Laura is an award winning and world-renowned criminal behavioural analyst and advocate who worked for a decade at New Scotland Yard as Head of the Homicide Prevention Unit and Head of the Violent Crime Intelligence and Analysis Unit.
Laura founded Paladin, National Stalking Advocacy Service, following the success of the stalking law reform campaign. Laura spearheaded the Domestic Violence Law Reform campaign, which resulted in the offence of coercive control being introduced in 2015. Laura has won numerous awards for her campaigning, advocacy and analytical work to better protect victims.
Laura is author of the Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour Based Abuse Risk Model (www.dashriskmodel.co.uk) and Oxford University Press book ‘Policing Domestic Violence.’
Laura was consulting producer on ‘Dirty John, the Dirty Truth,’ co-creator and executive produer of “The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey” on CBS, “The Case of: Caylee Anthony” on Oxygen and host of the Netflix series ‘Killer in the Family.
Laura is co-creator and co-host of the double award winning podcast, Real Crime Profile, and has a golden doodle puppy called Beatrice.