Biography
Paul is a research fellow of the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, and the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Offender Health. His research activities, both quantitative and qualitative, have centred on health, marginalisation, and ethics among justice system involved populations with a focus on violence, sexual health, infectious disease in prisons, and prison alternatives. He has an interest...view more
Paul is a research fellow of the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, and the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Offender Health. His research activities, both quantitative and qualitative, have centred on health, marginalisation, and ethics among justice system involved populations with a focus on violence, sexual health, infectious disease in prisons, and prison alternatives. He has an interest in advancing deliberative research methods within the justice health field having conducted various national deliberative forums with diverse stakeholders including, the public, incarcerated people, prisoner health service directors, and government, consumer and NGO stakeholders.
My Qualifications
BSc (Psych), PhD
My Research Activities
Current projects:
Defining optimal post-prison care in New South Wales for those with psychosis - a Delphi study
Second survey on Sexual health and attitudes of Australian Prisoners (SHAAP-2)
Assessing stakeholder views on prisoner health research priorities and ethical issues using deliberative research methods
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women perpetrators of violence: a trial of a prison-based intervention (Beyond Violence)
Primary health care for offenders from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Services
Electronic monitoring of domestic violence offenders and victims
Sexual health and safety of LGBTIQ people in Australian prisons
Individual, social and health effects if family exile on LGBTIQ people: a case study of New South Wales
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Justice health, prisons, sexual health, physical and sexual violence, infectious diseases, gender and sexuality, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, prison alternatives, research ethics, deliberative research
Currently supervising
Helene Smith (PhD)
Patricia Taflan (PhD)
Caitlin Bennett (Honours)