Emma McFarlane

Emma completed a Bachelor of Social Work at Chatham University and a B.A in Psychology at Carleton University.

Emma is currently pursuing her M.A. in Forensic Psychology at Carleton University under the supervision of Dr. Shelley Brown.

Emma’s Honours thesis examined whether youth age influences: 1) criminogenic need-to-treatment matching in a community diversion setting, and 2) whether age influences the ability of the YLS/CMI to predict treatment non-compliance as a proxy for recidivism. For her Master’s thesis, Emma will be examining the trajectories of offending behaviours among justice-involved individuals through a lens of risks, strengths, race, and gender.

Emma’s goal is to combine her passion for forensic risk and strength assessments and clinical intervention. Upon completion of her M.A., Emma plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Forensic Psychology and work with justice-involved youth.