Mr Paul Turnbull — Birkbeck, University of London

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.

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.

Supervision and teaching

Supervision

Supervisions within Birkbeck:: 2

Current doctoral researchers

JON THURSTON

Nature of supervision:
Joint Principal Supervisor, Jan 2021 onwards

Title of thesis:
The Myth of the Therapeutic: Psychiatry, Heroin & Non-Recovery

Doctoral alumni

JOANNA BLACKWELL

Nature of supervision:
Joint Principal Supervisor, Oct 2015

Title of thesis:
The needs and experiences of young fathers in prison

Awarded:
2022

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)

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.