Our organisational structure
Partnership structure
Discover how the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science and Forensicare function as a partnership.
Academic staff
| Name |
Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Michael Daffern | Director, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science; Professor, Clinical Forensic Psychology | |
| Distinguished Professor James Ogloff AM | University Distinguished Professor | |
| Associate Professor Rachael Fullam |
Deputy Director and Consultation and Evaluation Lead |
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| Dr Ashley Batastini | Associate Professor, Forensic Psychology | abatastini@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Ashley Dunne | Senior Lecturer, Clinical Forensic Psychology | adunne@swinburne.edu.au |
| Associate Professor Trentham Furness | Adjunct Associate Professor and Research Manager – Forensicare | trentham.furness@forensicare.vic.gov.au |
| Professor Nathan Kolla | Professor, Forensic Psychiatry | nkolla@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Caleb Lloyd |
Senior Lecturer |
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| Dr Tessa Maguire |
Senior Lecturer, Forensic Mental Health Nursing |
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| Professor Troy McEwan |
Professor, Clinical and Forensic Psychology |
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| Dr Margaret Nixon |
Professional Development and Training Lead; Senior Lecturer |
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| Dr Nina Papalia | DECRA Research Fellow | npapalia@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Janet Ruffles | Assistant Lead, Consultation and Evaluation | jruffles@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Benjamin Spivak |
Senior Lecturer |
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| Dr Nicola Tyler | Senior Lecturer, Forensic Psychology | ntyler@swinburne.edu.au |
Support staff
| Name |
Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Brett McIvor | Operations Manager | |
| Ms Maree Stanford | Executive Assistant | |
| Ms Katie Richardson | Project Officer | krichardson@swinburne.edu.au |
Research fellows
| Name |
Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Harry Dent | Research Fellow | hdent@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Marie Henshaw | Research Fellow | mhenshaw@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Sophie Mattingley | Forensicare Research Fellow | smattingley@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Stacey Politis | Research Fellow | spolitis@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Maddison Riachi | Research Fellow | mriachi@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Abigail Sheed | Research Fellow | asheed@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Reneta Slikboer | Research Fellow | rslikboer@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Ariel Stone | Research Fellow | astone@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Michael Trood | Research Fellow | mtrood@swinburne.edu.au |
| Dr Maicee Young | Forensicare Research Fellow | maiceeyoung@swinburne.edu.au |
Higher Degree by Research candidates
Doctor of Psychology students
| Name |
Title of research project | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Han-Mari Cronje | Assessment and treatment of neurocognitive impairments among forensic mental health inpatients | Margaret Nixon, Susan Rossell |
| Rose Tingate | The experience of reintegration from prison for women with cognitive disability | Margaret Nixon, Rachael Fullam |
| Nishant Krishnan | Identifying the malingering defendant: an examination of malingering in Australian evaluations of fitness to stand trial | Jim Ogloff, Janet Ruffles, Michael Trood, Grant Blake |
| Jessica Cornish | Do police responses to family violence incidents deter repeat family violence? | Benjamin Spivak, Troy McEwan, Michael Trood |
| Catie Bridgeman | The management of stalking risk | Troy McEwan, Margaret Nixon |
| Aleshia Nanev | Understanding types and trajectories of sexual homicide offenders | Margaret Nixon, Rajan Darjee |
| Alicia Yokoyama | Understanding why people stop patterns of problematic behaviour | Troy McEwan, Margaret Nixon |
| Rhiannon Morley | Intellectual disability among court involved children and families in cases of child maltreatment | Margaret Nixon, Abigail Sheed |
| Aimee Reed | Sparking change: understanding risk and protective factors for young people who set fires | Nichola Tyler, Margaret Nixon |
| Nathan Pham | Responsivity factors in young people who are exhibiting problematic behaviours | Margaret Nixon, Nichola Tyler, Michael Trood |
| Elia Gibbons | Communication difficulties in forensic mental health inpatients | Margaret Nixon, Nichola Tyler |
| Gabriela Robelado | Evaluating the use of EMDR in forensic mental health inpatients: a single case series study | Margaret Nixon, Ashley Batastini |
| Sinead Cloonan-Thomas | Risk and risk assessment of deliberate firesetting | Nichola Tyler, Troy McEwan |
| Emma Field | Development of an offence process model for stalking | Troy McEwan, Nichola Tyler |
| Mahmoud Ghamraoui | Investigating the quality and reliability of case formulations among Australian forensic practitioners | Troy McEwan, Nichola Tyler |
| April Goldring | Understanding Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women’s connection to their social and emotional wellbeing from early life to incarceration | Caleb Lloyd, Sadie Heckenberg, Justin Trounson |
| Jennifer Kirshenbaum | Forensic mental health recovery and strengths: eliciting patient and staff views to develop an inclusive practice framework | Caleb Lloyd, Rachael Fullam |
| Angelo Menezes | Prison culture in Timor-Leste and its effectiveness in rehabilitating violent offenders | Michael Daffern, Rachael Fullam |
| Yiota Zingirlis | A longitudinal study of the assessment and outcomes of forensic patients on conditional release within NSW | Michael Daffern, Caleb Lloyd, Janet Ruffles |
| Nathan Akoka | The specificity, validity, and clinical utility of Criterion A of the alternative model of personality disorders for antisocial personality disorder | Michael Daffern |
| Karla Dubaniewicz | Best outcomes for young people who engage in harmful sexual behaviour | Michael Daffern, Rachael Fullam |
| Sam Crowley | Developing a measure of relational boundary management in forensic mental health | Michael Daffern |
| Bella Cook | Trauma-informed approaches to pre-sentence reports | Michael Daffern |
| Emma Norgate | An exploration of underlying psychological drivers of online child sexual exploitation offending | Marie Henshaw, James Ogloff, Rajan Darjee |
| Rick Burton | Understanding and responding effectively to online child sexual exploitation: a qualitative exploration of offending aetiology and processes | Marie Henshaw, James Ogloff, Joel McGregor |
| Rachel Binns | Assessing the efficacy of trauma-informed care in forensic pre-sentencing assessments: perceptions of examinees and examiners | Ashley Batastini, Michael Daffern |
PhD students
| Heshani De Silva | Experiences of family violence, risks and help-seeking behaviour among South-Asian Australians | Troy McEwan, Stephane Shepherd |
| Panayiota Zingirlis | A longitudinal study of the assessment and management of forensic patients on conditional release within NSW | Michael Daffern, Caleb Lloyd, Janet Ruffles |
| Lani Haddad | The association between pre-trial detention and mental health outcomes | Benjamin Spivak, Michael Daffern, Michael Trood |
| Liheng (Will) Xu | Evaluating the performance of risk assessment tools for recidivism across various demographic groups | Caleb Lloyd, Benjamin Spivak, Ariel Stone |
| Michael Birchall | Enhanced risk assessment in community corrections: investigating time-varying risk factors associated with violent offending | Caleb Lloyd, Benjamin Spivak, Ariel Stone |
| Gracie Tan | Examining aggression prevention interventions in acute mental health inpatient units | Michael Daffern, Tessa Maguire |
Associate members
| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Joel McGregor | Associate Member Lecturer in Criminology |
joelmcgregor@swinburne.edu.au |
| Associate Professor Jeffrey Pfeifer | Associate Member Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences |
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| Dr Jason Skues | Associate Member Senior Lecturer, Psychological Sciences |
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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Contact the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
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 6222 or via cfbs@swinburne.edu.au.