Rate My Professor Linda Hobbs

Hobbs has worked on research grants under Dr Tess Patterson and Dr Sarah Fortune, managing all aspects of research procedures, administration, and project management while collaborating with research assistants and supporting student projects alongside the Department of Psychology. She contributes to a team evaluating a nationally recognised drug and alcohol recovery programme and has participated in a clinical drug trial research team involving the Down syndrome population. Her publications, cited over 240 times on Google Scholar, include Patterson, T., Hobbs, L., Treharne, G. J., Dixon, L., Corson Keogh, A., & Beres, M. A. (2026). Seeking support: The voice of young men who have experienced sexual harm during their life course. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 41(1-2), 67-92; Patterson, T., Hobbs, L., Brown, E., Purnell, M., McKillop, N., Rayment-McHugh, S., & Christensen, L. S. (2025). Typologies of women who have sexually offended: Exploring psychosocial, developmental and motivational characteristics. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law (advance online publication); Leung, L., Mentzel, C. L., Hobbs, L., & Patterson, T. (2025). Characteristics of harmful sexual behaviour in autistic adolescent males as compared to controls. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law, 32(6), 918-930; Patterson, T., Hobbs, L., Brown, E., & Barak, Y. (2025). Sexual assault in older-age adults: Criminal justice response in New Zealand. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 37(3), 496-511; Patterson, T., Egan, R., Gross, J., Leov, J., Hobbs, L., & La Rooy, D. (2025). Mentoring: A traditional Cook Island approach to support men. International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology, 69(12), 1611-1626. Other notable works cover male survivors of childhood sexual abuse (2023) and sexual developmental histories of adolescents engaging in harmful sexual behaviour (2022).