Personal Statement
My present post is Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology. I was Director of Studies of the Doctor of Clinical Psychology training programme from 1995 to 2013. I previously worked in a high security hospital and prior to that I was self-employed for a number of years. In addition to my research and teaching I have carried out psycho-legal work and expert witness assessments for submission to the Youth and Crown Court, Mental Health Review Tribunal, Parole Board, and Criminal Cases Review Commission. I have acted in a consultative capacity to the Home Office/Ministry of Justice and have provided written and oral evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee and Justice Committee. I was a member of the Guideline Development Group on Antisocial Personality Disorder for the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). I am currently a member of the Correctional Services Advisory and Accreditation Panel, National Offender Management Service. I have been an invited speaker at conferences in the United Kingdom and 19 other countries, and have been involved in a range of consultative work or staff training events with criminal justice agencies in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Romania, Moldova, Turkey, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Fiji, and Chile.