Dr Greg Dear

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5052  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5834  
Email: g.dear@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO30.208  

 

Responsibilities

Coordination of Forensic Psychology Courses: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical and Forensic); Graduate Certificate in Forensic Psychology; PhD (forensic psychology).

Current Teaching

  • Forensic coursework and placement units in the DPsych and Graduate Certificate courses.

Background / Employment History

Worked as a clinical psychologist in the alcohol and other drug field, in prisons, in family therapy settings, and in mental health settings. Conducted forensic evaluations in many courts and other tribunals in Australia (criminal, civil, and administrative), predominantly in the Children’s Court (child-protection litigation) and the Family Court of Western Australia.

Qualifications

  • B.Psych.; M.Psych.; PhD

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).
  • Member of the APS College of Forensic Psychologists (Currently National Deputy Chair of the College, and Course Approvals Officer).
  • Member of Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL).
  • Member of the Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD).

Awards and Recognition

  • Postgraduate Teaching Award – Faculty Award

Research

Research Interests

  • Psychological expert evidence in courts and other tribunals.
  • Substance use and parenting.
  • Family violence.
  • Child maltreatment.
  • Psychological evaluations of parenting capacity.
  • Forensic evaluation and investigation methods in psychology.
  • Personality assessment.
  • Suicide and other self-harming behaviour in prison.

Current Research Areas

  • Psychological expert evidence in courts and other tribunals.
  • Substance use and parenting.
  • Family violence.
  • Child maltreatment.
  • Psychological evaluations of parenting capacity.
  • Forensic evaluation and investigation methods in psychology.
  • Personality assessment.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Monographs

Books

  • Dear, G. E. (2006). Preventing suicide and other self-harm in prison. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.

Book Chapters

  • Donoghue, K. J., & Dear, G. E. (2007). Measuring Coping: Examining the Internal Structure of the COPE. In L. S. Boya (Ed.) New psychological tests and testing research (pp. 63-86). Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Allan, A., Packman, W. L., Dear, G. E., O’Connor-Pennuto, T., Orthwein, J., & Bongar, B. (2006). Ethical and legal issues for mental health professionals working with suicidal prisoners. In G. E. Dear (Ed.) Preventing suicide and other self-harm in prison (pp. 215-232). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.
  • Dear, G. E. (2006). Clinical and management response to incidents of non-fatal self-harm in prison. In G. E. Dear (Ed.) Preventing suicide and other self-harm in prison (pp. 53-63). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.
  • Dear, G. E. (2006). Treatment needs of prisoners who are at risk of self-harming. In G. E. Dear (Ed.) Preventing suicide and other self-harm in prison (pp. 64-73). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.
  • Dear, G. E., Borrill, J., Kirchner, T., Forns, M, Daigle, M., & Biggam, F. (2006). Enhancing prisoners’ coping skills. In G. E. Dear (Ed.) Preventing suicide and other self-harm in prison (pp. 131-142). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.
  • Dear, G. E. (2006). The need for an integrated system to minimise the incidence of suicide and other self-harm in prison. In G. E. Dear (Ed.) Preventing suicide and other self-harm in prison (pp. 235-238). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.
  • Hall, G. J., Fisher, S., & Dear, G. E. (2006). The likely role of criminogenic factors in prisoners’ self-harming behaviour. In G. E. Dear (Ed.) Preventing suicide and other self-harm in prison (pp. 29-37). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Marks, A. D. G., Blore, R. L., Hine, D. W., & Dear, G. E. (in press). Development and Validation of a Revised Measure of Codependency. Australian Journal of Psychology.
  • Lenny, P., & Dear, G. E. (2009). Faking good on the MCMI-III: Implications for child custody evaluations. Journal of Personality Assessment, 91, 553-559.
  • Dear, G. E. (2008). Ten years of research into self-harm in the Western Australian prison system: Where to next?. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 15, 469-481.
  • Konrad, N., Daigle, M. S., Daniel, A. E., Dear, G. E., Frottier P., Hayes, L. M., Kerkhof, A., Liebling, A., & Sarchiapone, M. (2007). Preventing suicide in prison, Part I: Recommendations from the International Association for Suicide Prevention Task Force on Suicide in Prisons. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 28. 113-121.
  • Daigle, M. S., Daniel, A. E., Dear, G. E., Frottier P., Hayes, L. M., Kerkhof, A., Konrad, N., Liebling, A., & Sarchiapone, M. (2007). Preventing suicide in prison, Part II: International comparisons of suicide prevention services in correctional facilities. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 28. 122-130.
  • Dear, G. E. (2006). Therapeutic conversations from the bench: A psychological view. In M. King & K. Audy (Eds.), E-Law (Special Series, Vol. 1, Therapeutic Jurisprudence).

Research Student Supervision

Current PhD Students

  • Amy McAlpine – The psychological experiences of adults who have a sibling who is drug dependent: A grounded theory approach.
  • Kath Donoghue – Parents who are regular cannabis users.
  • Kathryn Riordan – The association between drug use and property crime.
  • Lisa Harris – An ipsative measure of Murray’s taxonomy of psychogenic needs.
  • Paul Lenny – Impression management strategies when administered the MCMI-3.
  • Emily Tilbrook – Male victims of intimate partner abuse.

Current DPsych Students

  • Krystle Borg – Men who sexually abuse their children.
  • Nadia Dias – Community members conceptualisation of the legal construct “Best Interests of the Child”.
  • Diane Barber – Australian psychologists’ and psychiatrists’ risk-assessments compared with international best-practice standards.
  • Danial Newbey – The quality and ethical soundness of psychologists’ reports on Criminal Injuries Compensation applicants.
  • Alex Cotte-Membery – Reasons for breaching consent orders in the Family Court of Western Australia: A psychological analysis.
  • Erin Sweeney – Addressing sexual offenders readiness for treatment.
  • Debra Bycroft - The quality and ethical soundness of psychological reports prepared for sentencing.