Dr. Elizabeth Gilchrist, Ph.D.

University of Edinburg

I am Professor of Psychological Therapies at the University of Edinburgh, Chair of the Scottish Advisory Panel on Offender Rehabilitation and past Chair of the Division of Forensic Psychology - Scotland. I have been Chartered for over 20 years, and have spent the majority of my research, practice and academic life involved in criminal justice responses to offending and in developing, delivering and evaluating offence focused interventions and risk management with a specific focus on intimate partner abuse. I have 15 years experience of planning and managing risk for high risk offenders and prison release and recall on Parole Boards. I am a trainer in risk assessment tools and have delivered and evaluated domestic abuse, anger management, stalking, parenting, thinking skills, substance use related abuse, child protection focused IPA, violence reduction, suicide reduction, CBT for young people and forensic mental heath programmes for over 20 years.