Dr Apriel D Jolliffe Simpson
Lecturer
Te Puna Haumaru New Zealand Institute for Security & Crime Science,
University of Waikato
ResearchGate • OrcID • Scholar
EXPERTISE
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Quantitative & qualitative research methods
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Statistical analysis
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Project management
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Course design
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Teaching
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Online course delivery
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Decision making
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Risk assessment
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Family violence
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Kaupapa Māori interventions
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Forensic psychology
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Crime science
PUBLICATIONS
Jolliffe Simpson, A. D., Joshi, C. & Polaschek, D. L. L. (2023). Unpacking multi-agency structured professional judgement risk assessments for family violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(11-12), 7702-7727.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221147069
Simpson, A. B., Salter, L. A., Roy, R., Oldfield, L. D. & Jolliffe Simpson, A. D. (2023). Less talk, more action: (Re)Organising universities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences, 16(2), 100-118.
https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2023.160206
Jolliffe Simpson, A. D., Joshi, C. & Polaschek, D. L. L. (2021). Predictive validity of the DYRA and SAFVR: New Zealand Police’s family violence risk assessment instruments. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(10), 1487-1508.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854821997525
Oldfield, L. D., Roy, R. Simpson, A. B., Jolliffe Simpson, A. D. & Salter, L. (2021). Academic activism in the wake of a pandemic. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 10(4), 215-227.
https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1027/2157-3891/a000027
Jolliffe Simpson, A. D., Joshi, C. & Polaschek, D. L. L. (2021). Predictive ability of the DYRA and SAFVR: Practical implications for frontline policing. Police Science, 5(2), 24-25.
https://www.anzsebp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ANZSEBP-Summer20-21-LowRes-Final2-min.pdf
Taaka, S. S., Jolliffe Simpson, A. D., & Polaschek, D. L. L. (2020). Can coercive controlling behaviours be used to predict the recurrence of intimate partner violence? Police Science, 5(2), 19-20.
https://www.anzsebp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ANZSEBP-Summer20-21-LowRes-Final2-min.pdf
Tomkins, J., Jolliffe Simpson, A. D., & Polaschek, D. L. L. (2020). High-risk victims of intimate partner violence within a multi-agency response system in New Zealand: An overview of psychosocial stressors and predictors of repeat victimisation. Police Science, 5(2), 22-23.
https://www.anzsebp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ANZSEBP-Summer20-21-LowRes-Final2-min.pdf
Jolliffe Simpson, A. D., Moore, L., Joshi, C., & Polaschek, D. L. L. (2019). Perpetrators of family harm already serving correctional sentences: Risk profiles and episode characteristics. Psychology Aotearoa, 11(2), 138.
https://indd.adobe.com/view/20c29463-4c6c-433c-9ed8-b197fcedef4e
EDUCATION
Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching & Learning 2023—present
University of Waikato
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology 2019—2022
University of Waikato
Certificate in Māori Protocol and Language 2022
Te Wānanga o Raukawa
New Zealand Certificate in Tikanga 2019—2020
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Postgraduate Certificate in Statistics 2019
University of Waikato
Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Psychology (First Class) 2018
University of Waikato
Certificate in Te Pōkaitahi Tikanga 2018
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology & Sociology 2015—2018
University of Waikato
EXPERIENCE
Lecturer 2023—present
Te Puna Haumaru New Zealand Institute for Security & Crime Science, University of Waikato
FPSYC201-23A: Psychology and Crime
FPSYC101-23B: Introduction to Forensic and Criminological Psychology
Teaching Fellow 2022—2023
Te Puna Haumaru New Zealand Institute for Security & Crime Science, University of Waikato
CRSCI101-22A: Introduction to Security and Crime Science
FPSYC101-22B: Introduction to Forensic and Criminological Psychology
Laboratory Manager 2019—2021
Te Kura Whatu Oho Mauri School of Psychology, University of Waikato
Polaschek Forensic Psychology/Crime Science Laboratory
Volunteer 2021
Tuu Oho Mai Services
Non-violence Programmes
Doctoral Assistant 2021
Te Puna Haumaru New Zealand Institute for Security & Crime Science, University of Waikato
SCRIM101-21A: Introduction to Security and Crime Science
FPSYC101-21B: Introduction to Forensic and Criminological Psychology
Curriculum Design and Development Assistant 2021
Te Puna Haumaru New Zealand Institute for Security & Crime Science, University of Waikato
FPSYC101-21B: Introduction to Forensic and Criminological Psychology
Doctoral Assistant 2020
Te Kura Whatu Oho Mauri School of Psychology, University of Waikato
PSYCH360-20B: Psychology of Security, Crime Science, and Criminal Behaviour
Curriculum Design and Development Assistant 2020
Te Kura Whatu Oho Mauri School of Psychology, University of Waikato
PSYCH360-20B: Psychology of Security, Crime Science, and Criminal Behaviour
Research Assistant 2018—2020
Te Puna Haumaru New Zealand Institute for Security & Crime Science, University of Waikato
Kaiāwhina 2017—2019
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato
Graduate Teaching Assistant 2018
Te Kura Whatu Oho Mauri School of Psychology, University of Waikato
PSYCH100-18A: Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
PSYCH101-18B: Social Psychology, Health and Well-being
Sessional Assistant 2017
Te Kura Aronui School of Social Sciences, University of Waikato
SOCY150-17B: Applied Sociology