Dr Benjamin Spivak (he/him)
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology

Dr Benjamin Spivak is a Senior Lecturer and leader of the psychology and legal processes stream in the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles, monographs and book chapters. His work focuses primarily on risk assessment in criminal justice contexts and he has developed risk assessments for Victoria Police, as well as evaluating risk assessments at all stages of the criminal justice system. Dr Spivak has a particular interest in racial disparity and bias in risk assessment and the application of machine learning to assess risk of criminal justice contact.