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Professor Gary Potter

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  1. 2025
  2. Forthcoming

    Cannabis growers as gardeners: results from a survey among Italian and British small-scale growers

    Fortin, D., Di Beo, V., Kowalski, M., Sevigny, E., Grigg, J., Protopopescu, C. & Potter, G., 4/08/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Drug Policy.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    Conservation criminalisation and China’s evolving wildlife sanctions

    Tian, M., Potter, G. & Phelps, J., 31/08/2025, In: Biological Conservation. 308, 111238.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Forthcoming

    Patterns of cannabis cultivation, cannabis and other drug use and market participation among Georgian small-scale cannabis growers: Results of online cross-sectional survey

    Mgebrishvili, T., kirtadze, I., Potter, G. & Otiashvili, D., 12/05/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 104842.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Environmental activism

    Potter, G., 28/02/2025, Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Crime. White, R. (ed.). Chemtenham: Elgar, p. 298-305 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  6. 2024
  7. Published

    Tracing seven decades of Chinese wildlife legislation from 1950 to the COVID-19 pandemic era

    Tian, M., Potter, G. & Phelps, J., 30/11/2024, In: Biological Conservation. 299, 110817.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Forthcoming

    Growing practices and the use of potentially harmful chemical additives from a web survey of mainly small-scale cannabis growers in 18 countries

    Lenton, S., Potter, G., Fortin, D., Granville, A., Grigg, J., Sevigny, E., Wilkins, C., Decorte, T. & Barratt, M., 15/11/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Drug Policy.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Forthcoming

    Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis cultivation and use in 18 countries

    Werse, B., Kamphausen, G., Sogaard, T. F., Bear, D., Audran, M., Wilkins, C., Potter, G., Fortin, D., Hakkarainen, P., Faria, R., Quintas, J., Grigg, J., Jauffret-Roustide, M. & Barratt, M., 30/10/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Drug Policy.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. E-pub ahead of print

    Global patterns in small-scale cannabis growers’ distribution practices: Exploring the grower-distributor nexus

    Sogaard, T. F., Brummer, J. E., Wilkins, C., Sznitman, S., Sevigny, E., Frank, V. A., Potter, G., Hakkarainen, P., Barratt, M., Werse, B., Grigg, J., Fortin, D., Bear, D., Lenton, S., Jauffret-Roustide, M. & Kirtadze, I., 1/10/2025, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 144, p. 104463 1 p., 104463.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. 2023
  12. E-pub ahead of print

    Conflict and Social Control among Cannabis Growers

    Sevigny, E., Potter, G., Wilkins, C., Barratt, M., Sogaard, T. F., Hakkarainen, P., Grigg, J. & Jauffret-Roustide, M., 31/10/2025, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 144, 13 p., 104292.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. E-pub ahead of print

    Are Cannabis Use Problems Comparable Across Individuals Using for Recreational and Medical Purposes? An International Cross-Sectional Study of Individuals Who Use Self-Grown Cannabis

    Sznitman, S., Potter, G., Grigg, J., Granville, A., Hakkarainen, P., Decorte, T., Lenton, S., Fortin, D., Bear, D., Kirtadze, I., Jauffret-Roustide, M., Barratt, M. & Sevigny, E., 31/10/2025, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 144, 7 p., 104263.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    What is 'wildlife'? Legal definitions that matter to conservation

    Tian, M., Potter, G. & Phelps, J., 30/11/2023, In: Biological Conservation. 287, 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Trophy Hunting: sub-Saharan Africa

    Berry, P. & Potter, G., 14/03/2023, 50 Dark Destinations: Crime and Contemporary Tourism. Lynes, A., Kelly, C. & Treadwell, J. (eds.). Policy Press, p. 128-134 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  16. 2022
  17. Published

    Shooting Poachers on Site: Reflections on the Use of Photography in Active Offender Research

    Hill, J. & Potter, G., 23/11/2022, Qualitative Research in Criminology: Cutting-Edge Methods. Faria, R. & Dodge, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 179-195 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  18. Published

    The Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium (GCCRC): a transnational online survey of cannabis growers

    Decorte, T. & Potter, G., 26/07/2022, MONITORING DRUG USE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: STUDIES IN WEB SURVEYS. Luxembourg: EMCDDA, 17 p. (EMCDDA Insights).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  19. 2021
  20. Published

    Introduction: Stigma, identity construction and the ‘who’ of drug use

    Chatwin, C., Potter, G. & Werse, B., 31/12/2021, Who?: Variation and distinction in the European drugs landscape. Chatwin, C., Potter, G. R. & Werse, B. (eds.). PABST Science Publishers, p. 11-18 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  21. Published

    More Harm than Good? Cannabis, Harm and the Misuse of Drugs Act

    Potter, G. & Wells, H., 31/12/2021, In: Drugs and Alcohol Today. 21, 4, p. 277-288 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Medical Cannabis in the UK: the (false) dawn of a new era?

    Bone, M. & Potter, G., 7/09/2021, The Routledge Handbook of Post-Prohibition Cannabis Research. Corva, D. & Meisel, J. (eds.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  23. Published

    “Snitches get stitches”: Researching both sides of illegal markets

    Potter, L. & Potter, G., 22/03/2021, In: Journal of Organizational Ethnography. 10, 1, p. 7-20 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Who? Variation and distinction in the European drugs landscape

    Chatwin, C. (Editor), Potter, G. (Editor) & Werse, B. (Editor), 2021, PABST Science Publishers. 150 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  25. 2020
  26. Published

    “Coming Out”: Stigma, Reflexivity and the Drug Researcher’s Drug Use

    Ross, A., Potter, G., Barratt, M. & Aldridge, J., 1/12/2020, In: Contemporary Drug Problems. 47, 4, p. 268-285 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Coming out of the closet: Risk management strategies of illegal cannabis growers

    Potter, G. & Klein, A., 21/02/2020, Risk and Substance Use: Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places. MacGregor, S. & Thom, B. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 201-221 21 p. (Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  28. Published

    Conservation enforcement: Insights from people incarcerated for wildlife crimes in Nepal

    Paudel, K., Potter, G. & Phelps, J., 1/02/2020, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 2, 2, 11 p., e137.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. 2019
  30. Published

    Do medical cannabis growers attempt to produce cannabis with different cannabinoid concentrations than recreational growers?

    Sznitman, S., Barratt, M., Decorte, T., Hakkarainen, P., Lenton, S., Potter, G., Werse, B. & Wilkins, C., 21/11/2019, In: Drugs and Alcohol Today. 19, 4, p. 251-256 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Examining the blurred boundaries between medical and recreational cannabis: Results from an international study of small-scale cannabis cultivation

    Hakkarainen, P., Decorte, T., Sznitman, S., Karjalainen, K., Barratt, M., Frank, V. A., Lenton, S., Potter, G. R., Werse, B. & Wilkins, C., 1/04/2019, In: Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy . 26, 3, p. 250-258 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    The challenges and benefits of analyzing feedback comments in surveys: Lessons from a cross-national online survey of small scale cannabis growers

    Decorte, T., Malm, A., Sznitman, S., Hakkarainen, P., Barratt, M., Potter, G. R., Werse, B., Kamphausen, G., Lenton, S. & Frank, V. A., 28/02/2019, In: Methodological Innovations. 12, 1, 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. 2018
  34. Published

    Growing practices and the use of potentially harmful chemical additives among a sample of small-scale cannabis growers in three countries

    Lenton, S., Asmussen Frank, V., Barratt, M., Potter, G. R. & Decorte, T., 1/11/2018, In: Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 192, p. 250-256 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Introduction: Drugs, place, space and time

    Potter, G. R., 10/2018, Place, space and time in European drug use, markets and policy. Potter, G., Fountain, J. & Korf, D. (eds.). Lengerich: PABST Science Publishers, p. 11-25 15 p. 1

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  36. Published

    Place, space and time in European drug use, markets and policy

    Potter, G. R. (Editor), Fountain, J. (Editor) & Korf, D. (Editor), 10/2018, Lengerich: PABST Science Publishers. 164 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  37. Published

    Introduction: cultivation, medication, activism and cannabis policy

    Bone, M., Potter, G. R. & Klein, A., 4/06/2018, In: Drugs and Alcohol Today. 18, 2, p. 73-79 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  38. Published

    The three betrayals of the medical cannabis growing activist: from multiple victimhood to reconstruction, redemption and activism

    Klein, A. & Potter, G. R., 1/03/2018, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 53, p. 65-72 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Not Particularly Special: critiquing ‘NPS’ as a category of drugs

    Potter, G. R. & Chatwin, C., 2018, In: Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy . 25, 4, p. 329-336 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. 2017
  41. Published

    Ethnographic research on crime and control: Editors' introduction

    Fleetwood, J. & Potter, G. R., 30/08/2017, In: Methodological Innovations. 10, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  42. Published

    Real gates to virtual fields: Integrating online and offline ethnography in studying cannabis cultivation and reflections on the applicability of this approach in criminological ethnography more generally

    Potter, G. R., 30/08/2017, In: Methodological Innovations. 10, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Greening criminology in the 21st century: contemporary debates and future directions in the study of environmental harm

    Hall, M. (Editor), Maher, J. (Editor), Nurse, A. (Editor), Potter, G. R. (Editor), South, N. (Editor) & Wyatt, T., 01/2017, London: Routledge. 239 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  44. Published

    Introduction: greening criminology in the 21st century

    Hall, M., Maher, J., Nurse, A., Potter, G. R., South, N. & Wyatt, T., 01/2017, Greening criminology in the 21st century: contemporary debates and future directions in the study of environmental harm. Hall, M., Maher, J., Nurse, A., Potter, G., South, N. & Wyatt, T. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 1-8 8 p. (Green Criminology Series).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  45. Published

    CRIMINOLOGÍA VERDE COMO ECOCRIMINOLOGÍA: EL DESARROLLO DE UNA CIENCIA SOCIAL DEL CRIMEN ECOLÓGICAMENTE INFORMADA

    Potter, G. R., 2017, Introducción a la Criminología Verde: Conceptos para la Comprensión de los Conflictos Socioambientales. Rodriguez Goys, D., Mol, H., South, N. & Brisman, A. (eds.). Bogotá: Fondo Editorial Universidad Antonio Nariño, 1

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  46. Published

    Green Criminology

    Potter, G. R., 2017, A companion to state power, liberties and rights. Morley, S., Turner, J., Corteen, K. & Taylor, P. (eds.). Policy Press, p. 112-114 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  47. 2016
  48. Published

    Sex & drugs & EDM: the use and distribution of drugs within a London chemsex scene

    Schierano, C. & Potter, G. R., 1/12/2016, Evidence in European social drug research and drug policy. O'Gorman, A., Potter, G. & Fountain, J. (eds.). Lengerich: PABST Science Publishers, p. 113-129 17 p. 8

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  49. Published

    Evidence in European social drug research and drug policy

    O'Gorman, A. (Editor), Potter, G. R. (Editor) & Fountain, J. (Editor), 12/2016, Lengerich: PABST Science Publishers. 132 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  50. Published

    The geography of environmental crime

    Hall, M., Nurse, A., Potter, G. R. & Wyatt, T., 07/2016, The geography of environmental crime: conservation, wildlife crime and environmental activism. Potter, G., Nurse, A. & Hall, M. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-10 10 p. (Palgrave studies in Green Criminology).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  51. Published

    The geography of environmental crime: conservation, wildlife crime and environmental activism

    Potter, G. R., Nurse, A. & Hall, M., 07/2016, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 246 p. (Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  52. Published

    Ross Coomber, Joseph Donnermeyer, Karen McElrath and John Scott (2014) Key Concepts in Crime and Society. London: Sage.

    Potter, G. R., 10/06/2016, In: International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. 5, 2, p. 124-126 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article review

  53. Published

    Sheff David. Clean−Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy. New York: Mariner Books, 2014.

    Potter, G. R., 06/2016, In: World Medical and Health Policy . 8, 2, p. 210-212 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article review

  54. 2015
  55. Published

    Global patterns of domestic cannabis cultivation: sample characteristics and patterns of growing across eleven countries

    Potter, G., Barratt, M., Malm, A., Bouchard, M., Blok, T., Christensen, A.-S., Decorte, T., Frank, V. A., Hakkarainen, P., Klein, A., Lenton, S., Perälä, J., Werse, B. & Wouters, M., 1/03/2015, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 26, 3, p. 226-237 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Attitudes of cannabis growers to regulation of cannabis cultivation under a non-prohibition cannabis model

    Lenton, S., Frank, V. A., Barratt, M., Dahl, H. & Potter, G., 03/2015, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 26, 3, p. 257-266 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Growing medicine: small-scale cannabis cultivation for medical purposes in six countries

    Hakkarainen, P., Frank, V. A., Barratt, M., Dahl, H., Decorte, T., Karjalainen, K., Lenton, S., Potter, G. & Werse, B., 03/2015, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 26, 3, p. 250-256 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Published

    Lessons from conducting trans-national Internet-mediated participatory research with hidden populations of cannabis cultivators

    Barratt, M., Potter, G., Wouters, M., Wilkins, C., Werse, B., Perälä, J., Pedersen, M., Nguyen, H., Malm, A., Lenton, S., Korf, D., Klein, A., Heyde, J., Hakkarainen, P., Frank, V. A., Decorte, T. & Blok, T., 03/2015, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 26, 3, p. 238-249 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    The globalisation of cannabis cultivation: a growing challenge

    Decorte, T. & Potter, G., 03/2015, In: International Journal of Drug Policy. 26, 3, p. 221-225 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  60. Published

    Blurred boundaries: the artificial distinction between 'use' and 'supply' in the UK cannabis market

    Chatwin, C. & Potter, G., 2015, In: Contemporary Drug Problems. 41, 4, p. 522-535 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  61. 2014
  62. Published

    Book Review: Nigel South & Avi Brisman (Eds) Routledge Handbook of Green Criminology

    Potter, G., 2014, In: Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology. 2, 2, p. 309-311 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article review

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