Ewa Stefanska

Dr Ewa Stefanska ForenPsyD

Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology

Dr Ewa Stefanska is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology. She joined the University of Greenwich in December 2020 where she developed and is a Programme Lead for MSc Forensic Psychology.

Ewa is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist with the BPS and a registered Forensic Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC. In addition to her academic role, she holds a part-time position of a Senior Registered Forensic Psychologist in a high-security prison where she leads two specialist units related to violent offending.

Psychology

Responsibilities within the university

Programme Lead for MSc Forensic Psychology

Recognition
  • HCPC Registered Forensic Psychologist
  • Charted Psychologist (CPsychol)
  • Division of Forensic Psychology Section (DFP), British Psychological Society

Research / Scholarly interests

From a research perspective, Ewa’s main research interests are in the areas of violent sexual and nonsexual offending, specifically sexual homicide, sexual sadism, stalking and violent extremism. She works closely with the Counter Terrorism Assessment and Rehabilitation Centre (CT-ARC).

Recent publications

Article

Longpre, Nicholas , Stefanska, Ewa, Papoutsi, Maria, White, Eleanor (2023), A wolf in sheep’s clothing: taxometric evidence of the dimensional structure of stalking. Emerald. In: , , , . Emerald, Journal of Criminal Psychology . pp. 1-16 ISSN: 2009-3829 (Print), 2009-3829 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-09-2021-0038).

Stefanska, Ewa , Longpre, Nicholas, Rogerson, Hayley (2022), Relationship between atypical sexual fantasies, behaviour, and pornography consumption. SAGE. In: , , , . SAGE, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ISSN: 0306-624X (Print), 1552-6933 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X221086569).

Stefanska, Ewa , Bloomfield, Sinead, Carter, Adam (2021), Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer: sexual homicide perpetrated by intimate partners. Emerald. In: , , , . Emerald, Journal of Criminal Psychology, 11 (4) . pp. 301-314 ISSN: 2009-3829 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-04-2021-0010).

Stefanska, Ewa B. and , Tehan, Sarah N. (2021), After a storm comes a calm: International expert decision-making process regarding abstract definitions of emotional cool-off periods in sexual homicide. Taylor & Francis. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis, Psychology, Crime & Law, 28 (8) . pp. 778-795 ISSN: 1068-316X (Print), 1477-2744 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2021.1962869).

Stefanska, Ewa B. , Longpré, Nicholas, Harriman, Rekayla S. (2021), The wheel of change moves on: assessing the severity of stalking behavior. SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37 (15-16) . pp. NP14672-NP14694 ISSN: 0886-2605 (Print), 1552-6518 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211015216).

Stefanska, Ewa B. , Longpré, Nicholas, Bloomfield, Sinead, Perkins, Derek , Carter, Adam J. (2020), Untangling sexual homicide: a proposal for a new classification of sexually motivated killings. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Criminal Justice, 71: 101729 ISSN: 0047-2352 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101729).

White, Eleanor , Longpré, Nicholas, Stefanska, Ewa B. (2020), Stalking behaviors presented by ex-intimate stalkers: a victim’s perspective. SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37 (7-8) . pp. NP5074-NP5093 ISSN: 0886-2605 (Print), 1552-6518 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520934429).

Stefanska, Ewa and , Carter, Adam J. (2019), Whiter than white: the art of delaying detection in sexual killers. SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 63 (9) . pp. 1825-1837 ISSN: 0306-624X (Print), 1552-6933 (Online) (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X19840954).

Stefanska, Ewa B. , Nitschke, Joachim, Carter, Adam J., Mokros, Andreas (2018), Sadism among sexual homicide offenders: validation of the sexual sadism scale.. American Psychological Association. In: , , , . American Psychological Association, Psychological Assessment, 31 (1) . pp. 132-137 ISSN: 1040-3590 (Print), 1939-134X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000653).

Stefanska, Ewa , Higgs, Tamsin, Carter, Adam J., Beech, Anthony R. (2018), “We boil at different degrees”: factors associated with severity of attack in sexual killing. SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36 (5-6) . pp. 2409-2429 ISSN: 0886-2605 (Print), 1552-6518 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518758333).

Higgs, Tamsin , Stefanska, Ewa, Carter, Adam J., Browne, Kevin D. (2017), The developmental and criminal histories of subgroups of sexual murderers engaging, or not engaging, in post mortem sexual interference, compared to rapists. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Criminal Justice, 53 . pp. 92-101 ISSN: 0047-2352 (Print), (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.10.001).

Carter, Adam J. , Hollin, Clive R., Stefanska, Ewa, Higgs, Tamsin , Bloomfield, Sinead (2017), The use of crime scene and demographic information in the identification of non-serial sexual homicide. SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 61 (14) . pp. 1554-1569 ISSN: 0306-624X (Print), 1552-6933 (Online) (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X16630313).

Stefanska, Ewa B. , Higgs, Tamsin, Carter, Adam J., Beech, Anthony R. (2017), When is a murder a sexual murder? Understanding the sexual element in the classification of sexually killings. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Criminal Justice, 50 . pp. 53-61 ISSN: 0047-2352 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.03.004).

Stefanska, Ewa , Beech, A. R., Carter, A. J. (2016), A systematic review of the literature comparing male non-serial sexual killers and sexual aggressors: examining homogeneous and heterogeneous characteristics of these groups. Taylor & Francis. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis, Journal of Sexual Aggression, 22 (3) . pp. 323-341 ISSN: 1355-2600 (Print), 1742-6545 (Online) (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2015.1126657).

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