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Georgia Zara, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae
Georgia Zara, Ph.D, BPS Charterd Psychol.
Nationality: Italian
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Italian professional address:
Department of Psychology
University of Turin
Via Po, 14
10123 Turin (Italy)
Direct line: ++39 011 6703069
Fax: ++39 011 8146231
E-mail: [email protected]
Visiting Scholar address:
Institute of Criminology
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge CB3 9DA (UK)
Mobile: ++44 (0)755 2945 206
Current Academic and Professional Positions
• Associate
professor of Criminal Psychology, University of Turin - Italy
• Honorary
Judge, Surveillance Court (Parole Board), Turin
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Psychology Expert Witness in Court
• Psychologist
• Criminologist
• Visiting
scholar, Institute of Criminology (IoC), Cambridge University (UK)
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University of Turin - Faculty of Psychology: (October 2001- )
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Associate Professor: Social Psychology & Criminal Psychology, Faculty of Psychology (2006–)
Researcher: Social Psychology & Criminal Psychology, Faculty of Psychology (2001–2006)
Lecturer:
- Deontology (2011–)
- Criminology (2009–)
- Criminal Psychology; Criminal Psychology and Risk assessment (2002–)
- Social Psychology (2002–2007)
Post-Graduate Lecturer:
Specialised Post-Graduate Psychotherapy School of Clinical Psychology (2002–2009):
- Criminology & Forensic Psychology
Specialised Post-Graduate Psychotherapy School of Health Psychology (2006–):
- Intervention and prevention in cases of abuse and maltreatment
• Member:
Foreign Student Application Commission (2010 –).
Bioethic Committee of the University of Turin (January 2009–).
• Referent: Upper Course in Criminal and investigative psychology (September 2006–).
• President: Ethics Committee, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology (2004–2008).
• President: Commission for professional examining of potential psychologists (May 2007–January 2008).
• Member:
University of Cambridge (October 2003–)
• Visiting Scholar, Institute of Criminology (October 2003–)
• Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge (January 2010–)
Board of Psychologists
British Psychological Society (BPS) - Graduate Member (23 March, 2006–):
- Register of Chartered Psychologists (n. 201664).
- Register of Chartered Psychologists, Practising Certificate (validation reference:
1396220166414365).
• Italian Board of Psychologists: Piedmont Board (n. 6013) (June 2010–)
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Forensic activity
• Honorary
Judge at the Adult Surveillance Court (Parole Board) of Turin (January 2008–).
• Psychology
Expert Witness in Court (December, 2002–).
• Criminologist:
Member of the European Society of Criminology (ESC) (n. 2373) (June 2003–).
Expert Prison Clinical Criminologist: Court of Turin (Piedmont & Valle D’Aosta) (Ministry of Justice)
(January 2002–)
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Italian scientific activities
Member: Scientific Committee of the Espress Publisher – Forensic and criminological series (January 2011–).
Member: Scientific Committee of the Board of Psychologists Series (December 2010–).
Member: Administration Board and Scientific Committee of the Guglielmo Gulotta Foundation – (Forensic Psychology
and Communication) (December 2008–).
International scientific activities
Member: Editorial Board of Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health - CBMH Editors and Wiley-Blackwell (January
2011–).
Blind Reviewer for the following Journals: Sociological Enquiry Journal Review; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and
Mental Health; Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice; Applied Psychology to Work and Rehabilitation Medicine.
Professional training
Specialisation course in Assessing Psychopathic Personality Disorder Using the PCL-R and PCL:SV (Training
programme: Proactive Resolutions - Instructor: Professor Steven Hart) (Croydon, London 7th-8th December,
2009): qualification for the administration of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R): PCL-R and Psychopathy
Checklist Screening version (PCL:SV). Involved in some forensic consultancy for the assessment of psychopathy
under the supervision of Dr. Gareth Hughes (2009–).
Specialised Workshop on The Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP): The model and measure
(Bergen, 18 November 2011): qualification for the administration of the CAPP instrument. Trainers: Professors
David Cooke, Steven Hart, and Caroline Logan.
Qualifications
Ph.D in Criminal and Social Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), University of Sunderland (UK)
(May 1997 – July 2001).
Specialised in Criminal Psychology, School of Health Sciences, University of Sunderland (UK) (January 1995 – April
1997).
Counselling Psychology Diploma - An integrative approach to bereavement counselling, “Sunderland Counselling
Service”, Havelock Hospital, Sunderland (October 1996 – February 1997).
1995–1997
Research training and tutorials in Social and Criminal Psychology, School of Health Sciences,
Department of Psychology, University of Sunderland (UK).
1994
Awarded a University Scholarship for two years (1995 - 1997) for a post-graduate research post
in Psychology Sciences in a British University.
1993–1997
Passed 8 examinations: 2nd Degree (Psychology).
1986-1993
Upper Honour Degree in Pedagogy (Psychology orientation). Institute of Psychology,
University of Cagliari (Italy). Thesis in Social Psychology: Self and possible selves in youth delinquency.
Psychosocial aspects. Marks: 110 out of 110, plus distinction (28th June, 1993).
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Selected publications
Published work
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Zara, G. (2012, in press). Adult Onset Offending: Perspectives for Future Research. In R. Loeber & B.
C. Welsh (Eds.). Future of criminology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Zara, G. (2011). Lo sviluppo antisociale e delinquenziale. Aspetti neuropsicologici e psicosociali
[Antisocial and delinquent develpment. Neuropsychological and psychosocial aspects]. In P. Dina (Ed.),
Diritti dei minori e loro violazioni [Rights of children and their violation] (pp. 15–42). Milan: Humanitarian
Association.
Zara, G. (2010). “Farrington, David P.: The Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential Theory”. Cullen,
F. T. & Wilcox, P. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory (pp. 313–322). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publication.
Zara, G. & Farrington, D. P. (2010). A longitudinal analysis of early risk factors for adult onset
offending: What predicts a delayed criminal career? Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 20, 257–273,
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.763
Puddu, L. & Zara, G. (2010). Falsi positivi e negativi nei casi di presunto abuso sessuale sui minori.
Errori processuali e vittimologia forense (False positives and negatives in child sex abuse allegations.
Precedural errors and forensic victimology). In G. Gulotta & A. Curci (Eds.). Mente, società e diritto [Mind,
society and the law] (pp. 621–662). Milan: Giuffrè.
Zara, G. (2010). Persistenza e recidivismo criminale: il risk-assessment in psicologia criminologica
(Criminal persistence and recidivism: risk assessment in criminological psychology). In G. Gulotta & A.
Curci (Eds.). Mente, società e dirittto [Mind, society and the law] (pp. 555–603). Milan: Giuffrè.
Zara, G. & Gulotta, G. (2009). La realtà psicocriminogenica dei minorenni coinvolti in reati di natura
sessuale (The criminogenic reality of juveniles who commit sexual offences). 10th National report on the
Condition of Childhood and Adolescence (pp. 69–95). Rome: Eurispes-Telefono Azzurro.
Zanconi, M. C., Bordino, F., Cordovana, L., Cristino, C. S., De Marte, A., Forabosco, G.,
Liberatore, M., Oggiano, S., Righi, A., & Zara, G. (2009) (Eds.). Processi penali e processi psicologici
[Criminal trials and psychological processes]. Milan: Giuffrè.
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Zara, G. (2009). Seduzioni o lezioni di sci nautico? Ragionando con il senno di poi ... (Hindsight thinking
in a case of child sexual abuse allegation). In M. C. Zanconi, F. Bordino, L. Cordovana, C. S.
Cristino, A. De Marte, G. Forabosco, M. Liberatore, S. Oggiano, A. Righi, & G. Zara. Processi
penali e processi psicologici [Criminal trials and psychological processes] (pp. 665–714). Milan: Giuffrè.
Gulotta, G. & Zara, G. (2009). La neuropsicologia criminale e dell’imputabilità minorile [Criminal
neuropsychology and juvenile criminal liability]. A. Bianchi, Gulotta, G., & G. Sartori (Eds.). Manuale di
neuroscienze forensi [Manual of forensic neuroscience] (pp. 109–162). Milan: Giuffré.
Zara, G. & Farrington, D. P. (2009). Childhood and adolescent predictors of late onset criminal careers.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38(3), 287–300 [ISSN: 0047-2891 (Print) 1573-6601 (Online), DOI:
10.1007/s10964-008-9350-3; Category: Emprirical Research).
Zara, G. (2008) in G. Gulotta e coll. (2008). La vita quotidiana come laboratorio di psicologia sociale [Everyday life
as a laboratory of social psychology). Milan: Giuffrè:
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Ragionare e giudicare in condizioni di incertezza: euristiche e biases (Judgement under uncertain
conditions: heuristics and biases) (pp. 216–235).
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L’identità personale e il Sé. I Sé possibili: un’interfaccia dell’identità. (Personal identity and selfconcept. Possible selves) (pp. 259–281).
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La teoria dell’autodiscrepanza (Self-discrepancy theory) (pp. 281–286).
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La psicologia del nome personale (Personal name psychology) (pp. 320–344).
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Il confronto sociale (Social comparison) (pp. 463–645).
Zara, G. & Farrington, D. P. (2007). Early predictors of late onset offenders. International Annals of
Criminology, 45, 37–56.
Zara, G. (2007). Analisi criminologica dell’abuso münchausen (Criminological analysis of munchausen
abuse). In G. Perusia (Ed.). La famiglia distruttiva. MSbP, sindrome di Münchausen per procura (Distruptive family.
MSbP, Munchausen Syndrome by proxy) (pp. 59–95). Turin: Centro Scientifico Editore.
Zara, G. (2007). Female criminal careers. In E. Ciuffo, E. Colla, I. Mastropasqua, & B. Roselletti (Eds.).
For a gender perspective within the juvenile justice system (pp. 217–232). Rome: Carocci.
Zara, G. & Farrington, D. P. (2006). Later criminal careers: psychological influences. In J. ObergfellFuchs & M. Brandenstein (Eds.), Nationale und internationale entwicklungen in der kriminologie (pp. 109–136).
Frunkfurt, Germany: Verlag fur Polizeiwissenschaft.
Gulotta, G. & Zara, G. (2006). Juvenile sex-offenders: Un’analisi della violenza sessuale commessa da
individui minorenni (Juvenile sex-offenders: analysis of sexual violence committed by minors). Rivista di
Diritto Minorile (Journal of Juvenile Law), 1, 175–195.
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Zara, G. (2006). La psicologia criminale minorile (Juvenile criminal psychology). (229pp.). Rome: Carocci.
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Zara, G. (2005). Le carriere criminali (Criminal careers). (700pp.). Milano: Giuffrè.
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Gulotta, G. & Zara, G. (2004). Devianza e psicologia: dal comportamento antisociale alla criminalità
giovanile (Deviance and psychology: from antisocial behaviour to juvenile criminality). In G. Gocci
(Ed.). Devianza. Nuovi modelli interpretativi (Deviance. New interpretative models) (pp. 41–70). Udine: Edizioni
Goliardiche.
Gulotta, G., Zara, G., & Cappello, F. (2003). Un viaggio esplorativo nel Codice Deontologico degli
Psicologi Italiani (CDPI) (An explorative journey into the Italian Psychological Code of Ethics).
Notiziario dell’Ordine degli Psicologi, 1(10), 18–22.
Zara, G. (2002). Therapeutic Jurisprudence as an integrative approach to understanding the sociopsychological reality of young offenders. The University of Cincinnati Law Review. USA, 71(1), 127–145.
Zara, G. (2002). Self-discrepancy e delinquenza giovanile in una prospettiva psicosociale (Selfdiscrepancy and juvenile delinquency in a psycho-social perspective). Rivista di Psicologia Giuridica, 1(VI),
31–45.
Zara, G. (2002). La violenza e l’abuso sessuale femminile tra realtà, mito e rappresentazione sociale
(Violence and female sexual abuse between reality, myth, and social representation). In G. Gulotta & S.
Pezzati (Eds.). Sessualità diritto e processo (Sexuality, law and trial) (pp. 566–598). Milan: Giuffrè.
Zara, G. (2002). La cultura occupazionale del e nel crimine (The occupational culture of crime). In Marini
F. (Ed.) La psicologia del fare (Doing psychology) (pp. 125–140). CUEC: University of Cagliari Press.
Gulotta, G. & Zara, G. (2002). La delinquenza minorile (Juvenile delinquency). In G. Gulotta et al.
(update version). Elementi di psicologia giuridica e di diritto psicologico (Elements of juridical psychology and
psychological law) (pp. 303–311). Milan: Giuffrè.
Gulotta, G. & Zara, G. (2002). La dinamica della nostra soggettività (The dynamic of our subjectivity).
In G. Gulotta et al. (update version). Elementi di psicologia giuridica e di diritto psicologico (Elements of juridical
psychology and psychological law) (pp. 159–163). Milan: Giuffrè.
Zara, G. (2002). Analisi testuale-semantica del Codice Deontologico degli Psicologi Italiani (CDPI) (Content and
semantic analysis of the Psychology Code of Conduct) see www.cisi.unito.it/deontpsic/
Zara, G. (2002). La dottrina del consenso informato (The doctrine of informed consent) see
www.cisi.unito.it/deontpsic/
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Zara, G. (2001). The psychological sense of time of young offenders in detention. Psicologia & Giustizia, 2
(Psychology & Justice) see www.psicologiagiuridica.com/quarto%20numero/art.%20Zara%20eng.pdf
Zara, G. (2000). A socio-psychological model to understanding the effect of criminal behaviour on the
development of self-concept in young offenders. In A. Czerederecka, T. Jaśkiewicz-Obydzińska, & J.
Wójcikiewicz (Eds.). Forensic Psychology and Law (pp. 75–80). Kraków, Poland: Institute of Forensic
Research Publishers.
Zara, G. (1999). Il processo come momento educativo e terapeutico. Una lettura della funzione della
legge penale minorile nell’ottica della Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) (Juvenile trial as an educative and
therapeutic moment. An interpretation of the juvenile criminal law with the Therapeutic Jurisprudence
perspective). In G. Gulotta & M. Zettin (Eds.) Psicologia giuridica e responsabilità (Juridical psychology and
responsibility) (pp. 247–263). Milan: Giuffrè.
Zara, G. (1997). L’aspetto sanzionatorio dei sé possibili (The sanctionatory aspect of possible selves).
Rivista di Psicologia Giuridica [Forensic Psychology Journal], 3(4), 11–26.
Gulotta, G. & Zara, G. (1997). Devianza, droga e tutela del minore (Deviance, drugs and juvenile
protection). In A. Mestiz (Ed.). La tutela del minore tra norme, psicologia ed etica (Juvenile protection between norms,
psychology and ethic) (pp. 44–55). Milan: Giuffrè.
Zara, G. (1995). I sé possibili: un’interfaccia dell’identità (Possible selves: an interface of identity). In
Gulotta, G. (Ed.). La Scienza della vita quotidiana (The science of everyday life) (pp. 414–427). Milan: Giuffrè.
Zara, G. (1994). Essere e Poter Essere nella Delinquenza Giovanile. Aspetti Psicosociali (Possible selves
in juvenile delinquency. Psychosocial aspects). Annali della Facoltá di Magistero. Cagliari: University of
Cagliari Press, XVII(II), 253–276.
Forthcoming scientific work
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Zara, G. (2012, forthcoming). Introduction. In U. Fornari. Delitti folli e delitti di folli [Insane crimes and
crimes by insane offenders]. Turin: Espress Publisher.
Zara, G. & Farrington, D. P. (forthcoming). Cognitive skills training: Preventing offending and reducing
recidivism. In E. Jimènez (Ed.), Manual of Criminology and Penal Sciences.
Gulotta, G. & Zara, G. (forthcoming). Frontiers of juvenile delinquency research. In E. Jimènez (Ed.),
Manual of Criminology and Penal Sciences.
Works submitted to Journals for publication (blind review)
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Zara, G. & Farrington, D. P. (submitted for publication). Are different risk instruments needed to
predict juvenile compared with adult criminal onset? Implications for policy, prevention and
intervention.
Zara, G. (submitted for publication). La validità incrementale della psico-criminologia e delle
neuroscienze in ambito giuridico. [Incremental validity of psychological criminology and
neuroscience in the forensic setting].
Scientific work in progress
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Book contract with Willan Publisher: Zara, G. & Farrington, D. P. Criminal recidivism: Explanation,
prediction and prevention. Cullompton, Devon: Willan Publishing.
Gulotta, G. & Zara, G. (Eds.). Psicologia e psicopatologia del traffico stradale [Psychology and psychopathology
of traffic]. Milan: Giuffrè.
GZ has attended international congresses and conferences in psychology and criminology in Italy and around
Europe presenting research papers since 1998. She is often invited from other Universities around Italy to lecture
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on criminal psychology and she also lectures in specialised courses organised for professionals such as Criminal
Lawyers, Professional Psychologists, and Police Officers.
International conference (2008–) 1
2012
2011
Towards a protocol for child custody. Psychoforensic contritubions - Guglielmo Gulotta
Foundation of Forensic and communication Psychology. Milan Boards of Lawyers. AIAF
Lombardia. Milano 16- 17 March. Abstract and paper: Zara, G. - Family risk processes in children
antisocial behaviour.
Abstracts and papers (peer reviewed)
XXXII International Academy of Law and Mental Health (IALMH). Puddu, L., Raffagnino, R., &
Zara, G. - Emotional dysregulation as a risk and a prelude to violence (Berlin, 17-23 July).
SISPSe o.n.l.u.s. Italian Society of Sexual Psychopathology [Società italiana di Psicopatologia
Sessuale - Sezione Speciale Società Italiana di Psichiatria]. Sexual aggressors: From stigma to
treatment. Speech on Forensic system and sexual aggressor (Turin, 10 June).
2010
Abstracts and papers:
II National Conference of Forensic Psychology – University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”. Paper: Psychocriminologcial assessment of collective sexual abuse (Urbino, 14-16 October).
VIII National Conference of Community Psychology (S.I.P.CO). Paper: Zara, G., Chiavassa, P., &
Zuffranieri, M. – Psychosocial origins of filicide (Turin, 16-17 September).
X National Conference of Social Psychology. Convegno Nazionale dell’Associazione di
Psicologia Sociale. Paper: Zara, G., Chiavassa, P., & Zuffranieri, M. – Psychosocial origins of violence
(Turin, 14-16 September)
2008
I National Conference in Forensic Psychology. Paper: Zara, G. – Criminal career: risk assessment of
criminal recidivism (Bari, 25-27 September).
Abstract: Puddu. L. & Zara, G. – Difficulties in ‘doing justice’ in of child sexual abuse allegations (Bari, 2527 September).
Workshop on ‘True positives and trues negative in intrafamiloar sexual abuse’. Guglielmo
Gulotta Foundation. Paper: Psychological diagnosis of individual and collective sexual abuse (Turin, 25-27 April).
Scientific training (2009-2011)
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2nd Bergen Conference on The Treatment of Psychopathy (BCTP 2011) (15-17 November).
2010
Forensic Neuroscience. University of Turin (Turin, 8 April).
Psychological Seminars
Prof. Oliver John (University of California, Berkeley). Why are the Big Five Personality dimensions important?
Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies (PPSIS), Cambridge University (12 March).
1 For space reason, only some selected scientific activities of the last three years are included. GZ can always provide any
extra information required.
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Prof. Michael Gazzaniga (UC Santa Barbara). The ethical brain. Jointly hosted by Social and
Developmental Psychology (SDP) and Psychology and Religion Research Group (PRRG), Cambridge
University (12 March).
Institute of Criminology Public Seminar Series, University of Cambridge
Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms, Professor Manuel Eisner, Professor Jerry Lee, Professor Adrian Raine,
Professor Lawrence Sherman - Transactional Seminar on Criminology between the University of Cambridge
and the University of Philadelphia (19 March).
Dr Ben Crewe - Revisiting the Pains of Imprisonment (25 February).
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology (SDP) Seminar
Professor Martin Seligman (University of Pennsylvania; former president, American Psychological
Association) - Positive Psychology and Positive Education, Cambridge University (29 January).
Darwin Lecture Series 2010 Risk
Professor Mary Beard, Risk and Humanities, Cambridge University (12 February).
Professor John O’Doherty - Risk and the Brain: The neural basis of decision making under uncertainty,
Cambridge University (29 January).
Dr Ben Goldacre - Risk: Science and the Media, Cambridge University (22 January).
Professor David Spiegelhalter - Risk: Trying to quantify our uncertainty, Cambridge University (15 January).
2009
Michaelmas Term Lecture Series, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Professor Susanne Karstedt - Trust in justice – how much do we need? A short history of trust and its present
condition (26 November).
Professor Mike Maguire - Mentoring, Partnership and the Rise of the ‘Third Sector’: the changing landscape of work
with offenders (19 November).
Professor Terrie Moffitt - The Dunedin Longitudinal Study: Is psychiatric disorder early in life a preventable cause of
disease in late life?, Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies (PPSIS), Cambridge (19
November).
Dr. Mathew White - Daily well-being is about thoughts as well as feelings: Extending the day reconstruction method.
Development and Social Psychology Department, Cambridge University (17 November).
Professor Manuel Eisner - Towards a General Theory of Violence (12 November).
Sir Ian Blair - Policing Controversy, Institute of Criminology (11 November).
Professor Noel Whitty - Rights as Risk: Managing human rights and risk in UK prisons (5 November).
Professor Lawrence Sherman - Defiance and Compliance: A Bio-Psycho-Social-Historical Perspective on Crime,
Institute of Criminology (28 October).
Professor Andrew von Hirsch and Professor Andrew Simester - “Indirect” Paternalism in Criminal Law:
killing a patient at his own request (22 October).
Mr. Bob Costello - The Rockefeller Drug Laws: A Socio-legal analysis of the most punitive drug laws in the United
States, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge (15 October).
Dr. Ilina Singh - Born Criminals? Social and ethical implications of research into genetics, development and criminality.
Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBU), Cambridge (7 October).
Conference: Challenging Crime: A Conference to Celebrate 50 Years of the Institute of Criminology, Institute of
Criminology, Cambridge (24 September).
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Dr. Loraine Gelsthorpe - Women, Penal Reform and the Probation Service - The Twelfth Annual Bill McWilliams
Memorial Lecture , Institute of Criminology, Cambridge (24 June).
Declaration of Conflicting Interests
Georgia Zara declares no conflicts of interests with respect to the contents of this Curriculum Vitae.
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