People

The Centre employs three full-time and four part-time members of staff who are Chartered Psychologists with the British Psychological Society. Three are registered Forensic (and Clinical) Psychologists with the Health Professions Council. All members of staff have experience of working in forensic settings and several continue to do so, on a part-time basis.

Professor Anthony Beech

Emeritus Professor in Criminological Psychology

Professor Anthony Beech is an Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Applied Psychologyat the University of Birmingham, UK. He has authored over 180 peer-reviewed articles, 50 book chapters and six books in the area of forensic science/criminal justice. In 2009 he received the Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers in Dallas, and the Senior Award ...

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 7215
Email: a.r.beech@bham.ac.uk

Dr Zoe Stephenson

Lecturer in Forensic Psychology

Dr Stephenson is a lecturer in Forensic Psychology for the Forensic Psychology Practice Doctorate (ForenPsyD) and the Continued Professional Development (CPD) programmes. Her research projects have focused on female offending, the rehabilitation of violent and sex offenders in the UK, youth offending, alternatives to accredited treatment programmes (e.g. applied theatre), and alternatives to ...

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4949
Email: z.m.e.stephenson@bham.ac.uk

Professor Jessica Woodhams

Director of the Centre for Applied Psychology
Professor of Forensic Psychology

Jessica is a chartered psychologist and an HCPC registered forensic psychologist. Her primary areas of research are policing and sexual offending. She is the Director of the Centre for Applied Psychology, founder of the international academic-practitioner C-LINK network (Crime Linkage International NetworK), and Co-Director of the Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing at the ...