Professor Emeritus Susan Hayes
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Professor Emeritus Susan Hayes

AO
Emeritus Professor
Medicine, Central Clinical School
Professor Emeritus Susan Hayes

Forensic Psychologist, Susan Hayes, is Emeritus Professor 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.

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.

Forensic psychology; offenders and victims of crime with intellectual disability, autistic spectrum disorder, sex offenders with intellectual disability; "Looking for the causes of Motor Neurone Disease" (in collaboration with A/Prof Roger Pamphlett, Pathology) - life stresses and personality in persons with MND

I supervise PhD students researching in the area of intellectual disability, and other areas including psychological factors in Motor Neurone Disease (in conjunction with A/Prof Roger Pamphlett, Pathology).

Neurosciences and Mental Health, Healthy Ageing, Lifespan

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Hayes, S. (2020). Treatment for Social Problem Solving and Criminal Thinking. In William R. Lindsay, Leam A. Craig, and Dorothy Griffiths (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Approach to Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, (pp. 327-340). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. [More Information]
  • Hayes, S. (2015). 63A Intellectual Disability. In Ian Freckleton and Hugh Selby (Eds.), Expert Evidence, (pp. 63A.50). Australia: Thomson Reuters.
  • Hayes, S. (2012). People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System. In James K. Luiselli (Eds.), The Handbook of High-Risk Challenging Behaviors in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, (pp. 211-228). Baltimore, USA: Paul H. Brookes Publishing.

Journals

  • McCarthy, J., Chaplin, E., Hayes, S., Søndenaa, E., Chester, V., Morrissey, C., Allely, C., Forrester, A. (2022). Defendants with intellectual disability and autism spectrum conditions: the perspective of clinicians working across three jurisdictions. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 29(5), 698-717. [More Information]
  • Ratcliffe, B., Wong, M., Dossetor, D., Hayes, S. (2019). Improving Emotional Competence in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Mild Intellectual Disability in Schools: A Preliminary Treatment Versus Waitlist Study. Behaviour Change, 36(4), 216-232. [More Information]
  • Parkin Kullmann, J., Hayes, S., Pamphlett, R. (2018). Are people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) particularly nice? An international online case-control study of the Big Five personality factors. Brain and Behavior, 8(10), 1-12. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Hayes, S., Mottram, P., Shackell, P. (2006). Identifying intellectual disability in a UK prison. IASSID-Europe Conference 2006, Oxford, London: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

  • Hayes, S. (2002). Intellectually disabled juvenile offenders in New South Wales. Intellectual Disability Australasia, 23 (2).

Report

  • Hayes, S. (2002). Anti-libidinal medication and people with disabilities: long-term follow-up of outcomes following third party consent to medication for problematic sexual behaviour.

2022

  • McCarthy, J., Chaplin, E., Hayes, S., Søndenaa, E., Chester, V., Morrissey, C., Allely, C., Forrester, A. (2022). Defendants with intellectual disability and autism spectrum conditions: the perspective of clinicians working across three jurisdictions. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 29(5), 698-717. [More Information]

2020

  • Hayes, S. (2020). Treatment for Social Problem Solving and Criminal Thinking. In William R. Lindsay, Leam A. Craig, and Dorothy Griffiths (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Approach to Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, (pp. 327-340). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. [More Information]

2019

  • Ratcliffe, B., Wong, M., Dossetor, D., Hayes, S. (2019). Improving Emotional Competence in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Mild Intellectual Disability in Schools: A Preliminary Treatment Versus Waitlist Study. Behaviour Change, 36(4), 216-232. [More Information]

2018

  • Parkin Kullmann, J., Hayes, S., Pamphlett, R. (2018). Are people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) particularly nice? An international online case-control study of the Big Five personality factors. Brain and Behavior, 8(10), 1-12. [More Information]
  • Parkin Kullmann, J., Hayes, S., Pamphlett, R. (2018). Is psychological stress a predisposing factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)? An online international case-control study of premorbid life events, occupational stress, resilience and anxiety. PloS One, 13(9), e0204424. [More Information]

2015

  • Hayes, S. (2015). 63A Intellectual Disability. In Ian Freckleton and Hugh Selby (Eds.), Expert Evidence, (pp. 63A.50). Australia: Thomson Reuters.
  • Parkin Kullmann, J., Hayes, S., Wang, M., Pamphlett, R. (2015). Designing an Internationally Accessible Web-Based Questionnaire to Discover Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Case-Control Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 4(3), 1-12. [More Information]
  • Ratcliffe (nee Jones), B., Wong, M., Dossetor, D., Hayes, S. (2015). The Association Between Social Skills and Mental Health in School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, With and Without Intellectual Disability. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(8), 2487-2496. [More Information]

2014

  • Raymond, M., Hayes, S. (2014). Importance of locus of control in offenders with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour, 5(4), 189-196. [More Information]
  • Ratcliffe, B., Wong, M., Dossetor, D., Hayes, S. (2014). Teaching social-emotional skills to school-aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A treatment versus control trial in 41 mainstream schools. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8, 1722-1733. [More Information]

2012

  • Hayes, S. (2012). People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System. In James K. Luiselli (Eds.), The Handbook of High-Risk Challenging Behaviors in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, (pp. 211-228). Baltimore, USA: Paul H. Brookes Publishing.

2010

  • Hayes, S. (2010). Developmental Pathways in Intellectually Disabled Sexual Offenders. In Leam A. Craig, William R. Lindsay and Kevin D. Browne (Eds.), Assessment and treatment of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities: a handbook, (pp. 37-46). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. [More Information]
  • Hayes, S. (2010). Intellectual Disability. In Ian Freckleton and Hugh Selby (Eds.), Expert Evidence. Australia: Thomson Reuters. [More Information]

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. [More Information]
  • Hayes, S. (2009). Psychological, psychiatric and behavioural outcomes for people with an intellectual disability who are victims of crime. Interaction (Canberra), 22(4), 20-28.
  • 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. [More Information]

2008

  • Vanny, K., Levy, M., Hayes, S. (2008). Health care for people with intellectual disability. Medical Journal of Australia, 189(2), 90. [More Information]
  • 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. [More Information]

2007

  • Hayes, S., Martin, F. (2007). Consumers with an intellectual disability and carers: perceptions of interactions with banks. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 11(1), 9-21. [More Information]
  • Hayes, S. (2007). Missing out: offenders with learning disabilities and the criminal justice system. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35(3), 146-153.
  • Ward, L., Hayes, S. (2007). Offenders with learning disabilities. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35(3), 141-142.

2006

  • Hayes, S., Mottram, P., Shackell, P. (2006). Identifying intellectual disability in a UK prison. IASSID-Europe Conference 2006, Oxford, London: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

2005

  • Hayes, S. (2005). A review of non-custodial interventions with offenders with intellectual disabilities. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 17, 69-78.
  • Hayes, S. (2005). Diagnosing intellectual disability in a forensic sample: Gender and age effects on the relationship between cognitive and adaptive functioning. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 30(2), 97-103. [More Information]
  • Hayes, S. (2005). Sentencing of people with mental disorders. Reform, 86, 25-28.

2004

  • Hayes, S. (2004). Interaction With The Criminal Justice System. In Eric Emerson, Chris Hatton, Travis Thompson, Trevor Parmenter (Eds.), International handbook of applied research in intellectual disabilities, (pp. 479-494). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
  • Martin, F., Hayes, S. (2004). Interpersonal self-efficacy and problematic behaviour in high-functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger disorder (AD). Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 48(4 & 5), 337.
  • Hayes, S. (2004). Legal issues – the Australian perspective. In William Lindsay, John Taylor, Peter Sturmey (Eds.), Offenders with developmental disabilities, (pp. 37-65). New Zealand: John Wiley & Sons.

2003

  • Hayes, S., Farnill, D. (2003). Correlations for the Vineland Adaptive Behavior scales with Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test in a forensic sample. Psychological Reports, 92(2), 573-580. [More Information]

2002

  • Hayes, S. (2002). Anti-libidinal medication and people with disabilities: long-term follow-up of outcomes following third party consent to medication for problematic sexual behaviour.
  • Hayes, S. (2002). Early Intervention or Early Incarceration? Using a Screening Test for Intellectual Disability in the Criminal Justice System. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(2), 120-128. [More Information]
  • Hayes, S. (2002). Intellectually disabled juvenile offenders in New South Wales. Intellectual Disability Australasia, 23 (2).

2001

  • Hayes, S. (2001). Intellectual disability. In Ian Freckleton and Hugh Selby (Eds.), Expert Evidence. Australia: Thomson Reuters.

Selected Grants

2008

  • Continuation study of intellectual disability in courts and police cells, Hayes S, DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant

2006

  • Intellectual disability in courts and police cells, Hayes S, Levy M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)