I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, where I am Programme Director for the MSc in Investigative and Forensic Psychology and Head of Postgraduate studies within the School of Psychology. My principal research interests are in providing evidence based models of arson, sex and violence for both individual police forces and National agencies. I am a Chartered Forensic Psychologist registered with the Heath and Care Professions Council, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.