Grace Carter

9Grace is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Centre for Advances in Behavioural Sciences. She is a full-time researcher on a 4 year NIHR funded project evaluating sexual assault referral centres across England.

She was recently awarded a PhD from the University of Liverpool. Her PhD thesis examined the development of the evidence base of interventions for children and young people who have experienced domestic violence and abuse. Prior to this she was awarded an MSc (Distinction) in Investigative and Forensic Psychology (2013), and a First Class BSc (Hons) in Psychology (2012), from the University of Liverpool.  

Grace's previous research has spanned a range of areas within forensic psychology. This has included, an evaluation of a domestic violence perpetrator programme, analysing serious sexual offences in a cold-case review, working with the Critical and Major Incident team at the University of Liverpool to independently evaluate a Home Office funded national large-scale major incident training exercise, and interviewing police officers regarding their decision-making processes in critical incidents. 

Grace is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is a dissertation supervisor on the Forensic Psychology MSc at Coventry University. Grace also has a breadth of experience teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate psychology modules.

Grace's main research interests include: researching with vulnerable populations, researching with victims/survivors of domestic and sexual violence, developing the intervention evidence base for children who have experienced domestic abuse, prioritising the voice of the child in research, policy and practice.