Professor Danielle McDermott

Director of Psychology & Criminology, University of Law, United Kingdom

Professor Danielle McDermott is the Academic Lead for the MSc Applied Custodial Leadership programme at Leeds Trinity University, delivered in partnership with Unlocked Graduates. Her credibility as an academic specialising in applied professional practice is underpinned by my first career in HMPPS, the completion of a PhD in Forensic Psychology from the Institute for Psychological Sciences at the University of Leeds, a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Authority (HEA), and her status as a Chartered Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS). Her PhD thesis explored the psychological risk factors associated with self-harming behaviours in young and adult male offenders.