Dr Scott Ronis is a visiting scholar in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen’s University and a full professor in Psychology at the University of New Brunswick (Canada).

His research interests include youth involvement in the criminal justice system, with particular emphasis on family relationships and sexual aggression, developmental patterns of typical and atypical sexual interests and behaviour, sexual consent, intimate partner sexual coercion and violence, restorative justice practices, and serious youth mental health challenges and family members of youth and adults who are suspected or convicted of committing sexual offenses.

He is leading funded projects on understanding and working with non-perpetrating, secondary victims of sexual aggression and on the use of restorative justice practices to help those harmed and individuals who have caused harm.

Consent & Sexual Behaviour Domestic, Intimate Partner & Family Violence Trauma, Mental Health & Recovery Children & Young People Criminal Justice & Legal Reform