Background
Birgden, Astrid was born on November 19, 1963 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Daughter of Manfred Ernst and Aniko (Somogyi) Birgden.
Birgden, Astrid was born on November 19, 1963 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Daughter of Manfred Ernst and Aniko (Somogyi) Birgden.
Bachelor in Psychology and Politics, Adelaide University, 1983. Diploma in Applied Psychology, Adelaide University, 1988. M Forensic Psychology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1994.
Psychologist, intellectually disabled services council Disability Services, Adelaide, 1985—1989, manager behavior intervention support team Melbourne, 1990—1991, senior psychologist statewide forensic services, 1991—1996. Psychologist Adelaide Remand Center Correctional Services, Adelaide, 1989, manager clinical services development Melbourne, 2001—2004. Fellow criminology department Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) University, since 1998.
With Program Development Unit Department Justice, since 2004. Departmental representative Intellectual Disability Review Panel, Melbourne, 1990—1991. Director Caraniche Forensic and General Psychology Services, Melbourne, 1992—1996.
Psychologist representative Forensic Leave Panel, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, since 1996. Manages sex offender programs Correctional Service, Melbourne, 1996—2001. Independent clinical expert Statewide Forensic Services Disability Services, Melbourne, since 2002.
Group leader Duke of Edinburgh Commonwealth Study Conference, 2003.
Member of Victorian Offender Treatment Association (chairman 1998-1999, treasurer 2003-2004), European Association Psychology and Law (associate), Australian and New Zealand Association Psychology, Psychiatry and Law (associate), Australian Psychological Society (associate. Secretary membership Forensic College 1998).
Life partner Hamish Salisbury MacLeod.