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Exploring the Experience of Posttraumatic Growth Following Imprisonment: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Orla Gormley, Twylla Cunningham, Sally McFadden, Paul Toner
This systematic review is the first to synthesize and critically evaluate the literature on the experience of posttraumatic growth (PTG) following imprisonment. It was conducted and reported in acc...
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An Initial Exploratory Survey of Referrers’ Views on the Quality of Psychological Reports Completed on Clerics for Church Safeguarding Investigations J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Daniel T Wilcox, Emma Grove, Rosalind Berry, Nicole Horton
This paper offers an examination of the utility of forensic psychological assessments that were carried out under the instruction of Catholic Church Safeguarding Coordinators (SCs) in England. It i...
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Dynamic Relationship Between Protective Factors and Violent Outcomes Assessed Using the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors (SAPROF) in Secure Forensic Services J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Alina Haines-Delmont, Johan Hokan Bjørngaard, Andrew Brown, Ashley Bruen, Anthony Tsang, Abbie Wall, Richard Whittington
This UK study is one of the first cohort studies exploring dynamic changes in risk and protective factors and the value of multiple risk assessments over time using the Structured Assessment of Pro...
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Relationship Between Psychopathic Traits and the Quality of Student-Teacher Relationship in Children J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Inês Borges de Carvalho, Inês Carvalho Relva, Margarida Simões
The study aimed to analyze in a sample of 200 students (10 to 12 years) from middle schools in Portugal the association between the quality of the student-teacher relationship and the presence of ...
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Evaluation of an Individualized Package of Care for a Young Person with Autism & An Intellectual Disability: Implications for Reducing Restrictive Practice J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Daniel Lawrence, Ruth Bagshaw, Daniel Stubbings, Andrew Watt
Using a single case study design, we evaluated the progress of a young person in terms of incidents of challenging behaviours, and restrictive practice use following the introduction of a single-pe...
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The Other Side of the Coin: Individuals Diagnosed with Schizophrenia as Victims of Crime and Violence J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Esra Uslu, Volkan Mavíş
This retrospective study analyzes crimes against individuals with schizophrenia using data from 91 cases in the Supreme Court database (July 2022, keyword ‘schizophrenia’) through qualitative and q...
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Examining Risk Factor and Recidivism Rate Differences Between Youth Adjudicated for Sex and Non-Sex Offenses: A Propensity Score Matching Approach J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2024-01-18 William T. Miller, Christopher J. D’Amato, Amber A. Petkus, Christina A. Campbell, Eurielle Kiki
Youth adjudicated for sex offenses are frequently overridden to high-risk on general recidivism risk assessments. Little research supports this use of overrides. This study seeks to examine the ext...
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A Serious Game with Avatar Suspects Can Be Used to Train Naive Participants in the Strategic Use of Evidence J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Siyu Li, Rasmus Ahlgren, Yiyue Wang, Shumpei Haginoya, Pär-Anders Granhag, Pekka Santtila
We developed a serious game with avatars driven by empirically-based algorithms of suspect behavior to train participants in using the Evidence Framing Matrix (EFM), a component of the SUE techniqu...
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Impulsivity Profile in the Prison Population – a Comparative Case-Control Study J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Kateřina Příhodová, Raffaele Fazio, Ladislav Kážmér, Tereza Příhodová, Steven R. Lawyer, Erin B. Rasmussen, Jan Vevera
Impulsivity tends to play an important role in many behavioral disorders, especially in the population of incarcerated offenders, where the prevalence of impulsivity is expected to be high. Prisone...
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An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of practitioners’ Experiences of Delivering a Mental Health Treatment Requirement, What Works to Engage Service Users and Facilitate Change J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Kate Walker, Chris Griffiths
This interpretive phenomenological analysis explored psychologists' experiences delivering mental health treatment requirements which seek to address offenders' mental health and criminal needs. Th...
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Dirty Work: Addressing Moral Injury in Sex Offender Treatment Providers J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Melinda DiCiro, Shoba Sreenivasan, Eugenia L. Weiss, Allen Azizian
The term “dirty work” reflects employment that is distanced from mainstream society. Treating those who commit sex offenses can be a form of dirty work: sex offenders are often persona non grata an...
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The Effectiveness of Violence Reduction Therapy in Detained Adult Male Populations: Insights from a Systematic Review and Treatment Evaluation Capturing Individual Level Changes J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Jane L. Ireland, Carol A. Ireland, Sophia Elianne Hynes
A systematic review examined the effectiveness of violence reduction therapy in detained forensic populations, capturing 23 papers. This demonstrated several themes and a failure to consider indi...
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Dual Diagnosis in a Forensic Patient Sample: A Preliminary Tripartite Investigation to Inform Group Treatment Delivery for Substance Use J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Nishant Krishnan, Jane L. Ireland
The etiology of forensic dual diagnosis and the efficacy of psychosocial substance use interventions remain poorly understood. This multi-study: (1) Examined what is empirically known about forensi...
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy for Childhood Sexual Abuse Memories in Men Who Have Sexually Offended Against Children: Changes in Perceptions of Abuse and Offending J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Lisa Catherine Wright, Jessica Palmer, Rachel Kelly, Gail Derefaka
Five adult males who had sexually offended against children and had previously been victims of child sex abuse (CSA) were interviewed about their experiences of completing Eye Movement Desensitizat...
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An Exploration of the Capacity to Mentalize Following an Introductory Mentalization Based Treatment Group within an Irish Prison Service J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Niamh O’Leary, Christian Ryan, Maura O’Sullivan, Philip Moore
This study explored participant experience of mentalization after the completion of an introductory MBT group within an Irish prison.Data were collected from four participants using semi-structured...
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Why we break the law and relapse: Exploring the societal factor-recidivism nexus among selected inmates in a custodial center J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Macpherson Uchenna Nnam, Obinne Obiefuna, Onyekachi Eni, Emmanuel Ugochukwu Nwakanma, Peter Offu, James E Effiong, Groupson-Paul Okechukwu, Mary Sorochi Otu
ABSTRACT Despite consistent literature supporting recidivism, data-based studies that explore the societal factor-recidivism nexus are essentially of Western sources, so only little empirical evidence linking the two variables exists in Nigeria. A cross-section of 38 recidivists were recruited using purposive and snowballing techniques. Thematic method was used to analyze the interview data. Different
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Peer Support-Led Interventions in Forensic Settings: Listening to Service Users and Peer Support worker’ Perceptions and Experiences J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Sarah C. Hardy, Filipa Alves-Costa, Georga Robinson
ABSTRACT Repeatedly, peer support (PS) research in mental health settings has indicated the influential impact of PS on recovery outcomes, including community reintegration and overall quality of life. Despite these findings, and the bolstering of PS in UK healthcare policy, PS remains underdeveloped in UK mental health settings. This is particularly pronounced in forensic mental health settings where
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Opening the Black Box of Judicial Decision-Making in Cases with Forensic Mental Health Reports: A Qualitative Study from the Netherlands J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Roosmarijn M.S. van Es, Janne van Doorn, Maarten J.J. Kunst, Jan W. de Keijser
ABSTRACT Forensic mental health reports (FMHRs) can be informative regarding criminal responsibility, risk assessment, and treatment options, but are formally irrelevant for decisions about guilt (in terms of actus reus). In the Netherlands, a criminal trial is not bifurcated into a guilt and sentencing phase. Consequently, the court has the FMHR in the case file before the trial starts. Important
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Artificial neural network model for predicting child sexual offending: role of cognitive distortions, sexual coping, and attitudes J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Ricardo Ventura Baúto, Jorge Cardoso, Isabel Leal
ABSTRACT This research aims to present additional knowledge about individuals with a history of sexual offenses against children in Portugal. Although the international literature mentions the presence of cognitive distortions as a common element for child sexual offending, it is known that another cognitive pathway developed since childhood and adolescence will have a significant weight in the definition
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‘Til Prison Do Us Part!’ Uncovering Women’s Reactions to Child Sexual Abuse Perpetrated by Their Partners J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Sara Veggi, Georgia Zara
ABSTRACT The failure of a relationship is a likely outcome when a critical event occurs. Conviction for child sexual abuse is such a type of an event for any couple. This study examines women’s reactions to child sexual abuse by the man with whom they were still in an intimate relationship. Determinants of separation were examined through analysis of forensic and psychosocial reports. The sample included
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Leaving the Past Behind: Exploring the Adverse Childhood Experiences of Males Detained to a Secure Specialist Deaf Inpatient Mental Health Service J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Elanor Lucy Webb, Kevin Baker, Deborah Morris, Zahra Nawab, Benedetta Lupattelli Gencarelli, Jemima Worsfold, Alexander Hamilton
ABSTRACT Deaf people, and those who engage in criminal offending have independently been identified as groups at risk for childhood trauma, though consideration of their intersectional impact is limited. The adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) of 26 males detained to a deaf secure mental health service were explored. Overall, 92.3% of participants had experienced an ACE. Most participants had experienced
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Which Information Matters? Using Policy Capturing to Understand Psychological Recommendations of Civil Competency J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Emalee J. W. Quickel, George J. Demakis, Charlie L. Reeve
ABSTRACT Courts rely heavily on the recommendations of mental health evaluators when making decisions about competency (e.g., Zapf, Hubbard, Cooper, Wheeles, & Ronan, 2004), including civil competency (e.g., Quickel, Demakis, & Reeve, 2017); however, very little is known about how evaluators arrive at their opinions regarding an individual’s capacity. The current study assessed clinical decision-making
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Major Mental Illness as a Predictor of Recidivism: Reactive Criminal Thinking as a Mediator and Substance Abuse as a Moderator of This Relationship J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Glenn D. Walters
ABSTRACT Reactive criminal thinking (RCT) represents the impulsive, irrational, and emotional aspects of antisocial cognition. The current study tested major mental illness and its interaction with prior substance abuse as possible predictors of future recidivism, with RCT serving as a mediator and substance abuse as a moderator. Using Cox proportional hazards regression, it was determined that RCT
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Field Reliability of Forensic Mental Health Evaluations of Offenders for Post-Prison Civil Commitment J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Trayci A. Dahl, Melinda DiCiro, Emily Ziegler, Sean Sterling
ABSTRACT This study examined the field reliability of forensic mental health examiners’ opinions in pre-parole evaluations. The California Offenders with Mental Health Disorders (OMD) statute allows for the post-incarceration commitment to a state hospital for treatment as a condition of parole. Reliability is critical in these evaluations because the triers of fact rely on them for their determinations
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Motive Dispositions Towards Sadism in Psychopathy: A Multimethod Investigation J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Foteini Spantidaki Kyriazi, Stefan Bogaerts, Stathis Grapsas, Carlo Garofalo
ABSTRACT Focusing on sadism, we investigated motive dispositions in psychopathy. In a non-clinical sample (N=101) we employed a novel, multimethod design (self-reports and Facial Electromyography [fEMG]) to assess automatic affective reactions (indexing motive dispositions) to affiliative, antagonistic, and sadistic images. Individuals low in psychopathy, resembling universal human tendencies, reacted
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Adolescents’ Understanding and Appreciation of Miranda Rights: Comparison of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System and in the Community J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Emily Haney-Caron, Rachel Kalbeitzer, Sharon Kelley, Christina Riggs Romaine, Heather Zelle, Martha K. Strachan, Heather Green, Naomi Goldstein
ABSTRACT Although adolescents’ understanding and appreciation of Miranda rights have been examined with community youth and youth in the legal system, Miranda waiver capacities have not been compared between these populations, a comparison critical to elucidating relationships between rights comprehension, age, and IQ. This study compared Miranda comprehension between 108 juveniles in residential pre-
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A Natural Experiment Design Testing the Effectiveness of the IOP-29 and IOP-M in Assessing the Credibility of Reported PTSD Symptoms in Belgium J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Adélaïde Blavier, Alice Palma, Donald J. Viglione, Alessandro Zennaro, Luciano Giromini
ABSTRACT Sometimes forensic psychologists are asked to determine whether the symptoms of PTSD presented by the plaintiff are genuine or feigned. To this end, they may use both symptom validity tests (SVTs) and performance validity tests (PVTs), but SVTs are used far more frequently in these assessments. Thus, we conducted a natural experiment and administered an SVT (i.e., the IOP-29) and a PVT (i
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Studying Confessions: A Confederate-Free, Cheating-Based Laboratory Research Paradigm J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Emily Haney-Caron, Sydney Baker, David DeMatteo, Naomi E. S. Goldstein
ABSTRACT This study introduced a novel laboratory false confession paradigm to research on true and false confession. Participants were 91 undergraduates who were given the opportunity to cheat on a research task. All were ultimately accused of cheating. Of participants innocent of cheating, 17.9% confessed. Results suggest that the current paradigm complements existing paradigms. In addition, this
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Reliability and validity evidence of the Expressive and Instrumental Aggression Questionnaire (CAIE) in prison inmates J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Tara Alonso, José Manuel Andreu, María Elena Peña
ABSTRACT The Instrumental and Expressive Aggression Questionnaire (CAIE) is a self-report instrument that allows evaluating aggression based on its motivational bases. The objective of this study was to evaluate its psychometric properties in a Spanish prison sample. The CAIE and other scales (SAQ, PCL-R, and VRAG) were completed by 302 male offenders from several Spanish prisons. The confirmatory
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Adult Sexual Grooming: A Case Study J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Georgia Winters
ABSTRACT The last decade has seen significant strides in understanding the behaviors and tactics involved in the sexual grooming of children. Recently, in popular culture, the term sexual grooming has also been used to describe the behaviors involved in the sexual abuse of adults. The strategies and tactics that known individuals (e.g., acquaintances, current or past intimate partners) use to perpetrate
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Expert Witness Training History and Professional Experience Exert Separable Impacts on Expert Credibility Perceptions J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-02-19 Patricia A. Ferreira, Twila Wingrove
ABSTRACT This study experimentally tested jurors’ claims that their expert credibility perceptions are independently influenced by expert training and experience, with the latter exerting greater influence. To our knowledge, only the combined impact of these variables had been previously examined. Mock jurors (N = 553) read a trial summary containing testimony from a forensic expert with high or low
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The Influence of False Evidence Ploy Variants on Perceptions of Coercion and Deception J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Bryan Barnes, Bryan Myers, Richard Pond, Kori Meyer
ABSTRACT During custodial interrogations, law enforcement officers are permitted to use various methods of deception to entice a suspect to give a confession. Two of these commonly used methods include the False Evidence Ploy (FEP), and its less deceptive variant, the bluff tactic. While the bluff may appear to be less deceptive than the FEP, it also influences innocent suspects to confess. In the
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Conscience and its interrelated constituent aspects: A network and regression analysis in offenders and non-offenders J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Marion Verkade, Julie Karsten, Frans Koenraadt, Frans Schalkwijk
ABSTRACT Conscience can be defined as a dynamic psychological function that regulates our behavior and identity through self-reflection, in an interplay of the constituent functions empathy, self-conscious emotions, and moral reasoning. Functions that are self-contained influences, but which together form the conscience. Compared to non-offenders, offenders have been reported to exhibit lower levels
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M is For Performance Validity: The IOP-M Provides a Cost-Effective Measure of the Credibility of Memory Deficits during Neuropsychological Evaluations J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Laszlo Erdodi, Matthew Calamia, Matthew Holcomb, Anthony Robinson, Lauren Rasmussen, Kevin Bianchini
ABSTRACT This study was designed to evaluate the classification accuracy of the Memory module for the Inventory of Problems (IOP-M) in a sample of real-world patients. Archival data were collected from a mixed clinical sample of 90 adults clinically referred for neuropsychological testing. The classification accuracy of the IOP-M was computed against psychometrically defined invalid performance. IOP-M
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Predictors of Moral Injury in Secure Mental Healthcare Workers: Examining a Role for Violence and Restrictive Practices Through an Intersectional Lens J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Elanor Lucy Webb, Deborah J. Morris, Eleanor Sadler, Samantha MacMillan, Samuel Trowell, Amy Legister
ABSTRACT Secure mental healthcare staff provide care in the context of exposure to violence and restrictive practices. Yet, despite recognition of the moral dilemmas afforded by these events, they are yet to be explored within a moral injury framework. The current study sought to explore the potentially morally injurious effects of violence and restrictive practices through an intersectional lens.
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Litigious Paranoia: A Historical Overview with a Case Report J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Jagriti Yadav, Priti Singh, Rajiv Gupta
ABSTRACT Litigious paranoia is a mental disorder that includes morbid litigants who are in overwhelming pursuit of justice for a perceived legal wrong. There is substantial socio-occupational dysfunction in these individuals over years. This pathological fixation can result in marked aggression. However, no separate nosological status has been given to this type of mental disorder. Moreover, the close
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Emotional Rapid Response Impulsivity in Incarcerated Men and Non-Incarcerated Controls J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-11-01 Jochem M. Jansen, Anouk Q. Bosma, Hanneke Palmen
ABSTRACT So far, few studies have assessed emotional rapid response impulsivity (RRI) in incarcerated men. Available studies use varying methodological approaches and show mixed results, but incarcerated individuals are more likely to be impaired by emotional RRI. None of these studies, however, reported on any correlational or regression analysis assessing whether emotional RRI was linearly related
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Intimate Partner Violence: Perceptions and Attributions of Male Perpetrators J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-10-14 Olga Cunha, Bárbara Pereira, Ana Rita Cruz, Rui Gonçalves, Andreia de Castro Rodrigues
ABSTRACT There are many reasons to perpetrate intimate partner violence (IPV). This study analyzes the attributions and perceptions of Portuguese men who perpetrate IPV to understand their justifications for violence against their female partners. In-depth interviews were conducted with seven male perpetrators. Through thematic analysis, three main categories emerged: self, partner, and situational
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Facility dogs in UK courtrooms: Public perspective J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Tammy Dempster, Liz Spruin, Katarina Mozova
ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate how members of the UK public would feel about introducing facility dogs to UK courts as a form of special measure. The results from an online survey showed that participants (n = 270) thought they would be significantly less likely to feel anxious, intimidated, distressed, frightened, and traumatized, and significantly more likely to feel safe if accompanied
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Exploring the Use of Neurofeedback with an Adult Male with an Autistic Spectrum Condition and a History of Sexual Offending: A Single Case Study J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-10-04 Sonia Borghino, Marina Gallacher, Daniel Lawrence
ABSTRACT Conventional treatment for individuals with histories of sexual offending has typically involved the facilitation of cognitive-behavioral interventions. Recent research related to this form of intervention has raised concerns about its effectiveness. Neurofeedback has been found to be a beneficial form of treatment for a range of clinical presentations internationally. Despite this, its use
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Toward a Better Understanding of Gender Differences in Psychopathology in Detained Adolescents: The Role of Maladaptive Personality Traits J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Marie-Céline Gouwy, Lize Verbeke, Kim Dierckx, Lore Van Damme, Olivier Colins, Barbara De Clercq
ABSTRACT The present study investigates the often observed higher scores on psychopathology in detained girls compared to boys from a maladaptive trait perspective, as conceived by age-specific criterion B assessment of the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders. Participants were detained youth (N = 237; 122 boys; 115 girls, mean age = 15.8 years) from two youth detention centers in Belgium, who
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Feedback in forensic mental health assessment J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-09-18 Stanley L. Brodsky, Julie Goldenson
ABSTRACT The provision of feedback in forensic mental health assessment has received little attention. The scant research literature suggests that giving feedback is not only infrequent among forensic mental health examiners, but in some circumstances, it is considered inappropriate. This paper puts forth some of the challenges related to the provision of feedback in the context of forensic mental
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I Am Bold, and Do Not Care for Social Norms: The Role of Faux Pas Recognition in the Relation Between Psychopathy and Aggression J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Josanne D. M. van Dongen, Anuska Gobardhan, Pauline Korpel, Ingmar H. A. Franken
ABSTRACT Psychopathy is found to be associated with aggression. However, the role of “understanding the mental states of others” in this relation is not clearly understood yet. The current study aimed to increase our understanding of a specific ability of understanding the mental state of others, namely recognizing a faux pas, and understand the relation of this “social misstep” in self-reported aggressive
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COVID-19 lockdown related stress among young adults: The role of drug use disorder, neurotic health symptoms, and pathological smartphone use J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Groupson-Paul Okechukwu, Macpherson Uchenna Nnam, Clement E Obadimu, David O. Iloma, Peter Offu, Fidelis Okpata, Emmanuel Ugochukwu Nwakanma
ABSTRACT This study examined the roles of drug use disorder, neurotic health symptoms, and pathological smartphone use in COVID-19 lockdown–related stress. A sample of 288 young adults were purposively recruited. Data were collected using four standardized measures with robust psychometric properties: Cannabis Abuse Screening Test (CAST), the Smartphone Addiction Scale, COVID Stress Scale, and a Neuroticism
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COVID-19 lockdown related stress among young adults: The role of drug use disorder, neurotic health symptoms, and pathological smartphone use J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Groupson-Paul Okechukwu, Macpherson Uchenna Nnam, Clement E Obadimu, David O. Iloma, Peter Offu, Fidelis Okpata, Emmanuel Ugochukwu Nwakanma
This study examined the roles of drug use disorder, neurotic health symptoms, and pathological smartphone use in COVID-19 lockdown–related stress. A sample of 288 young adults were purposively recr...
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Correction J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-06-06
(2022). Correction. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice. Ahead of Print.
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Correction J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-06-06
Published in Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice (Vol. 24, No. 1, 2024)
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Revisiting the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen in a Rural Jail Sample J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Albert M. Kopak, Alexa J. Singer, Madison Ballenger, Norman G. Hoffmann
ABSTRACT The Brief Jail Mental Health Screen (BJMHS) is one of the most popular screening tools used at the time of jail admission to identify adults with current mental health needs. Prior work has documented the accuracy of the screen primarily in large urban or semi-urban correctional facilities according to diagnostic criteria established in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical
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Revisiting the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen in a Rural Jail Sample J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-06-03 Albert M. Kopak, Alexa J. Singer, Madison Ballenger, Norman G. Hoffmann
The Brief Jail Mental Health Screen (BJMHS) is one of the most popular screening tools used at the time of jail admission to identify adults with current mental health needs. Prior work has documen...
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Adult Mock Sexual Assault Witness Perceptions and Non-Verbal Behaviors Across Different Interview Frameworks J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Mohammed M. Ali, Sonja P. Brubacher, Stefanie J. Sharman, Martine B. Powell
We explored adults’ perceptions of evidence-based interview frameworks in the context of sexual assault, in order to examine stakeholders’ suggestions that police interviews are not sensitive to co...
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Intensive Cognitive Behaviour Suicide Prevention for Males in Custody: A Pilot Feasibility Case Series J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Lauren Hampson, Charlotte Lennox, Jessica Killilea, Yvonne Awenat, Daniel Pratt
ABSTRACT Background Retention of participants to programs of psychological therapy in a prison setting is problematic. Intensively delivered therapy has emerged in recent years, in contrast to the traditional format of weekly sessions of psychological therapy. Method This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of an intensive program of cognitive behavior suicide prevention therapy within a male prison
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Sexual Offending: The impact of the juxtaposition between social constructions and evidence-based approaches J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-04-21 Melanie Dawn Douglass, Susan Hillyard, Anna Macklin
ABSTRACT “Criminals,” particularly sex offenders, are thought of as an indistinguishable, homogenous group by society, despite the variety of offenses they commit, with differing levels of severity, impact, and outcome. Perceptions of criminal behavior also fail to recognize that everyone engages in norm-violating/unlawful/immoral behavior at one time or another. This view of offending, that it is
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Re-Envisioning the Competency to Stand Trial Evaluation and Report Based on Ethical, Legal, Data Integrity, and User-Friendliness Considerations J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Steve Rubenzer
ABSTRACT The format and content of competency to stand trial reports are influenced by traditional practices of psychological assessment and report writing that are outmoded for forensic practice. Many such reports include irrelevant, prejudicial information that unnecessary invades the privacy of the examinee, in violation of APA ethical guideline 4.04, and may also contain much data that are unreliable
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Patient Experiences of Victimization during Mandatory Psychiatric Treatment: A Qualitative Study J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Nienke Verstegen, Nienke Peters-Scheffer, Prof. Dr. Robert Didden, Prof. Dr. Henk Nijman, Prof. Dr. Vivienne de Vogel
Forensic psychiatric inpatients are frequently exposed to aggression from fellow patients during their treatment, but research on how this impacts patients’ well-being and treatment progress is lac...
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Bullying: Current Issues of Commissioning and Carrying out of Expert Psychological Evidence in Court J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-03-30 Vitalii O. Khodanovych, Olesia V. Khodanovych, Valeriia O. Smirnova, Anna Yu. Ponomarenko
ABSTRACT The increased number of forensic psychological examinations in administrative cases of bullying and the lack of the theoretical basis for this type of forensic examination make the topic under consideration relevant. The article aims to study the forensic psychological examinations of bullying, the need for which arises in criminal and administrative proceedings, and suggest improvements of
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Police perspectives on interviewing older adult victims and witnesses: Preliminary findings and call for future research J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-03-30 Mark D. Snow, Joshua Wyman, Lindsay C. Malloy, Sonja P. Brubacher, Kelly L. Warren
ABSTRACT As the proportion of older adults (OAs) in the population continues to increase, so too will the frequency of police interactions with OAs and the need to gather accurate and detailed accounts from them. Yet, research on police information-gathering with OAs remains relatively scarce. This qualitative study begins to address this gap. We conducted semi-structured interviews with an experienced
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Suicide Risk, Self-Injury, and Sleep: An Exploration of the Associations in a Sample of Juvenile Justice Involved Adolescents J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-03-30 Selby M. Conrad, Margaret Webb, Katelyn Affleck, Erik Hood, Kathleen Kemp
Court-involved youth living in the community represent a vulnerable, yet understudied, group that is at risk for a variety of concerning outcomes including increased suicidal ideation, suicide atte...
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The significance of an Australian Community Maintenance Program for men who have sexually offended – Service Provider perspectives J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-03-25 Carollyne Youssef, Sharon Casey, Astrid Birdgen, Belinda Guadagno
ABSTRACT One of the difficulties with the implementation of community maintenance programs (CMPs) for men who have sexually offended has been the lack of a definitive conceptualization of maintenance and therefore no standardized theory or program. The aim of this study was one part of a broader attempt to develop an understanding of maintenance programs by exploring the views, opinions, and experiences
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The significance of an Australian Community Maintenance Program for men who have sexually offended – Service Provider perspectives J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-03-25 Carollyne Youssef, Sharon Casey, Astrid Birdgen, Belinda Guadagno
One of the difficulties with the implementation of community maintenance programs (CMPs) for men who have sexually offended has been the lack of a definitive conceptualization of maintenance and th...
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One-Minute SVT? The V-5 Is A Stronger Predictor Of Symptom Exaggeration Than Self-Reported Trauma History J. Forensic Psychol. Practi. Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Laura Cutler, Christina D. Sirianni, Kaitlyn Abeare, Matthew Holcomb, Laszlo A Erdodi
ABSTRACT To examine the potential of the Five-Variable Psychiatric Screener (V-5) to serve as an embedded symptom validity test (SVT). In Study 1, 43 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to a control or an experimental malingering condition. In Study 2, 150 undergraduate students were recruited to examine the cognitive and emotional sequelae of self-reported trauma history. The classification