Background

JP (2001); BA. (Hons) Psychology (1964); PhD (1970); FBPsyS (1983); Chartered Psychologist (1988); DSc (1990); Chartered Forensic Psychologist (1993)
1987-1989 Professor and Head of Department of Psychology, Polytechnic of East London
1977-1987 Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Aberdeen University
1967-1977 Lecturer in Psychology, Aberdeen University 

Research

• Grants from SSRC; ESRC; Home Office Research Department; Home Office Scientific Research and Development Branch; Scottish Home and Health Department, Home Office Research and Planning Unit.
• Grants have dealt with various aspects of eyewitness testimony and identification, e.g. (1) Photofit system; (2) Fundamental research on face identification processes, (3) Children as Witnesses, (4) Training in and evaluation of investigative interviewing, (5)Facilitating children's evidence at court (6) Guidelines for investigative interviewers.

Publications

• Perceiving and Remembering Faces (Academic Press, 1981, with Ellis and Shepherd)Identification Evidence: A Psychological Perspective (Pergamon, 1982, with Shepherd and Ellis)Memory in Context (Wiley, 1989, with Thomson); Memory in Everyday Life (Elsevier, 1994, with Logie); Recovered Memories: Seeking the Middle Ground (Wiley, 2001, with Dalgleish); Children's Testimony (2002, with Westcott and Bull); Practical Psychology for Forensic Investigators (Wiley 2006, with Kebbell); Forensic Psychology (Wiley 2008, with Hollin and Bull) and over 100 articles in refereed journals. Reports for the Home Office on the Livelink (CCTV) system (1991); the videotaping of children's evidence(1995); the training needs of police officers involved in child abuse investigations (1998) and Editor of Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance for Vulnerable or Intimidated Witnesses (Including Children) (Home Office, 2002). Founding Editor: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 1986-date

Consultancies

National Science Foundation (USA) Law and Social Sciences Program;British Sector of the International Commission of Jurists; Erickson Institute, Chicago, Illinois; Home Office Working Party on Children's Evidence; Lord Chancellor's Department Working Party on Therapy for Child Witnesses in Legal Proceedings; Home Office Working Party on Achieving Best Evidence.

Professional Involvement

• Chair: Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology, 1992-95.
• Chair: Society for Applied Research on Memory and Cognition, 1998-99
• President: European Association of Law and Psychology, 2003-06.