TAPwrap

A lawyer, a psychologist and a criminologist walk into a podcast. It's no joke.   On a whirlwind tour of the Australian capital, TAPwrap taps into the expert knowledge on hand at the Australian National University to talk about the history and legal ramifications of terrorism, approaches to understanding extremism, and the future of radicalisation & prevention in the Asia Pacific region.   Guests Dr Emily Corner, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Dr Clarke Jones, ANU College of Health and Medicine Professor Mark Nolan, ANU College of Law Reading Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons (Jones) Legal Psychology In Australia (Nolan & Goodman-Delahunty) Post-sentence continued detention of high-risk terrorist offenders in Australia (Smith & Nolan) Terrorism, Radicalisation & Countering Violent Extremism: Practical Considerations & Concerns (Ed Jayakumar) The Mind of the Terrorist: A Review and Critique of Psychological Approaches (Victoroff) The Psychology of Terrorism (Horgan) Global Antiterrorism Law & Policy (Ramraj et al) Events Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: Collaboration and Challenges Across the Global South (5 - 8 November 2019)

Time for a deep dive!   Our first show for 2019 takes us into the complexities of behavioural risk assessment with Dr Andrew Carroll, seer of beer and stalwart of Australian forensic psychiatry. We talk heuristics, objectives, intuition, research, discuss the exciting goings-on at Our Curious Minds, and of course break down the finest ale, lager, and stout!   (Technical note: Luke sounds a bit washed out in this ep due to mic setup. No biggie.)   Show notes Check out Andy and Brett at Our Curious Minds   Reading Mental Health Risk Assessment: traps to avoid in day-to-day clinical work (Dr Malcolm Forbes & Dr Andrew Carroll) Good (or bad) vibrations: clinical intuition in violence risk assessment (Dr Andrew Carroll) Critique of Pure Risk Assessment or, Kant Meets Tarasoff (D. Mossman) Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment (Otto and Douglas) Events Asia Pacific Association of Threat Assessment Professionals Annual Conference (Hong Kong Disneyland, 25-27 Feb 2019) APATAP SE Asia Special Interest Group Inaugural Threat Assessment Workshop (unfortunately finished before podcast publication due to time constraints, but watch out for more!)      

Straight up, no chaser!   In this long-delayed episode we jump right into our interview with the forward Nord, Mr Totti Karpela of Peace Of Mind Threat Management, who spoke to us in his home town of Helsinki during the 2018 annual conference of the Association Of European Threat Assessment Professionals.   Exciting times in threat assessment and management, and TAPwrap will be right here with updates on the thrills, spills and events lined up for coming months. Enjoy the episode and stay tuned!    

What do we know about risk? What should we know? What do we measure and how?   And why are most clinicians bad at business?   From the mean streets* of Wellington, New Zealand, we talk with Professor Stephen Hart, Director and Threat Assessment Specialist at Protect International Risk and Safety Services, and Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.    * Actually the luxurious Intercontinental Hotel  

TAPwrap is back for 2018 with a full-length blockbuster episode, chock full of fixation and vexatious grievance. But enough about the hosts. In this episode, we go deep on the assessment, treatment, practicalities and politics of stalking and intimate partner violence, with academic expert and master storyteller Dr Lorraine Sheridan of Curtin University.   SHOW NOTES Dr Barry Rosenfeld Dialectical Behavior Therapy for the Treatment of Stalking Offenders [Rosenfeld et al 2007] Interview   Are arranged marriages happier than “love marriages”? Depends on who you ask, but they don’t seem to be any less happy: Dr Robert Epstein Prof Pamela Regan The quote fumbled by Luke is from Max Planck, “Die Wahrheit triumphiert nie, ihre Gegner sterben nur aus”. Paraphrased in English as ”truth never triumphs—its opponents just die out” or “science advances one funeral at a time.”   Books, papers, research and others mentioned in this episode (more to come as we rifle the databases!): Stalkers and their Victims [Mullen et al 2008] Amazon link   The Third Policeman [Flann O’Brien, 1967] Amazon linkThe audiobook read by Jim Norton is delightful!  Bad Boy Bubby (1993) UPCOMING 2018 EVENTS APATAP Annual Conference | Wellington | 5-7 March AETAP Annual Conference | Helsinki | 23-26 April ATAP Annual Threat Management Conference | Anaheima | 14-17 August ANZAPPL Annual Congress | Hobart | 21-24 November  

Is social media a threat to kids? Are video games a menace to everyone? Does “digital self-harm” really exist? And what is actually working to improve online safety in Australia and New Zealand?   Right in the Head heads right into Sydney for Online Safety: On The Edge, hosted by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner and Netsafe New Zealand. It’s a triple-decker conference with the lot, and we break down the schedule, highlights, conundrums, and big ideas emerging around issues of online safety and threat management.   Then we wonk out with UNICEF’s Daniel Kardefelt-Winther, over research, evidence-based practice, gaming, and what everyone should know about the Global Kids Online Project.   Show notes and links:   Office of the eSafety Commissioner Netsafe New Zealand Dr Daniel Kardefelt-Winther at UNICEF and on Twitter The Global Kids Online PRoject The great Blizzard nymwar of 2010 The notorious hot sauce study WA Police get it exactly wrong “In the context of cyberbullying, adults/parents need to understand that content cannot be reliably filtered or controlled and ceasing participation in social media is the only effective method to end cyberbullying...Some parents are confronted by the notion of equitability and believe denying their child social media access is punishing them as the victim. These perspectives are ethically correct but practically irrelevant."

  In the first episode of TAPwrap, we talk with Dr Michael Davis, forensic clinical psychologist and specialist in the assessment of sexual deviance and paraphilic behaviours.   In a discussion ranging from campus violence and vicarious trauma, to historical texts and working nude, our presenters cover (or uncover), places, people and practices in contemporary threat assessment.   Audio quality is a work in progress, and we look forward to cleaner sound plus some atmospheric music in future episodes!     Show Notes and links: APATAP 2018 Annual Conference: Alert but not alarmed, threat assessment in the everyday context ANZAPPL Annual Congress: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law in a Changing World ANZAPPL Victoria events   Feedback: hq@rightinthehead.com.au