Rate My Professor Shelley Turner

Turner's research focuses on youth justice, community corrections, case management, forensic and statutory social work, work integrated learning, and knowledge co-production. Her key publications include the co-authored book "Co-production and Criminal Justice" (Routledge, 2022), the chapter "‘Giving Voice’: Communicating with Young People to Enhance Police Legitimacy and Compliance" in Law Enforcement and Public Health (Springer, 2022), and "Lengthy unpaid placements in social work: exploring the impacts on student wellbeing" (Social Work Education, 2021, with 41 Scopus citations). Other significant works encompass commissioned reports such as "Best practice principles for the operation of community service schemes: a systematic review of the literature" (Corrections Victoria, 2016, with Chris Trotter), "Growing old in prison? A review of national and international research on ageing offenders" (Corrections Victoria, 2010), and the chapter "Case management in corrections: evidence, issues and challenges" in Offender Supervision (Willan Publishing, 2010). She leads national projects, including a study on COVID-19 impacts on social work field education funded by the Australian Collaborative Education Network, accepts PhD students, and engages in media and conference contributions on youth justice and criminal justice reforms.