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Professor Tony Butler1 1University of NSW, School of Population Health Biography: Over the past 25 years Tony has conducted numerous projects in the justice health area and currently heads the Justice Health Research Program, UNSW, School of Population Health. His work has...

Natalie Lewis1 1Queensland Family and Child Commission Biography: Natalie Lewis is a Gamilaraay woman and the Commissioner of the Queensland Family and Child Commission.   Natalie is fiercely committed to progressing a transformational reform agenda to strengthen Queensland’s focus on children’s...

Most young offenders age out of offending with little need for formal justice involvement.  But all the research shows that a much smaller group of youth offenders, up to 20 per cent, may become life course, persistent adult offenders.  These...

Prof. Mark Noaln1, Dr Peita Richards, Dr John Gaffey 1 Charles Sturt University Biography: Professor Mark Nolan* is a Professor at Charles Sturt University, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia. He is an interdisciplinary academic trained in law and social psychology (with...

Acts of extreme violence perpetrated by lone offenders have become increasingly common in liberal democracies over the past 20 years. Some describe these acts as ideologically motivated, while others attribute them to mental disorder or criminal intent. This has led...

Our contemporary chronic crisis in mental healthcare is generally attributed to a simple failure to fund services to the degree required (“the whinge”). In this presentation, jointly developed with a fellow forensic psychiatrist Dr Calum Smith, I argue that underfunding...

Regulation of registered professionals often results in discipline, for those who significantly transgress professional standards. Psychologists, psychiatrists and lawyers may have influential roles in this process. Disciplinary law addresses public safety, the reputation of the profession and often the restoration...

This symposium will comprise an in-depth examination of emergent issues and perspectives from the latest research on judicial wellbeing and stress. The symposium will feature presentations from the cross-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary team undertaking the ARC-funded National Judicial Wellbeing Project (the...

This symposium explores the impact of evolving social norms and law reform on forensic practice in Singapore, focusing on drug trafficking cases who faced the death penalty and their legal battles which involved psychiatric evidence. It showcases how changing societal...

This symposium presented by Forensic Disability Services Victoria (Dept. Families, Fairness, & Housing) examines the critical intersections within forensic disability practice, focusing on treatment and assessment advances, alongside, therapeutic, and systemic responses to complex clients. Explored will be the prevalence,...