Our organisational structure
Academic staff
| Name |
Position | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Michael Daffern | Director, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science; Professor, Clinical Forensic Psychology | Alphington | |
| Distinguished Professor James Ogloff AM | University Distinguished Professor | Alphington | |
| Associate Professor Rachael Fullam |
Deputy Director and Consultation and Evaluation Lead |
Alphington |
|
| Dr Ashley Batastini | Associate Professor, Forensic Psychology | abatastini@swinburne.edu.au | Alphington |
| Dr Caleb Lloyd |
Senior Lecturer |
Alphington |
|
| Dr Tessa Maguire |
Senior Lecturer, Forensic Mental Health Nursing |
Alphington |
|
| Professor Troy McEwan |
Professor, Clinical and Forensic Psychology |
Alphington |
|
| Dr Margaret Nixon |
Professional Development and Training Lead; Senior Lecturer |
Alphington |
|
| Dr Benjamin Spivak |
Senior Lecturer |
Alphington |
|
| Associate Professor Trentham Furness | Adjunct Associate Professor and Research Manager - Forensicare | trentham.furness@forensicare.vic.gov.au | Alphington |
| Dr Nina Papalia | DECRA Research Fellow | npapalia@swinburne.edu.au | Alphington |
| Dr Nicola Tyler | Senior Lecturer, Forensic Psychology | ntyler@swinburne.edu.au | Alphington |
Support staff
| Name |
Position | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Brett McIvor | Operations Manager | Alphington | |
| Ms Maree Stanford | Executive Assistant | Alphington | |
| Ms Katie Richardson | Project Officer | krichardson@swinburne.edu.au | Alphington |
Research fellows
| Name |
Position | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ashley Dunne | Research Fellow | Alphington | |
| Dr Marie Henshaw | Research Fellow | Alphington | |
| Ms Daveena Mawren | Forensicare Research Fellow | daveena.mawren@forensicare.vic.gov.au | Alphington |
| Dr Sophie Mattingley | Forensicare Research Fellow | smattingley@swinburne.edu.au | Alphington |
| Dr Janet Ruffles | Senior Research Fellow | Alphington | |
| Dr Michael Trood | Research Fellow | mtrood@swinburne.edu.au | Alphington |
| Dr Abigail Sheed | Research Fellow | asheed@swinburne.edu.au | Alphington |
| Dr Ariel Stone | Research Fellow | astone@swinburne.edu.au | Alphington |
| Dr Reneta Slikboer | Research Fellow | rslikboer@swinburne.edu.au | Alphington |
Higher Degree by Research candidates
Doctor of Psychology students
| Name |
Title of research project | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Israa Altwaijiri | Examining mental health outcomes for victims and perpetrators of family violence | Troy McEwan, Benjamin Spivak |
| Robert Bonett | Psychological change through Youth Justice Group Conferencing | James Ogloff, Caleb Lloyd, Nina Papalia |
| Claire Bryce | An investigation into the risk assessment framework in domestic violence cases | Troy McEwan, Benjamin Spivak |
| Stephanie Butler | Serious sex offender detention and supervision: Risk assessment and decision making | Michael Daffern, Margaret Nixon, Rachael Fullam |
| Reese Cossar | Prison and transition health | James Ogloff, Mark Stoové, Paul Dietze |
| Han-Mari Cronje | Cognitive impairment in forensic mental health inpatients, and the impact on problem behaviours, functioning and intervention | Margaret Nixon, Stuart Lee, Susan Rossell |
| Trish Evers | Enhancing well-being and resilience within prisons: A psycho-educational approach for correctional officers | James Ogloff, Jeff Pfeifer |
| Stephanie Fernandez | Exploring phenomena of intrusive aggressive thoughts and aggressive scripts: Associated beliefs and features | Maja Nedeljkovic, Michael Daffern |
| Cieran Harries | Psychosis and violence: Adverse outcomes and effective intervention | James Ogloff, Stefan Luebbers |
| Julia Hosie | Developing an understanding of the General Aggression Model’s knowledge structure, aggressive script rehearsal, to inform intervention strategies | Michael Daffern, Flora Gilbert, Ashley Dunne |
| Veronique Jahoo | Prioritising online child exploitation offenders for investigation and community supervision | James Ogloff, Marie Henshaw, Jonathan Clough |
| Alissa Lever | Therapist perspectives on building therapeutic alliance, including with clients with a history of criminal behaviour | Michael Daffern, Caleb Lloyd, Kylie Thomson |
| Riley Luke | Measurement of PD using novel AMPD assessment instruments | Michael Daffern, Ashley Dunne |
| Natasha Mahony | Investigating the validity of the DSM-5 alternative model for personality disorder in an Australian offender population | Michael Daffern, Ashley Dunne |
Bianca Mastromanno |
Tuning in to kids: A pilot study of the intensive delivery of an emotion-focused early intervention program for children with emerging conduct disorder | Catherine Wood, Michael Daffern, Sophie Havighurst |
| Veronica Meredith | A gendered comparison in forensic inpatient assessment of risk of aggression | Stephane Shepherd, Melanie Simmons |
| Ella Modini | Estimating the prevalence of dementia in Victorian prisons | Margaret Nixon, Rachael Fullam |
| Anna Moriarty | Pathways from maltreatment to offending: Exploring the mediating factors | Benjamin Spivak, Nina Papalia, Stephane Shepherd |
| Fiona Morrison | Investigating a group treatment for violent offenders with aggressive scripts | Michael Daffern, Rachael Fullam, Kylie Thomson |
| Bradley Reich | Evaluating cognitive and affective factors related to stalking perpetration | Margaret Nixon, Troy McEwan |
| Maddison Riachi | Improving decision making in cases of child maltreatment: Validation of the Child Protection Removal Assessment tool, and understanding the role of the parent-child relationship | Stefan Luebbers, Lillian De Bortoli and Nina Papalia |
| Abigail Sheed | Adolescent family violence pathways and recidivism | Troy McEwan, Nina Papalia, Melanie Simmons |
| Emily Stevenson | Comparison of open- and closed-group treatment of sexual offenders | Michael Daffern, Stuart Thomas |
| Rose Tingate | Factors protecting against recidivism among female ex-prisoners with intellectual disability | Margaret Nixon, Rachael Fullam |
| Jamie Ung | Turning away from crime: The natual course of change in trait impulsivity, criminal self-efficacy and agency for desistance | Caleb Lloyd, Michael Daffern |
| Samantha Venner | Clinical reliability in forensic risk assessment | Stephane Shepherd, Diane Sivasubramaniam |
| On Zhi Xiang | The public health effects of risk-need-responsivity model guided policing of family violence | Troy McEwan, Benjamin Spivak, Rachael Fullam |
PhD students
| Linda Ashford | Advancing cross-cultural approaches to violence risk assessment | Stephane Shepherd, Ben Spivak |
| Grant Blake | Assessing fitness to stand trial in Australia and New Zealand | James Ogloff, Jeff Pfeifer, Andrew Carroll, Rachael Fullam |
| Darcy Coulter | Addressing contemporary issues in correctional risk assessment through the dynamic risk assessment for offender re-entry | Caleb Lloyd, Justin Trounson |
| Simon Davies | An investigation into whether the reassessment of dynamic risk and protective factors improves the prediction of imminent criminal recidivism | Caleb Lloyd, Devon Polaschek |
| Heshani De Silva | Experiences of family violence, risks and help-seeking behaviour among South-Asian Australians | Troy McEwan, Stephane Shepherd |
| Maicee Harrison | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and the criminal justice system: Impact of social and emotional wellbeing | Justin Trounson, Stephane Shepherd |
| Cole Higley | Dynamic risk factors and offender rehabilitation | Caleb Lloyd, Michael Daffern |
| Beatrice Raymond | Wrinkles in sexual behaviour: Factors associated with sexual re-offending amongst older offenders | Troy McEwan, James Ogloff |
| Angelika Senn | The role of schema coping in aggression: Implications for theory and practice | Michael Daffern, Ashley Dunne |
| Ariel Stone | Patterns of change in risk for recidivism: Modelling change and using it to predict reoffending | Caleb Lloyd, Benjamin Spivak, Nina Papalia |
| Michael Trood | Judicial supervision in mainstream courts: Risk, desistance, and offender well-being | James Ogloff, Benjamin Spivak |
| Panayiota Zingirlis | A longitudinal study of the assessment and management of Forensic Patients on conditional release within NSW | Michael Daffern, Caleb Lloyd, Janet Ruffles |
Associate members
| Name | Position | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Joel McGregor | Associate Member Lecturer in Criminology |
joelmcgregor@swinburne.edu.au | 400 Burwood Road |
| Associate Professor Jeffrey Pfeifer | Associate Member Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences |
ATC1038 | |
| Dr Jason Skues | Associate Member Senior Lecturer, Psychological Sciences |
ATC939 |
Adjunct members
Adjunct Professors
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Professor Andy Day | University of Melbourne |
| Professor Brian McKenna | Auckland University and Mason Clinic, New Zealand |
| Emeritus Professor Paul E Mullen | Monash University |
| Professor Michele Pathé | |
| Professor Mark Rallings | |
| Emeritus Professor Rosemary Sheehan | Monash University |
| Professor Stephane Shepherd | Deakin University |
| Professor Tony Ward | University of Wellington |
| Professor Stephen Wong |
University of Saskatchewan and University of Nottingham |
| Professor Min Yang |
Sichuan University, China |
Adjunct Associate Professors
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Associate Professor Andrew Carroll | Forensicare |
| Associate Professor Stuart Lee | |
| Dr Stefan Luebbers | Court Services Victoria |
| Associate Professor Suzanne Strand | Örebro University, Sweden |
| Adjunct Associate Professor Danny Sullivan | Forensicare |
| Dr Rajan Darjee | Department of Health, Tasmania |
Adjunct Research Fellows
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Dr Svenja Senkans | Private practice |
| Dr David Thomas | Forensicare |
| Dr Lillian De Bortoli | Private practice |
| Dr Niki Loft | Forensicare |
| Dr Caroline Lambert | Forensicare |
| Dr Shelley Turner | Monash University |
| Dr Emma Alleyne | University of Kent |
| Dr Flora Gilbert | Forensicare |
| Dr Calvin Jutasi | Forensicare |
| Dr Melanie Simmons | Private practice |
| Dr Natasha Maharaj | Private practice |
| Ms Cleo Bandt | Private practice |
| Dr Kate McGregor | Forensicare |
| Dr Anne Sophie Pichler | Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria |
| Dr Armon Tamatera | University of Waikato |
| Dr Kylie Thomson |
Adjunct Clinical Associates
| Name | Position | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Aleksandra Belofastov | Manager and Principal Psychologist | Problem Behaviour Program, Forensicare |
| Dr Rachel Campbell | Senior Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Mr Chris Drake | Principal Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Ms Anthea Lemphers | Director of Psychological Services | Forensicare |
| Dr Rachel MacKenzie | Private practice | |
| Ms Lorrae Mynard | Occupational Therapy Educator | Forensicare |
| Dr Chris Quinn | Acting Director of Nursing | Forensicare |
| Dr Bonnie Albrecht | Senior Clinical Psychcologist | Forensicare |
| Ms Claudia Mulder | Lead Clinician, Personality Disorder Initiative | Forensicare |
| Dr Keerthana Rudhra | Senior Clinical Psychcologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Narda Arndt | Clinical Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Lisa Clarke | Senior Psychcologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Ahona Guha | Clinical and Forensic Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Ms Susie Hancox | Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Lauren Ducat | Clinical and Forensic Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Melisa Wood | Principal Psychologist | Forensicare |
| Dr Matt Frize | Director, Forensic Disability & Secure Welfare Services. | Department of Health & Human Services |
| Dr Bianca Levis | Senior Psychologist | Monash Health |
| Dr Lisa Forrester | Director - Children's Court Clinic | Children’s Court Clinic, Court Services Victoria |
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There are many ways to engage with us. Whether you’re a student, from the media or an organisation interested in our professional development and training programs or consulting services, contact us on +61 3 9214 3887 or via cfbs@swinburne.edu.au.