UCSB Shooter Criminal Profile + Dangerous Misogyny with Laura Richards

Guest Bio

Laura Richards left New Scotland Yard in 2007 to take up the role of advising ACPO after a decade of working on violent crime. She previously set up the first Homicide Prevention Unit in the UK, as well as the Violent Crime Intelligence Unit at New Scotland Yard and has trained at the National Centre for the Analysis of Violent Crime at the FBI. Laura launched Paladin, the new National Stalking Advocacy Service on July 11 2013 to support high risk victims of stalking. This followed on from the highly successful Stalking Law Reform Inquiry in Parliament which culminated in the introduction of two specific offences of stalking on 25 November 2012. In 2010 Laura co-ordniated the UKs first National Stalking Awareness Week in 2011 and was involved in setting up the National Stalking Helpline in 2010. Laura has won a number of awards for her work on stalking including the Charity Times Campaigning Team of the Year and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s ‘Taking Stalking Seriously’ Award. Laura developed the Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour based Violence Risk Checklist (DASH 2009) on behalf of ACPO and in partnership with Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (CAADA).

Laura initiated Multi-Agency Domestic Homicide Reviews in London in 2001 and has worked with the Home Office on developing the guidance, which was published on April 13th 2011. Laura is a reader of Domestic Homicide Reviews on behalf of the Home Office. Laura co-authored the book ‘Policing Domestic Violence’ published by Oxford University Press. Laura has reviewed, analysed and conducted reviews on hundreds of murders and violent incidents to gain a better picture of the antecedents to murder and intervention and prevention opportunities. All this learning has informed the DASH (2009) Risk Model. As a recognised expert on violence, Laura can offer a number of services as a consultant, trainer, lecturer and presenter. She also provides training on the DASH (2009) Risk Checklist and has been trained on the Stalking Risk Profile (SRP) Model.