Louise Porter
I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Previously, I was a Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the University of Liverpool, UK. I hold a BSc from the University of Leicester and an ESRC-funded PhD from the University of Liverpool.
My research interests focus on interpersonal processes, specifically leadership and peer influence in forensic contexts. I began by examining the criminogenic environment of juvenile crime, drug use and the desistance process, primarily through work with Professor Shadd Maruna on the Liverpool Desistance Study. Since this early work, I have explored social and organisational features of group crime, specifically rape and robbery groups and, more recently police corruption, use of force and deaths associated with police contact. Much of my work in this area has involved a behavioural approach, examining the actions of offenders in their crimes, as taken from archival accounts such as police statements, law reports and media sources. More recently I have examined police integrity systems and external oversight, through interviews and document analysis.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Group Processes
- Interpersonal Processes
- Law and Public Policy
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Persuasion, Social Influence
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Journal Articles:
- Hauffe, S., & Porter, L. E. (2009). An interpersonal comparison of lone and group rape. Psychology, Crime & Law, 15(5), 469-491.
- Maruna, S., Porter, L., & Carvalho, I. (2004). The Liverpool Desistance Study and probation practice. Probation Journal, 51(3), 221-232.
- Porter, L. E. (2013). Beyond "oversight": A problem-oriented approach to police reform. Police Practice and Research. An International Journal. Special Issue: Police Oversight.
- Porter, L. E. (2008). Multidimensional methods for assessing leadership from archival data. Issues in Forensic Psychology No. 8, 33-44.
- Porter, L. E., & Alison, L. J. (2006). Behavioural coherence in group robbery: A circumplex model of offender and victim interactions. Aggressive Behavior, 32(4), 330-342.
- Porter, L. E., & Alison, L. J. (2006) Examining group rape: A descriptive analysis of offender and victim behaviour. European Journal of Criminology. 3(3), 357-381.
- Porter, L. E., & Alison, L. J. (2006). Leadership and hierarchies in criminal groups: Scaling degrees of leader behaviour in group robbery. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 11(2), 245-265.
- Porter, L. E., & Alison, L. J. (2005). Decisions, actions and orders as influence strategies employed by leaders of violent gangs. Small Group Research, 36(2),188-207.
- Porter, L. E., & Alison, L. J. (2004). Behavioural coherence in violent group activity: An interpersonal model of sexually violent gang behaviour. Aggressive Behavior, 30(6), 449-468.
- Porter, L. E., & Alison, L. J. (2001). A partially ordered scale of influence in violent group behavior: An example from gang rape. Small Group Research, 32(4), 475-497.
- Porter, L. E., & Prenzler, T. (2012). Police oversight in the United Kingdom: The balance of independence and collaboration. International Journal of Law Crime and justice, 40(3), 152-171.
- Porter, L. E., & Warrender, C. (2009). A multivariate model of police deviance: Examining the nature of corruption, crime and misconduct. Policing and Society, 19(1), 79-99.
- Prenzler, T., Mihinjac, M., & Porter, L. E. (2013). Reconciling stakeholder interests in police complaints and discipline systems. Police Practice and Research. An International Journal. Special Issue: Police Oversight.
- Prenzler, T., Porter, L. E., & Alpert, G. P. (2013). Reducing police use of force: Case studies and prospects. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 18(2), 343-356.
- Woods, L., & Porter, L. E. (2008). Examining the relationship between sexual offenders and their victims: interpersonal differences between stranger versus non-stranger offences. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 14(1), 61-75.
Other Publications:
- Porter, L. E. (2013). Leadership and role-taking in multiple perpetrator rape. In J. Woodhams & M. Horvath (Eds.), Handbook on the study of multiple perpetrator rape: A multidisciplinary response to an international problem. Routledge.
- Porter, L. E. (2010). Robbery. In J. Brown & L. Campbell (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of forensic psychology. Cambridge University Press.
- Porter, L. E. (2005). Policing the police service: Theoretical and practical contributions of psychologists to understanding and preventing corruption. In L. J. Alison (Ed.), The Forensic Psychologist’s Casebook: Psychological Profiling and Criminal Investigation (Chapter 7, pp. 143-169). Cullompton, Devon: Willan.
- Porter, L. E., & Prenzler, T. (2012). Corruption prevention and complaint management. In T. Prenzler (Ed.), Policing and security in practice: Solutions and achievements. Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Louise Porter
Center of Excellence in Policing and Security
Social Sciences (M10) 3.01
Griffith University, Mt. Gravatt Campus
Mt. Gravatt QLD 4122
Australia
- Phone: (07) 373 51035
- Fax: (07) 373 51033
