Qualifications 

Bachelor of Arts in Honours Psychology - The University of Western Ontario 

Masters of Criminology - Bond University 

Claire holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) in Psychology from the University of
Western Ontario in Canada and a Masters of Criminology from Bond University in Australia.
She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Criminology Department at Bond University,
where she is studying staged crime scenes. Claire worked for St. Leonards Society in
2006, writing a narrative to be used for training purposes in homicide cases. In 2007,
she undertook an internship with Queensland Fire and Rescue in the Fire Investigation
Unit and recently completed a crime scene analysis internship with Forensic Solutions.
Claire works at Bond University as an Adjunct Teaching Fellow in the Criminology
Department. Claire is also co-editor of Forensic Criminology with Wayne Petherick and
Brent Turvey.

Articles

An introduction to crime and deviance (with Wayne Petherick), Crime and deviance (2009)

Extract:
Criminological knowledge as it relates to concepts of deviance have been stagnating. Historically, new...

 

Arson in Australia (with Jared Kreeger), Crime and deviance (2009)

Extract:
Due to its unique climate, Australia is one of the most fire-prone countries in...

 

Assault, Crime and deviance (2009)

Extract:
Not only is assault a problem in every country around the world, but it...

 

Behavioral consistency, the homology assumption and the problems of induction (with Wayne Petherick), Serial crime: Theoretical and practical issues in behavioral profiling (2009)

Extract:
The ultimate goal of profiling is to identify the major behavioral and personality characteristics...

 

Intimate partner violence and homicide, Crime and deviance (2009)

Extract:
Violence between partners is not a new phenomenon, although attitudes towards it have changed...

 

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Book Chapters

Criminal profiling (with Wayne A. Petherick), Forensic criminology (2010)

Forensic Criminology: the scientific study of crime and criminals for the purposes of addressing investigative...