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Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craig Bennell is the Director of the Police Research Lab. Craig received his B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Alberta<\/a> (Canada) and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Liverpool<\/a> (UK), where he studied under the supervision of Professor David Canter<\/a>. Craig is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology<\/a> at Carleton University<\/a> with a cross-appointment to the School of Linguistics and Language Studies<\/a>. In addition, he is a member of the Forensic Psychology Research Centre<\/a>. He is a previous President of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology<\/a> and a previous Editor of the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology<\/a><\/em>. He is also a founding member of the Crime Linkage International Network<\/a> based out of Birmingham, UK, and a partner in the Canadian Society of Evidence Based Policing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together with a great group of graduate and honours students, Craig studies three primary issues: (1) police use of force, (2) the reliability, validity, and usefulness of psychologically-based investigative techniques, and (3) evidence-based policing. The construction of the PRL was made possible through funds from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation<\/a>, the Ontario Research Fund<\/a>, and Carleton University<\/a>. Craig\u2019s research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada<\/a>, the Canadian Police Research Centre, Correctional Service Canada<\/a>, and Carleton University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khanizadeh, A., McGale, H., & Bennell, C. (2026).\u00a0Improving understanding of police use of force.\u00a0Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 58<\/em>, 45-56.\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/cbs0000447<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MacIsaac, A., Baldwin, S., Semple, T., & Bennell, C. (2025). Exploring the relationship between officer safety and de-escalation in a simulated crisis encounter.\u00a0Police Quarterly, 28<\/em>, 371-399. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/10986111241289885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semple, T., Jenkins, B., Siamro, J., Brook, G., Didayula, S., Bordeleau, E., Bussey, O., MacIsaac, A., & Bennell, C. (2025). Injuries and death proximate to conducted energy weapon use: A systematic review.\u00a0Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 40<\/em>, 816-831.<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11896-025-09750-w<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenkins, B., Semple, T., Suss, J.\u00a0& Bennell, C. (2024)\u00a0Primed to use force? A systematic review examining the relationship between tactical experience and use of force.\u00a0Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology,<\/em>\u00a039<\/em>, 509\u2013526. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11896-024-09647-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheppard, J., Ariane-Jade Khanizadeh, Baldwin, S., & Bennell, C. (2024). A comparison of police use of force by male and female officers in Canada: Rates, Modalities, Effectiveness, and Injuries.\u00a0Criminal Justice and Behavior<\/em>,\u00a051<\/em>(5). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/00938548241227551<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longridge, R., Chapman, B., Bennell, C., Clarke, D. D., & Keatley, D. (2020). Behaviour sequence analysis of police body-worn camera footage.\u00a0Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology<\/em>,\u00a038<\/em>(2), 255\u2013262. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11896-020-09393-z<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1787,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Craig","cu_people_last_name":"Bennell","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[9],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-107","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-faculty"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Professor","cu_people_degree":"Ph.D.","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"Craig.Bennell@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"1769","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2713,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/107\/revisions\/2713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fprc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}