Journal of Criminal Psychology
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The lived experiences of women who discovered their partner perpetrated a sexual offence
Eileen Conmy, Garry Prentice, Barbara Hannigan, Timothy James TrimbleThis study aims to explore the experiences of non-offending partners (NOPs) of men who perpetrated contact and non-contact sexual offences.
Juror decision-making within domestic sex trafficking cases: do pre-trial attitudes, gender, culture and right-wing authoritarianism predict believability assessments?
Kay Lynn Stevens, Dara Mojtahedi, Adam AustinThis study aims to examine whether country of residence, sex trafficking attitudes, complainant gender, juror gender and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) influenced juror…
What happened that day? Recall for events of a day that later became important
Madison B. Harvey, Heather L. Price, Kirk LutherThe purpose of this study was to explore potential witnesses' memories for a day that was experienced an unremarkable. There may be instances in an investigation in which all…
The current role and contribution of ‘forensic clinical psychologists’ (FCPs) to criminal investigation in the United Kingdom
Tinna Dögg Sigurdardóttir, Adrian West, Gisli Hannes GudjonssonThis study aims to examine the scope and contribution of Forensic Clinical Psychology (FCP) advice from the National Crime Agency (NCA) to criminal investigations in the UK to…
Gender biases in legal decision-making: an exploration of judicial and public perceptions across multiple offences
Monika Lewandowicz-Machnikowska, Tomasz Grzyb, Dariusz Dolinski, Wojciech KuleszaThe purpose of the paper is to investigate how judges and the general population formulate judgments on legal cases, considering both legal and extralegal factors, with a focus on…
Does a conduct disorder factor increment the capacity of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short to predict criminal recidivism?
Pedro Pechorro, Paula Gomide, Matt DeLisi, Mário SimõesRecent developments in the psychometric assessment of youth psychopathic traits suggest that the inclusion of a conduct disorder (CD) factor to the traditional three factors of…
The current role and contribution of “behavioural investigative advisers” (BIAs) to criminal investigation in the United Kingdom
Tinna Dögg Sigurdardóttir, Lee Rainbow, Adam Gregory, Pippa Gregory, Gisli Hannes GudjonssonThe present study aims to examine the scope and contribution of behavioural investigative advice (BIA) reports from the National Crime Agency (NCA).
The relation between psychopathy factors and emotional states prior and during criminal behaviour in a Dutch sample
Marije Keulen-de Vos, Martine Herzog-Evans, Massil BenbouricheThe purpose of this study is to examine the predictive value of psychopathy features on crime-related emotional states in forensic male patients with offence histories who were…
Beliefs in repressed memory and dissociative amnesia from a cross-cultural lens
Henry Otgaar, Yikang Zhang, Chunlin Li, Jianqin WangThis study aimed to examine beliefs in repressed memory and dissociative amnesia from a cross-cultural perspective.
Nudging eyewitnesses: the effect of social influence on recalling witnessed events
Kirk Luther, Zak Keeping, Brent Snook, Hannah de Almeida, Weyam Fahmy, Alexia Smith, Tianshuang HanThe purpose of this study is to contribute to the literature on information elicitation. The authors investigated the impact of social influence strategies on eyewitness recall…
The role of the dark triad and emotion regulation in women’ sexual coercion: a social information processing perspective
Maxime Escarguel, Massil Benbouriche, Sarah Tibbels, Nathalie Przygodzki-LionetThe perpetration of sexual coercion is a complex public health problem associated with many kinds of deficits. The literature has shown that women also perpetrate sexually…
Beliefs and therapeutic practices related to traumatic memories among Italian cognitive behavioral therapists and trainees
Angelo Zappalà, Ivan Mangiulli, Pekka Santtila, Elizabeth F. Loftus, Henry OtgaarThe purpose of this study was to investigate cognitive behavior therapists and trainees’s beliefs about various aspects of traumatic memory and to investigate cognitive behavior…
A multi-method investigation of motive dispositions: affiliative and antagonistic dispositions in psychopathy
Foteini Spantidaki Kyriazi, Stefan Bogaerts, Jaap J.A. Denissen, Shuai Yuan, Michael Dufner, Carlo GarofaloTo replicate and extend research on psychopathy and intrinsic interpersonal preferences under the broader umbrella of affiliation, intimacy and antagonism, this paper aims to…
Why might psychopathy develop? Beyond a protective function: a commentary on Zara et al. (2023)
Kristopher J. BrazilZara et al. (2023) provide novel findings into how psychopathy may develop, showing that early life predictors of poor relationships (e.g. being unwanted before birth) are…
Being unwanted and other very early predictors of adult psychopathy
Georgia Zara, Henriette Bergstrøm, David P. FarringtonThis paper aims to present new evidence from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (CSDD) showing the extent to which obstetric (e.g. abnormal birth weight, confinement at…
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- Dr Dominic Willmott