Karen Johnson is a Registered Forensic Psychologist. She has worked for HM Prison and Probation Service for 17 years.

She is currently the Regional Lead Psychologist in the South-East and East area, where she leads psychology services delivered across 10 Prisons, and the regional probation directorate for the East of England.

Karen is completing a PhD through Queens University Belfast, supervised by Professor Shadd Maruna and Professor Michelle Butler, entitled Doing Justice to Desistance Narratives-Developing the Desistance Identity Tool.

Professor Shadd Maruna is the Head of the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool, and the Past President of the American Society of Criminology. 

He is a long-term member of the Correctional Services Accreditation and Advice Panel. 

Previously, he has worked at the Queen’s University Belfast, University of Cambridge and Rutgers University where he was Dean of the School of Criminal Justice. He received the Howard League for Penal Reform’s inaugural Research Medal in 2013, and his book Making Good was named the Outstanding Contribution to Criminology by the American Society of Criminology in 2001.

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Presenters: Dr. Sally Tilt and Dr. Kerensa Hocken

Producer: Andrew Wilkie

Assistant Producer: Richie Makepeace

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