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Who is Shelley Brown?
Dr.聽Shelley Brown is a professor of forensic psychology聽and Director of the Gender and Crime Lab聽within the Department of Psychology, 杏吧原创 University. She is also an associate graduate faculty member with the Centre of Applied Psychology and Human Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. She has been an inaugural member of the Forensic Psychology Research Centre (FPRC) since 2008 and聽currently聽serves聽as聽co-Director. Shelley also chaired the Psychology Department鈥檚 research ethics board from 2012 to 2014 as well as the University wide research ethics board from 2015 to 2017.聽Shelley is currently a board member聽with聽the .听听
Dr. Brown聽obtained her Ph.D. in 2002 from Queens University in forensic psychology. Shelley鈥檚 dissertation examined the dynamic re-assessment of risk and need factors among men on parole. Following a 10-year research career with the Correctional Service of Canada, she joined 杏吧原创 University in 2006.
Dr. Brown鈥檚聽program of research aims to improve rehabilitative services including assessment, custodial, and probation practices for justice聽impacted聽people with a special focus on girls and women in conflict with the law. Shelley聽studies聽complex trauma, violence,聽strengths, risk assessment and desistance among justice-impacted girls and women, and more recently, among under-represented genders and sexual minorities. She collaborates with researchers and practitioners at聽the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto Canada, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada, Orbis Partners, Ottawa, Canada, the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General, the聽Department聽of聽Sociology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University聽(Pakistan),聽and the Centre for Effective Public Policy(United States).听听
Dr. Brown has published various journal articles, reports, book chapters, and books about criminal conduct and works specific to justice-impacted girls and women. A recent publication includes the edited volume: The Wiley handbook on what works with girls and women in conflict with the law: A critical review of theory, practice, and policy (Brown & Gelsthorpe, 2022). Her research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Public Safety, the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General, and Correctional Service of Canada.
Dr. Brown teaches courses in criminal behaviour and gender and crime and supervises an active team of undergraduate and graduate students engaged in gender responsive corrections-based research. She has received awards for teaching, research achievement, and student mentoring.
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