Institute of Criminology Public Seminars: 'Forensic Risk Assessment: The International State-of-the-Art'

Speaker: Professor Jay Singh, University of Pennsylvania

With the world’s prison population continuing to grow and the number of secure inpatient beds in psychiatric hospitals on the rise, establishing valid and reliable methods of identifying individuals who will commit violent acts is an important global health and public safety issue. One approach to identifying future offenders is through the use of *forensic risk assessment*--unstructured and structured methods of predicting the likelihood of antisocial behaviour. The aim of this pre-lunch Seminar is to examine the latest international research and developments in forensic risk assessment, with particular focus on meta-analytic and epidemiological survey findings, which are establishing evidence-based best practices.

Jay P Singh, PhD, is a Fulbright Scholar and founder of the Global Institute of Forensic Research. Author of over 75 peer-reviewed publications and books, he completed his DPhil in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford and Dr Rer Nat in Clinical Psychology at Universitat Konstanz. He was named the youngest tenured Full Professor in Norway in 2014 and is currently affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. Dr Singh has been the recipient of awards from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the American Psychological Association, the American Board of Forensic Psychology, the American Psychology-Law Society, the European Congress on Development and the Society for research in Adolescence.

The IoC Public Seminar Series is open to all interested in attending, with no ticket required, but please notify Reception if you wish to attend: crimrece@hermes.cam.ac.uk.

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