Dr Lorraine Sheridan is a Forensic Psychologist and former academic. Lorraine brings to DART Group over 25 years of experience specialising in stalking, family violence, and threat assessment.

Lorraine qualified in the UK and moved to Perth in 2012. Until early 2022 she was an Associate Professor in psychology at Curtin University. She now works as a Forensic Psychologist in private practice. Lorraine is a former President of the Asia Pacific Association of Threat Assessment Professionals.

Recognised as a global expert on stalking and family violence, Lorraine has published five books and more than 80 papers in refereed scientific journals. Her areas of research include stalking, harassment, family violence, cybercrime, risk and threat assessment, campus safety, Islamophobia, racial and religious discrimination, suicide in prisons, celebrity worship, offender profiling, psychopathy, male rape, repeat criminal victimisation, policing, legislative change, sexual assault, suicide in Aboriginal populations, DNA and fingerprints, drug dependent offenders, mentally disordered offenders, and internet sex offenders.

Much of Lorraine’s research has adopted an applied, interventionist angle. This has meant that her work has had an extensive and pragmatic real-world impact on clinical practice, the criminal justice system and broader society. For example, an evidence-based risk assessment form that Lorraine authored was until recently employed in all cases of harassment (approximately 300,000 per year) reported to the police in England and Wales. She has provided advice internationally to governments who are who are seeking to develop legislation relating to stalking, harassment, bullying, family violence and non-fatal strangulation.

Lorraine provided case management advice to the UK police for more than 10 years and was an Association of Chief Police Officers accredited Behavioural Investigative Advisor (offender profiler) in the UK. She regularly consults to law enforcement both internationally and in Australia, security personnel, public figures, and others on stalking, harassment, violence, risk assessment, threat assessment, malicious communications, and similar topics.

Training is a passion of Lorraine’s and she has have created and facilitated training ranging from one-hour sessions to full weeks. Attendee groups have included security personnel, human resources professionals, line managers, employee support teams, police officers, government policy advisors, social workers, lawyers, magistrates, academics, medics and charity and non-governmental organisation professionals. Topics of training sessions and programmes include stalking and harassment, threat assessment, family violence and other forms of abuse, conspiracy theories, and increasing employee wellbeing. Lorraine has given 86 conference presentations, 68 of which were invited, and 38 were at international conferences.

Over the course of her career, Lorraine has worked directly with many victims and survivors, perpetrators, police, governments, and victim advocates. She currently provides therapy to victims and abusers and completes assessments and reports for the Justice System.