Ph.D. Student
Health Team
Emma De Thouars Da Silva is a PhD student at Ispa-IU, where she previously completed a Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology (2023) focused on incarcerated women in Portugal. Between 2024- 2025, she held a research fellowship in the LaCaixa-funded project “Women Behind Bars – Female Portuguese Inmates’ Characterization and Gender-Specific Needs Assessment”. Currently, her PhD research focuses on incarcerated Roma women in Portugal, aimed at providing an in-depth
assessment of their criminogenic and non-criminogenic needs.
Supervised at WJCR by: Andreia de Castro Rodrigues
Main publications
De Thouars Da Silva, E., Knittel, S., Borja Santos, A., Pereira, B., & de Castro Rodrigues, A. (2025). Violence Under Control: Self-Control and Psychopathy in Women Convicted of Violent Crimes. Behavioral Sciences, 15(5), 656. doi:10.3390/bs15050656
Louro de Almeida, A., Knittel, S., Pereira, B., De Thouars Da Silva, E., & de Castro Rodrigues, A. (2025). “Nobody Really Got Hurt”—The Legitimization of the Grey Area of Sexual Violence and the Reflection of Gender Roles. Laws, 14(5), 73. doi: 10.3390/laws14050073
Contacts
E-mail: esilva@ispa.pt
CiênciaVitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt//371C-471C-D4B2
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emma-Da-Silva?ev=hdr_xprf
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