Swinburne University of Technology

Dr Marie Henshaw is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and Research Fellow at the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University. Her applied research focuses primarily on enhancing risk assessment, case prioritisation, and clinical and legal intervention practices for people who engage in online child sexual exploitation offences. She is the lead author of the CEM-COPE Program, a novel treatment program for child sexual abuse material that is currently being piloted in Australia, Canada and the USA. She has also previously conducted research into the interface between law enforcement and individuals with intellectual disability.

Dr Henshaw has clinical expertise in the assessment and treatment of problem behaviours (e.g., sexual offending, violence, stalking, and arson), personality disorders and mental disorders. She previously worked as a Psychologist at the Problem Behaviour Program, Forensicare, and as the Senior Practitioner at Stop It Now! Australia, a child sexual abuse prevention service that launched in 2022.