Margaret Nixon, PhD

Dr Nixon has worked across many large research projects in both health and forensic research areas. She has extensive experience in conducting interviews with vulnerable populations (i.e. individuals with dementia, mental illness and histories of trauma). She is a lecturer in forensic behavioural science at the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, and has particular expertise in the management of sensitive information, data linkage methodologies, qualitative research and service evaluations. Her research interests include cognitive impairments in offending populations, intellectual disability, dual disability, prison-based interventions and the intersection between offending and victimisation.