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| Occupation: | Chartered Forensic Psychologist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qualifications: | BSc(Hons), PhD, CPsychol, MIPD
| Explanation of | Qualifications: Bachelor of Science (Honours) | Doctor of Philosophy Chartered Psychologist Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development Organisation: | Heriot-Watt University | Address: |
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John Muir Building Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS (View Location Map) (View Aerial Photo) Office Telephone: | 0131 451 3735 | Mobile: | 07811 448611 | Email: |
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Article (1): | Analysis of a recent survey concerning stalking (Sept '05) | Article (2): | Stalking: Cause and Effect (Spring, 2006) | Press Article (1): | 'Talking Stalking' (Leicester University e-Bulletin, Feb '03) | Press Article (2): | 'Profiling the stalker and victim' (BBC News, Oct '04) | Press Article (3): | 'Living in fear of the stalkers' (BBC News, Jan. '07) | Google: | Search Google UK | Publications: | Click here | Legal references: |
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Stalking (see below) | Bullying / harassment Criminal responsibility Racial and religious discrimination, and the psychological aspects of racism, including so-called 'Islamophobia' (perpetrator and victim) Effects of discrimination on the ground of gender, age or disability Offender risk assessment Sex offenders STALKING :- Psychological aspects of stalking and similar inter-personal harassment (assessment, research, investigation, treatment and case management), including :- - Internet stalking ('cyberstalking') - former intimate partner stalking - vengeful stalking - delusional stalking - harasser stalking - erotomania and the erotomaniac stalker - celebrity worship and stalking (infatuation harassment) Psychological causes of stalking behaviour Application of offender profiling to stalking cases Optimal interventions in stalking cases Analysis of cases of public figure stalking The evolution of stalking behaviour over time Protection Against Harassment Act 1997 Assessment and treatment of psychological, physical and emotional problems suffered by the victims of stalking (particularly PTSD) Additional information :- Dr Lorraine Sheridan is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, who specialises in stalking and harassment, and preoccupation with public figures. She has been researching the psychological aspects of stalking and inter-personal harassment since 1996, has conducted the only extensive European work in this area, and is today one of only a handful of recognised experts in this field. After gaining her PhD on the subject in 2001, she became a Lecturer (and later a Senior Lecturer) in Forensic Psychology at the University of Leicester, and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at Heriot-Watt University. During a decade of pioneering research on the psychological aspects of stalking and interpersonal harassment, she has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers and four books on the topic, and thus has a unique expertise in this relatively recent area of psychology and law. Much of her research has an applied, interventionist approach, and she frequently trains legal professionals and gives case management advice on topics such as stalking, harassment, and risk assessment. She has published four books and more than 50 peer-reviewed academic papers in the area, and is co-editor/co-author of :- (1) 'Stalking and Psychosexual Obsession: Psychological Perspectives for Prevention, Policing and Treatment' (2002) (Wiley), (Amazon). (2) 'Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures : A Psychological and Behavioral Analysis' (May, 2008) (Oxford University Press), (Amazon). Dr Sheridan's research has taken an applied, interventionist angle and she frequently trains professionals involved in investigating stalking crimes. She is a police-accredited offender profiler and compiles psychological reports related to offenders, highlighting the risks posed by known or unknown suspects. She regularly gives case management advice to the police, security personnel, celebrities and others on stalking, harassment, violence, risk assessment, malicious communications and similar topics. Dr Sheridan is available to provide independent advice and research to police investigatigations, CPS, legal defence teams and agencies with an interest in the following :- Assessment of dangerousness (i.e. how to decide which stalkers/ harassers present a credible threat, given that most dangerous harassers do not announce themselves in a manner that is readily apparent as being likely to cause a threat or danger) Assessment of stalking as an extension of domestic/emotional abuse Exacerbating and alleviating factors of stalking (i.e. how to manage a harasser on a daily basis, so as to minimise the danger and threat posed by the individual) The psychological interaction between stalking and other crimes, such as assault/wounding, indecent assault, rape and murder The effectiveness of various anti-harassment interventions (i.e. how to decide which interventions are best suited to particular cases, given that individual harassers will respond differently to varying interventions) The screening and assessment of letters, email messages and other communications which are considered to be inappropriate and/or offensive Previous clients have included police authorities, lawyers (both prosecution and defence), recording artists and other high profile public figures, security management companies and insurers. Geographical area of work : All of UK  :
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