Laura Caulfield
Senior Lecturer
Division of Psychology and Centre for Applied Criminology
Birmingham City University
B42 2SU
Telephone:+44 (0)121 331 6395
Fax:
Email: laura.caulfield@bcu.ac.uk
Nationality: British
Start Date: April 2006
Status: Part time
Academic Biography:
Laura completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Socology at Aston University. She has previously worked at the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology at Portsmouth University, the Clinical Division of Psychiatry at the University of Leicester, and the Centre for Child and Family Research at Loughborough University. Since January 2007 Laura has been employed as a full-time lecturer/senior lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Birmingham City University.
Laura is and active researcher in the areas of forensic psychology and criminal justice, and is Deputy Programme Director of the MSc Forensic Psychology at Birmingham City University. She lectures to undergraduate and postgraduate students on criminal and forensic psychology and research methods. Laura also supervises undergraduate and masters level dissertations and postgraduate research degrees (MPhil and PhD) and currently supervises two PhD students.
Laura currently leads a number of funded research projects into the impact of the arts and other ‘alternative’ activities in prisons. During her research career she has been involved in several large and small scale research projects, funded by national government agencies, charities, and local authorities.
Her research interests and experience fall into the following categories:
- Female offenders
- The impact of the arts in prisons
- Risk and need assessment
- Offender rehabilitation
- Mental health and crime
Laura is regularly invited to speak at academic and professional conferences in the UK and internationally.
PhD Research:
PhD working title: Pathways into crime: Life histories of female offenders.
This research is investigating the pathways into crime taken by women who offend. This research is approved by the Prison Service National Research Committee and utilises a sample of women currently in prison in England, combining in-depth interviews with data from the national Offender Assessment System (OASys).
Funding Body: Birmingham City University
Supervisors: Professor Duncan Cramer
Publications:
Under review
Caulfield, L.S., Wilson, D., & Wilkinson, D.J. (accepted, pending revision). Promoting positive change: The impact of a prison based music project. Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Kumari, N., Caulfield, L.S. & Newberry, M. (under review). The experiences of women working in a therapeutic community prison. Submitted to the Prison Service Journal.
Wilkinson, D.J., Caulfield, L.S. & Jones, T.J. (under review). Investigating the effect of Schizotypal tendencies on a crime based reasoning task. Submitted to Psychology, Crime, and Law.
2011 and in press
Browning, A. & Caulfield, L.S. (2011). The prevalence and treatment of people with Asperger’s Syndrome in the Criminal Justice System. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 11, 169-184.
Caulfield, L.S. (2011). Review of the book [Offenders, Deviants or Patients? (4th edn.) by H. Prins]. Medicine, Science, and the Law, 51, 121.
Caulfield, L.S. (2011). Interim report: An evaluation of the Artist in Residence at HMP Grendon. Grant Report to the Motesiczky Charitable Trust.
Caulfield, L.S. & Wilson, D. (2011, in press). Prison music programmes for female offenders. In Leonard, L. (Ed.), Advances in Social Criminology, Volume 1: Debates in Criminal Justice. Bingley: Emerald Publishing.
Jones, T., Caulfield, L.S., Wilkinson, D. & Weller, L. (2011, in press). The relationship between non-clinical Schizotypy and handedness on divergent and convergent creative problem solving tasks. Creativity Research Journal, 23 (3).
Wilkinson, D.J., Jones, T., & Caulfield, L.S. (in press). Time to reason about crime. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice.
2010
Caulfield, L.S. (2010). Rethinking the assessment of female offenders. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 49, 315-327.
Caulfield, L.S. (2010). The role of the arts in prisons. The Howard League for Penal Reform ECAN Bulletin, 4.
Caulfield, L.S. & Wilson, D. (2010). Female offenders’ experiences of the arts in criminal justice. Journal of Social Criminology, 3, 67-90.
2009
Caulfield, L.S. & Wilson, D. (2009). Freedom of expression. Public Service Review: Home Affairs, 20, 64-65.
Caulfield, L.S., Wilson, D., & Wilkinson, D.J. (2009). An analysis of the long-term and wider impact of the Good Vibrations Project. Grant Report to Good Vibrations.
Wilson, D., Caulfield, L.S., & Atherton, S. (2009). Good Vibrations: The long-term impact of a prison based music project. The Prison Service Journal, 182, 27-32.
2008
Caulfield, L. S. (2008). Evidence Paper 11: An analysis of offending in young people looked after by local authorities. Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Darker, I., Ward, H., & Caulfield, L. S. (2008). An analysis of offending in young people looked after by local authorities. Youth Justice, 8, 134-148.
Wilson, D., Caulfield, L.S., & Atherton, S. (2008). Promoting positive change: Assessing the long term psychological, emotional and behavioural effects of the good vibrations in prisons project. Report for the Firebird Trust.
2007
Palmer, E. J., Caulfield, L. S., & Hollin, C. R. (2007). Interventions with Arsonists and Young Firesetters: A Survey of the National Picture in England and Wales. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 12, 101-116.
2006
Munro, E.R. and Caulfield., L. S. (2006). Local authority projects to improve outcomes for looked after children. Reports to Department for Education and Skills. Loughborough: CCFR, Loughborough University.
2005
Caulfield, L. S., Palmer, E. J., & Hollin, C. R. (2005). Interventions with arsonists and young firesetters: Research bulletin no. 6, May 2005. Arson Control Forum: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Palmer, E. J., Caulfield, L. S., & Hollin, C. R. (2005). Evaluation of interventions with arsonists and young firesetters. London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Palmer, E. J., Hollin, C. R., & Caulfield, L. S. (2005). Surveying fear: Crime, buses, and new paint. Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal, 7, 47-58.
2004
Hollin, C. R., & Caulfield, L. S. (2004). CAMHS health needs analysis: Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. Report for Leicester Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
Palmer, E. J., Caulfield, L. S., Benneworth, K. M, & Hollin, C. R. (2004). Evaluation of interventions with arsonists and young firesetters: A detailed review of eight interventions. Report for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Palmer, E. J., Caulfield, L. S., & Hollin, C. R. (2004). Provision of effective regimes. Report for the Home Office, Research, Development, and Statistics Directorate.