Month: October 2022

Dr Michael R Davis   Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology Department of Psychiatry, Monash University Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne   Rapists and their offences are markedly heterogenous. As such, a variety of typological...

The challenges of working within and with Youth Justice Systems are widely understood and accepted. As a wicked problem that itself intersects with many other wicked problems, youth crime / recidivism is a genuinely difficult field in which to make...

Working with complex clients can be a challenging process and often barriers arise from within a stretched service sector. This presentation will present a thematic analysis of the work that Complex Psychology have done in their roles as coordinators under...

Addressing Trauma and Adversity: a data driven call to action for residential out of home care. Youth residential care is often perceived as the placement of ‘last resort’ for particularly vulnerable, complex, and troubled young people. Residential care is often...

The ability to communicate – speak, listen, read, write, and interact with others – is a fundamental skill affecting all aspects of life. Studies confirm a high prevalence of communication difficulties in people accessing forensic mental health services and this...

• First Nations people are outrageously over-incarcerated and over-represented in all areas of the criminal justice system. First Nations children are over-represented in the youth justice system, child protection system and poor education and health outcomes. Despite being the backbone...