Samantha Lundrigan

Professor Samantha Lundrigan is Director of the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). She joined ARU in 2009 after positions at the University of Cambridge and Victoria University of Wellington. Her expertise spans criminology, policing, and the psychological dynamics of crime investigation.

Education:

• PhD Psychology (University of Liverpool, 1998)
• MSc Investigative Psychology (University of Surrey, 1994)
• BA (Hons) Geography (University of Portsmouth, 1992)

Research Focus: Lundrigan investigates the intersection of psychology and criminal behavior, specializing in geographic profiling, sexual violence patterns, juror decision-making, and police investigative practices. Her work frequently applies environmental criminology to serious crime investigations, with emphasis on serial offenders and stranger rape dynamics.

Publication Trends: Recent research (2013–2018) concentrates on juror psychology in legal standards interpretation, police decision-making under austerity, and behavioral modeling of sexual violence. Her articles demonstrate consistent focus on empirical analysis of criminal justice processes and offender-victim interactions.

Professional Roles:

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling
• Member: International Academy of Investigative Psychology, European Association of Psychology and Law, Society of Evidence Based Policing
• Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Research Leadership: Leads ARU's 'Safe and Inclusive Communities' theme and supervises projects on adult child-to-parent abuse and police control room behavior. Her career includes training law enforcement in environmental criminology and providing geographic profiling for serious crime investigations.