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Paul Norris

Office Hours

Tuesdays 15.00-17.00

Qualifications

MA, MSc, PhD (all Edinburgh)

 

Biographical statement

I joined Social Policy as a lecturer in August 2009.  Prior to this I worked for two years as a Research Fellow at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research.  I was awarded my PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2009 for my thesis “Policing priorities in London: Do Borough Characteristics Make a Difference?”  I am a associate of both the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and the Scottish Institute for Policing Research.  

My research interests focus on the relationship between social context, political economy and crime and justice.  In particular, I have a keen interest in peoples’ attitudes towards the criminal justice system and how criminal justice policy relates to a country’s wider social and political context. 

I mainly undertake quantitative research, focussing on the use of latent variable models, event history analysis and multilevel modelling. 

 

Teaching 

I convene and lecture on the MSc methods course Intermediate Inferential Statistics.  I am also involved in the delivery of the Graduate School’s compulsory methods courses Core Quantitative Data Analysis and Data Collection.  In addition, I lecture on the substantive MSc courses Comparative Analysis of Social and Public Policy, Crime, Justice and Public Policy, and Economic Issues in Public Policy.

At an undergraduate level I lecture on the first year course, Social Policy and Society, and the honours level course International Criminal Justice Policy and Politics.

 

Publications

Journal Articles

Norris, P. (2010) "Families of Nations, Victimisation and Attitudes Towards Criminal Justice", International Review of Victimology 

Book Chapters 

Hough, M. and Norris, P. (2009) “Comparisons Between Survey Estimates of Crime and Crimes Recorded By The Police: The UK Position”, in Robert, P (ed) Comparing Crime Data in Europe. Brussels: VUBpress.

Norris, P (2007) "Public Order Expenditure Across Industrialised Countries" in Castles, F (ed), The Disappearing State?, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Fraser, N and Norris, P (2007) "Data on the Functions of Government: Where are we now?" in Castles, F (ed), The Disappearing State?, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Research Reports

McVie, S and Norris P (2006) "The Effect Of Neighbourhood Perceptions On Adolescent Property Crime". Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime Report. Edinburgh: School of Law (University of Edinburgh)

McVie, S and Norris, P (2006) "Neighbourhood Effects On Youth Delinquency And Drug Use". Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime Report. Edinburgh: School of Law (University of Edinburgh)

 

Topics interested in supervising

I welcome enquiries about supervision of research in the fields of comparative criminology and the links between social policy and the criminal justice system. I hold particular expertise in the use of quantitative methods and analysis of large-scale survey datasets.

If you are interested in being supervised by Paul Norris, please see the links below for more information:

This page was published on 2 September 2011