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David Best is Professor of Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University and an Honorary Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at The Australian National University. He leads research into pathways to recovery and desistance in community and prisons settings. He is the author of five books and almost 200 peer-reviewed papers generally in the areas of recovery and rehabilitation, and he is the lead on a number of international research projects in this area.

Charlotte Colman is a professor in Criminology at the Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law at Ghent University. She has been involved in several international, EU and national research projects in the area of drug policy, recovery and desistance, alternatives to punishment or conviction, drug-related crime and drug supply markets.