The Mental Health Act 2016 (Queensland) commenced in March 2017. It allows Magistrates to resolve a significant proportion of matters previously referred to the Mental Health Court. The Act thus places greater responsibility on lawyers appearing before Magistrates. In this workshop you will be able to observe and, if you choose, to participate in: A Panel discussion about Magistrates’ powers to determine fitness for trial; A Panel discussion about Court Liaison Officers and their reports; A Panel discussion about the clinical and legal issues relevant to fitness for trial; and A Moot where a barrister cross-examines an experienced forensic psychiatrist, acting in the role of a Court Liaison Officer or psychiatrist who has prepared a court report on fitness for trial, about a report on “fitness for trial”. Panel Dr Jane Phillips – psychiatrist, Court Liaison Service, Queensland Health; Dr Velimir Kovacevic, psychiatrist, Court Liaison Service, Queensland Health; Joseph Briggs, Counsel, LAQ; and Dr Russ Scott, psychiatrist, Prison Mental Health Service, Queensland Health

As radicalisation and recruitment of Australians appears to be increasing and violent extremists are reaching out to mentally vulnerable individuals, there is a clear role for mental health services in the evaluation and management of susceptible individuals. In the context of the changing milieu of mental health care and the importance of understanding the emergent risks to our patients, their families and the wider community, the symposium Mental Health, Extremism and Lone-Actor Grievance-Fuelled Violence brings together expert speakers from policing, forensic mental health and legal backgrounds. The symposium will inform delegates about the rise of extremism and terrorism and will also consider the phenomenon of lone-actor grievance-fuelled violence, including fixated attacks, hate killings, school shootings and workplace killings, and its relevance to mental health services. The symposium will also consider inter-agency approaches to countering violent extremism and present models for working with counter-terrorism agencies to improve the management of the mentally ill and enhance community safety. The symposium will also examine the Sydney Lindt Café siege, a compelling example of lone-actor, grievance-fuelled violence. As a jurisdiction recognised for its excellence and innovation in mental health/policing interventions, Queensland is well placed to host this important symposium. Speakers Current national security environment Insp Roger Lowe Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism & Major Events Command Queensland Police Service Man Haron Monis – Radicalised domestic terrorist? Dr Russ Scott Forensic Psychiatrist Queensland Health Pathways to radicalisation and domestic terrorism in Australia Prof Mark Kebbell School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University Australian Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security The fixated loner Adjunct Prof Michele Pathé Forensic Psychiatrist Queensland Police Service Lone-actor grievance-fuelled violence Adjunct Prof Michele Pathé Inter-agency information-sharing in the current climate Dr Andrew Aboud Forensic Psychiatrist Director, Prison Mental Health Service Queensland Health Preventive collaborative models for managing lone actors Adjunct Prof Michele Pathé Countering violent extremism Insp Peter Aitken Living Safe Together Intervention Program Queensland Police Service Domestic terrorism – Sovereign citizens Adjunct Prof Michele Pathé Narcissistic personality disorder, homicidality and risk identification Dr Ian Freckelton QC, Victoria Counsel for NSW Police, Lindt Café Inquest Dinner: Charismatic authority, coercive persuasion and the cult of personality: New religious movements and their dangers. Dr Ian Freckelton QC, Victoria

Fitness to plead raises unique challenges in our court system and for expert witnesses. In this first ANZAPPL ACT workshop for 2017, we will hear from our invited speakers: Assoc. Prof. Andrew Carroll, Forensic Psychiatrist Shane Drumgold, Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions (ACT) Our speakers will provide their expertise from both sides of the bench and we will provide ample time for questions from workshop participants.

Since 2007 John Flockton has worked with Corrective Services NSW as Clinical Director/Senior Specialist (Forensic) Psychologist at the High Risk Management Correctional Centre in Goulburn which houses extreme high security inmates including those convicted or remanded under Commonwealth and NSW anti-terrorism legislation. He has been an invited presenter to local and international forums including the Canadian Centre of Intelligence & Security Studies at Carleton University Ottawa Canada and British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology Conference in Cardiff Wales. His attendance at the Global Counterterrorism Forum sponsored ‘Closed Expert Meeting on the Role of Psychology in Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremist Offenders’ in Abu Dhabi contributed to the development of ‘best practice’ guidelines applicable across multiple jurisdictions. John has worked as a development consultant and provided training in EV risk assessment through the DFAT funded capacity building project in Indonesia, and at regional security, intelligence and corrections conferences in the Philippines and Malaysia. He is a co-author of the Violent Extremist Risk Assessment (VERA) -2 & 2R which is being used both in Australia and internationally. His interest now is in confronting the complex challenges in risk assessment and management with a changing ‘terrorist’ profile and the progression of the threat and reality of local and internationally inspired extremist violence.

Cross-examination of child witnesses is often described as a “how not to” of child interviewing because it typically involves linguistically complex, leading, and confrontational questions. This presentation examines the effect of the cross-examination process on children’s testimony and considers some empirically based options for a way forward. Dr Rachel Zajac is a Senior Lecturer in the Psychology Department at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her research encompasses children’s and adults’ eyewitness testimony, social influences on memory, and psychological factors in the interpretation of forensic evidence.

Presenter: Associate Professor Warrick Brewer, Consultant Neuropsychologist Objectives of this workshop include outlining: the neurobiological basis of healthy emotion generation; the impact of insult upon normal developmental trajectories and how to efficiently identify the timing and nature of the same; the means for efficient targeting of unmet emotional need arising from common threats to healthy development with a view to formulating appropriate management plans within the criminal justice system, and; emotional intelligence including recognition and articulation of the emotional self and structured self-identity. Price $30 students (full time only – proof required upon registration) $40 ANZAPPL members $70 non-members Morning tea supplied.

Technology means that many people are accessing indecent images of children. This poses a challenge for the legal system in deciding what should be done with these people. Mark will discuss some of the critical issues concerning what risk these people pose and how risks should be managed. Professor Mark Kebbell is an academic at Griffith University. He does research on investigative psychology, with a focus on the investigation and prosecution of serious crime.

Speakers/panel: Shane Drumgold, Assistant Director, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, ACT Linda Crebbin, President, ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Owen Samuels, Clinical Director, Forensic Mental Health Services, ACT Health We will hear from panel members, Shane Drumgold, Linda Crebbin and Owen Samuels about ACT Law on mental impairment and diminished responsibility and the interface of the Courts and the Tribunal. This will be followed by mock cases highlighting the challenges inherent in the clinical assessment, legal tests and ultimately the disposition and rehabilitation of mentally disordered offenders. This will be an interactive event and we welcome questions and comments from our audience. We ask that audience members do not name or discuss the details of specific local cases. Please be mindful of the sensitive nature of this area of work which will impact victims, the offenders, family, carers and professionals alike.

The combination of decades of advocacy by women's organisations and a number of high profile cases has finally resulted in significant public and policy attention being paid to family violence in Australia. With this increased attention a range of facts and opinions are being aired and used to justify policy and funding decisions. Given the prevalence of and significant costs associated with family violence, it is essential that our responses at the societal and individual level are evidence-­based. In this presentation Dr McEwan will examine the research underpinning some common beliefs about family violence, identifying where policy and practice may be being informed by strongly held opinion rather than by evidence. Speaker Dr Troy McEwan is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical and Forensic Psychology at the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, and a Senior Psychologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health. Dr McEwan's research interests lie in understanding, assessing and managing complex criminal behaviours including stalking, family violence, arson, and sexual offending. She is an internationally recognised expert in stalking behaviour and her publications in this area include the Stalking Risk Profile, a structured instrument used by mental health and law enforcement agencies around the world to assess and manage stalking-related risks. Dr McEwan focusses her research on projects with strong translational potential, aiming to directly influence practice and policy decisions to improve responses to complex criminal behaviours. She provides consultation to law enforcement on family violence and stalking and currently coordinates projects investigating methods of improving police risk assessment and management in family violence cases. Dr McEwan currently sits on the ANZAPPL national committee in the role of President-Elect and has previously acted as President of the Victorian branch of the Association.

Lawyer Shirley McMurdo will present on her new affordable legal service for victims of domestic violence.

The goal of this symposium is to enable researchers from around Australia working broadly in the area of psychology and law to discuss their current research and identify new avenues for research. The day will involve a series of invited individual presentations and panel discussion about current topics in psychology and law. Topics may include: Offending behaviour and rehabilitation Interviewing witnesses and suspects Conducting suspect identification procedures The effect of pre-trial publicity Judicial instructions Expert evidence and eyewitness testimony Jury decision-making Courtroom design and innovation

Presented by Magistrate Catherine Crawford who successfully obtained a Churchill Fellowship to undertake research in this much needed area.