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Professor Hazel Kemshall

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De Montfort University

  1. Use risk assessment tools with integrity
  2. Reflect on the quality of decision making
  3. Use the most effective risk management techniques
You owe it to yourself to make the most defensible decision you can

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Hazel Kemshall is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at De Montfort University. She has over 30 years of research experience and over 100 publications on risk, including Understanding Risk in Criminal Justice (2003, Open University Press), and Understanding the Community Management of High Risk Offenders (2008, Open University).

Hazel has completed research for the Economic and Social Research Council, the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, the Scottish Government, the Risk Management Authority, and the European Union, including research into European information exchange systems on serious violent and sexual offenders who travel across EU borders. She has served on the Parole Board Review Committee, and is a former Board Member of the Risk Management Authority Scotland.

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