Self-harm and suicide in forensic settings
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 4, November 2016. (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - September 19, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
The roles of bullying involvement and parental warmth in non-suicidal self-harm and suicidal ideation among adolescents from residential program
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 4, November 2016. Purpose The present study examined the association of bullying perpetration and victimization to non-suicidal self-harm and suicidal ideation among 93 boys from residential programs. Parental warmth was also examined as a moderator in these associations. Design/methodology/approach Participants completed questionnaires on their bullying involvement, parental warmth, non-suicidal self-harm, and suicidal ideation. Findings The findings revealed that bullying perpetration and victimization were both associated positively with non-suicidal self-harm and suici...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - September 19, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Correlates of suicidal ideation in incarcerated offenders: a pilot study in three Belgian prisons
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 4, November 2016. Purpose This pilot study aimed to investigate the correlates of suicidal ideation in offenders incarcerated in three Belgian prisons. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional questionnaire design was used. Sixty participants were recruited from three Belgian prisons. In addition to a questionnaire regarding demographic, social, institutional, and criminological factors, validated self-report instruments of psychological and psychiatric variables (coping, hopelessness and depressive symptomatology) were administered. Associations with suicidal ideation ...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - September 19, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Non-suicidal self-harm amongst incarcerated men: a qualitative study
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 4, November 2016. Purpose To further understand the needs and motivations of incarcerated men who self-harm with no apparent suicidal intent. These have received little attention in research and policy, despite men accounting for a high and increasing proportion of self-harm in prisons. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 adult male prisoners with a recent history or thoughts of non-suicidal self-harm. The interviews were analysed drawing on principles of thematic analysis and discourse analysis. Findings Against a backdrop of earl...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - September 19, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Suicide ideation amongst people referred for mental health assessment in police custody
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 4, November 2016. Purpose To examine the prevalence of suicide ideation amongst a group of people who had been arrested and taken into police custody, and were then referred to a mental health service operating in the police stations. Design/methodology/approach A referred sample of 888 cases were collected over an 18-month period during 2012/13. Clinical assessments were conducted using a template in which background information was collected (including information about their previous clinical history, substance misuse, alleged offence, any pre-identified diagnoses, and th...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - September 19, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Self-harm and suicide in forensic settings
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 4, November 2016. (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - September 19, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Editorial
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 3, Page 101-101, August 2016. (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - September 8, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Construct validity and dimensionality of the measure of criminal social identity using data drawn from American, Pakistani, and Polish inmates
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2016. Purpose The aim of the current study was to test the construct validity and dimensionality of the Measure of Criminal Social Identity (MCSI) within both a combined sample of American, Pakistani, and Polish inmates, as well as examined as individual country samples. Design/methodology/approach Adopting a cross-sectional survey design, the opportunistic sample consisted of offenders incarcerated in three different countries; 351 inmates from Poland, 501 from the United States, and 319 from Pakistan (combined data set n = 1171), with inmates completing anonymous...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Should sex traffickers be subject to sexually violent predator laws?
This article will discuss the overlapping predatory nature of sex traffickers and SVPs; the creation and purpose of sexual predator civil commitment statutes; and will dissec t two cases which could give grounds for civil commitment. Design/methodology/approach legal research and analysis Findings repeat human sex traffickers may suffer from an underlying mental illness which would render them a continued danger to society when released from jail. They should be ev aluated and civility committed if medically appropriate. Research limitations/implications ?? Practical implications A potential increase in civil commits. ...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Once again: selecting foils as similar to the suspect, or matching the description of the culprit?
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2016. Purpose To examine Clark, Rush and Moreland's (2013) claim that, contrary to White Paper
produced by the American Psychological Association (Wells et al., 1998), the match-to description method of choosing foils is inferior to the similarity-to suspect method. Design/methodology/approach Examining the existing empirical evidence. Findings There is no difference between the two methods in rate of identifications. Sometimes, however, the rate of false identifications is larger when the similarity to suspect method is used. Practical implications The Whi...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Who do you think you are? An initial investigation of ego identity development and criminogenic thinking among incarcerated offenders
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2016. Purpose Criminogenic thinking refers to patterns of specific cognitive events associated with criminal behavior that facilitate the development and maintenance of patterned criminal behavior. Relatively little is known about the specific processes involved in the development of criminogenic thinking. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine ego identity development and criminal associations as two possible predictors of criminogenic thinking. Design/methodology/approach Participant included 104 adult male state penitentiary inmates. Participants c...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Editorial issue
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2016. (Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Construct validity and dimensionality of the measure of criminal social identity using data drawn from American, Pakistani, and Polish inmates
Journal of Criminal Psychology,Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2016. Purpose The aim of the current study was to test the construct validity and dimensionality of the Measure of Criminal Social Identity (MCSI) within both a combined sample of American, Pakistani, and Polish inmates, as well as examined as individual country samples. Design/methodology/approach Adopting a cross-sectional survey design, the opportunistic sample consisted of offenders incarcerated in three different countries; 351 inmates from Poland, 501 from the United States, and 319 from Pakistan (combined data set n = 1171), with inmates completing anonymous...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Should sex traffickers be subject to sexually violent predator laws?
This article will discuss the overlapping predatory nature of sex traffickers and SVPs; the creation and purpose of sexual predator civil commitment statutes; and will dissec t two cases which could give grounds for civil commitment. Design/methodology/approach legal research and analysis Findings repeat human sex traffickers may suffer from an underlying mental illness which would render them a continued danger to society when released from jail. They should be ev aluated and civility committed if medically appropriate. Research limitations/implications ?? Practical implications A potential increase in civil commits. ...
Source: Journal of Criminal Psychology - August 9, 2016 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
