Lorraine Johnstone is employed as Lead Consultant Clinical Forensic Psychologist in a forensic mental health service for children and adolescents. She also holds an honorary position as Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Violence, Glasgow Caledonian University.

Lorraine has extensive experience in the assessment and management of mentally disordered offenders having worked across high, medium, low secure and forensic out-patient settings.

She is experienced in the preparation of highly complex risk assessments for use across a range of clinical and legal forums. She has also worked with organisations in an attempt to develop and implement policies on violence risk assessment to ensure best practice within a pragmatic framework. Her research activities have included studies designed to examine a range of phenomena associated with violence. She has a long-standing interest in the development of psychopathy in youth. She has published in peer-reviewed journals, edited books, and has produced reports, monographs and a set of structured professional guidelines. Lorraine has delivered papers in many national and international settings. She has been involved in delivering courses on risk assessment to people from diverse backgrounds, with differing levels of knowledge and experience, and with different aims and expectations.