Laura Richards (advocate)

Laura Richards (born 1976) is a criminal behavioral analyst, 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.

In 2014 Richards was awarded one of Marie Claire's 'Women At the Top'. 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. Richards is often quoted saying stalking is, "murder in slow motion."

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