Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
I joined the department in July 2011 after working as a Senior Lecturer in the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology (ICFRP) at the University of Portsmouth and as the Research Officer at HMP Grendon, a Category B therapeutic community prison for male offenders.
I am a Chartered Psychologist and have worked in secure hospitals with individuals with personality disorders and Schizophrenia as well as a brain and spinal injury unit helping to assess and rehabilitate patients. I hold a BSc (Hons), Master’s degree and a PhD in Psychology and my PhD research explored the relationship between traumatic experiences (crime-related trauma and physical/sexual abuse), dissociation (experiences of amnesia, absorption in one’s surroundings and depersonalisation) and psychopathic personality traits among offenders convicted of murder.
Teaching Role
- BSc Psychology and Criminal Behaviour (Year 1) – Unit Co-ordinator
- BSc Psychology and Criminal Justice (Year 2)
- BSc Forensic Psychology in Practice (Year 3)
- MSc Forensic Psychology
- BSc, MSc and PhD dissertation supervision
Research Interests
- Interpersonal relating styles of offenders
- Offender assessment
- Animal cruelty
- Stalking
Recent Research Projects
- PhD supervision of research which is developing a risk assessment tool for offenders on probation in Malta (funded by the Maltese Probation Service and conducted in collaboration with the University of Portsmouth).
- PhD supervision of research which is investigating the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, emotional intelligence and risk of reoffending among offenders in the UK.
Service to the Academic/Professional Community
- Editorial Board member of the Journal of Criminal Psychology
- Member of HM Prison Grendon Research Ethics Committee
- External PhD supervisor for the University of Portsmouth
Recent Conference Presentations
- Newberry, M. (2011). Is intellectual ability related to treatment outcome and risk of reconviction among offenders at Grendon therapeutic community prison? BPS Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference 2011, 22-24 June, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
- Newberry, M. (2010). Negative relating and offence typology. BPS Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference 2010, 23-25 June, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
- Newberry, M. (2009). Offence type and treatment outcome: Which offenders show most improvement on psychometric instruments following treatment in a therapeutic community prison? BPS Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference 2009, 23-25 June, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
- Newberry, M. & Shuker, R. (2009). Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) profiles of offenders at a therapeutic community prison and their relationship to Offender Group Reconviction Scale (OGRS) scores. BPS Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference 2009, 23-25 June, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
- Newberry, M. & Shuker, R. (2008). Changes in interpersonal relating following treatment in a prison based therapeutic community. BPS Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference 2008, 23-25 June, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
- Newberry, M. & Shuker, R. (2008). The relationship between intellectual ability and the treatment needs of prisoners in a therapeutic community prison. BPS Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference 2008, 23-25 June, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Recent Publications
- Newberry, M. & Shuker, R. (in press). Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) profiles of offenders and their relationship to offender group reconviction scale (OGRS) scores. Journal of Personality Assessment.
- Kumari, N., Caulfield, L. & Newberry, M. (in press). The experiences of women working in a therapeutic community prison. Prison Service Journal.
- Beckley, K., Bates, A., Duff, S., Newberry, M. & Scott, A. (2012). Consultation on stalking; British Psychological Society Response to the Home Office. Leicester, UK: The British Psychological Society.
- Tonkin, M., Howells, K., Ferguson, K., Clark, A., Newberry, M., & Schalast, N. (2011). Lost in Translation?: Psychometric Properties and Construct Validity of the English Essen Climate Evaluation Schema (EssenCES) Social Climate Questionnaire Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0026267.
- Newberry, M. & Shuker, R. (2011). The relationship between intellectual ability and the treatment needs of prisoners in a therapeutic community prison. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 22(3), 1-17.
- Newberry, M. & Birtchnell, J. (2011). Negative relating and offense type. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 1, 24-35.
- Newberry, M. (2010). A synthesis of outcome research at Grendon therapeutic community prison.Therapeutic Communities, 31, 356-371.
- Newberry, M. (2010). The experiences of black and minority ethnic (BME) prisoners in a therapeutic community prison. In E. Sullivan & R. Shuker (Eds.). Grendon and the emergence of forensic therapeutic communities: Developments in research and practice (pp. 305-316). London: Wiley.
- Shuker, R. & Newberry, M. (2010). Changes in interpersonal relating following therapeutic community treatment at HMP Grendon. In E, Sullivan & R, Shuker (Eds.). Grendon and the emergence of forensic therapeutic communities: Developments in research and practice (pp.293-304). London: Wiley.
- Birtchnell, J., Shuker, R., Newberry, M. & Duggan, C. (2009). An assessment of change in negative relating in two male forensic therapy samples using the Person’s Relating to Others Questionnaire (PROQ). Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 20, 387-407.
Contact Details
Dr Michelle Newberry
Department of Psychology
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU1 3JU
T: +44 (0)1582 743932
E: michelle.newberry@beds.ac.uk
