Dr. Roberta Sinclair

Dr. Roberta Sinclair manages the Strategic and Operational Services Unit of the Sensitive and Specialized Investigative Services at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which is responsible for providing operational research, policy, and health and wellness services. She is also an adjunct professor in the Sociology and Anthropology department and the Institute for Criminology and Criminal Justice at Carleton University. Her areas of focus include sexual abuse, internet-facilitated child sexual exploitation, youth and violence, violence against women, offender trends (youth and adult) and correctional focused research. Roberta has long been an advocate for the health and wellness of police personnel working in high-risk areas and has assisted various national and international police agencies in their development of health and wellness policies. She currently leads research for the Virtual Global Taskforce to confront online sexual exploitation, which is comprised of 13 law enforcement agencies worldwide.