Identifying vulnerability to violence: the role of psychopathy and gender
Journal of Criminal Psychology, Ahead of Print. Purpose Recent research has suggested that a heightened sensitivity to nonverbal cues may give individuals with psychopathic traits an advantage when selecting potential victims. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of gender on the association between psychopathy and perceptions of vulnerability to violent victimization. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 291 undergraduate students viewed a series of eight videos depicting individual female targets walking down a hallway from behind. Participants rated each target ’s vulnerability to violent victimizat...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - January 11, 2018 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Prison research: expanding our network
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 1-2, February 2018. (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - January 4, 2018 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care: prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 58-79, February 2018. Purpose Patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) present with specific assessment, specific difficulties, needs and therapeutic issues and therefore are a challenging group for forensic services. Given the challenge that individuals with ASD present to forensic services, the suggested increase in the number of this group within this setting and the relatively little amount of research which suggests they face a number of difficulties within the prison environment, the purpose of this paper is to identify and review all the studies which have ...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - January 4, 2018 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Prison research: expanding our network
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 1-2, February 2018. (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - January 4, 2018 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care: prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 58-79, February 2018. Purpose Patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) present with specific assessment, specific difficulties, needs and therapeutic issues and therefore are a challenging group for forensic services. Given the challenge that individuals with ASD present to forensic services, the suggested increase in the number of this group within this setting and the relatively little amount of research which suggests they face a number of difficulties within the prison environment, the purpose of this paper is to identify and review all the studies which have ...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - January 4, 2018 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Psychopathic costs: a monetization study of the fiscal toll of psychopathy features among institutionalized delinquents
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 112-124, May 2018. Purpose That psychopathy imposes substantial societal costs and economic burden is axiomatic, but monetization studies have overlooked cost estimates of the disorder. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a near census of institutionalized delinquents from Missouri, the current study devised new crime cost measures for self-reported offending. Findings Youth imposed $30 million in total costs annually in large part due to extensive involvement in robbery, theft, and assault. The most criminally active youth...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - December 18, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Psychopathic costs: a monetization study of the fiscal toll of psychopathy features among institutionalized delinquents
Journal of Criminal Psychology, Ahead of Print. Purpose That psychopathy imposes substantial societal costs and economic burden is axiomatic, but monetization studies have overlooked cost estimates of the disorder. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a near census of institutionalized delinquents from Missouri, the current study devised new crime cost measures for self-reported offending. Findings Youth imposed $30 million in total costs annually in large part due to extensive involvement in robbery, theft, and assault. The most criminally active youth imposed costs in excess o...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - December 18, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Just mercy through cultural and convict criminology
Journal of Criminal Psychology, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore Bryan Stevenson ’s (2014, 2015) call to action from within two emergent schools of thought in criminology, “cultural criminology,” and “convict criminology”, which share a special concern with the contributions that criminological research makes to a climate of social control and punishment. The author’ s central aim is to explore the capacity of what the author argues is a potentially under-leveraged tool of social change – the philosophies underlying and implemented in cultural and convict criminology. Design/m...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - December 15, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Risk assessment of online child abuse material (CAM) offenders: a review of existing tools
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 150-161, May 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to summarise the available risk and assessment tools for child abuse material (CAM) offenders. Noting the rise of internet-based offences surrounding CAM, it has been proposed that there may be substantial differences between internet only (IO) offenders, contact only and mixed profile sexual offenders. Design/methodology/approach Through online searches, risk assessment tools for sexual offenders were identified. Scoring manuals were consulted for applicability to IO offenders. Findings Nine risk assessment to...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - December 12, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Risk assessment of online child abuse material (CAM) offenders: a review of existing tools
Journal of Criminal Psychology, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to summarise the available risk and assessment tools for child abuse material (CAM) offenders. Noting the rise of internet-based offences surrounding CAM, it has been proposed that there may be substantial differences between internet only (IO) offenders, contact only and mixed profile sexual offenders. Design/methodology/approach Through online searches, risk assessment tools for sexual offenders were identified. Scoring manuals were consulted for applicability to IO offenders. Findings Nine risk assessment tools for sexual offenders w...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - December 12, 2017 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
