Chair
Mark Olver, Ph.D.
Mark Olver is a Registered Doctoral Psychologist (Saskatchewan) and Assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to joining the U of S, he worked as a clinical psychologist with the Correctional Service of Canada and the Saskatoon Health Region. He continues to work clinically providing practicum supervision and conducting assessments for Saskatoon Youth Court. His research interests include sex offender risk assessment and treatment, psychopathy, and youth violence.




Secretary/Treasurer
R. Karl Hanson, Ph.D.
R. Karl Hanson is a Senior Research Officer with Public Safety Canada, who specializes in sexual offenders and abusive men. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and has been Secretary-Treasurer of the Criminal Justice Section since 1996.






Past Chair
Jean Folsom, Ph.D.
Jean Folsom is currently the Director of Psychology and Rehabilitation Services at the Regional Treatment Centre, a psychiatric facility for male federal offenders in Kingston, Ontario and administers a department of 15 staff. Within the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) she has also worked with maximum security male offenders at Millhaven Institution and with women of all levels of security at the Prison for Women. In these roles, she has provided psychological assessment and treatment services to male and female offenders.  Prior to joining CSC, she has worked in the provincial psychiatric hospital system for 10 years.  Dr. Folsom also currently holds an adjunct appointment in the Psychology Department at Queen's University and maintains a small private practice.  Recently, her research interests have been in the areas of women offenders and families of offenders.


Managing Editor, Crime Scene
Ainslie Heasman, Ph.D.


Review Editor, Crime Scene
Leah Todd, B. A.



Membership Coordinator
Natalie Jones, M.A.
Studying at Carleton University, Natalie Jones is in her final year of the Ph.D. program in forensic psychology. Natalie also earned her M.A. at Carleton under the supervision of Dr. Craig Bennell, during which time her primarily interests resided in the area of police psychology. Specifically, her research background examines issues pertinent to serial homicide, offender profiling, linkage analysis, and diagnostic decision-making in policing contexts. At present, Natalie is completing her doctorate under the direction of Dr. Shelley Brown. Her current research activities lie principally in criminal risk assessment, with particular emphasis on the psychology of female offenders.




Student Representatives
Leticia Gutierrez, B.A. (Hons)
Leticia Gutierrez is a second year Master’s student in the Forensic Psychology program at Carleton University. Leticia has also been a Research Assistant in the Corrections Research Unit of the Department of Public Safety since 2007. Her areas of research include drug treatment courts, community supervision, and aboriginal offenders. Currently, Leticia is assessing the role of therapeutic alliance in community supervision settings in Canada.




Joanna Hessen


Directors-at-Large

NAACJ
J. Stephen Wormith, Ph.D.
J. Stephen Wormith is Chair of Forensic Psychology, in the Psychology Department, University of Saskatchewan. Formerly, he was Psychologist-in-Chief for the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and Deputy Superintendent (Treatment) at Rideau Correctional and Treatment Centre. He provides forensic clinical consultation services to the Regional Psychiatric Centre, youth and adult court, the Saskatchewan Department of Corrections and Public Safety, the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Saskatoon Police Services Commission, the Correctional Service of Canada and the National Parole Board. He is the Canadian Psychological Association’s representative on the National Associations Active in Criminal Justice (NAACJ). He is active in the voluntary sector as Vice-president of the Canadian Training Institute, and is on the Board of Directors of The International Institute on Special Needs Offenders and Policy Research (). Dr. Wormith’s research activities have concentrated on the assessment, treatment and therapeutic processes of offenders, including various special offender groups, such as young offenders, sexual offenders and mentally disordered offenders. He is co-author of the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory.



NACCJPC Liaison
Tanya Rugge, Ph.D.
Tanya Rugge has a B.A. in Law and a Ph.D. in Psychology.  Her doctoral dissertation examined the impacts of restorative justice processes on participants. Dr. Rugge joined the Corrections Research team of the Public Safety Canada in 1997 and is currently a Senior Research Officer. Over the past several years, she has interviewed numerous offenders and victims, conducted risk assessments, worked clinically with female offenders and conducted research on recidivism, high-risk offenders, young offenders, Aboriginal corrections, various pieces of criminal justice legislation, and evaluated several restorative justice programs as well as community supervision practices. Dr. Rugge started in the CJS Section as the Student Representative in 2001 and 2002, and has been involved in organizing the CPA Criminal Justice Banquets. She became co-editor of Crime Scene in 2005.



Clinical & Training
David Simourd, Ph.D.



Police Psychology
Dorothy Cotton, Ph.D.
Dorothy Cotton is currently a neuropsychologist with Correctional Service Canada. She was previously the Program Administrative Director for Forensic Services and Chief Psychologist at the . She also holds adjunct appointments in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Queen’s University, is a member of the Council of Psychologists of Ontario, and writes several newspaper and magazine columns about everyday applications of psychology (including one specifically for police officers). Dr. Cotton has a specific interest in interactions between the police and individuals with mental illnesses. She co-chairs the Canadian National Committee for Police/Mental Health Liaison, a subcommittee of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. Her research interests include a variety of topics related to cognitive function as a responsivity issue in offenders, as well as issues related to police/mental health systems interactions, and the broader field of police psychology. It is her goal to be instrumental in establishing a “home base” for psychologists working with police services, whether in clinical, I/O or research capacities. In her spare time she plays the bassoon.



Psychology in the Courts
Garry Fisher, Ph.D.



Conference Program
Leslie Helmus, B.A. (Hons)
Leslie Helmus is a graduate student in forensic psychology at Carleton University and a researcher with Public Safety Canada. Her research interests focus on the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders. Leslie has previously served on the Executive as Student Representative (2007-2009) and Membership Coordinator (2006-2007).





Website Coordinator
Joseph Camilleri, Ph.D.
Joseph is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Westfield State College in Massachusetts. His research involves understanding the causes of sexual aggression in relationships, applying risk assessments to special populations, and developing dynamic risk scales. Joseph was the CJPS student representative from 2002 to 2007 and Chair of the Section for Students from 2004 to 2005.