About
Title of PhD: Detecting Serial Sex Offenders
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Woodhams
Chelsea’s current research is using case linkage techniques to study serial sexual offenders. There is an emphasis on the practical “real world” applications of case linkage.
Qualifications
B.A. in Psychology with Honors and Distinction – University of Michigan (USA)
Biography
Chelsea earned a B.A. in Psychology (with Honors and Distinction) from the University of Michigan in 2010. While there she worked as a Research Assistant for 3 years in Social Psychology (studying romantic relationships). She completed a thesis in her final year that investigated gender stereotypes of careers and their impact on criminal punishment assessment.
She has interned at the Office of the Attorney General (in the Metropolitan Police Department) in Washington DC, and at the Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital. She has also worked for various survey research companies.
Research
Research interests
Investigative Psychology, Sexual and Serial Offending, Case Linkage, Offender Profiling
Publications
Presentations
Crime Linkage of Serial Stranger Rapes in the UK . Presented at PsyPAG Conference (Bangor, 2011)
Crime Linkage of Serial Stranger Rapes in the UK . Presented at Division of Forensic Psychology Conference (Portsmouth, 2011). [Poster]
Do Gender Incongruent Careers Adversely Influence Criminal Punishment Assessment? Presented at the Psychology Research Forum University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 2010). [Poster]