Month: August 2025

Dr Effie Zafirakis1 1Independent Consultant, Australia Biography: Dr. Zafirakis is a qualified lawyer ,forensic psychologist and art therapist. As a consultant she promotes therapeutic justice reform . She has extensively lectured in the tertiary education sector at RMIT University in...

Emeritus Professor Bernadette McSherry2 1Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Australia, 2Victorian Law Reform Commission, Melbourne, Australia Biography: Dr Bernadette McSherry is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne and a Commissioner with the Victorian Law Reform Commission. A Past...

Dr Daniel Simsion1,2, Dr Melisa Wood1, Dr Joseph Sakdalan1,3 1Forensicare, Melbourne, Australia, 2La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 3Cairnmillar Institute, Melbourne, Australia Biography: Dr Daniel Simsion, Dr Melisa Wood and Dr Joseph Sakdalan are all principal psychologists at the Victorian statewide...

Prof. Hiromi Hirata1 1Kagawa Nutrition University, Sakado City, Chiyoda3-9-21, JAPAN Biography: My research focuses on developmental psychology and poverty studies, with a particular emphasis on how household economic conditions affect the psychosocial development of children in Japanese families, both domestically...

Dr Carey Marr1, Ms Meghan Murie1,2 1University Of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, Sydney, Australia Biography: Carey is a Lecturer in Forensic Mental Health at UNSW. In 2021, she completed her PhD in...

Dr Gay Morgan1 1Te Piringa, Faculty Of Law, U of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Biography: Gay Morgan graduated in Physics from the U of Colorado. She joined the Peace Corps & spent 11 years in Africa, first teaching physics &...

Dr Joseph Allan Sakdalan1, Dr Joseph Sakdalan2, Ms Vivien Leung3 1Forensicare, Clifton Hill, Australia, 2Cairnmillar Institute, Hawthorn East, Australia, 3Swinburne University, Hawthorn, Australia Biography: Dr Joseph Sakdalan is an AHPRA and NZ Registered Psychologist with endorsements in clinical psychology, counselling...

Dr Helen Thomas1 1Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia Biography: Dr Thomas is a psychologist with extensive experience working with adults and young people in the criminal justice system. She led the Social and Emotional Wellbeing team at the Yoorrook Justice Commission,...

Dr Veronica Tone-Graham1, Mr Justin Thomas Graham 1The University Of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Biography: Pesetā Dr Tone-Graham is a clinical psychologist and former lawyer. She is Samoan, holding the chiefly title of Pesetā. Her work is grounded in trauma-informed...

Dr Michael Davis1,2,3 1Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, 2Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Australia, 3Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Australia Biography: Dr Michael Davis is a is a Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist in...