James Ogloff

Professor James Ogloff serves as the Executive Dean of Swinburne University of Technology's School of Health Sciences and holds a senior advisory role in forensic mental health at Forensicare, Victoria. He is a Fellow of multiple psychological societies and has led groundbreaking research in forensic psychology for over 40 years.

• Specializes in violence risk assessment, child sexual abuse consequences, and correctional mental health
• Actively supervises 18+ PhD projects on topics like online child exploitation, recidivism prediction, and forensic telehealth

His work spans 350+ peer-reviewed articles and 18 books, with recent focus on:

• Algorithmic fairness in risk assessment tools
• Mental health outcomes for prison populations
• Developing forensic evaluation standards for youth
• Comparative studies of offender rehabilitation

Notable awards include:

• Member of the Order of Australia (2015)
• Multiple national research excellence awards
• Presidential roles in major psychology-law societies

Current research initiatives involve $5M+ in active grants from organizations like the Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Council, addressing violence prevention, bail risk assessment, and therapeutic treatment models.