Ms Samantha Treacy

Research Officer, Psychology

samantha.treacy@swansea.ac.uk

Staff office - 707B
Seventh Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9755-7686

ResearchGate

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About

Ms Sam Treacy is currently a Research Officer at the Centre for Military Gambling Research, Swansea University.

She is in the process of completing a PhD on the communications of the Northern Ireland Executive regarding paramilitaries and paramilitarism. Her previous research has been in the areas of communications campaigns seeking to prevent/counter violent extremism, people aging in prison, and mental health services, interventions and evaluation, at Swansea University, University of Cambridge, University of York and King’s College London.

Areas Of Expertise

Gambling
Military
Mental health
Terrorism, extremism, paramilitarism
Communications campaigns
Systematic reviews
Qualitative analysis
Evaluation

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Sam has taught seminars on the Victims and Victimology, and Crime, Drugs and Alcohol modules, on the BSc Criminology course at Swansea University, and has been a teaching assistant on modules regarding terrorism and homicide.

Publications

Research Highlights

Treacy, S., Martin, S., Samarutilake, N., Phillips, V., Underwood, B., & Bortel, T. (2024). Dementia care pathways in prisons – a comprehensive scoping review. Health and Justice, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00252-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65494
Treacy, S., Martin, S., Samarutilake, N., & Bortel, T. (2021). Patient and public involvement (PPI) in prisons: the involvement of people living in prison in the research process – a systematic scoping review. Health & Justice, 9(1), 30
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-021-00154-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58660
Lee, C., Treacy, S., Haggith, A., Wickramasinghe, N., Cater, F., Kuhn, I., & Bortel, T. (2019). A systematic integrative review of programmes addressing the social care needs of older prisoners. Health & Justice, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0090-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0090-0
Treacy, S., Haggith, A., Wickramasinghe, N., & Bortel, T. (2019). Dementia-friendly prisons: a mixed-methods evaluation of the application of dementia-friendly community principles to two prisons in England. BMJ Open, 9(8), e030087
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030087
Webber, M., Morris, D., Howarth, S., Fendt-Newlin, M., Treacy, S., & McCrone, P. (2019). Effect of the Connecting People Intervention on Social Capital: A Pilot Study. Research on Social Work Practice, 29(5), 483-494.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731517753685, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731517753685

All Research

Journal Articles

Treacy, S., Martin, S., Samarutilake, N., Phillips, V., Underwood, B., & Bortel, T. (2024). Dementia care pathways in prisons – a comprehensive scoping review. Health and Justice, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00252-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65494
Treacy, S., Martin, S., Samarutilake, N., & Bortel, T. (2021). Patient and public involvement (PPI) in prisons: the involvement of people living in prison in the research process – a systematic scoping review. Health & Justice, 9(1), 30
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-021-00154-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58660
Lee, C., Treacy, S., Haggith, A., Wickramasinghe, N., Cater, F., Kuhn, I., & Bortel, T. (2019). A systematic integrative review of programmes addressing the social care needs of older prisoners. Health & Justice, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0090-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0090-0
Treacy, S., Haggith, A., Wickramasinghe, N., & Bortel, T. (2019). Dementia-friendly prisons: a mixed-methods evaluation of the application of dementia-friendly community principles to two prisons in England. BMJ Open, 9(8), e030087
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030087
Webber, M., Morris, D., Howarth, S., Fendt-Newlin, M., Treacy, S., & McCrone, P. (2019). Effect of the Connecting People Intervention on Social Capital: A Pilot Study. Research on Social Work Practice, 29(5), 483-494.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731517753685, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731517753685