Journal of Criminal Psychology: Volume 4 Issue 1

Predictors of self-harm in male inmates

Jennifer Jane Barton, Tanya Meade, Steven Cumming, Anthony Samuels

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the predictors of self-harm in male inmates.

Faking it: incentives and malingered PTSD

Kristine A. Peace, Victoria E.S. Richards

The purpose of this paper is to address how context for malingering and the provision of incentives influence malingered symptom profiles of post-traumatic stress disorder…

Inside experience: engagement empathy and prejudice towards prisoners

Elle Mae Boag, David Wilson

Research examining attitudes towards offenders assesses the attitudes of professionals working with offenders, rather than attitudes of those without any experience with…

Personality disordered women in secure care: a treatment evaluation

Clive G. Long, Olga Dolley, Clive R. Hollin

The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of a gender-specific group treatment programme for personality disordered (PD) women in a medium secure…

Biosignal measures of female sexual interest: their feasibility in a forensic context

Ciara Staunton, Sean Hammond, Derek Perkins, Sharon Lambert

The purpose of this paper is to review the status of biosignal measures of female sexual arousal with a view to examining the feasibility of such procedures in a forensic…

Diagnosing antisocial behavior and psychopathy

Samuel Juni

Psychopathy and antisocial personality are controversial disorders with alternate behavioral and dynamic formulations. As such, diagnostic approaches are often fragmentary…

Editorial

Daniel Boduszek, Gary Adamson, Mark Shelvin, Philip Hyland and Ryanne Colbert

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