Karyn McCluskey

Karyn McCluskey is a Scottish forensic psychologist who is the director of the Violence Reduction Unit.

Early life

She was born in Falkirk[1] and grew up in the village of Redding near Polmont.[2] She trained as a nurse and by her late teens worked in Accident and Emergency.[2] She continued to work in nursing while she studied for a BSc in psychology and then a master's in offender profiling.[2]

Career

She worked for the West Mercia Police, before she joined Strathclyde Police as head of intelligence analysis in 2002.[1]

In 2004, the McCluskey was asked to put together a report on how to reduce rates of violence in Glasgow.[3] The contents of report were accepted and this led directly to the VRU being created.[2]

In February 2016 she was appointed to the board of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) as a non-executive director. [4] [5]

Awards and honours

In October 2015 she was bestowed with an honorary degree from the Open University.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Henley, Jon (19 December 2011). "Karyn McCluskey: the woman who took on Glasgow's gangs". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ross, Peter (24 November 2014). "No mean citizens: The success behind Glasgow’s VRU". The Scotsman. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Geoghegan, Peter (6 April 2015). "Glasgow smiles: how the city halved its murders by 'caring people into change’". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Paterson, Stewart (1 February 2016). "Violence Reduction Unit director Karyn McCluskey joins SPFL board". The Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Cameron, Neil (9 February 2016). "Meet Karyn McCluskey, the impressive woman who wants to change the behaviour in Scottish football grounds". The Herald. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Cardwell, Paul (27 October 2015). "Honorary Open University degree for third sector stalwart". Third Force News. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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