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Dr Paul Andell

Associate Professor in Criminology

Phone
+44 (0)1473 338514
Email
p.andell@uos.ac.uk
School/Directorate
School of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Dr Paul Andell is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Suffolk. His research focuses on serious youth violence, child criminal exploitation, and gangs, with a particular interest in co-produced and policy-relevant approaches to harm reduction and safeguarding.
Paul was awarded a British Academy Innovation Fellowship in 2022, supporting his work on practitioner-informed interventions in response to County Lines. In recognition of the real-world impact of his research, he also received a Prize for Policy Impactful Research from the American Society of Criminology.
On behalf of the University of Suffolk, Paul has co-produced the National Lived Experience Training on Child Criminal Exploitation in partnership with the National County Lines Coordination Centre, shaping national safeguarding practice through lived experience insights.
He has published widely on criminal exploitation, serious youth violence, and gang dynamics, including academic books, peer-reviewed articles, and commissioned reports that have influenced both national and international policy agendas.

Paul is Course Leader for the MA in Criminology, Crime and Victimisation on which he teaches, Theories of Crime and Deviance, Collaborative Working and Partnerships, Deviant Youth Groups and Gangs and Dissertation Supervision. Paul also contributes to undergrad teaching and is module  leader for Victimology and Drugs and Society. Paul supervises PhD projects in the fields of Youth Crime and Gangs, Alternative Economies and Victimisation and Vulnerability.

Research interests include:

Youth Offending, Youth Justice and Youth Leadership. Gangs, Community Safety and Drugs.

Publications

Selected publications (see ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4879-4204 for full listing)

Peer Reviewed 

Andell P. and J.McMannus (2002) Addressing Local Drug Markets. Safer Communities. London, Willan.

Andell P. and Pitts J. (2017) Preventing the violent and sexual victimisation of vulnerable-gang involved and gang-affected children and young people in Ipswich. A Report for Suffolk’s Public Health and Community Safety Team.  ISBN 978-1-913160-04-3

Andell P. (2017) Developing a Context for Change in Gang Affected Neighbourhoods. Procedia of Economics and Business Administration.

Andell P. and Pitts J. (2018) The End of the Line? The Impact of County Lines Drug Distribution on Youth Crime in a Target Destination. Youth and Policy. https://www.youthandpolicy.org/articles/the-end-of-the-line/

Andell P. (2019) Addressing County Lines : Praxis for Community Safety Practitioners. Safer Communities, London. Emerald. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SC-02-2019-0006/full/html

Andell P. (2019) Thinking Seriously About Gangs.Towards a Critical Realist Approach. London, Sydney Palgrave (Monograph). https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030128906 (Nominated for British Society of Criminology Book Award 2020)

Andell P.  (2019) Theory into practice: County Lines, violence and changes to drug markets. Youth and Policy. https://www.youthandpolicy.org/articles/county-lines-violence-drug-markets/

Andell P. (2020) Gangs, Violence and County lines; in Lane et al. Ed. International Handbook on Collective Violence: Current Issues and Perspectives, London. Routledge

Andell P. (2021) Utilising Southern Criminology in the Overstandings of English Gang Research in Brotherton, D. C. and Gude R.Ed. International Handbook of Critical Gang Studies. London Routledge (forthcoming)

Andell P. James D. and D. Rup Maiter (2021) County lines and changes to the middle markets in the UK. Ed. Ayers T. Understanding Drug Dealing and Illicit Drug Markets in the 21st Century: National and International Perspectives. London Routledge. (Forthcoming)

P. Andell and Pitts J. (2021) The UK Handbook of Youth Gangs. London, Sydney Palgrave

Papers Book Chapters and Committee Reports

Paul has a significant experience in training for Criminal Justice Professionals and was previously a CPD Trainer for Ambessa Training.

Paul has provided training in County lines for Probation Officers, Early Help Teams, School Governors and Investigators.

Paul was a Script Advisor for the BBC Soap EastEnders.

Paul has delivered consultancy projects for Home Office, Rugby House, West Yorkshire Police, Lambeth Gangs Team.

Paul is a member or the international research group, Eurogangs. He is also a member of European Society of Criminology. Paul presents regularly at international conferences.

Fellow Higher Education Academy.