Dr Lynne Eccleston

• Lecturer

• Convenor, Forensic Psychology Program

D.Psych (Forensic), B.A. (Hons. Psych), B.A.
Phone: +61 3 8344 9450
Email: lecc@ unimelb.edu.au

Lynne joined the Criminology Department in 2003 and is now convenor of the Forensic Psychology Doctoral Program and the Masters of Criminology (Forensic Psychology). She has a BA and BA (Hons Psych) from Swinburne University of Technology, and a D.Psych (Forensic) from the University of Melbourne.

Lynne has completed training specialising in forensic and clinical psychology, and has worked in various forensic/psychiatric institutional environments. She has extensive experience in working with male and female offenders in the community, in in-patient secure facilities and maximum security prisons. She has experience in individual and group therapy with offenders displaying a wide range of issues and dysfunctional behaviours associated with their offending behaviour. She also has experience in delivering training workshops to other psychologists and prison officers.

Lynne also has considerable experience in the design, development, marketing and evaluation of offender intervention programs. During 2000, a joint venture with her colleague Dr. Laura Sorbello, resulted in the design and implementation of a DBT skills-based program for offenders. RUSH (Real Understanding of Self Help) is an adaptation of Linehan's (1993) DBT program that aims to reduce dysfunctional behaviours, suicide and self-harm in offenders. Although RUSH primarily addresses offenders' behaviours and psychopathology, it also focuses on rehabilitation and reducing criminogenic needs. RUSH has been successfully implemented in several prisons in Victoria.

Lynne's research interests include prediction of risk and dangerous behaviour in violent offenders; psychopathy; assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of offenders; treatment and prevention of suicide and self-harming behaviour in offenders; and female offenders.

Subjects Taught

• 191-514 Psychology and the Law
• 191-513 Psychological Treatment of Offenders
• 191-511 Directed Reading

Registration and Memberships

Lynne is registered as a psychologist in Victoria. Registration Number 5575.

Australian Psychological Society. full member. Membership number: 02279.

Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law - Full member.

Reviews

I have coedited a special issue of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment on Australasian research with sexual offenders, and a special issue of Psychology, Crime and Law on offender rehabilitation.

Recent Publications and Papers

DeVilly, G.J., Sorbello, L., Eccleston, L., & Ward, T., (2005).   Prison based peer education schemes.  Aggression & Violent Behaviour, 10 (219-240)., Fo

Eccleston, L., & Ward, T., (In press). Assessment of Dangerousness and Criminal Responsibility. In W. O'Donohue & E. Levensky (Eds.). Handbook of Forensic Psychology. Elsevier Inc. C.A.

Sorbello, L., DeVilly, G.J., Eccleston, L., & Ward, T., (In press). Prison based peer education schemes. Aggression & Violent Behaviour.

Ward, T., & Eccleston, L., (in press). Offender rehabilitation: Theory and practice. In, T. Ward & L. Eccleston (Editors). The rehabilitation of offenders. Psychology, Crime and Law.

Ward, T., & Eccleston, L., (in press). Cognition, etiology and good lives: An introduction to the special issue. In, T. Ward & L. Eccleston (Editors). Special issue on Australasian work in sexual offending. Sexual Abuse.

Gee, D., Ward, T., & Eccleston, L., (2003). The function of sexual fantasies for sexual offenders. Behaviour Change, Vol. 20, 44-60.

Eccleston, L., & Sorbello, L., (2002). The RUSH Program - real understanding of self help: A suicide and self-harm prevention initiative within a prison setting. The Australian Psychologist Special Issue: The Rehabilitation of Offenders: Issues and Models, 37, 237-244.

Eccleston, L., Brown, M., & Ward, T. (2002). The assessment of dangerous behavior. F. Colombus (Ed). Advances in psychology Research. Nova Science.

Eccleston, L., (2002). Violent offenders failure on parole: Personality and dynamic risk predictors. Unpublished Thesis Manuscript. University of Melbourne.

Sorbello, L., & Eccleston, L., (2002). The rehabilitation of female offenders. The Australian Psychologist Special Issue: The Rehabilitation of Offenders: Issues and Models, 37, 198-205.

Ward, T., & Eccleston, L., (2001). The assessment of dangerous behaviour: Research and clinical issues. Behaviour Change, 17, 53-68.

Eccleston, L., & Sorbello, L., (2001). The RUSH Program (Real Understanding of Self-Help): A suicide and self-harm prevention initiative within a prison setting. Paper presented at the Australian Forensic Psychology Conference (Sydney, February, 2001).