#13 Let's Talk Extremism

Mr Christopher Dean Chris is a chartered and registered forensic psychologist, an associate fellow of the BPS and chartered scientist. Chris has worked as a forensic psychologist for over 20 years in prison, hospital, probation and parole board settings. From 2005 – 2015 he worked in HMPPS headquarters: roles included being national clinical lead for various sex offender treatment programmes and head of a specialist team who pioneered the development of innovative, evidence-based assessments and interventions to prevent extremist offending and group-based violence. In 2015, he established Identify Psychological Services (Ltd), a company specialising in applied psychological services to prevent violent extremism. Through this company he has provided training, consultancy and technical assistance to government departments, agencies and correctional services around the world and has contributed to significant publications, notably the Council of Europe’s Handbook for Prison and Probation Services regarding Radicalization and Violent Extremism. Other current roles include being an academic supervisor for Cardiff Metropolitan University and a parole board member. Ms Monica Lloyd Monica worked for twelve years in HM Prison Service (as it was then) before joining HM Inspectorate of Prisons as Head of R&D. In that capacity she was part of the inspection of the Maze prison in Northern Ireland that took place as part of the Good Friday agreement, during which she spoke in depth to IRA and loyalist paramilitary prisoners. This sparked an interest in terrorist violence that was re-ignited ten years later when she re-joined NOMS (as it had become) to develop an evidence base for work with terrorist offenders. Despite opposition from sharp human rights lawyers, the BPS itself, and Islamist pressure groups, and a counter-vailing political pressure to deliver products to counter a new wave of terrorist violence, this proved to be the high spot of her career. This was followed by a career change to the University of Birmingham where she established a doctoral course in forensic clinical psychology, now in its eighth year, and continues her research into terrorist violence. Key publications: Lloyd, M. & Dean, C. (2015) The Development of Structured Guidelines for Assessing Risk in Extremist Offenders. The Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, Vol 2, Issue 1. 40-52. Lloyd, M, & Kleinot, P. (2017) Pathways into Terrorism: the Good the Bad and the Ugly. The Journal of Psychoanalytic psychotherapy: Applications, Theory and Research. http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AuImmw9CSqManxWgDW5y/full Opinions expressed in this video are those of the speakers, based on their training and clinical experience as Practitioner Psychologists. References to theories, research and named authors are not necessarily an endorsement. The intention of this platform is to encourage engagement with forensic psychology. We welcome your feedback and questions. Please do either comment below or email us at letstalkforensicpsychology@gmail.com