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Academic Biography
Dr. Wendy Paton graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2009 with a BSc (Hons 1st Class) in Psychology. She then completed the MSc Forensic Psychology at GCU. Building on research conducted for the MSc, Wendy completed a PhD at GCU under the supervision of Dr Stella Bain, Dr Lynsey Gozna and Professor Elisabeth Gilchrist. Wendy’s PhD examined individual and situational risk factors for laboratory-induced false confessions within non-forensic populations and self-reported false confessions within a clinical forensic population.
Wendy joined Teesside University in August 2018 as a Lecturer in Psychology (Forensic). Prior to joining the University, Wendy was a Lecturer in Psychology at Edge Hill University and has also taught at Glasgow Caledonian University and Heriot-Watt University. She has taught on a wide range of undergraduate modules at all levels, been module leader for undergraduate and postgraduate modules and has supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Research interests
Wendy’s main research interests are individual and situational risk factors for false confessions. She is particularly interested in the effects of interviewer manner and questioning styles on false confessions and the ways in which cognitive processes may contribute to the decision to make a false confession.
External Roles and Professional Activities
- Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Learning and Teaching Interests and Activities
Currently Module Leader: Underpinning Forensic Psychology; Theoretical Approaches to Forensic Psychology
Wendy has also taught on Assessment and Intervention in Forensic Practice; The Psychology of Investigations; Applied Skills in Forensic Practice and Applied Forensic Psychology
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Risk factors for laboratory-induced and self-reported false confessions, Glasgow Caledonian University
Master, High compliance: A risk factor for false confessions?, Glasgow Caledonian University
Bachelor, The combined effects of interrogative pressure and co-witness discussion on eyewitness suggestibility, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Projects
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Systematic review of qualitative studies looking at the experience of patients living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness
McGeechan, G., Swainston, K., Eberhardt, J., Paton, W., Carthy, N., Campbell, M., Byrnes, K. & Giles, E.
1/08/18 → 31/08/18
Project: Research
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A systematic review and qualitative synthesis of the experience of living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness: Qualitative synthesis: Colorectal cancer
McGeechan, G. J., Byrnes, K., Campbell, M., Carthy, N., Eberhardt, J., Paton, W., Swainston, K. & Giles, E. L., 8 Mar 2022, In: Psychology and Health. 37, 3, p. 350-374 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experiences of living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis
McGeechan, G., Swainston, K., Carthy, N., Eberhardt, J., Byrnes, K., Paton, W. & Maguire, R., 1 Feb 2019, p. 11-12. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Self-reported false confessions within a clinical forensic population
Paton, W., Bain, S. A., Gozna, L. & Gilchrist, E., 18 Jun 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Experiences of living with colorectal cancer as a chronic illness: protocol for a systematic review and qualitative synthesis
McGeechan, G., Byrnes, K., Campbell, M., Carthy, N., Eberhardt, J., Paton, W., Swainston, K. & Giles, E., 10 Aug 2018Research output: Other contribution
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The combined effects of questioning technique and interviewer manner on false confessions
Paton, W., Bain, S. A., Gozna, L., Gilchrist, E., Heim, D., Gardner, E., Cairns, D., McGranaghan, P. & Fischer, R., 24 Sept 2018, In: Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. 15, 3, p. 335-349 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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