Forensic and Investigative Psychology: People and Processes
These researchers collectively contribute to forensic, social, and cognitive psychology, with work spanning across a range of areas including:
- offender behaviour
- violence risk
- sexual violence prevention
- moral decision-making
- personality
- the psychological impact of digital and social environments
Their expertise includes:
- policing
- forensic interviewing
- courtroom processes and decision-making
- offender rehabilitation
- trauma and wellbeing
- marginalised and vulnerable groups
- reward-based cognition
- military decision-making
- stigma
- cross-cultural personality research
Several focus on moral psychology, intergroup processes, and the neurochemical bases of social behaviour, while others examine online influences on young people, practitioner experiences in justice settings, and the psychological mechanisms underlying offending.
Together, they advance:
- applied and theoretical understanding of crime
- morality
- vulnerability
- human behaviour across justice and social contexts