Samantha Weston is Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her expertise lies within the area of risk prevention and early intervention. Through her research, Samantha has encouraged the use of criminology as an interdisciplinary lens to understand the intersections between health, social care and criminal justice resulting in a wide range of publications including the book, Mental Health and Offending: Care, Coercion and Control (co-authored with Dr Julie Trebilcock) which was published by Routledge in 2019.

Julie Trebilcock is Reader in Criminology at Brunel University of London, UK, with nearly fifteen years of experience working in and researching forensic mental health and imprisonment. Julie's research has been primarily focused with the management of violent and sexual offenders with personality disorder.