We are pleased to invite you along to upcoming seminar focused on preventing high risk harm. This event will address important issues, in line with the strategic framework from NI Executive focused on Ending Violence Against Women & Girls.
We are delighted to introduce our speakers, each bringing their expertise and insights on this important topic:
Anne Marks
Anne Marks is a Level 3 Home Office certified Independent Chair of Domestic Homicide Reviews, appointed in 2020. She holds an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Science), a Master of Science (MSc) (Commended) in Child Forensics Studies: Psychology and Law and is a former police officer.
She will present 'Situating a mother’s murder within the broader context of domestic homicides'
Stephanie Patterson
Stephanie is a social worker who has spent the majority of her career working in adult learning disability services. She is currently the Head of Adult Safeguarding and Protection in the Northern Trust. Stephanie has a particular interest in the issue of violence against women and girls, and in 2021 completed a master’s degree, with a dissertation exploring learning disabled women’s experiences of domestic violence and abuse. This research exposed a dearth of literature on the subject, out-dated prejudice ideas regrading learning disability, the specific targeting of learning-disabled women and a lack of support services. This research has now been incorporated into the learning disability training in the Northern Trust.
She will present ‘What kind of abuse is him spitting in my food?: Exploring the Domestic Abuse Experiences of Learning Disabled Women’
Rea Johnston
Rea Johnston is a Trainee Forensic Psychologist with Cardiff Metropolitan University, commencing the programme September 2024. Having completed BSc (Hons) Psychology with a first-class honour 2021, she then graduated from the University of Huddersfield, MSc Investigative Psychology with Distinction in 2022. Rea has published one paper on femicide to date in 2024 in the Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. She hopes to extend on her findings for her Doctoral thesis. Rea works in Shannon Clinic, the only forensic medium secure unit in Northern Ireland and has a keen interest in the research areas of domestic abuse and femicide.
She will preset findings from her research: Johnston, R., Synnott, J., Ioannou, M., & Ashton, S.‐A. (2024). Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 21(1), 52–67. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1623
With a focus on the COVID-19 Lockdown the research aimed to develop a working model (criminal typology) for differentiating male femicide offenders within Northern Ireland (NI).The present findings highlight that Northern Ireland is experiencing a "femicide crisis" with one of the highest rates in Europe, exacerbated by unique socio-political factors.
Detective Superintendent Lindsay Fisher:
Detective Superintendent Lindsay Fisher will be updating us on risk management; she is currently working on a project with DOJ on the MARAC replacement and the introduction of domestic abuse protection orders and notices.
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