Dr Berenice Mahoney

Berenice Mahoney

Senior Lecturer, Psychological Sciences

Institute of Health & Society

Contact Details

email: b.mahoney@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 85 5301

BSc (Hons) Class I Psychology

PhD Psychology

Chartered Psychologist

Chartered Scientist

Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

Teaching & Research

Research Interests

1998-2001-PhD studentship supervisor (FT over 3 years) The Effects of self-efficacy on the transfer of training from two police constabulary training courses (doctoral thesis used as basis for operational changes to training practices). Funding: £18,000.

1998-2000-West Mercia Constabulary Evaluation of the Effects of the Beat Managers Scheme (RA appointed and report with implementation plan produced). Funding:£25,000 (see Publications 3.)

1999-2000-West Mercia Constabulary The Role of Special Constables in the Constabulary (report with recommendation produced). Funding: £5,000.

1998-9 West Mercia Constabulary Evaluation of the Effects of the Youth Justice Team’s Caution Plus Programme (report with recommendations produced). Funding: £2,000.

2001-ongoing Sandwell Social Services The implementation and evaluation of Age Awareness Workshops. Funding:£3,000 (see Publications 5.)

2000-2001 Black Country Health Consortium Scoping the needs of the Consortium for the implementation of clinical supervision (report and recommendations produced). Funding: £7,000.

2005-2007 HEA funded research project Making sense of 1st year students’ expectations. Funding: £5,000.

Professional Interests

Crime and language (in collaboration with University of Lancaster)

Post traumatic stress disorder amongst British Korean war veterans (in collaboration with University of Birmingham and University of West England)

Social aspects of ageing (in collaboration with University of Birmingham and University of Glamorgan)

Training needs analysis of Tier 1 professionals in CAMHS (in collaboration with University of Warwick)

CAMHS User survey (in collaboration with University of Warwick)

Effects of knowledge on attitudes towards ageing

Children and young peoples’ perceptions of mental health and help-seeking

1998-current BPS key Terms List member

Professional Experience

Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

Publications

Dixon, J.A., Mahoney, B. (2003). The effect of accent evaluation and evidence on a suspect’s perceived guilt and criminality (2004). Journal of Social Psychology, 144(1), 63-73.

Dixon, J.A., Mahoney, B., Cocks, R. (2002). Accents of Guilt Effects of Regional Accent, race, and Crime Type on Attributions of Guilt. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 21(2), 162-168.

Mahoney, B., Ward, S. (1999). Beat Managers Perceptions of a Community Policing Strategy. Police Research and Management, 4(2), 31-45.

Mahoney, B., Dixon, J.A., Cocks, R.(1998). The Role of Accent and Context in Perceptions of Guilt. CORE Collected Original Resources in Education, 22(1), FICHE 9 F12.

Stuart-Hamilton, I., Mahoney, B. (2003).The Effect of Aging Awareness Training on Knowledge of, and Attitudes Towards, Older Adults. Educational Gerontology, 29(3), 251-260.

Wallwork, J., Mahoney, B., Mason, S. (2007). Watching people do stuff: an analysis of newly recruited students' accounts of doing a psychology degree'. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 6(2), 139-149.

Wallwork, J., Mahoney, B., Mason, S. (2006). Making sense of 1st year students’ expectations.PLAT2006 Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference.

Dixon, J.A., Mahoney, B. (2003). The effect of accent evaluation and evidence on a suspect’s perceived guilt and criminality (2004). Journal of Social Psychology, 144(1), 63-73.

Dixon, J.A., Mahoney, B., Cocks, R. (2002). Accents of Guilt Effects of Regional Accent, race, and Crime Type on Attributions of Guilt. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 21(2), 162-168.

Mahoney, B., Ward, S. (1999). Beat Managers Perceptions of a Community Policing Strategy. Police Research and Management, 4(2), 31-45.

Mahoney, B., Dixon, J.A., Cocks, R.(1998). The Role of Accent and Context in Perceptions of Guilt. CORE Collected Original Resources in Education, 22(1), FICHE 9 F12.

Stuart-Hamilton, I., Mahoney, B. (2003).The Effect of Aging Awareness Training on Knowledge of, and Attitudes Towards, Older Adults. Educational Gerontology, 29(3), 251-260.

Stuart-Hamilton, I., Mahoney, B., Wilde, D. (2002). The Effects of the Korean War on British veterans (submitted).

Mahoney, B., Dixon, J.A. (1998). The Effects of Accent, Crime Type and Evidence on Perceptions of Guilt and other legally relevant variables. BPS Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology Conference, University of Durham.

Mahoney, B., Dixon, J.A., Cocks, R. (1997). The Role of Accent and Context on perceptions of Guilt. BPS Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology Conference, University of Cambridge.

External Responsibilities