CAPP - Key Persons
is a Professor of Psychology and has worked as a forensic psychologist in a juvenile prison and a clinic for child and adolescent psychiatry in Germany for several years. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and supervisor. Denis Köhler has published several international papers and books (in German) on personality, psychopathy, severe violent crimes and mental disorders.
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- Clinical Psychologist in Denmark
Camilla is an authorised clinical psychologist in Denmark. She obtained an MSc and PhD at Glasgow Caledonian University and finished her studies in Denmark with distinction. She has worked on various research studies during and after completing her PhD and is currently working at a psychiatric hospital, undertaking treatment of patients and conducting staff supervision. She is also supervising students conducting their MSc thesis at Copenhagen University.
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- Medical Director / Niuvanniemi Hospital
Eila Repo-Tiihonen, MD, PhD, is Specialist in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. She is currently a Medical Director at Niuvanniemi Hospital, which is one of two state mental hospitals in Finland (for further details see http://www.niuva.fi/english/index_en.htm). She is also Assistant Professor in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, and Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, University of Helsinki.
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- Senior Researcher
- Clinical Psychologist in Denmark
- Psychiatric Research Unit
Liselotte Pedersen is an authorised clinical psychologist in Denmark. She obtained her PhD at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She has worked and carried out research in forensic psychiatric settings and primarily published in the areas of violence risk and personality disorders. She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Psychiatric Research Unit, Region Zealand, Denmark.
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- Private Forensic Consultant
Dr. Hanna Kroon-Heinzen is a forensic psychologist working with incarcerated and non-incarcerated violent offenders at the ‘Zentrum für Integrative Psychiatrie Kiel'.
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience / Karolinska Institutet
Matti Vanhanen, PhD, works as a neuropsychologist at Niuvanniemi Hospital. He completed his PhD studies in 1998 on glucose-intolerance and cognitive functions in dementia. He has since been working in the Department of Neurology, and since 2004 as a clinical neuropsychologist with schizophrenic patients at Niuvanniemi Hospital.
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- Certified Clinical Psychologist and PhD Fellow
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- Clinical Forensic Psychology Doctoral Student / Simon Fraser University / Mental Health Law and Policy Institute
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- Forensic Psychology Postgraduate Student
Pedro R. Almeida graduated in Psychology in 2006 and is currently a member and graduate student at the Neuropsychophysiology Laboratory at the University of Porto, Portugal.
His current research interests and PhD work include the use of central nervous system psychophysiological measures for the development of neurocognitive models of psychopathy.
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- Professor of Forensic Psychology / Maastricht University
Corine de Ruiter (1960) is a licensed clinical psychologist and cognitive behaviour therapist in The Netherlands. She studied at Barton College, Wilson, North Carolina and completed her clinical training at the University of Oregon, Eugene (OR), USA. She obtained her PhD at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1989. She has been a scientist-practitioner throughout her career, and published in the areas of personality disorders, violence risk assessment, treatment evaluation and psychological assessment.
She is currently Professor of Forensic Psychology at Maastricht University, The Netherlands and senior scientist at the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos-institute).
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- Professor of Forensic Psychology / University of Mons - Hainaut
Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves graduated in Psychology from the University of Porto, Portugal, where he also obtained his Master of Arts degree in Psychology of Deviant Behaviour. In 1997, he completed his PhD in Psychology of Justice at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, on psychopathy and adjustment to prison, while performing the validation of the PCL-R for the Portuguese population. He is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Psychology of the University of Minho.
He has presented and published, nationally and internationally, on the topics of correctional psychology, psychopathy, domestic violence, sexual offenders, risk assessment, and other aspects of violent behaviour and prison violence. His current research interests include psychopathy assessment, offender treatment, criminal behaviour and prison violence.