Laura Richards (advocate)

Laura Richards (born 1976) is a criminal behavioral analyst,[1] and an international expert on domestic violence, stalking, sexual violence, homicide and risk assessment. Richards is the founder of Paladin in 2013, the world's first National Stalking Advocacy Service.[2][3]

In 2014 Richards was awarded one of Marie Claire's 'Women At the Top'.[2] Richards has a BSc in Psychology and Sociology, an MSc in Forensic and Legal Psychology and is a member of the British Psychological Society.

Richards' work, along with her involvement with the charity Protection Against Stalking is credited with helping to legislate anti-stalking laws and coercive control law in the UK.[4][5] Richards is often quoted saying stalking is, "murder in slow motion."[5]

  1. ^ Barcella, Laura. "The Real Reason We Can't Stop Watching True Crime". Medium. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. ^ a b Rice, Francesca (2014-10-01). "Our Women At The Top Award Winners Share Their Top Career Advice". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  3. ^ Tsjeng, Zing; Kale, Sirin; Burke, Sarah (2018-07-23). "55 British Women Were Killed By Men They Previously Reported to Police". Broadly. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  4. ^ correspondent, Owen Bowcott Legal affairs (2017-07-04). "Stalking and harassment crimes routinely badly handled, UK report says". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-04-01. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ a b "New anti-stalking laws expected". The Independent. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2019-04-01.