About Ralph Serin
Ralph Serin is Professor of forensic psychology and Director of the Criminal Justice Decision-Making Laboratory at Carleton University. He completed his Ph.D. at Queen’s University. Following a 27-year career in federal corrections as a parole officer, psychologist and researcher, he joined Carleton in 2003 where his responsibilities include teaching graduate and undergraduate courses and research supervision. Since 2003 he has provided consultation and training to various parole and corrections agencies in North America, Asia, United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
He received research awards from Carleton in 2011 and 2014 and service to the profession awards from The International Community Corrections Association in 2013 and the Association of Paroling Authorities International in 2015. Current research topics include correctional programming (evaluation, measurement of readiness and gain, factors influencing program drop-out, crime desistance); violent offenders (pathways to desistance, typologies, management); and, decision-making (strategies, competencies, and factors influencing accuracy).