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Life insights from criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro
Tim Watson Monroe discusses his challenging career as a criminal psychologist, highlighting impactful programs and personal growth through adversity
Tim Watson-Munroe discusses his challenging career as a criminal psychologist, highlighting impactful programs and personal growth through adversity.
– Tim Watson-Munro, a criminal psychologist, works with violent offenders to understand their behaviour.
– He advocates for early intervention in schools to prevent future criminality through education and conflict resolution skills.
On this episode of In the Driver’s Seat with Penny Lane, Tim Watson-Munro, criminal psychologist, joins to discuss his professional career, interacting with violent offenders, exploring their motivations and behaviours.
Watson-Munro did not always plan for this career; he initially considered becoming a criminal lawyer but ended up as a psychologist.
His first significant role was at Parramatta Jail in New South Wales, notorious for housing violent offenders. Here, he developed innovative rehabilitation programs, such as a day-in-jail initiative for young offenders to witness the realities of prison life.
