On the 25th Aug (2021), Ross gave an invited keynote talk entitled ‘Distorted Beliefs Linked to Sexual Offending‘ at the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO) online conference.
PhD
student Matthew King-Parker presented his first PhD study on burglary scripts at the European Association of Psychology and Law‘s 2021 online annual conference on the 15th August 2021
In A
ug 2021, Lauren Smith co-facilitated a series of workshops, alongside Lyndsey Harris and Lauren Hall (School of Social and Political Sciences) and Steve Corbett, with members of the Safer Lincolnshire Partnership to understand the current needs and gaps for people leaving prison in Lincolnshire.
Discussions from the workshops have been collated into a report to inform a collaborative bid between local partners to the Local Leadership and Integration Fund.
On Tuesday 15th June 2021, Phil Willmot and Michelle Smith spoke about trauma-informed forensic practice at the BPS’ Division of Forensic Psychology virtual conference.
On Mo
nday 12th April, Ross Bartels gave an invited virtual talk entitled “Indirect Measures of Deviant Sexual Interest‘ at the 2021 ‘New Directions in Sex Offender Practice’ online conference (run by Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd).
Michelle
Smith facilitated the BPS’ ‘DFP Reflective Space’ online event on Friday 8th Feb.
This was a new, monthly, free CPD event for DFP members where they can come together as a peer network and reflect on professional issues and share experience and learning.
On the 22nd Jan (2021), Ross gave an invited virtual talk to the Berlin Medical School Colloquium on his work on deviant sexual fantasy. The event was well-attended and led to good academic discussion.
On 29th Sept, Hannah spoke at the Launch event for CirclesReboot. This a new community intervention programme from Circles UK and is designed for individuals who have committed offences involving illegal images of children.
This event also marked the start of the feasibility study of CirclesReboot.
Phil Willmot spoke at DFP online conference (Sept 2020) on the topic of: “Behind the Screen: Remote working in forensic mental health during the pandemic”. The talk was also written up and published in the ‘Forensic Update’ (vol 137, 2021).
On Tuesday 15th Sept, Elizabeth Deehan (PhD student) gave a talk on the first day (the ‘Postgraduate day’) of a 4-day webinar event run by the National Organisation for Treatment of Abuse (NOTA).
Elizabeth discussed her research on somnophilia and how she has dealt with the challenges faced so far.