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Stephen Webster

Stephen Webster is head of Crime and Justice Research at NatCen.  A Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, his career includes eight years as a Senior Research Psychologist for HM Prison Service. During this time he led the research, assessment and evaluation of HM Prison Service suite of sexual offender treatment programmes. To this end he has published numerous peer-review journal articles involving sexual offender populations and presented research concerning sexual offenders at national and international conferences.

He joined NatCen in 2005 where he has continued to deliver mixed-method crime and justice research studies. This work includes RCT feasibility studies, a two year evaluation of innovative offender learning provision, and leading the European Online Grooming Project for the European Commission.  He is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Sexual Aggression, the ESRC peer review college, and is member of the Risk Management Authority Research Advisory Board.

My recent research

Children and Young Adults in Gangs: Impact on Lifecourse Development
Crime & Justice
Drug treatment outcomes research study
Dec 2009
Health & Lifestyle
European Online Grooming Project
Jan 2011
Crime & Justice
Implementation and delivery of Test Beds Virtual Campus
Jun 2011
Crime & Justice

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