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Dr. Jaimie Zander

Lecturer
B.A. (Hons), Ph.D

Received a B.A. (Hons) in psychology from Murdoch University in 1998. Dr. Jaimie has graduated from Murodch University and her PhD entitled Interpersonal Emotional Responses in Violent Offenders: (Re) examining the role of Empathy. Begun teaching in 1999 in the School of Psychology but moved to the School of Law in 2005.


Career:
   
Jan 2005– Present, School of Law, Murdoch University Lecturer
Jan 1999 – Dec. 2004,  School of Psychology, Murdoch University Tutor

Education:
  • PhD., Murdoch University, 2006
  • B.A.(Hons), Murdoch University, 1998
Teaching:

Units Delivered:

• Psychological Research Methods II
• Sentencing and Penology
• Criminal Behaviour
• Criminology
• Psychology and Law
• Forensic Research Methods

Research:
  • Research interests has predominantly been in the area of criminogenic factors in violent offending, empathy, restorative and therapeutic justice and community perceptions of sentencing aims.
Publications:

Refereed Journal Articles:

  • Beven, J.P., Hall, G., Froyland, I. , Steels, B., & Goulding, D. (2005). Restoration or renovation? Evaluating restorative justice outcomes. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 12 (1), 194 – 206.
  • Beven, J.P., O’Brien-Malone, A., & Hall, G. (2004). Using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index to assess empathy in violent offenders. International Journal of Forensic Psychology , 1 (2), 33 – 41.
  • Beven, J.P., O’Brien-Malone, A., & Hall, G. (In Press). The frequency and accuracy of offenders’ perspective taking: Are we measuring the right thing? Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
  • Pedersen, A., Beven, J.P., Walker , I. , & Griffiths, B. (2004). Attitudes toward Indigenous Australians: The role of empathy and guilt. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 14, 233 – 249.

Conference Papers (abstracts published):

  • Beven, J.P., O’Brien-Malone, A., & Hall, G. (2001, April). A model of empathy for normal and criminal populations: Initial considerations. Paper presented at the Annual Society of Australasian Social Psychologists Conference, Perth , Western Australia .

Unpublished Conference Papers:

  • Beven, J.P., O’Brien-Malone, A., & Hall, G. (2000, September). The validity of empathy measurement in offender populations. Paper presented at the Annual Murdoch Psychology Research Conference, Perth , Western Australia .
  • Beven, J.P., O’Brien-Malone, A., & Hall, G. (2002, September). “I understand where you’re coming from”: The perspective taking ability of violent offenders. Paper presented at the annual Murdoch Psychology Research Conference, Perth , Western Australia .
  • Beven, J.P. (2004). A new outlook on the relationship between empathy and aggression. Paper presented at the annual University of Melbourne Mens Rea Society Conference , Melbourne , Victoria .

Colloquia:

  • Beven, J.P., & Sumner, P. (2003, August). Effective tertiary education for visually impaired students: Statistics are not impossible! School of Psychology , Murdoch University , Perth , Western Australia
Contact:
   
Address:  
ECL/2.027, School of Law +61 8 9360 2900
Murdoch University +61 8 9310 6671
South Street J.Beven@murdoch.edu.au
MURDOCH WA 6150 www.law.murdoch.edu/staffs/j.beven.html

 

 



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