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Assessment Adolescent Sex Offenders

SHARP Sexually Harmful Behaviour Programme from the programmes for Children & Young People

This is a new assessment protocol for estimating the risk of sex offending posed by adolescents who have previously committed sexually harmful behaviour. SHARP has been developed by Dr. Graeme Richardson of the Kolvin Clinic, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in collaboration with leading experts from the USA, Canada and New Zealand. The instrument will become available during the summer of 2005. For more information please ontact the Centre direct.

	Professor Robert Ross
	Professor Chris Trotter
	Professor Don Andrews
	Dr James Bonta
	Professor Robert Hare
	Dr Barbara Armstrong
	Professor Clive Hollin
	Professor Peter Raynor
	Professor Vincente Garrido
	Dr John Marshall
	Dr. Graeme Richardson

Professor Robert Ross

Professor Robert Ross from the University of Ottawa, the author of the original "Reasoning and Rehabilitation' Programme. Robert Ross was one of the pioneers of the What Works" movement in criminal justice and remains a major influence in the field. The Ross Programme (R&R2) was introduced into the United Kingdom in 2003 as a result of a collaboration between Professor Ross and the Centre, and future plans include short programmes designed for work with young women and young people with Attention Deficit Disorder Syndrome (ADDS).

Professor Chris Trotter

Professor Chris Trotter of Monash University, Australia whose recent work on prosocial modeling has been demonstrated to have wide ranging applications in the fields of work with families and children, child protection and criminal justice. During the last few years Chris has worked with the Centre to produce a prosocial modeling programme 'Focus on People - Effect Change, and the 'Family Problem-Solving' Programme. A programme designed specifically for those working in child protection will shortly become available.

John Weekes

John Weekes of the Department of Corrections in Canada. John Weekes is currently the co-ordinator of the drug strategy for the Correctional Service of Canada and Adjunct research professor of Forensic Psycology at Carleton University, Ottawa. He is the author of numerous books and articles and a key member of the team that developed the gold standard substance misuse programme.

Professor Don Andrews

Carleton University, Canada

Dr James Bonta

Research Director, Department for Public Safety and Preparedness, Canada

Professor Robert Hare

University of Columbia

Dr Barbara Armstrong

Dr. Barbara Armstrong, formerly Chief Psychologist at the Rideau Correctional Centre in Ottawa and author of the widely acclaimed 'Criminal Lifestyles' suite of offender programmes. Professor Paul Gendreau of New Brunswick University has assessed these as being the best programmes of their type available. Dr. Armstrong has worked with the Centre to modify these programmes for use in community settings in the UK. Since her retirement Barbara has been able to work more closely with us on the development of programmed approaches

Professor Clive Hollin

University of Leicester

Research Consultant

Professor Peter Raynor

Professor Peter Raynor is research consultant for the Centre. Professor Raynor works in the Centre for Applied Social Studies at the University of Wales, Swansea and has published extensively on criminal justice and evidence based practice.

Professor Vincente garrido

University of Valencia

Dr John Marshall

Head of Forensic Services for Young People, Glasgow NHS Trust

Dr Graeme Richardson

Head Psychologist at the Kolvin Clinic, Newcastle-on-Tyne

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