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Mr Paul Turnbull

Positions held:
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Teaching

    Teaching modules

    • Research Methods and Practice (LACN031S5)
    • Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice (LADD059S7)
    • Drugs, Crime and Criminal Justice (Level 6) (LALA120H6)
    • Research Methods in Criminology (LALA173S7)
  • Publications

    Publications

    Book Section

    • Hasselberg, I. and Montanari, L. and Vandam, L. and Royuela, L. and Turnbull, Paul and Mounteney, J. (2022) Current insights and future challenges. In: Montanari, L. and Royuela, L. and Hasselberg, I. and Vandam, L. (eds.) Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. pp. 99-111. ISBN 9789294976901.
    • Montanari, L. and Vandam, L. and Hasselberg, I. and Royuela, L. and Turnbull, Paul and Griffiths, P. (2022) An introduction to prison and drugs in Europe. In: Montanari, L. and Royuela, L. and Hasselberg, I. and Vandam, L. (eds.) Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. pp. 99-111. ISBN 9789294976901.
    • Turnbull, Paul and Montanari, L. and Royuela, L. and Hughes, B. and Vandam, L. (2022) Supply of drugs in prison. In: Montanari, L. and Royuela, L. and Hasselberg, I. and Vandam, L. (eds.) Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. pp. 99-111. ISBN 9789294976901.
    • 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.

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