Mr Paul Turnbull
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Overview
Overview
Biography
Paul joined the School of Law in 2011 as a Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Institute of Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), which moved from King's College London to Birkbeck.
Paul has over 20 years' experience of researching criminal policy for a range of government departments and non-governmental organisations. In his early career he primarily conducted research on illicit drug use, drug using offender populations and the criminal justice system. More recently he has undertaken a range of projects looking at the quality and effectiveness of services within the criminal justice system and intervention targeted at offenders. He is a member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs working group on poly drug use and the EMCDDA working group on drug law enforcement.
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Research
Research
Research overview
Paul currently leads a team conducting a national study considering the relative effectiveness of the juvenile secure estate for the Youth Justice Board (YJB) as well as a study of EU drug markets and the national evaluation of the Offender Engagement Programme for the National Offender Management Service.
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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Supervision
Current doctoral researchers
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JON THURSTON
Doctoral alumni
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JOANNA BLACKWELL
Teaching
Teaching modules
- Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice (LADD059S7)
- Critical Skills and Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice (LALA106H5)
- Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice (LALA150H5)
- Research Methods in Criminology (LALA173S7)
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Publications
Publications
Book Section
- Turnbull, Paul J. (2019) The relationship between drugs and crime and its implications for recovery and desistance. In: Best, D. and Coleman, C. (eds.) Strengths Based Approaches to Crime and Substance Misuse. Oxford, UK: Routledge. pp. 7-19. ISBN 9781138288737.
Monograph
- Gyateng, Tracey and Moretti, Alessandro and May, Tiggey and Turnbull, Paul J. (2014) Young people and the secure estate: needs and interventions. London, UK: Youth Justice Board.
- Trautmann, F. and Kilmer, B. and Turnbull, Paul J. and May, Tiggey and Mcsweeney, Tim and Skrine, Oonagh (2013) Further insights into aspects of the EU illicit drugs market: summaries and key findings. Luxembourg: European Commission.