Emma Barrett BSc, Dip Psy., MSc.

Barrett, E.C. (2002). An examination of the psychological mechanisms underlying the construction of situation models in criminal investigations. Unpublished MSc dissertation. University of Liverpool. (PDF available).

Alison, L.J. & Barrett, E.C. (2004). The interpretation and utilisation of offender profiles: A critical review of ‘traditional’ approaches to profiling. In J. Adler (ed.) Advances in Forensic Psychology. Oxford : Willan.

Alison, L.J. & Barrett, E.C. (under review). Pragmatic Research in Criminal Investigative Decision Making: Projects from the National Centre for the Study of Critical Incident Decision Making.

In preparation

Barrett, E.C. (in preparation). What does the Police Service want from Academia? Identifying research needs, carrying out research and disseminating results. In Alison, L.J. (Ed.) Offender Profiling and Criminal Investigation: A Forensic Psychologist’s Casebook. Oxford: Willan.

Barrett, E.C. & Alison, L.J. (in preparation). The foundations of a ‘naturalistic’ approach to police decision making.

Barrett, E.C. & Alison, L.J. (in preparation). Developing hypotheses in criminal investigations.

Barrett, E.C. & Alison, L.J. (in preparation). The influence of initial hypotheses on action choices in criminal investigations: An exploratory study.

Barrett, E.C. & Alison, L.J. (in preparation). Biases and distortions in the interpretation of informant reporting.

Barrett, E.C. & Canter, D.V. (in preparation). Rough Justice: Illuminating the criminal underworld code through analysis of violent incidents in criminal autobiographies.