Forensic Psychology

Training and Consultancy

Specialist training for police, prison, and probation services on communication, mental health, and the application of psychology to the law.

Professional development

Training and Consultancy

Dr O'Mahony has developed and delivered training to the police service, the probation service and the prison service[cite: 2].

Please enquire if you have training requirements linked to the application of psychology and the law[cite: 2].

Examples of training that Dr O'Mahony has delivered are[cite: 2]:

Access to Justice in Zambia - Effective Communication (in collaboration with the Prison Reform Trust UK)[cite: 2]
Collaborated in the design and delivery of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG) Masterclass 2022 'Supporting Vulnerable Individuals to Give Best Evidence'[cite: 2]
Cognitive impairment and police interviewing[cite: 2]
Suggestibility[cite: 2]
Special Measures and the role of the Registered Intermediary[cite: 2]
Group and individual interventions for adults with an intellectual disability[cite: 2]
The role of the Expert Witness at court[cite: 2]

Dr O’Mahony is a Visiting Lecturer at the Centre of Forensic Interviewing, University of Portsmouth[cite: 2].

He contributed to the Law Commission Unfitness to Plead consultation (Report published in 2016). He was an adviser to the ‘At risk, yet dismissed’ research project (2013) which examined the criminal victimisation of people with mental health problems (A collaborative research project between Victim Support, MIND, Kingston University, St George’s, Kings College London, UCL)[cite: 2].

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