Professor Nicola Bowes
Professor of Practitioner Forensic Psychology
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Overview
Nic is a Forensic Psychologist and Reader at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Her practice and research interests relate to violence, preventing violence and improving wellbeing. Nic is a registered forensic psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council and also works as a Lead Visitor for the HCPC assisting them to evaluate academic programmes for practitioner psychologists in the UK. She is also a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and Full Member of the BPS Division of Forensic Psychology (DFP). She is the Chair of the Division of Forensic Psychology.
Nic is the Programme Director for the Practitioner Forensic Psychology Programme which is the largest practitioner forensic psychologist training programme in the UK. Nic recognises the value in sharing knowledge between academics and practitioners and seeks to share this with students at Cardiff Metropolitan University to extend the application of psychology in practice.
Research Publications
“ Doctors are targeted and kidnapped ”: crimes and insecurity contribute to health problems and constrain the delivery of health services in urban settings in Nigeria
Orjiakor, T. C., Agu, E., Agwu, P., Ogbozor, P. A., Obodoechi, D. N., Orjiakor, C., Odii, A., Ugwuoke, C., Eze, J., Bowes, N. & Onwujekwe, O., 12 Jan 2026, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 13Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Introduction
Shingler, J., Bowes, N. & Ghilani, T., 1 Jan 2026, Transforming Relationships in Forensic Psychological Practice. Shingler, J., Bowes, N. & Ghilani, T. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
Trainee psychologists and relationships: Stepping in to bigger shoes
Bowes, N., Coates, L., De Claire, K. & Raghavendra, D., 1 Jan 2026, Transforming Relationships in Forensic Psychological Practice. Shingler, J., Bowes, N. & Ghilani, T. (eds.). Taylor and Francis, p. 208-228 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Transforming Relationships in Forensic Psychological Practice
Shingler, J., Bowes, N. & Ghilani, T., 1 Jan 2026, Taylor and Francis. 282 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Does risk formulation help independent review board decisions on release of prisoners? A qualitative study with parole board members in England and Wales
McMurran, M., Payne, L., Harrop, A. & Bowes, N., 16 Jul 2025, In: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 35, 5, p. 263-269 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rapid Review of Literature Reporting the Experience of Patient and Public Involvement in Prison and Forensic Mental Health Research
Rutherford, R., Pashley, S., Bowes, N., Heggs, D. & Cornwell, R., 9 Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 34, 1, p. e13483 e13483.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
S11-2: Reaching and recruiting young people experiencing homelessness for physical activity interventions: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations
Thomas, J., Crone, D., Bowes, N., Thirlaway, K., Meyers, R. W. & Mackintosh, K. A., 26 Sept 2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, Supplement_2Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
I Was the Violence Victim, I Am the Perpetrator: Bullying and Cyberbullying Perpetration and Associated Factors among Adolescents
Jankowiak, B., Jaskulska, S., Pérez-Martínez, V., Pyżalski, J., Sanz-Barbero, B., Bowes, N., Claire, K. D., Neves, S., Topa, J., Silva, E., Mocanu, V., Vives-Cases, C. & Peralta, R. L. (Editor), 28 Aug 2024, In: Social Sciences. 13, 9, 452.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A systematic scoping review exploring how people with lived experience have been involved in prison and forensic mental health research
Rutherford, R., Bowes, N., Cornwell, R., Heggs, D. & Pashley, S., 12 Jan 2024, In: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 34, 1, p. 94-114 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bullying and Cyberbullying Victimization and Associated Factors among Adolescents in Six European Countries
Jaskulska, S., Jankowiak, B., Pérez-Martínez, V., Pyżalski, J., Sanz-Barbero, B., Bowes, N., Claire, K. D., Neves, S., Topa, J., Silva, E., Mocanu, V., Gena Dascalu, C. & Vives-Cases, C., 28 Oct 2022, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 14, 21, p. 14063 1 p., 14063.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review