Staff Profile

My background is in Forensic Psychology, and I am primarily interested in the causes, investigation and policing of crime. I am currently involved with the CRITiCaL project, examining human aspects of cybercrime, including routes to victimisation and offending, and the investigation and prevention of these offences.

My research interests are relatively broad and include:

• Psychologically-informed policing and public policy
• Cyber-security and Cyber-crime; causes, evolution, detection and prevention
• Investigative strategies including optimal information-gathering at interview, lead generation 
• Criminal Justice; evidential testing, evaluation, case-building, protection of innocent suspects
• Social Justice; civil and human rights violations, (in)equality, prejudice, hate-crimes
• Crime Prevention; risk awareness and community interventions, signposting, rehabilitation 
• Causes of Conflict; propaganda, dehumanisation, institutional violence including war crimes 
• Cooperation between individuals in high-stakes situations, strategies creating common ground

• Curtis JL, Oxburgh GE. Interview Strategies with Suspects of Sexual Offences against Children and Adults. 2021. Submitted.
• Giebels E, Oostinga MSD, Taylor PJ, Curtis JL. The cultural dimension of uncertainty avoidance impacts police–civilian interaction. Law and Human Behavior 2017, 41(1), 93-102.