by rbartels | Mar 1, 2015 | Forensic
Last week, on the 24th February, FCRG members Prof. Todd Hogue and Craig Harper launched the first Big Lincoln Election Survey 2015 in conjunction with local newspaper, The Lincolnite.
The online-based project is designed to provide members of the local public the chance to give their views on the issues they feel are most important to them in the run-up to the election. This includes issues at both the local and national level. The initial survey takes only 5 minutes to complete, with weekly follow-up questions regarding voting intentions taking no more than one minute to complete. The survey will remain open until after the election closes. Furthermore, there will be a chance to win a £25 Amazon voucher each week for everyone who completes the survey.
The findings of the project will provide an insight into the voting intentions of local Lincoln-based residents.
For more information about the project, as well as the chance to take part, click here
by rbartels | Feb 22, 2015 | Forensic
We are pleased to announce that FCRG member and PhD student Rachel Orritt has been awarded a conference grant to attend the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour’s (ASAB) Easter Meeting (18-20th March) at Durham University.
This is the second time that Rachel has received this award and, this year, Rachel is hoping to also present at the event. If Rachel’s application to present is accepted, we will post the details about her presentation in a future FCRG post. We have our fingers crossed for you, Rachel!
You can contact Rachel at rorritt@lincoln.ac.uk and/or follow her on Twitter
You can also keep up-to-date about the ASAB Easter Meeting by following the event on Twitter
by rbartels | Feb 19, 2015 | Forensic
The FCRG are pleased to announce that, on Thursday 14th May, an exciting one-day conference will be taking place at the University of Lincoln, entitled “Let’s Talk About Sex in Sexual Offending Research and Practice”.
The aim of the conference is to present cutting-edge theory and research related to the topic of sexuality and sexual offending. Specific topics include sexual interest assessment, sexual arousal and decision-making, risk intervention, anti-libidinal medication, psychopathy, sexual fantasising, and online child exploitation material.
Each forensic-focused staff member of the FCRG will present their most recent work, along with three keynote addresses from some of our external collaborators. These include:
– Dr Alexander Schmidt (University of Luxembourg)
– Dr Andreas Mokros (Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich)
– Dr Karen Harrison (University of Hull) and Dr Kerensa Hocken (HMP Whatton)
Each speaker will address the impact of their work in terms of how it can be applied to practice. As such, the event is aimed at those who work with individuals who have sexually offended or who are at risk of sexually offending. This includes professionals (and students) working in criminal justice, medical and mental health, academia, and other related-fields.
More information (including fees) is provided in this leaflet
To register for the conference, please click here.
If you’d like any more information about the conference itself, please contact Ross Bartels (rbartels@lincoln.ac.uk).
We hope to see you there!
by rbartels | Feb 11, 2015 | Forensic
FCRG member and PhD student – Julie Pattinson – will present some findings from her doctoral research at the 2015 Postgraduate Student Conference: Public Engagement. The talk will be entitled “Predictive risk factors for problem gambling behaviour in UK older adults”.
Julie’s research focuses on trying to understand the largely ignored issue of gambling-related harm within UK adults over the age of 65 years. As her presentation title signals, the research Julie will present aimed to identify the major psychological and physical factors associated problem-gambling in a sample of older adults (65+) from across the UK (n = 695).
Five factors were found to most accurately predict problem-gambling behaviour in UK older adults, with the strongest being the level of gambling participation and playing slot machines. Other predictive factors included anxiety, playing bingo, loneliness and number of different gambling activities one plays regularly.
Come down to hear Julie and other postgrad students discuss their research on Thurs 26th March at the Riseholme Park Conference Centre (Riseholme Park Campus, Lincoln).
by rbartels | Feb 6, 2015 | Forensic
Yesterday (5th Feb), PhD Student and FCRG member – Craig Harper – was elected on to the committee of the BPS’s Division of Forensic Psychology after applying for the position through the Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG).
PsyPAG is an organisation that seeks to represent the views of postgraduate students in psychology within the rest of the national field, and offers financial and academic support to these students.
Craig first became interested in PsyPAG after attending and presenting at their annual conference in Lancaster in 2013, when FCRG colleague Dr. Ross Bartels still held the position of Forensic Psychology Representative for PsyPAG. This position is now taken up by Craig (along with his place on the DFP committee). Having presented at two conferences, Craig applied for this position in January 2015, and his election was confirmed on yesterday on 5th February.
Craig welcomes all forensic psychology postgraduates, from Lincoln to anywhere else in the country, to get in touch with any issues that they would like be raised at national level. You can contact him via email (charper@lincoln.ac.uk), or find him on Twitter.
