Month: September 2025

This symposium brings together research on the intersection of mental health, experiences of violence during adulthood or childhood, and their impact on health and justice outcomes. Using longitudinal linked administrative data for birth cohorts, the papers examine key transition points:...

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 presents three empirical and practice-focused papers exploring the critical role of expert psychological assessments in the Children’s Court. Each presentation addresses a unique facet of forensic psychological practice within Family Division proceedings, where decisions about child safety and...

Nowhere is the intersection between psychology, psychiatry, and law more apparent than in Dangerous Sexual Offender (DSO) legislation. This symposium considers the nature and extent of DSO laws across time and space. We begin by providing a brief overview of...

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,...

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...

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...

Dr. Abigail Sheed1,2, Dr Maddison Riachi1,2, Dr. Harry Dent1, Dr. Lisa Forrester2, Dr. Nina Papalia1, Dr. Benjamin Spivak1, University Distinguished Professor James Ogloff1,2 1Centre For Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology and the Victoria Institute of Forensic Mental Health,...