP Conference – Drug Market and Drug Innovation in a Changing World (Lisbon, Portugal). Presentation on my PhD findings titled ‘How can we explain stability and change in drug policy? – a case study of Poland and the UK.’
2016 (Dec. 9) – Crime Surveys User Conference at Royal Statistical Society (London, UK). Presentation on the topic of immigrant perceptions of crime severity and their link with crime reporting.
2016 TEDx University of Kent. The impact of the 2001 Industry Authority Act on the private security industry in England and Wales.’
