Aggression and Violence Research Projects

The following table to provides details about aggression and violence research currently being undertaken or recently completed at Forensicare and the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science:

Recently completed projects:

Research project

Investigators

Project type

The Predictive validity of the Historical-Clinical-Risk Management 20 (Version 3) and the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (Revised) In prison and community settings

Delene Brookstein

Supervisors: James Ogloff, Michael Daffern

Doctoral

The Psychological Characteristics of Hospitalised Inpatients with Problematic Interpersonal Styles

Tegan Podubinski

Supervisors: Michael Daffern, Stuart Lee

Doctoral

Assessing change in dynamic risk factors in Male and Female forensic psychiatric Inpatients: Relationship with psychopathy and violent recidivism

Bianca Mastromanno

Supervisor: Michael Daffern

Honours

Projects in progress:

Research project

Investigators

Project type

Elucidating the relationship between personality disorder traits and aggression: A way forward using the General Aggression Model and a dimensional-categorical model for personality disorder diagnosis

Ashley Dunne

Supervisors: Michael Daffern, Flora Gilbert

Doctoral

Beyond prediction: A prospective validation study of a clinical decision making application of the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression

Jessica Griffith

Supervisor: Michael Daffern

Doctoral

Psychosis and violence: Adverse outcomes and effective intervention

Cieran Harries

Supervisors: James Ogloff, Stefan Luebbers

Doctoral

Developing an understanding of the General Aggression Model’s knowledge structure, aggressive script rehearsal, to inform intervention strategies

Julia Hosie

Supervisors: Michael Daffern, Flora Gilbert

Doctoral

Violent offenders’ treatment change in dynamic risk and protective factors: Associations with violent recidivism

Gabrielle Klepfisz

Supervisors: Michael Daffern, Andrew Day, Kate O’Brien

Doctoral

Investigating a group treatment for violent offenders with aggressive scripts

Fiona Morrison

Supervisors: Michael Daffern, Stefan Luebbers, Flora Gilbert

Doctoral

More information

Take a look at our other research streams here:

For a full list of our current publications please take a look at our Forensicare and CFBS Annual Research Report.

For more information about our research projects contact

Dr Rachael Fullam
Research Lead and Development Officer
E: rachael.fullam@forensicare.vic.gov.au
Ph: +61 3 9947 2623