About the Author
Vittoria Ardino is a senior lecturer in Forensic Psychology at London Metropolitan University, UK, where she lectures in the MSc in Forensic Psychology. She is the President of the Italian Society for the Study of Traumatic Stress (SISST) and serves on the board of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). She is associated editor of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology and her research interests and publications bridge clinical and forensic psychology with a focus upon the role of trauma in young and adult offenders with post-traumatic symptoms. She also offers consultancy and workshops on trauma in forensic settings.