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Professor Jackie Turton

Emeritus Professor
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Professor Jackie Turton
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  • Location

    Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    By appointment

Profile

Qualifications

  • SRN; SCM: HV

  • BA Sociology (Essex)

  • PhD (Essex)

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Child Protection

Open to supervise

Childrens Rights

Open to supervise

Children and Young People as Victims and Offenders

Open to supervise

Professional Responses to Crime

Open to supervise

Women as Offenders/Victims

Open to supervise

Conferences and presentations

Do we make it too difficult for women to talk about atypical feelings? The Ultimate Taboo: women involved in the sexual abuse of children, National multidisciplinary conferences, ccclimited, London 2015

London, United Kingdom, 2015

Assessing the risk: maternal problems & repeated losses to care, IALMH, Vienna, 2015 (with P. Cox)

Vienna, Austria, 2015

The ambiguity of motherhood, BASPCAN, Edinburgh, 2015 (with E. Milne)

Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2015

Victims or Villains: modern perceptions of children, European Sociological Conference, Torino, Italy, 2013

Torino, Italy, 2013

Maternal Incest: challenges for child protection, International Academy of Law and Mental Health Conference, Amsterdam, 2013

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2013

Betrayal of Trust: victims of maternal incest, European Sociological Association Conference, Geneva, 2011

Geneva, Switzerland, 2011

Female Sexual Abusers: a cultural analysis of denial, British Criminological Society Conference, Leicester, 2010

Leicester, United Kingdom, 2010

Betrayal of trust: children's rights as victims of maternal incest, British Criminological Society Conference, Leicester, 2010

Leicester, United Kingdom, 2010

Women who sexually abuse children: responses and risk-taking, British Society of Criminology Conference, Cardiff, 2009

Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2009

Gender and child sexual abuse: understanding the risks for children, International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Tuscany, 2009

Tuscany, Italy, 2009

Female sexual abusers: assessing the risk, International Sociological Associaton, Barcelona, 2008

Barcelona, Spain, 2008

Women who sexually abuse: understanding children's rights, UKIERI, Essex, 2008

United Kingdom, 2008

A qualitative investigation into the nature and impact of complaints made against paediatricians involved in child protection cases, International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, York, 2006

York, United Kingdom, 2006

Complaints in child protection: triggers and targets [plenary session], Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 10th Spring meeting, York, 2006

2006

Child sex abuse: professional responses to female perpetrators, British Criminological Society Conference, Portsmouth, 2004

Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 2004

Maternal sex offenders: criminological considerations, Toledo, 2002

2002

Teaching and supervision

Previous supervision

Susanna Alyce
Susanna Alyce
Thesis title: Trust, Trusting and Trustworthiness in the Words of Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse.
Degree subject: Applied Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 30/8/2023
Angela Phoenix
Angela Phoenix
Thesis title: What Police Do? What Victims Need? a Qualitative Analysis of the Police Response to Domestic Violence (In Essex)
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/6/2021
Ruth Margaret Weir
Ruth Margaret Weir
Thesis title: Individuals, Families and Neighbourhoods: Predictors of Domestic Abuse in Essex.
Degree subject: Criminology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 18/2/2020
Barbara Catherine Robinson
Barbara Catherine Robinson
Thesis title: From Wronged to Rights: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Freetown Through the Lens of the Un Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Degree subject: Human Rights
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 3/2/2020
Gulcimen Karakeci
Gulcimen Karakeci
Thesis title: Response to Domestic Abuse in Turkey: A Feminist Analysis
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 21/6/2019
Aviah Sarah Day
Aviah Sarah Day
Thesis title: Partnership and Power: Domestic Violence, the Women's Sector, and the Criminal Justice System
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 7/12/2018
Shovita Dhakal Adhikari
Shovita Dhakal Adhikari
Thesis title: Rethinking Child Trafficking in Nepal: Victimhood, Agency and Beyond
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 17/8/2018
Emma Katherine Milne
Emma Katherine Milne
Thesis title: Suspicious Perinatel Death and the Law: Criminalising Mothers Who Do Not Conform
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/10/2017
Kanravee Pongpanit
Kanravee Pongpanit
Thesis title: A Critical Analysis of the Themes of Disability, Welfare and Community in the Thai Documentary Series Kon Kon Kon
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 9/12/2015
Ya-Wen Cheng
Ya-Wen Cheng
Thesis title: Struggling with Justice: Women's Experiences of Imprisonment in Taiwan
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 19/5/2014
Andrew Cadman
Andrew Cadman
Thesis title: Male Victims of Domestic Abuse in Intimate Heterosexual Relationships
Degree subject: Sociology
Degree type: Master of Arts (by Dissertation)
Awarded date: 14/6/2013

Publications

Journal articles (7)

Alyce, S., Taggart, D. and Turton, J., (2024). Trust, entrusting and the role of trustworthiness for adult survivors of child sexual abuse. Journal of Mental Health, 1-10

Alyce, S., Taggart, D., Montaque, I. and Turton, J., (2022). Avoiding Psychological (Re)Traumatisation in Dentistry when working with Patients who are Adult Survivors of Child Sex Abuse. British Dental Journal (BDJ). 233 (8), 666-670

Dhakal Adhikari, S. and Turton, J., (2020). Understanding ‘trafficking vulnerabilities’ among children: the responses linking to child protection issues in Nepal. Children's Geographies. 18 (4), 393-405

Cox, P., Barratt, C., Blumenfeld, F., Rahemtulla, Z., Taggart, D. and Turton, J., (2017). Reducing recurrent care proceedings: initial evidence from new interventions. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 39 (3), 332-349

Turton, J., (2010). Female sexual abusers: Assessing the risk. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. 38 (4), 279-293

Turton, J., (2010). Maternal Abusers: Underlying concerns for children. Essex Human Rights Review. 7 (1), 81-93

Haines, L. and Turton, J., (2008). Complaints in child protection. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 93 (1), 4-6

Books (4)

(2018). Women and the Criminal Justice System. Springer International Publishing. 3319767747. 9783319767734

Milne, E., Brennan, K., South, N. and Turton, J., (2018). Erratum to: Women and the Criminal Justice System. Springer International Publishing. 9783319767734

Turton, J., (2008). Child abuse gender and society. Routledge. 9780415365055

Carrabine, E., Iganski, P., Lee, M., South, N., Plummer, K. and Turton, J., (2004). Criminology: A Sociological Introduction. Routledge. 9780415640787

Book chapters (3)

Brennan, K., Milne, E., South, N. and Turton, J., (2018). Women and the Criminal Justice System—Moving Beyond the Silo. In: Women and the Criminal Justice System. Springer International Publishing. 1- 11. 9783319767734

Milne, E. and Turton, J., (2018). Understanding Violent Women. In: Women and the Criminal Justice System. Springer International Publishing. 119- 139. 9783319767734

Turton, J., (2012). Maternal incest: Challenges for child protection. In: Vulnerable Children and the Law International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children's Rights. Editors: Sheehan, R., Rhoades, H. and Stanley, N., . Jessica Kingsley. 9781849058681

Grants and funding

2014

Improving Police Responses to Domestic Violence

Essex Police

Implications for Survivors of Domestic Violence where Cases are Heard in Specialist Domestic Violence Courts and Gernetic Courts

Standing Together Against Domestic Violence

2013

Understanding the nature and prevalence of unreported domestic abuse

Essex County Council

Contact

turtje@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

By appointment