Ferhat Tura

Ferhat Tura is a Lecturer in Criminology at Bournemouth University. He holds an MSc in Crime, Safety and Justice from Cardiff University (2015) and a PhD in Criminology from Nottingham Trent University (2020). His research explores crime trends, quantitative methodology, victimization, and policing strategies.

Current projects include analyzing betting shops' relationship to crime and polyvictimization of children. He supervises PhD student Amrik Singh studying transphobic hate crimes.

Recent publications focus on adolescent victimization and policing styles. Grants include:

• Wellcome Trust study on child victimization (2024)
• University of Bristol project on betting shops and crime (2023)