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Effects of dehumanization and disgust-eliciting language on attitudes toward immigration: a sentiment analysis of Twitter data Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Katherine S. Wahrer, Cynthia J. Najdowski, John V. Passarelli
Attitudes towards immigration may be influenced by dehumanization and disgust: The more people dehumanize immigrants and the more disgusted they feel, the more negative their attitudes toward immig...
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Police perceptions of alibi accounts: the role of intergroup bias Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Nir Rozmann
Research has revealed that ethnicity has a significant influence on police officers, potentially leading to discriminatory practices against suspects from different ethnic backgrounds. This study a...
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Neurological soft signs and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics among patients with schizophrenia with and without a history of violence Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Tarık Sağlam, Cana Aksoy Poyraz, Hasan Gökçay, Fatih Öncü
Neurological soft signs, considered to be an endophenotype in schizophrenia patients, have also been investigated in patients with schizophrenia as a clinical correlate of violent/aggressive behavi...
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How to determine the capacity of a person with depression who requests voluntary assisted dying Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Sam Boyle, Andrew McGee, Felicity Wood
Current laws on voluntary assisted dying (VAD) appear to allow access to VAD for a person diagnosed with depression, provided that the person retains decision-making capacity. Assessing the capacit...
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ELLEN BERAH4 January 1950 — 8 December 2023 Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Ian Freckelton
Published in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Deidre Ngaio Greig 19 Jul 1934–2 Jul 2023 Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Troy McEwan
Published in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Attachment and the (mis)apprehension of Aboriginal children: epistemic violence in child welfare interventions Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 A. Wright, P. Gray, B. Selkirk, C. Hunt, R. Wright
Child protection systems in Australia continue to disproportionately investigate Aboriginal families and intervene to remove Aboriginal children, applying non-Indigenous constructs and understandin...
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Dementia training for lawyers: results from a pilot evaluation study and implications for building dementia capability in the legal profession Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Nola Ries, Briony Johnston
A growing number of Australians live with, or are at risk for, dementia. A diagnosis is a common prompt for people to seek legal advice to plan for their future. It is important that lawyers are eq...
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Experiences of children waiting to be adopted: a qualitative study Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Giulio D’Urso, Virginia Bruffa, Mirco Fasolo, Irene Petruccelli
This qualitative study explores the emotional and social experiences of 10 children, aged 6–11, residing in foster care before adoption for almost three years. Through semi-structured interviews, t...
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‘Any male victim?’ The legacy of conflating paedophilia and homosexuality and the differential seriousness of sexual abuse by victim gender Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Madeleine Bennett, Danielle Arlanda Harris, Kelly Richards, Ryan Shields
This article presents the findings of a historical, qualitative thematic analysis of archival clinical records of 24 men convicted of child sexual abuse and referred for civil commitment to the Mas...
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An examination of criminal offenders with dementia in Australian courts Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Sharon Reutens, Tony Butler, Ye In Jane Hwang, Adrienne Withall
This study aims to characterize people with dementia who were charged with criminal offences between 1995 and 2020 and describe their offending. Court cases were derived from Australian legal datab...
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IQ thresholds and influence of the assessor’s professional discipline on fitness to stand trial assessment outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Joseph A. E. Sakdalan, Khan Buchwald, Sabine Visser
There is considerable variability in fitness to stand trial (FST) findings between assessors, which may potentially influence the courts’ decisions for defendants with intellectual disability (ID)....
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Evaluation of sociodemographic, clinical and forensic medical characteristics of juvenile delinquents in Turkey Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Kerem Sehlikoğlu, Şeyma Sehlikoğlu, Mehmet Cengil Aslan
It is accepted all over the world that children whose biological, psychological, cognitive, moral and social development processes are ongoing and whose value judgments are not sufficiently develop...
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The need for speed? Exploring the risks and benefits of pharmacological treatment for adult ADHD in prisons Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Alana Grimley, Lorana Bartels
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is overrepresented in prison populations globally. Although pharmacological treatment has generally been demonstrated to be an effective tool for man...
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Police-reported family violence: are there differences amongst South Asian Australians and Australian-born Australians? Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Heshani S. De Silva, Stephane M. Shepherd, Troy E. McEwan
Numerous qualitative studies report South Asian migrants use police as a last resort for family violence (FV), however no quantitative evidence exists in Australia. This study examines police-repor...
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Searching for the unexpected – understanding information-seeking behaviours of people new to prison visits Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Nicole R. Ryan, Nathan C. Ryan
Often, when an offender is sentenced their family and friends find themselves in a state of uncertainty. At this point, family and friends of prisoners need support and often find themselves alone ...
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Forensic mental health in Kuwait: filling the gaps Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Abdulmohsen Al-Humoud, Adel Al-Zayed, Faisal Al-Hasan
The case of M’Naghten (1843) laid out the insanity defence test for the British legal system. Later, many countries basing their criminal legislation on the British common law system, including the...
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The effect of verdict system on juror decisions: a quantitative meta-analysis Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Elaine Jackson, Lee Curley, Fiona Leverick, Martin Lages
We study the effect of the Scottish three-verdict system (guilty, not guilty, not proven) and the Anglo-American two-verdict system (guilty, not guilty) on juror decisions by combining data sets fr...
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Single versus multiple firesetting: an examination of demographic, behavioural and psychological factors Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Katie Sambrooks, Nichola Tyler, Theresa A. Gannon
Deliberate firesetting is a prevalent issue. While a number of psychological treatment needs have been identified for adults who set fires, their association with multiple firesetting has received ...
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The contributory role of an autistic presentation to miscarriage of justice in a high-profile murder case in New Zealand Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 C. S. Allely, T. McKinnel, N. Chisnall
In New Zealand in 1985, Mr Alan Hall was convicted of murdering Arthur Easton and spent more than 19 years in prison. He was finally acquitted by the Supreme Court in 2022. In 2019, Mr Hall was dia...
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When being unattractive is an advantage: effects of face perception on intuitive culpability judgments Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Antonio Olivera-La Rosa, Luis D. Ayala, Ricardo M. Tamayo
This experiment explored the influence of facial attractiveness and trustworthiness on guilty judgments. We recruited 128 participants, randomly assigned to high and low time pressure conditions to...
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among lawyers in New Zealand Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Joanna Ting Wai Chu, Holly Wilson, Jessica C. McCormack, Valerie McGinn, Warren Brookbanks, Chris Bullen
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a developmental disability that can cause difficulties with communication, emotional regulation and executive function, making people with FASD vulnerable ...
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Expanding treatment pathways for sexually abusive behaviour in young people: an examination of Therapeutic Treatment Orders Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Erika Fortunato, Nina Papalia, James R. P. Ogloff
Young people who engage in sexually abusive behaviour account for a substantial number of sexual offences worldwide. Despite this, a limited body of work has explored the optimal pathways into trea...
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Discriminative and predictive validity of risk assessment measures for women incarcerated for serious violent offences in Australia Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Nina Papalia, Melanie Simmons, Janet Ruffles, Benjamin Spivak, Ashley Dunne, Rachael Fullam, James R. P. Ogloff
Despite the growing population of women in Australian prisons, limited research has explored whether commonly used risk assessments – predominantly developed and tested on men – are valid for women...
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The validity of the Violence Risk Scale (VRS) in a Portuguese sample of remand prisoners Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Joana Andrade, Hugo Santos Gomes, Rui Abrunhosa Gonçalves, Stephen Wong, Andreia de Castro Rodrigues
This study aims to test the psychometric properties of the Violent Risk Scale (VRS) in a sample of Portuguese remand prisoners. A total of 133 subjects participated in the present study. We carried...
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Being a psychiatrist in the evaluation process of a gun license report: morally challenging experience – a qualitative study from Turkey Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Abdullah Yıldız, Berna Arda
Many psychiatrists in Turkey participate in evaluating health board reports regarding gun licensing in their daily practice. There is no relevant study on the experiences of psychiatrists in this p...
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What matters to magistrates when considering diversion into mental health treatment? Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Christel Macdonald, Don Weatherburn
The current study aimed to identify factors that influence the likelihood of mental health diversion under s.32 and s.33 of the NSW Mental Health (Forensic Procedures) Act using a sample of 2,922 i...
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A conceptual framework for internet child abuse material offenders: risk-relevant therapy based on assessed risk factors Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-09-24 Catherine Garrington, Sally Kelty, Debra Rickwood, Douglas P. Boer
Offenders who commit sexual offences against children are progressively recognised, prosecuted, assessed and treated. As technology advances, internet child sexual abuse material (I/CAM) offences i...
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The effect of surgical masks on identification decisions from masked and unmasked lineups Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Annegrete Palu, Aire Raidvee, Valeri Murnikov, Kristjan Kask
While research has shown that wearing a disguise hinders lineup identifications, less is known about how to conduct lineups in cases of disguised perpetrators. We examined the influence of surgical...
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All mouth and trousers? Use of the Devil’s Advocate questioning protocol to determine authenticity of opinions about protester actions Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Samantha Mann, Aldert Vrij, Haneen Deeb, Sharon Leal
We examined the Devil’s Advocate lie detection method which is aimed at detecting lying about opinions. In this approach, participants give reasons for why they hold an opinion in the eliciting-opi...
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Individual attitudes toward coerced confessions change perception of confession evidence: why jurors may accept or reject poor-quality confessions Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Glenys A. Holt, Matthew A. Palmer
Wrongful conviction statistics indicate that jurors will accept confession evidence even when it was coerced or contains inconsistent information. While research has considered the role of both inc...
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Human rights and the social determinants of mental health: fostering interdisciplinary research collaboration Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Yvette Maker, Bernadette McSherry
There is a developing body of research indicating that individual and population-based mental health is affected by a range of ‘social determinants’. Discrimination, poverty, inadequate access to h...
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Towards Human Rights Compliance in Australian Prisons Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Kris Gledhill
Published in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Vol. 30, No. 5, 2023)
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Opposite sides of the same coin: syndrome evidence, child abuse and the wrongful conviction of Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Carrie Leonetti
Introduction of evidence relating to the now-discredited behavioural-science syndrome known as ‘child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome’ in R v Ellis demonstrates the danger of syndrome reasoning in judicial fact finding. Comparable syndrome evidence is still used in the Family Court in the form of ‘parental alienation syndrome’. Ellis should sound the death knell for all forensic applications of
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The harassment of parliamentarians and judicial officers: a South Australian perspective Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Sravan Anne, Cheyenne Gronthos, Catherine Crouch
An anonymous electronic survey was distributed to the members of the South Australian parliament and judiciary. Data was analysed to determine whether there were meaningful differences between parliamentarians and judicial officers in their experiences as victims of harassment. Responses were received from 28% of all members surveyed with 96% of participants reporting at least one form of harassment
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‘I like you so . . . ’: how transgressor and interviewer likeability and familiarity influence children’s disclosures Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Ida Foster, Victoria Talwar, Angela Crossman
This study examined how children’s age and their ratings of the likeability of a transgressor (E1) and an interviewer (E2) influenced their testimonies after witnessing a theft. Children (N = 152; ages 7–13 years) witnessed E1 steal $20 from a wallet. E1 then asked the children to lie and say that they did not take the money. Children were interviewed about their experience with E1 and completed two
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Adolescents with harmful sexual behaviours in New Zealand: could assessment of personality-based classifications help guide therapeutic interventions? Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Maria Purcell, Ian Lambie, Heather McDowell
The purpose of the present study was to report on a pilot study using a personality-based classification of a community-based sample of 298 adolescent males with harmful sexual behaviours (AHSB) using the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI). Three personality-based profile types were identified using cluster analysis: Cluster 1. Detached, a detached and socially isolated type (n = 97); Cluster
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Bad parents? evaluating judgements of infant homicides Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Brandon Sparks, Katia Vione, Dean Fido
While the killing of one’s own infant is an undoubtedly harrowing crime, there exists little research exploring attitudes toward these individuals. Such work has focused primarily on depictions of mothers, yet U.K. government data indicate that the majority of infant homicide cases involve paternal suspects. A sample of U.K. residents (n = 245) participated in a mixed-methods design to explore attitudes
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Decision-making capacity assessments in New Zealand and Australia: a systematised review Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Nicola Mooney, Clare M. McCann, Lynette Tippett, Gary Cheung
In an ageing world with a growing prevalence of neurodegenerative disease and recent voluntary assisted dying laws in New Zealand and several Australian states, healthcare professionals are increasingly being relied upon to conduct decision-making capacity (DMC) assessments. There is no legislation in New Zealand or Australia to provide clear guidance on conducting DMC assessments. This systematised
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The psychological impact on mothers who have experienced domestic violence when navigating the family court system: a scoping review Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Kerry Orr, Nicola Sheeran, Heather Douglas
The aim of this scoping review was to synthesise the literature to identify what the psychological impacts of family court processes were on mothers who had experienced DFV. Twenty-five articles met inclusion criteria with four themes capturing the findings: Perpetrators using the system as a mode of coercive control; Secondary victimisation as a result of interacting with the system; Required to relive
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Gender responsivity in the assessment and treatment of offenders Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Menna Gower, Frank Morgan, Julie Saunders
Risk assessment tools used to assess justice-involved women have been predominantly developed using male offenders, with validations for females having mixed results. Female-specific risk assessment tools are not well established, and validations are limited. In terms of treatment, either programmes in various jurisdictions have been developed specifically for females, or addendums are available to
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Methamphetamine dependence in Australia–why is ‘ice’ (crystal meth) so addictive? Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Russ Scott
Australia has one of the highest rates in the world of the use of the crystalline form of methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that is often associated with a chronic, relapsing dependency. Methamphetamine use is associated with both acquisitive and violent offending, which cause substantial personal and societal costs. Whilst the short-term euphoria and stimulation provide a positive reinforcement
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Towards a context-specific approach to understanding lawyers’ well-being: a synthesis review and future research agenda Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Lucinda Soon, Almuth McDowall, Kevin R. H. Teoh
Legal sector organisations face mounting pressure to protect and promote lawyers’ well-being. However, knowledge is fragmented, hindering research and practice development. Our review investigated current conceptual understanding and empirical evidence of contextual influences. We systematically mapped the global scholarly and grey literature published since 1970, reviewing 145 relevant publications
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If you express it in the form of a negation, you can expect an effect similar to misinformation Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Iwona Dudek, Romuald Polczyk
The primary goal of the presented research was to investigate how processing post-event information affects memory of details in an event viewed on video. We used two forms of post-event information: classic misinformation (changing or implanting new information into memory) and a new form that involves a correct explicit or implicit negation of the existence of an object in the video. We followed
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Police negotiators and suicide crisis situations: a mixed-methods examination of incident details, characteristics of individuals and precipitating factors Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Megan L. Steele, Lisa Wittenhagen, Carla Meurk, Jane Phillips, Bobbie Clugston, Peter Heck, Elissa Waterson, Ed Heffernan
Police negotiators provide leadership and expertise in the de-escalation and resolution of critical incidents, including responding to individuals exhibiting suicidal behaviour. This study describes the frequency and characteristics of suicide-related negotiation incidents in Queensland, Australia as classified in the Queensland Police Service Negotiator Deployment Database, between 2012 and 2014.
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Testing the job demands – resources model to explain organizational trust among private prison staff Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Nancy L. Hogan, Eric G. Lambert, Jennifer L. Lanterman, Emily Berthelot
Two major forms of organizational trust are supervisor trust and management trust. Guided by the job demand-resources model, this exploratory study examined how the job demand variables of role conflict, role ambiguity, role overload, and fear of being victimized at work and the job resource variables of instrumental communication, job autonomy, job variety, and quality training were linked to both
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The effect of alibi consistency, presence of physical evidence and timing of disclosure on mock juror perceptions Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Meredith Allison, Sandy Jung, Scott E. Culhane
Inconsistent alibis often are viewed negatively, but they may be due to simple mistakes and not deception. The strength of alibi evidence also matters; alibis supported by strong corroborative physical evidence are more believable than alibis with no physical evidence. The timing at which the alibi is disclosed to the prosecution also can affect alibi believability. Two hundred and seventy online participants
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Examining the need for a high level of therapeutic security at a regional forensic mental health service in Aotearoa New Zealand Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Michael Jewell, Krishna Pillai, James Cavney, Nick Garrett, Brian McKenna
The ceiling of therapeutic security in Aotearoa New Zealand is medium security. The aim of this study is to identify and characterise a putative cohort of high-secure patients at a medium-secure regional forensic mental health service. A retrospective review of all admissions to a specific service was conducted over 3.75 years. The Dangerousness Understanding, Recovery and Urgency Manual, Triage Security
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Increasing disclosures of older adult maltreatment: a review of best practices for interviewing older adult eyewitnesses and victims Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Joshua Wyman, Lindsay Malloy
The current article provides a contemporary review of the best practices for interviewing older adults about crimes they witnessed or experienced. Specifically, we provide a detailed overview of how investigators can use a range of interviewing adaptations and procedures to acquire detailed and accurate maltreatment disclosures from older adults. In addition to discussing well-established investigative
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Understanding the dark side of personality in sex offenders considering the level of sexual violence Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Yasin Hasan Balcioglu, Mehmet Dogan, Ipek Incı, Abdulkadir Tabo, Mustafa Solmaz
This study examined the relationship between the actual level of physical violence in sexual offenses and dark triad, empathic and impulsive personality traits of their perpetrators. Sixty-four male perpetrators of sexual offenses without any serious mental illness were included. A 5-point Likert-type coding system based on Violence Profile for Current Offense was applied to assess the severity of
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The prevalence of mental illness in young people in custody over time: a comparison of three surveys in New South Wales Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Carey Marr, Claire Gaskin, John Kasinathan, Sharlene Kaye, Yolisha Singh, Kimberlie Dean
Few studies have examined the prevalence of mental illness in young people over time within the same jurisdiction. In the current study, we compared data from three large surveys of youth in custody in New South Wales, conducted in 2003, 2009 and 2015. We examined rates of mental illness, self-harm and suicidal behaviours, substance use and childhood trauma and found little consistent change over time
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Mood disorders among adolescents in conflict with the law and in custody Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Eduardo Alves Guilherme, Ricardo Alberto Moreno
The high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms among juvenile delinquents is a well-replicated international finding. This study aimed to find the prevalence of mood disorders and their relationship w...
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Forensic interviews conducted with autistic adults in Japan: a review of the literature and directions for future research Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Dave Walsh, Graham Brooks, Makiko Naka, Gavin Oxburgh, Akira Kyo
The interviewing of victims, witnesses and suspects is important in helping resolve criminal investigations. In Japan, developments have recently occurred in the training of the police and their public prosecutors in these key tasks. Whilst literature exists on autism in Japan, studies examining police/public prosecutor interviews with autistic adults conducted in that country (and indeed, any other)
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The role of experimenter familiarity in children’s eyewitness identification Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Lesley Calderwood, Carrie Ballantyne, Kimberley Slee
Child eyewitnesses show a high false identification rate on target-absent (TA) lineups despite good performance on target-present (TP) lineups. One explanation is that children feel a social pressure to choose when presented with a TA lineup. We investigated whether experimenter familiarity would reduce social pressure and improve accuracy on TA lineups. Children (5–7 years, N = 120) watched a short
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Who gets diverted into treatment? a study of defendants with psychosis Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Christel Macdonald, Don Weatherburn, Tony Butler, Olayan Albalawi, David Greenberg, Michael Farrell
The current study aimed to advance our understanding of the factors that influence mental health diversion in Local Courts in New South Wales, Australia. Logistic regression was used to systematica...
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Offence-specific scripts among juvenile deliberate firesetters: a possible explanation for fire proclivity Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Danielle L. C. Perks, Bruce D. Watt, Katarina M. Fritzon
The study employed inductive-thematic analysis to identify dynamic cognitive-emotional processes occurring in proximity to deliberate firesetting among a sample of N = 35 adjudicated juvenile fires...
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The use of nonverbal communication when assessing witness credibility: a view from the bench Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-04-23 Vincent Denault, Chloé Leclerc, Victoria Talwar
The aim of this article is to provide a better understanding of how, in practice, judges use nonverbal communication during bench trials. The article starts with an overview of legal rules on how j...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives on forensic risk assessment Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Samantha Venner, Natasha Maharaj, Diane Sivasubramaniam, Stephane M. Shepherd
Abstract Risk assessment instruments are used to estimate risk of recidivism and aid in decision-making and treatment planning. However, many of these instruments, including the Level of Service/Risk, Need, Responsivity (LS/RNR), are validated on predominantly Western populations, and research has questioned whether the factors included in the LS/RNR adequately capture the experiences and needs of
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Remaining silent during interrogation Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Mark D. Snow, Quintan Crough, Cassandre Dion Larivière, Funmilola Ogunseye, Joseph Eastwood
In many Western jurisdictions, criminal suspects undergoing police interrogations have the right to remain silent. In this experiment, we examined the effects of remaining silent during police questioning on laypersons’ perceptions of a suspect. Participants (N = 126) read one of three mock-interview transcripts (i.e. admission, denial or silence) and indicated the extent to which they agreed or disagreed
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The dispositional need for cognitive closure indirectly predicts mock jurors’ sentencing decisions through right-wing authoritarianism Psychiatry Psychol. Law (IF 1.247) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Matthew P. West, Logan A. Yelderman
One reason people are motivated to hold right-wing authoritarian beliefs is the need to manage uncertainty. Right-wing authoritarianism provides a stable source of black-and-white ‘answers’ about the social world – obey established authorities and norms and show hostility to deviants. Right-wing authoritarianism, in turn, is positively associated with more punitive attitudes and judgements. The purpose