Professor Susan Hayes AO

Professor of Behavioural Sciences
Medicine, Central Clinical School
Behavioural Sciences in Medicine

D06 - Blackburn Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Curriculum vitae

Biographical details

Forensic Psychologist, Susan Hayes, is Head of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine in the Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney, holds a doctorate in psychology and is a registered psychologist with an established forensic psychology practice, working with offenders and victims who have an intellectual disability. [More...]

Over more than 20 years Susan Hayes has conducted a sustained program of research in intellectual disability (ID), focussed upon the rights of people with ID, especially those who come into contact with the criminal justice system as victims or offenders. She was amongst the first researchers in Australia and internationally to engage in this area of research. Her research has followed a logical path, first investigating the prevalence of ID in prisons and magistrates courts, followed by the development of the Hayes Ability Screening Index (HASI) to assist in the identification of people with ID within the criminal justice system. The HASI is used in research and clinical work in the UK and has been translated into (Canadian) French and Norwegian and is currently being translated into Dutch. Susan has made a significant international contribution to this field through her ability to identify and solve problems, using research to benefit people with ID and their service providers and carers.

In 1998 Susan Hayes was awarded the Order of Australia (AO) for services to the community, particularly through research on criminality in the young and the problems faced by people with developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system. Since 2002 she has been awarded four competitive grants, and two commissioned grants for research, one of the latter being awarded in Queensland and the other by the NHS in the UK.

Susan has been granted the title of Fellow of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability and was a recipient of the UNSW Alumni Award for Achievement, as well as being appointed Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor to the Norah Fry Research Centre (NFRC) at the University of Bristol.

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Research interests

Forensic psychology; offenders and victims of crime with intellectual disability, autistic spectrum disorder, sex offenders with intellectual disability

Teaching areas

I supervise PhD students researching in the area of intellectual disability, and other areas. I teach in the Sydney Medical Program and also in other courses throughout the University.

PhD and Masters' project opportunities

People with intellectual disability as victims or offenders in the criminal justice system

Keywords

Clinical psychology; Disabilities; Behavioural sciences; Forensic psychology

International links

Norway. (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Research collaborator.
United Kingdom. (Mr Phil Shackell, North West Specialised Commissioning Team and Department of Health, UK) Research consultant.
Singapore. (Singapore Prison Service) Research consultant.
Singapore. (Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports) Research consultant.
United Kingdom. (University of Bristol) Visiting Professor, Norah Fry Research Centre.
United States. (University of New Mexico) Collaboration with Professor Ruth Luckasson.

Publications

2012 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

2012

Hayes, S. (2012), People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System. In: The Handbook of High-Risk Challenging Behaviors in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. (pp.211-228).United States: Paul H Brookes Publishing Co..

2010

Hayes, S. (2010), Developmental Pathways in Intellectually Disabled Sexual Offenders. In: Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: A Handbook. (pp.37-46).Chichester UK: A John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Hayes, S. (2010), Intellectual Disability. In: Expert Evidence. (pp.1-6-1478).Australia: Thomson Reuters (Professional¬) Australia Limited.

2009

Vanny, K., Levy, M., Greenberg, D., Hayes, S. (2009), Mental illness and intellectual disability in Magistrates Courts in New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 53(3), 289-297. [Abstract]
Hayes, S. (2009), The relationship between childhood abuse, psychological symptoms and subsequent sex offending. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 22(1), 96-101.
Hayes, S. (2009), Psychosocial, psychiatric and behavioural outcomes for people with an intellectual disability who are victims of crime. Interaction. 22, 4.

2008

Vanny, K., Levy, M., Hayes, S. (2008), Health care for people with intellectual disability. The Medical Journal of Australia. , 90. [Abstract]
Vanny, K., Levy, M., Hayes, S. (2008), People with an Intellectual Disability in the Australian Criminal Justice System. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 15(2), 261-271.

2007

Lindsay, W., Hastings, R., Griffiths, D., Hayes, S. (2007), Trends and challenges in forensic research on offenders with intellectual disability. Journal of intellectual & developmental disability. 32, 55-61. [Abstract]
Hayes, S., Martin, F. (2007), Consumers with an intellectual disability and carers: perceptions of interactions with banks. Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID. 11(1), 9-21. [Abstract]
Hayes, S. (2007), Women with learning disabilities who offend: what do we know?. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 35(3), 187-191.
Ward, L., Hayes, S. (2007), Offenders with learning disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 35, 141142.
Hayes, S. (2007), Missing out: offenders with learning disabilities and the criminal justice system. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 35(3), 146-153.
Hayes, S., Shackell, P., Mottram, P., Lancaster, R. (2007), The prevalence of intellectual disability in a major UK prison. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 35, 162-167.

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