2024 Program

The program below will be updated as planning proceeds. Please check this page regularly.

Wednesday 20 November

Pre-Congress Workshops

08:00 – 09:00 Morning/Full Workshop Registration | Auditorium Foyer
Complexities in Working with Neurodivergence in the Forensic Setting
Full-day workshop
Why would you use that? Issues of validity and utility in risk assessment tools and practices
Half-day workshop
Working within a Culturally Safe and Responsive Framework to Apply Bugmy Principles in Psychological Reports
Half-day workshop
Room Clarendon Room C Clarendon Room D Clarendon Room E
09:00 – 10:30

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Joseph Sakdalan

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Michael Davis & Raj Darjee

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Vanessa Edwige

10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea | Auditorium Foyer
11:00 – 12:30

Complexities in Working with Neurodivergence in the Forensic Setting (Part 2)

Joseph Sakdalan

Why would you use that? Issues of validity and utility in risk assessment tools and practices (Cont’d)

Michael Davis & Raj Darjee

Working within a Culturally Safe and Responsive Framework to Apply Bugmy Principles in Psychological Reports (Cont’d)

Vanessa Edwige

12:30 – 13:15 Lunch provided for those attending full day or two half-day workshops only | Auditorium Foyer
12:30 – 13:15 Afternoon Workshop Registration | Auditorium Foyer
Complexities in Working with Neurodivergence in the Forensic Setting (Cont’d) How to avoid assessing perversion perversely: The reliable and valid ascertainment of paraphilic disorders in forensic and clinical practice
Half-day workshop
Memory and Law Workshop: Activities and Discussions on Memory Reliability and False Memories in Legal Cases
Half-day workshop
Room Clarendon Room C Clarendon Room D Clarendon Room E
13:15 – 14:45

Complexities in Working with Neurodivergence in the Forensic Setting (Part 3)

Joseph Sakdalan

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Raj Darjee & Michael Davis

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Lawrence Patihis

14:45 – 15:15 Afternoon Tea
15:15 – 16:45

Complexities in Working with Neurodivergence in the Forensic Setting (Part 4)

Joseph Sakdalan

How to avoid assessing perversion perversely: The reliable and valid ascertainment of paraphilic disorders in forensic and clinical practice (Cont’d)

Raj Darjee & Michael Davis

Memory and Law Workshop: Activities and Discussions on Memory Reliability and False Memories in Legal Cases

Lawrence Patihis

Thursday 21 November

08:00 Registration | Auditorium Foyer
8:50 – 10:30 Plenary 1
Chair Dr Amber Fougere, ANZAPPL President
Room Clarendon Auditorium
8:50 – 9:15 Welcome to Country
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
Welcome to the Congress
Dr Amber Fougere – ANZAPPL President
9:15 – 10:30

Recovered and False Memories in the Context of Legal Cases: Preventing Ruination, Wrongful Convictions, and Unwarranted Family Estrangments

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Lawrence Patihis
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10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | Auditorium Foyer
Register your interest in the Practice Symposium to be held on Friday 22 November (limited to 16 people)
11:00 – 12:30 Abstracts & Symposium
Cultural and trauma-sensitive justice reform SYMPOSIUM: Judicial and Lawyer Wellbeing and Stress Symposium 1: Sources and impacts of occupational stress in the judiciary and legal profession Complex systems and problems Alternative approaches for vulnerable populations
Chair Dr Narda Arndt Dr Nina Hudson Dr Cieran Harries Megan Niblett
Room Clarendon Auditorium Clarendon Room C Clarendon Room D Clarendon Room E
11:00 – 11:30

Integrated Therapeutic Justice Care: Co-creating a ‘safety net of care’ for family violence prevention , relational trauma recovery and wellbeing for Aboriginal Children and Families with Complex Needs

Dr Effie Zafirakis
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Paper 1: The privilege and the pressure: Judges’ and magistrates’ reflections on the sources and impacts of judicial work

Associate Professor Carly Schrever
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Paper 2: Vicarious trauma in the judicial workplace: State liability for judicial psychiatric injury in Australia

Professor Kylie Burns & Associate Professor Carly Schrever
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Paper 3: Vicarious trauma – implications for legal practitioners and judicial officers

Professor Ian Freckelton & Dr Russ Scott
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Paper 4: Addressing psychosocial harms in the Workplace: Insights from personal injury lawyers on burnout and vicarious trauma in the legal profession

Dr Kate Jackowski, Dr Kayleigh Young, Dr Christina Platz & Dr Tina Popa
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Homelessness, offending and predictors of reoffending

Dr Olav Nielssen
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Child friendly justice in mental health settings in England and Wales

Carole Burrell & Dr Siobhan McConnell
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11:30 – 12:00

Eligibility, injury and healing: Exploring culturally appropriate compensation for First Nations victims of crime in Western Australia

Charmaine Holyoak
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NDIS forensic disability clients and substance use: A wicked problem

Dr Astrid Birgden
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Sending young people to youth justice remand residences: Is there another way to decide?

Dr Veronica Tone-Graham
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12:00 – 12:30

Decolonising neuropsychological assessment with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients: Implications of perpetuating epistemological harm

Vanessa Edwige, Dr Liz Vuletich & Jody Kamminga
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Empowering Voices: The Need for a Dedicated Advocacy System for Tāngata Whaikaha Hinengaro in Aotearoa’s Criminal Justice System

Laura Almenar
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Diversion for Dementia: Access to Criminal Justice for People with Dementia

Dr Amee Baird
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12:30 – 13:30 Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | Auditorium Foyer
13:30 – 15:30 Abstracts & Symposium
Innovative programs for at-risk youth SYMPOSIUM: Judicial and Lawyer Wellbeing and Stress Symposium 2: Responding to occupational stress and ill-health and promoting wellbeing for judicial officers and lawyers Trajectories to Offending Improving Forensic Assessment Methodology
Chair Dr Rajan Darjee Dr Nina Hudson Laura Coat Dr Karen Scally
Room Clarendon Auditorium Clarendon Room C Clarendon Room D Clarendon Room E
13:30 – 14:00

Social Enterprise and Crime Prevention: Insights from STREAT’s Holistic Approach

Dr Kate Barrelle
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Holistic Strategies in Countering Violent Extremism: The Role of Work Integration Social Enterprises

Dr Kate Barrelle
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Paper 1: The power of compassion – a judicial reflection

Magistrate Pauline Spencer

Paper 2: What a ‘merciful approach’ to lawyers’ discipline in New Zealand reveals and conceals

Professor Kate Diesfeld
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Paper 3: A tool for well-being? LCDT penalty decisions in cases involving alcohol and other drugs

Dr Kate Kersey, Olivia Kelly & Dr Marta Rychert
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Paper 4: Disciplined lawyers: Restoring wellbeing and competence through rehabilitative penalties?

Professor Lois Surgenor
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Assessing risk in cases of adolescent family violence: What we know from a review of the evidence base

Dr Abigail Sheed
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Integrating Trauma-Informed Care: Improving the Validity of Forensic Assessment

Rachel Binns
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14:00 – 14:30

A Preliminary Contextual Model for Youth Offending

Linda Fatialofa
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Improving the quality, utility and expertise of psychological and psychiatric reports to the court: Recent training, professional development and quality assurance initiatives at Forensicare

Dr Melisa Wood & Dr Joseph Sakdalan
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14:30 – 15:00

Falling Through the Cracks – A Tailored Approach to Youth Forensic Psychological Intervention

Christopher Galimitakis & Ellie Minney
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One Size Does Not Fit All: Youth Gangs in South Australia- A Forensic Psychological Perspective

Christopher Galimitakis & Ellie Minney
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Exploring the cross cultural complexities of managing fixated behaviours in a transnational context

Dr Catherine Garrington & Detective Sergeant Adam Casey

The Current State of Technology in Forensic Mental Health Services: What Else Do We Need to Know?

Dr Ashley Batastini
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15:00 – 15:30

Sorry Seems to Be The Hardest Word: The Vexed Question of Remorse in Criminal Sentencing

Tim Marsh
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External validation of a novel risk assessment tool for predicting violent reoffending in young people involved in the criminal justice system

Dr Emaediong Akpanekpo
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15:30 – 15:50 Afternoon Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | Auditorium Foyer
15:50 – 17:00 Plenary 2
Chair Dr Prashant Pandurangi
Room Clarendon Auditorium
“I knew who I was this morning, but I’ve changed a few times since then…” Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, 1865.
The challenge of the validity of evolving constructs and theories of intimate partner violence in the courtroom
Keynote Speaker: Dr Jacqueline Short
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17:00 – 17:45 ANZAPPL AGM | Clarendon Auditorium
18:00 – 19:30 Welcome Reception: Sealife Aquarium
Please note doors will open at 6pm. Please enter via the Flinders Street entrance.

Friday 22 November

08:30 Registration | Auditorium Foyer
9:00 – 10:30 Abstracts & Symposium
Human rights & validity of indeterminant disposition schemes SYMPOSIUM: The Impact of a Human Services Approach to Community Risk Management for Registered Persons in Aotearoa New Zealand SYMPOSIUM: Recent Developments in Forensic Disability Practice in Australia SYMPOSIUM: The baby, the parents, ethics and the Court: Grappling with the needs of infants involved in legal proceedings PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM: What Happened? Evaluating Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Chair Dr David Thomas Mackenzie Auld Dr Matt Frize & Alejandro Avendano-Jones Dr Nicole Milburn Dr Michael Davis & Cleo Brandt
Room Clarendon Auditorium Clarendon Room C Clarendon Room D Clarendon Room E Clarendon Room F
9:00 – 9:30

Revocations of extended supervision orders in New South Wales: Best practice in updating the courts when extended supervision is no longer necessary

Sam Ardasinski
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Paper 1: The effectiveness of the New Zealand Register in reducing recidivism

Mackenzie Auld
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Paper 2: Identifying factors involved in reoffending incidents committed by registered persons in New Zealand

Dr Nichola Tyler

Paper 3: A qualitative examination of registered persons’ perceptions and experiences of registration and community case management in New Zealand

Dr Caleb Lloyd

Discussion

Paper 1: Predicting Treatment Completion Amongst Offenders with Cognitive Disability: The Development of an Actuarial Instrument

Alejandro Avendano-Jones
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Paper 2: Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for Offenders with Cognitive Disabilities: The Impact of Individual Factors on Outcomes

Charlotte Wardell
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Paper 3: The Therapeutic Feedback Model in Forensic Disability Services: Insights Into Quality of Life and Recidivism effects

Dr Matt Frize
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Paper 4: Development of an Evidence-Based Violence Rehabilitation Program for Offenders with Intellectual Disability

Dr Joseph Sakdalan
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Paper 1: There is no such thing as a parent without a baby: A standardised approach to parenting assessments

Nicole Milburn

Paper 2: The potential for an Australian-First Specialist Infant Court to change the developmental trajectories of infants and very young children in out of home care

Matthew Wilson
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Paper 3: The infant, ethics and the law: Dilemmas and divergence in relation to best interests

Izaak Lim, Fleur Ward & Nicole Milburn

This practice symposium focusses on providing and evaluating expert evidence based on interviews with vulnerable witnesses. Space in this symposium is limited to 16 people, please register interest at the conference registration desk on the 21st November during morning tea.

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9:30 – 10:00

Setting the Parameters of a Human Rights Informed Forensic Practice: New Zealand Insights

Amanda Mcfadden
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10:00 – 10:30

The evolution of the Post Sentence Scheme in Victoria; balancing Community Protection with Rehabilitation for nearly 20 years

Dr David Curnow
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10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | Auditorium Foyer
11:00 – 12:30 Abstracts & Symposium
Offender treatment evaluation/innovative programs SYMPOSIUM: Assessment and prevention of deliberate firesetting Fitness and Criminal Responsibility MI Offending Links (threat assessment)
Chair Dr David Thomas Dr Nichola Tyler Dr Karen Scally Anjali Bapat-Pers
Room Clarendon Auditorium Clarendon Room C Clarendon Room D Clarendon Room E
11:00 – 11:30

Process Evaluation of the Special Treatment Units for Violent Offending (STU:VO): Within-Treatment Change

Dr Ryan Botha
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Paper 1: Prevalence, correlates, and continuity of firesetting in the general population – findings from the NESARC Wave III survey

Sinead Cloonan-Thomas
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Paper 2: Characteristics of adults convicted of arson offences in Aotearoa New Zealand

Nichola Tyler
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Paper 3: Using a public health approach to guide research and prevention of deliberate firesetting

Nichola Tyler

IQ Thresholds and Influence of the Assessor’s Professional Discipline on Fitness to Stand Trial Assessment Outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand

Dr Joseph Sakdalan & Sabine Visser
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The immolation of an Indian bus driver in Brisbane, Australia: Not a ‘hate crime’

Dr Russ Scott
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11:30 – 12:00

The adaptation and implementation of the Violence Reduction Program for forensic patients

Yiota Zingirlis & Sarah Wells
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Extending the Orders of NSW Unfit Limiting Term Patients; 10 Years On

Dr Kerri Eagle & Ms Corrie Goodhand
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Investing in Love: Behavioural Analysis of Investment Scam Victims

Carolyn Misir
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12:00 – 12:30

Reflections on 20 years of an innovative problem behaviour intervention service

Dr Lauren Ducat & Dr Kiara Bird
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Punishment a perverse reality for those not criminally responsible

Nadia Baillie
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Why are vulnerable narcissists prone to conspiracy beliefs? A social motivational account

Grace Ma

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | Auditorium Foyer
13:30 – 15:00 Abstracts & Symposium
SYMPOSIUM: Assessing and Predicting the Risk of Future Harm: Critical Perspectives Judicial and lawyer wellbeing MH-offending links SYMPOSIUM: Innovations in Offender Treatment in Forensic Mental Health Settings
Chair Emeritus Professor Bernadette McSherry Dr Nina Hudson Dr Amber Fougere Dr Joseph Sakdalan
Room Clarendon Auditorium Clarendon Room C Clarendon Room D Clarendon Room E
13:30 – 14:00

Paper 1: Predicting the Risk of Future Terrorism and Preventive Detention Schemes: A Bridge Too Far?

Emeritus Professor Bernadette McSherry
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Paper 2: The Impossibility of Assessing the Risk of Terrorism

Dr Michael Davis
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Paper 3: Values Plurality: The Elephant in the Room of Risk

Dr Andy Carroll
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Paper 4: Dynamic becomes Static: Housing, Risk, and Forensic Mental Health

Dr Shelley Turner & Dr Tobias Mackinnon
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“You’re not digging ditches but your emotionally stuffed”: New Zealand defence lawyers’ experiences of working with emotion in the criminal justice system

Dr Nichola Tyler
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Borderline personality symptoms amongst adults with offending histories attending criminogenic programs in South Australia

Kimberley Gilson
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Paper 1: Use of Schema Therapy in sexual offender treatment

Dr Joseph Sakdalan
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Paper 2: EMDR in forensic settings

Dr Nik Loft, Kate McGregor & Dr Joseph Sakdalan
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Paper 3: The application of Adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in treating autistic adults with offending behaviours

Dr Joseph Sakdalan
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14:00 – 14:30

Law in Distress: How New Zealand lawyers are impacted by work-related distress and indirect trauma

Georgina Patel
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Do those detained in New Zealand experience worse healthcare than those not detained?

Dr Frances Matthews
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14:30 – 15:00

Judicial officers’ psychological reactions to their work and workplace: A national survey

Professor Richard Kemp
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Mental health disorder prevalence in Australian youth with harmful sexual behaviours

Dr Dustin O’Shannessy

15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | Auditorium Foyer
15:30 – 17:00 Plenary 3
Chair Prof. Troy McEwan
Room Clarendon Auditorium

The Bugmy Bar Book – its use in psychology and law

Keynote Speaker: Vanessa Edwige & Rebecca McMahon
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17:00 – 17:45 ANZAPPL VIC AGM | Clarendon Auditorium
19:00 – 23:00 Conference Dinner: Studio Riverfront, Level 1, Crowne Plaza Melbourne

Saturday 23 November

08:30 Registration | Auditorium Foyer
09:00 – 10:15 Plenary 4
Chair Tim Marsh (ANZAPPL VIC President)
Room Clarendon Auditorium

Informing legal policy making through inter-disciplinary research

Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Marcia Neave
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10:15 – 10:35 Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing | Auditorium Foyer
10:35 – 11:35 Abstract Presentations
Validity of risk assessment Legal and Mental Health Systems Law and justice reform Special Issues in offender assessment and treatment
Chair Dr Amber Fougere Dr Karen Scally Dr Narda Arndt Megan Niblett
Room Clarendon Auditorium Clarendon Room C Clarendon Room D Clarendon Room E
10:35 – 11:05

Why accurate assessment of family violence homicide risk is not possible

Professor Troy McEwan
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Are juries self-correcting?

Professor Richard Kemp
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Fear, Trauma and Spit Hoods: Deaths and Law Reform

Professor Ian Freckelton
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Predictive and Construct Validity of PCL Psychopathy in an Aotearoa/New Zealand context

Dr Ryan Botha
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11:05 – 11:35

Do risk assessments describe a feature of the person, or just their risk?: Why this question matters for research and practice

Dr Ben Spivak
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The Social Determinants of Mental Health, Validity and Expertise: What Do They Mean for Psychology, Psychiatry and Law?

Dr Kay Wilson
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From those who know: Listening to the experts to make real youth justice reform

Shona Reid
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Developing Gender-Specific Typologies for Females who have Sexually Offended: Ensuring Validity of Treatment Interventions

Associate Professor Tess Patterson
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11:35 – 11:40 Room changeover
11:40 – 13:00 Plenary 5
Chair Dr Melisa Wood
Room Clarendon Auditorium
11:40 – 12:50

Panel Discussion – Stalking, risk, remorse and complex diagnosis: lessons learned from a recent homicide case

Facilitator – Tim Marsh

Panellists:

Professor Troy McEwan
Dr Rajan Darjee

12:50 – 13:00 Congress Closing
Tim Marsh – Victorian Branch President
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