Professor Paul Senior

Paul's work focuses on criminal justice and social work with offenders and he has been involved in professional practice, education and research for more than thirty years. He worked as a probation officer/social worker in the youth offending field, working with courts, the legal professions and prisons and third sector, specialising in resettlement. 

 Expertise:

• Probation service
• Resettlement, training and staff development
• Voluntary and community sector
• Criminal justice policy making
• Community and restorative justice
• Reducing re-offending strategies
  

Notable coverage:

Paul has been interviewed on resettlement prisons by 5 Live's Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogerty and probation reform by Radio Sheffield. He also blogs about probation issues and has contributed expert comment to the Yorkshire Post