Speaking
Dr. Shaffer delivers invited lectures and professional training on violence risk assessment, adolescent offending, statistical analysis, and financial crime. Her audiences include law enforcement agencies, health care services, and academic institutions.
Customized trainings and presentations are available. For availability and speaking inquiries, please get in touch via the contact page.
Selected Professional Trainings
Foundations of risk and threat assessment and management: Principles, practices, and current trends
International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts Western Canada Chapter Symposium (Forthcoming)
Violence risk assessment and management for adolescent intimate partner violence
IWK Health Youth Forensic Services, Nova Scotia (2025)
Adolescent risk assessment for specialized violence (dating violence, stalking, gang violence)
University of New Mexico Law and Mental Health Webinar Series (2024)
Gang Intervention and Exiting Tool (Version 3): Overview and application
Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC (2022)
Special topics in adolescent risk assessment and management: Intimate partner violence
Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals Webinar Series (2022)
Applied statistical analysis for operational settings
Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC (2021)
Interviewing offenders: Applied approaches
Simon Fraser University (2019)
Selected Invited Presentations
Strengthening financial crime research through collaboration
Law Enforcement Research Network (2025)
The legal profession’s role in Canadian money laundering
Europol Anti-Money Laundering Operational Network Meeting, Paris, France (2025)
Crime severity index and cost of crime estimates methodology
Vancouver Police Department (2022)
Speaking to the media: The dos and don’ts of disseminating your research
Simon Fraser University Forensic Psychology-Law Area Research Seminar (2021)
Violence against teachers
BC Teachers’ Federation Violence Summit (2018)
Selected Academic Lectures
Psychopathy and violence risk assessment
York University (2023)
Intimate partner violence
University of British Columbia (2020)
Intimate partner violence among adolescents
Simon Fraser University (2020)
Adolescent offending
Simon Fraser University (2018)
Physician-assisted death and mental disorder
Simon Fraser University (2016)
Assessing and managing violence risk among adolescent offenders
Simon Fraser University – School of Criminology (2015)
Dr. Catherine Shaffer 