Paul Britton is a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist who founded psychological profiling in the UK and was invited by the Home Office to review international developments in the field and recommend a national development strategy for the UK. He has advised the police in over one hundred serious investigations, including some of the most high profile crimes of the past twenty five years, including the retrieval of Abbie Humphries, the conviction of Robert Black, the Wests, Michael Sams, the murder of Rachel Nickell, the murder of James Bulger, the Carl Bridgewater Murder Appeal and the Colin Ireland murders in London.
In his previous role as head of the UK's largest Forensic Psychology Service, he assessed and treated thousands of offenders, victims and witnesses. He sat on the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) sub-committee on offender profiling for some years, remaining an independent consultant for several more, and has liaised with worldwide agencies including the Russian Ministry of the Interior and the FBI. In acute risk and crisis management consulting he has worked for international pharmaceutical, manufacturing, healthcare and banking clients. Hostage, siege, abduction and extortion training is a special interest and he works for the police and corporations in this area.
Paul Britton is an Honorary Teaching Fellow at Coventry University, and currently teaches Psychology in Criminal Investigation and provides skills training in Forensic Interviewing and Courtroom Testimony to postgraduate students undertaking the Masters courses in Forensic Psychology.
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