Prof. Dudeck is Medical Director of the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Günzburg and Head of the Department of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital Ulm. The Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Günzburg is responsible for detaining and treating offenders according to Sections 63 and 64 of the German criminal code and comprises four inpatient units (120 patients) and a forensic aftercare outpatient unit (70 patients). Placement in a forensic psychiatric hospital on the grounds of Section 63 is ordered by a court if a person has committed a serious offence as a result of a severe mental disorder and if there is a high risk of reoffending. Section 63 mainly affects patients with illnesses from the schizophrenic spectrum or patients with decreased intelligence. In contrast, people are hospitalised according to Section 64 if they have a diagnosis of a substance use disorder, a high risk of reoffending, and a favourable treatment prognosis. The Department of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy performs empirical studies on the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of disorders relevant to the field of forensic psychiatry. Our findings are of great scientific and practical importance because they enable us to ensure the best possible medical and therapeutic care for patients and thus to reduce the length of the hospital stay and prevent criminal recidivism. Prof. Dudeck is co-author of the Standards for Treatment in Forensic Commitment according to §63 and §64 of the German Criminal Code (Müller et al. 2017). She is on the advisory board of the Kriminologische Zentralstelle e.V. and the Institut für Konfliktforschung e.V. and on the editorial board of the journals Recht & Psychiatrie and Forensic Science International: Mind and Law. Prof. Dudeck is vice-chair of the Ethics Committee of the University of Ulm and editor of the book Ethics in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. She has long been interested in the relationship between (sexual) traumatisation and personality in perpetrators (of a sexual offence), starting with her doctoral thesis in 2002 on trauma and post-traumatic stress disorders in forensic psychiatric patients and continuing with her postdoctoral teaching qualification (habilitation) in 2012, in which she considered the relevance of traumatisation and dissociation in forensic patients and prison inmates. She has since performed many studies in her field of interest, and the results have been disseminated in numerous publications.