Grace began her professional life as a botanist but moved into forensic science and, fascinated by criminology, became a forensic psychologist.
She's worked hard at changing police attitudes to her line of work. There's still some way to go in gaining total acceptance but she generally enjoys Boyd's fullest confidence in her performance and analysis. Although that's not to say that they don't ever disagree.
Unlike the rest of the team, Grace gets away with openly challenging and disagreeing with Boyd's take on situations and people. It's almost her role. Grace is generally treated with relative deference and respect by Boyd. She has turned a blind eye many times when Boyd is violent with a suspect but hates being compromised in that way.
Grace provides careful analysis with vivid empathy; she enters the mind of the criminal and can visualise everything the victim (and perpetrator) has been through almost as if she were there.
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