Stephanie is the Deputy Director of the Research and Evaluation Team, leading a programme of research, monitoring and evaluation that supports evidence‑informed improvements in the response to child sexual abuse.

She has worked for more than twenty years across Criminal Justice and Forensic Psychology research, educational settings and correctional contexts, in academic, practitioner and managerial positions. Stephanie continues as a Visiting Professor of Forensic and Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University, where her work focuses on preventing sexual violence by supporting professionals working with people who are at risk of harmful behaviour and those convicted of sexual offences to achieve desistance.

Working with multi‑disciplinary research and practitioner teams, her research portfolio explores vulnerability, risk and need in the context of child sexual abuse and violence prevention, offender rehabilitation, risk management, public protection and child protection. She has an extensive publication record in the field and serves as Chair of the NOTA Research Committee and Associate Editor for the Journal of Sexual Aggression.