Julia Babcock, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Co-director of the Center for Couples Therapy at the University of Houston. She conducts observational and psychophysiological research on intimate partner violent couples. She has published over 30 articles on the topic of intimate partner violence and batterers’ interventions. She has received federal funding for her projects and is the recipient of Texas Psychological Association 2011 Outstanding Contribution to Science Award. She also maintains a private practice specializing in couples therapy and domestic abuse.

Josilyn Banks is a Clinical Psychology PhD candidate specializing in the study of intimate relationships at the University of Houston. Her current research interests include intimate partner violence, minority relationships and the effects of intimate partner violence on ­children.Currently she is investigating possible ethnic biases in observational coding systems. Josilyn received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Northwestern University where her research included intimate relationships and the aetiology and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and families.

Anthony R. Beech, DPhil, CSci, FBPsS, CPsychol, is a Professor and the Head of the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed articles, 40 book chapters and 6 books in the area of forensic science/criminal justice. His particular research interests are centred on the assessment, ­theoretical understanding and treatment of sex offenders. In 2009, he received the Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers in Dallas, Texas, and the Senior Award from the Division of Forensic Psychology, British Psychological Society, for recognition of his work in this area.

James Bonta, PhD, received his PhD in Clinical Psychology in 1979 and began his career as a Psychologist at a maximum security remand centre, and later as Chief Psychologist. In 1990, he joined Public Safety Canada, and he is presently Director of Corrections Research. Dr Bonta is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and recipient of the Criminal Justice Section’s Career Contribution Award for 2009. His interests are in the areas of risk assessment and offender rehabilitation. He has co-authored, with the late D. A. Andrews, The Psychology of Criminal Conduct (now in its fifth edition). He is also a co-author of the various Level of Service risk/need instruments that have been translated into five languages and used by ­correctional systems throughout the world.

Charles M. Borduin, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Missouri and Director of the Missouri Delinquency Project. He is the Co-developer of multisystemic therapy, which has extensive empirical support in the treatment of violence and other serious antisocial behaviours in adolescents. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Dr Borduin has published more than 100 journal articles, chapters and books on the development and ­validation of effective mental health services for youth, and he has served as a National and International Consultant to government and private agencies on the reform of children’s mental health services.

Fiona Clark is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Lead Psychologist working within the Mental Illness Directorate, Broadmoor Hospital, West London Mental Health Trust, UK. Fiona has worked as a Clinical Psychologist in high-secure forensic services for 24 years providing a range of clinical interventions to mentally disordered offenders. As part of that role, she has also run an assessment and group treatment service for firesetters with complex mental health problems.

Rachael M. Collie, MA, PGDipClinPsyc, is a Member of the Center for Learning Innovation Teaching Faculty at the University of Minnesota, Rochester, USA. She has a background in clinical psychology in New Zealand, previously working for Victoria University of Wellington, Department of Corrections, and in private practice. Areas of clinical and research interest include narcissistic personality disorder, violent offender rehabilitation and the Good Lives Model. Teaching interests include development of active-based and integrated learning curricula.

Franca Cortoni, PhD, received her PhD in clinical and forensic psychology from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario. Since 1989, she has worked with and conducted research on male and female sexual offenders in a variety of Canadian and Australian penitentiaries and community settings. In addition, she has provided consultancy and training services in the assessment, treatment and management of sexual offenders in Canada, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. After many years with the Correctional Service of Canada, Dr Cortoni joined the School of Criminology at the Université de Montréal in 2007 where she is Associate Professor of Clinical Criminology. She has published and made numerous presentations at national and international conferences on issues related to the development of sexual offending behaviour, risk assessment and treatment of both male and female sexual offenders.

Leam A. Craig, BA (Hons), MSc, PhD, MAE, CSci, CPsychol, AFBPsS, EuroPsy, is a Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd. He is Professor (Hon) of Forensic Psychology at the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK. His practice includes services to forensic adult mental health units and consultancy to courts, prisons and probation services. He has extensive academic publications including five books: an authored book entitled Assessing Risk in Sex Offenders: A Practitioners Guide (2008), and four edited books, Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook (2009), Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: A Handbook (2010), International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders (2011) and Assessments in Forensic Practice: A Handbook (2013), all published with Wiley-Blackwell. (See About the Editors section for more detail.)

Francis T. Cullen is a Distinguished Research Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at the University of Cincinnati, USA. His recent works include Unsafe in the Ivory Tower: The Sexual Victimization of Women, the Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory, The Origins of American Criminology and Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences. His current research focuses on the organization of criminological knowledge and on rehabilitation as a correctional policy. He is a Past President of both the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Andrew Day is Professor in Forensic Psychology and Director of the Forensic Psychology Centre at Deakin University, Australia. He has a clinical background, previously working as a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist in both the United Kingdom and Australia and is particularly interested in the application of psychological thought and practice to the correctional setting. Andrew is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and a Member of the Colleges of Clinical and Forensic Psychology. His current research interests centre around the development of therapeutic regimes within prison settings, effective practice in Australia with offenders from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural backgrounds and the role that anger plays in aggressive and violent behaviour.

Louise Dixon, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, CPsychol (Forensic), is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK. She is the Course Director of the Continued Professional Development route to the Doctorate in Forensic Psychology Practice. Louise enjoys an active research and publication profile and is involved in the wider international research scene. She is on the ­editorial board of internationally peer-reviewed journals Child Maltreatment, Journal of Aggression Conflict and Peace Research and British Journal of Forensic Practice. She is the E-bulletin Editor for the International Family Aggression Society (IFAS) and is Vice Chair of the West Midlands branch of the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (BASPCAN). Her research interests centre on family and intimate partner violence and the role of group aggression in understanding and preventing street gang affiliation and offending. She has published numerous articles and book chapters in these domains. Louise also practises as a Forensic Psychologist, specializing in the assessment and intervention of violent adult offenders.

Rebekah Doley, BA (Hons), Grad Dip Psych Prac MSc (Inv Psy), MPsych (Clin), PhD, MAPS, MCC, AMFC, is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist specializing in the psychology of serial firesetting. In addition to lecturing domestically and internationally on this issue, Rebekah has developed a screening instrument for firefighters which has been introduced nationally in New Zealand. Rebekah is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, where she is the Director of the Clinical and Forensic Psychology Programs. She teaches postgraduate courses in forensic and clinical psychology, undertakes research and supervises probationary psychologists. In addition, Rebekah is Co-director of the Australian Centre for Arson Research and Treatment and also runs a successful private community-based psychology practice.

Alex R. Dopp, BA, is a doctoral student in the clinical child psychology programme at the University of Missouri. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan. His interests include the implementation, dissemination and economic analysis of evidence-based interventions, particularly services for the treatment and prevention of juvenile delinquency.

Deirdre D’Orazio is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice as the CEO of Central Coast Clinical and Forensic Psychology Services located in California. She has extensive experience in the Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) arena, providing treatment, assessment, training and programme consultation and development. She formerly held the position of the Director of Evaluation and Development Services, overseeing the treatment programme and forensic services for the California SVP program at Coalinga State Hospital. She is a Member of the California state SVP forensic evaluator panel. She is a Member of the Board of Directors for the California Coalition on Sexual Offending (CCOSO) as the Chairperson of the Civil Commitment Committee and the Lead Author of the CCOSO paper on the California SVP system. Dr D’Orazio’s SVP-related research presently includes studies within the areas of diagnosis, risk assessment, criminogenic need and physiological ­indicators of psychopathy.

Vincent Egan obtained a Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Psychology from the University of London in 1984, a PhD in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh in 1991 and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Leicester in 1996. He is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. He has over 80 academic publications, is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Director of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. The Central Nottinghamshire Health Service NHS Trust at the East Midlands Centre for Forensic Mental Health previously employed him as a Clinical Psychologist, where he worked for three years as Lead Psychologist on a personality disorder unit. He has written over 340 court reports. Previously a Director of the MSc in Forensic Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, he is now Course Director of the MSc in Forensic Psychology at the University of Leicester.

Katarina Fritzon, MA (Hons), MSc (Inv Psy), PhD, MAPS, AMCC, MFC, is an Associate Professor at Bond University on the Gold Coast, Australia. Katarina’s research interests include the psychology of firesetting, the links between personality characteristics and offending behaviour, and female offenders. Katarina is a Co-director of the Australian Centre for Arson Research and Treatment, which has recently received funding from the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department to develop a pilot treatment programme for firesetters, which will be the first such programme in Australia. Katarina teaches postgraduate and ­undergraduate programmes and supervises probationary psychologists.

Theresa A. Gannon, DPhil, CPsychol (Forensic), is Director of the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) and Professor in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent, UK. Theresa also works as a Chartered Consultant Forensic Psychologist specializing in sexual offenders and firesetters for Kent Forensic Psychiatry Services, UK. She has published numerous chapters, articles, books and other scholarly works in the areas of male- and female-perpetrated sexual offending and firesetting. She is particularly interested in research relating to both the treatment needs and overall ­rehabilitation of sexual offenders. Theresa is Lead Editor of several books, including Aggressive Offenders’ Cognition: Theory, Research, and Treatment (John Wiley & Sons) along with Professor Tony Ward, Professor Anthony Beech and Dr Dawn Fisher, and Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment and Treatment (Wiley-Blackwell) along with Franca Cortoni. She serves on the editorial boards of Aggression and Violent Behavior, British Journal of Forensic Practice, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, is Associate Editor of Journal of Sexual Aggression and Editor of Psychology, Crime & Law.

R. Karl Hanson, PhD, CPsych, is a Senior Research Scientist, Public Safety Canada and Adjunct Professor, Psychology Department, Carleton University. Dr Hanson is one of the leading researchers in the field of sexual offender risk assessment and treatment. He has ­published more than 130 articles, including several highly influential reviews, and is the lead author of the Static-99 and STABLE-2007 sexual offender risk assessment tools. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and the 2002 recipient of Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders.

Leigh Harkins, PhD, is a Registered Psychologist with the UK’s Health Professions Council and a Forensic Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. Dr Harkins is a Lecturer at the Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology at the University of Birmingham. She has ­published a number of reports, papers and book chapters, primarily in the area of sexual offender treatment effectiveness. Leigh also has experience working in forensic practice ­settings in the United Kingdom and Canada. Her research interests include sexual offending and group aggression.

Andrew J.R. Harris, PhD, CPsych, is Director of the Forensic Assessment Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr Harris did his doctoral research on the ­intersection of Hare’s conception of criminal psychopathy and high levels of sexual deviance as assessed in a probation and parole sample. Previously employed in both research and clinical capacities at the Oak Ridge (Maximum Security) Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre, and by the Correctional Service of Canada as a Clinician at Workworth penitentiary, Dr Harris speaks and teaches extensively on the history of prison architecture, static and dynamic risk assessment, psychopathy and risk to re-offend among developmentally delayed and high-risk violent offenders.

Ruth M. Hatcher, PhD, is a Lecturer of Forensic Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Leicester, UK. Her main research interest concerns interventions for offenders delivered to offenders within community and custodial settings and their impact. In particular, she is interested in attrition from offending behaviour programmes, the ­reasons for it and how it impacts on offender outcomes, for example, reconviction. She is an author of the textbook Criminal Psychology: A Beginner’s Guide (2009, 2nd edition, Oneworld) and has also written numerous book chapters and other academic publications in this and related fields.

Sarah Hilder is a Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, extensively involved in the trainee Probation Officer programmes and Criminological Teaching at undergraduate and ­postgraduate levels. A former Senior Probation Officer, her practice specialism is centred on the management of high-risk offenders, court work and race equality issues. Moving across to academia in 2004, her research interests and publications have included an examination of multi-agency work with black and minority ethnic offenders, sex offender registration and public disclosure and best practice in working with victims of domestic abuse.

Sheilagh Hodgins, BA, MA, MSc, PhD (CLPsych), FRSC, has been studying antisocial and violent behaviour among people with schizophrenia for many years. Initially, she ­conducted investigations of large birth cohorts, showing that persons with schizophrenia were at increased risk, as compared to the general population, to engage in both non-violent and violent crimes. Subsequently, she undertook studies to identify both proximal and distal factors associated with criminality among people with schizophrenia and evaluations of treatment programmes that aimed to reduce and prevent crime. She has published numerous articles in scientific ­journals, books and book chapters. She currently holds faculty positions at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, the Département de Psychiatrie at the Université de Montréal, and directs a research centre in Stockholm, Sweden.

Clive R. Hollin is a Professor of Criminological Psychology in the School of Psychology at The University of Leicester, UK. He wrote the best-selling textbook Psychology and Crime: An Introduction to Criminological Psychology (1989, Routledge), the 2nd edition of which is due to appear in 2012. In all, he has published 21 books alongside over 300 other academic ­publications, and he is a former editor of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law. Alongside his various university appointments, he has worked as a Psychologist in prisons, the Youth Treatment Service, special hospitals and regional secure units. In 1998, he received The Senior Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Field of Legal, Criminological and Forensic Psychology from The British Psychological Society.

Cheryl Lero Jonson is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Xavier University. She recently received her PhD from the University of Cincinnati, USA. She has co-authored Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences and co-edited The Origins of American Criminology. Her recent work has appeared in Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Criminology and Public Policy and Victims and Offenders. Her research interests include public opinion, the criminogenic effects of incarceration, early intervention and ­correctional rehabilitation.

Hazel Kemshall is a Professor of Community and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University.She has research interests in risk assessment and management of offenders, effective work in multi-agency public protection and implementing effective practice with high-risk offenders. Hazel teaches and consults extensively on public protection and high-risk offenders. She has also completed research for the Economic and Social Research Council, the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, the Scottish Government and the Risk Management Authority. She has numerous publications on risk, including Understanding Risk in Criminal Justice (2003, Open University Press). She is the lead author of the CD Risk of Harm Guidance and Training Resource for the English and Welsh National Offender Management Service, and for the Assessment and Management of Risk CD in Scotland for the Risk Management Authority. She was recently appointed to the Parole Board Review Committee. Her most recent book, Understanding the Community Management of High Risk Offenders, was published by the Open University in 2008.

Sheetal Kini is a Clinical Psychology PhD candidate specializing in the study of emotions in marriage and intimate relationships at the University of Houston. Her current research interests include intimate partner violence and the impact of domestic violence on children.Empirical projects include typologies of the functions of men’s violence. Sheetal received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from College of William and Mary where her research included aggression in intimate relationships and marriage and family therapy.

Nathan Kolla, BA, BSc (Med), MA, MSc, MD, FRCP(C), is a Staff Forensic Psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and a Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He recently completed subspecialty training in forensic psychiatry at New York University following general psychiatry residency training at the University of Toronto. Dr Kolla received his undergraduate and medical degrees both with great distinction from the University of Saskatchewan. When he received his Bachelor’s degree, he was awarded the President’s Medal as the University’s most distinguished graduate. Dr Kolla has a Master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Toronto and a Master’s degree in Forensic Mental Health Science from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. He holds a Canadian Institute of Health Research Phase I Clinician Scientist Award and a research fellowship from the American Psychiatric Association.

William R. Lindsay, PhD, CPsychol, FBPsS, is a Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist and Lead Clinician in Scotland for Castlebeck Care. He was previously Head of Psychology (LD) in NHS Tayside and a Consultant with the State Hospital, Carstairs. He is Professor of Learning Disabilities and Forensic Psychology at the University of Abertay, Dundee, and Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria, Newcastle. He has published over 200 research articles and book chapters and given many presentations and workshops on cognitive therapy and the assessment and treatment of offenders with intellectual disabilities. His recent publications include Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: A Handbook (Craig, Lindsay and Browne, 2011), The Treatment of Sex Offenders with Developmental Disabilities: A Practice Workbook (2009) and Offenders with Developmental Disabilities (Lindsay, Taylor and Sturmey, 2004), all by Wiley-Blackwell.

Jennifer L. Lux is a PhD candidate in Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati, where she also holds the position of Research Associate in the Corrections Institute. She has recently published on the empirical status of multisystemic therapy and on public support for ­rehabilitation. Her research interests include evidence-based corrections and effective offender intervention in community settings.

Liam E. Marshall, PhD, has been treating and conducting research on offenders for more than 15 years. He has been a therapist for and helped design a variety of programmes for adult and juvenile sexual offenders, as well as anger management, domestic violence, gambling, ­pro-social attitudes and lifestyle programmes. Liam is an award-winning author and has many publications including three books. He has made numerous international conference ­presentations on sexual offending, violence, aging and pathological gambling issues. Liam is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Sexual Offender Treatment, is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Sexual Aggression and Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity and is an Invited Reviewer for the journals Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, the Journal of Sexual Medicine and Journal of Gambling Studies. He is currently a Therapist and Training and Research Director for Rockwood Psychological Services, a Consultant to the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and Evaluation and Intervention Consultant for the St. Lawrence Youth Association, Canada. Liam has delivered more than 70 trainings for therapists who work with sexual and violent offenders in 15 countries worldwide.

William L. Marshall, OC, FRSC, PhD, has been involved in research and treatment of sexual offenders for 42 years. He is on, or has been on, the editorial boards of 19 ­international scientific journals and has over 370 publications including 18 books. Bill has been Consultant to and/or provided training for prison services and sexual offender programmes in over 20 countries, and to seven Sexual Violent Predator or Civil Commitment Programmes in the United States. Bill was President of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) from 1999 to 2001 and is currently President of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders. In 1993, Bill was given a Significant Achievement Award of ATSA; in 1999, he was recipient of the Santiago Grisolia Prize awarded by the Queen Sophia Centre in Spain for his significant worldwide contributions to the reduction of ­violence; in 2000, Bill was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his ­contributions to ­science; in 2003, he was given the Pope John Paul medal for his assistance to the Vatican’s Academia Pro Vita’s design of a protocol for dealing with sexual abuse ­committed by clergy and religious members of the Catholic Church; and in 2006, Bill was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his national and international contributions to making society safer.

Flora I. Matheson, PhD
James McGuire, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS
Amanda M. Michie, PhD
Andrea E. Moser, PhD
Raymond W. Novaco, PhD
Matt D. O’Brien, MSc, CPsychAssoc
Emma J. Palmer, PhDOffending Behaviour: Moral Reasoning, Criminal Conduct and the Rehabilitation of OffendersOffending Behaviour Programmes: Development, Application and Controversies
Geris A. Serran, PhDJournal of Sexual Aggression
Richard ShukerIssues in Forensic Psychology
Erin K. Taylor, MA
Jenny Tew
Jo Thakker, PhD
David Thornton, PhD^­
Tony Ward, PhD, DipClinPsycDesistance from Sex Offending: Alternatives to Throwing Away the Keys
John R. Weekes, PhD
Michael Wheatley
Gwenda M. Willis
J. Stephen WormithCriminal Justice and BehaviorPsychological ServicesCanadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice