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Catherine Stevens

Doctoral Student

Education

BS in Psychology, University of Liverpool England, 2018.
Dissertation Title: Gender differences in the journey to suicide: Comparing distance decay functions of home and found locations in missing person reports to the police.

MS in Investigative and Forensic Psychology, University of Liverpool England, 2019.
Dissertation Title: A process evaluation exploring practitioner use, awareness and perspectives on reflective logs within Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS).

Biosketch

Catherine Stevens joined the Criminology and Criminal Justice with Terrorism option Ph.D program in the fall of 2020. Her published undergraduate research, presented at the 4th International Conference on Missing Children and Adults in Liverpool looked to help tailor missing persons search parameters and safeguard vulnerable individuals. Her collaborative MFRS Masters research focused on how to sustain practitioner job performance and learning. For the past year working closely with Dr Neil Shortland and Professor Laurence Alison she has participated in police decision and interview trainings as well as developing LUCIFER scenarios (Least-worst Uncertain Choice Inventory for Emergency Responses; Shortland et al., 2020). Her primary research interests are decision making, group dynamics, psychological aspects of both domestic and international security, emotional and mental states.