Belinda has recently attained her Doctor of Philosophy in Criminology at the Queensland University of Technology for her thesis Seven Deadly Sins: Developing a Qualitative Understanding of Homicide Event Motive. She has completed a Bachelor of Music (Performance) and Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) with honours before turning to her higher education in criminology. Her area of interest is motive, particularly with regards to homicide, and her current research is exploring the situational characteristics associated with the motives in order to determine whether they differ in terms of their victim, offender, and offence characteristics.