Laura Farrugia

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Name:

Laura Farrugia

Email address:

Laura.Farrugia@sunderland.ac.uk

Department:

Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellbeing (5YPG)

Organisation:

University of Sunderland

Address:

School of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 3SD

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Biography

Expertise:

Forensic Psychology, Police Interviewing, Suspects, Mental Disorder, Vulnerability, Appropriate Adult, Victims/Witnesses, Registered Intermediary

Job title:

Lecturer in Psychology

Biography:

I currently work as a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sunderland. I am also a Registered Intermediary, accredited with the Ministry of Justice, where I assist with the effective communication with vulnerable victims and witnesses in order to obtain their best evidence. I regularly work alongside practitioners within the criminal justice system such as police officers, barristers and Judges. In addition, I provide training to organisations on interviewing vulnerable individuals and effective communication.

Qualifications:

I completed my PhD in Forensic Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London; thesis is entitled: 'Mental disorder and investigative interviewing: Towards a more practice-based framework'.

My Latest

Farrugia, Laura (2021) Identifying Vulnerability in Police Custody: Making Sense of Information Provided to Custody Officers. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 80 (102169). ISSN 1752-928X
Farrugia, Laura and Gabbert, Fiona (2020) Forensic interviewing of mentally disordered suspects: The impact of interview style on investigation outcomes. Current Psychology. ISSN 1046-1310
Farrugia, Laura and Gabbert, Fiona (2020) Forensic interviewing of mentally disordered suspects: The impact of interview style on investigation outcomes. Current Psychology, ahead. p. 1. ISSN 1046-1310
Farrugia, Laura and Gabbert, Fiona (2019) Vulnerable suspects in police interviews: exploring current practice in England and Wales. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 17 (1). pp. 17-30. ISSN 1544-4767
Farrugia, Laura, Oxburgh, Gavin and Gabbert, Fiona (2019) Effective evaluation of forensic interviews: The Forensic Interview Trace (FIT)©. Investigative Interviewing: Research and Practice, 10 (1). pp. 20-31. ISSN 2227-7420

My Most Viewed

	Item title
1	Effective evaluation of forensic interviews: The Forensic Interview Trace (FIT)©	291	147
2	The ‘appropriate adult’: what they do and what they should do in police interviews with mentally disordered suspects.	262	427
3	Identifying Vulnerability in Police Custody: Making Sense of Information Provided to Custody Officers.	207	183
4	Vulnerable suspects in police interviews: exploring current practice in England and Wales	185	88
5	Police officers' perceptions and experiences with mentally disordered suspects	183	164
6	Forensic interviewing of mentally disordered suspects: The impact of interview style on investigation outcomes.	180	79
7	Forensic interviewing of mentally disordered suspects: The impact of interview style on investigation outcomes.	95	21

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