I began my career working as a psychologist in the New South Wales prison system for 10 years. I then moved to Charles Sturt University, then to Griffith University, where I was Head of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice for 8 of my 18 year tenure there. In 2010 I took the position of Head of Department/Director of the Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science at University College London (UCL). Since 2021 I have had split appointment between UCL and the NZ Institute for Security and Crime Science at the University of Waikato. I am a past chair of the Australian Psychological Society's College of Forensic Psychologists and 2018 was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for “significant service to criminology and psychology, through the development of security and crime science education”.