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Dr Amy Grubb

Associate Professor Of Forensic Psychology

EDUCATION & SCIENCE
Telephone:
01242 714063
Dr. Amy Grubb is an Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology and academic course leader/programme director for MSc Forensic Psychology.

Biography

Amy is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist and Registered Forensic Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). She has experience developing, leading and teaching BPS accredited Forensic Psychology courses and is a member of the BPS Division of Forensic Psychology Training Committee (DFPTC).

Amy is also the REF Unit of Assessment 4 (UoA4; Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience) Coordinator and research lead for the Psychological Sciences discipline. She is passionate about research and helping to develop and mentor other researchers. Her main research interests focus on sexual violence and the application of psychology within police and investigatory settings.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Forensic Psychology, Coventry University, 2017
  • PGCert in Higher Education Professional Practice, 2009
  • MSc Forensic Psychology, Coventry University, 2005
  • BSc Psychology, University of Birmingham, 2003.

Accreditation

  • Registered Forensic Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), March 2013 (Membership Number: PYL29560)
  • Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)
  • Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society and member of the Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology (CPsychol)
  • Chartered Scientist with the Science Council (CSci).

Membership of professional bodies

  • Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Forensic Psychology (DFP) Training Committee (DFTPC)
  • General Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Forensic Psychology (DFP).

Teaching & Research

Teaching

  • NS7205 Psychology in the Legal Process
  • NS7208 Vulnerability and Victims in Forensic Contexts
  • NS7209 Developing the Forensic Practitioner
  • NS7111 Dissertation (Supervision).

Research

Amy’s research focuses on the application of psychology within police and investigatory settings, with an emphasis on hostage and crisis negotiation and conflict communication. She has experience of working with police forces both nationally and internationally in a research, training, advisory, and consultancy basis.

Amy has specific expertise in the area of hostage and crisis negotiation, a topic which formed the basis of her PhD thesis. She has published widely on the subject and is motivated by a desire to improve police negotiator practice and enhance efficacy of negotiator deployments and interventions involving hostage taking or crisis situations.

Publications

More publications from Dr Amy Grubb can be found in the Research Repository.

External responsibilities

Advisor for Hampshire Constabulary on their Prevention of Serious Sexual Offences Campaign in 2009

Advisor for Warwickshire Police on their rape awareness/prevention campaigns in 2011 and 2013

Commissioned as a consultant by Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Police to conduct research to inform the development of the Coventry and Warwickshire Sexual Assault Referral Centre in 2011

Consultant in the development of the National Negotiator Deployment Database being led by the National Negotiator Group (NNG)

Commissioned by Norfolk Constabulary to analyse pilot data from the National Negotiator Deployment Database between January 2015 and December 2016.

Subject for media interview

  • Hostage and crisis negotiation
  • Conflict and crisis communication
  • Suicide intervention.

Professional positions

  • Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Division of Forensic Psychology Training Committee (DFPTC).

External examining

  • External examiner for the MSc Forensic and Investigative Psychology course at Wolverhampton University from September 2016 – December 2020.
  • External examiner for the MSc Forensic Psychology course at Cardiff Metropolitan University from May 2019 – December 2023.
  • External examiner for the MSc High Risk Operations and Governance at the University of Liverpool since April 2023.
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