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LAB INFO VIDEOS

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Understanding the Deployment of SWAT Teams in Canada

The Impact of Psychopathy on Romantic Relationships

Non-consensual Forwarding of Sexts

Causal Interpretations of Correlational Evidence Regarding Violence

Abuse in Sports: How Gender and Type of Abuse Influence Mock Juror Decision Making

STUDENT INFOGRAPHICS

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Improving Correctional Programming Through Progress Monitoring

Sexting When You Don’t Want To?

SELECT PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

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2024

Belyea, L., Brown, S. L., & Van Dieten, M. (2024). Using latent class analysis to identify need typologies and recidivism likelihood among women who perpetrate violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Brazil, K. J., & Forth, A. E. (2024). Adolescent psychopathic traits, early adversity, and intimate partner violence. Criminal Justice and Behavior.

DeLisi, M., Pechorro, P., & Nunes, K. L. (2024). Still waters run deep: Self-control as a moderator of dark personality traits for antisocial conduct and violent attitudes. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology.

Giacomantonio, C., Litmanovitz, Y., Bennell, C. & Jones, D. (2024). Expressing uncertainty in criminology: Applying insights from scientific communication to evidence-based policing. Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Jenkins, B., Semple, T., & Bennell, C. (2024). Why are tactical officers responding to ‘routine’ calls? Using police data to examine the presence of risk factors during seemingly low risk incidents. Police Practice and Research.

Lair, Z., Jenkins, B., Semple, T., & Bennell, C. (2024). The importance of context: re-examining the ‘deployments’ of SWAT teams in Canada. Policing and Society.

Lee, S., Babchishin, K. M., Mularczyk, K. P., Hanson, R. K. (2024). Dynamic risk scales degrade over time: Evidence for reassessments. Assessment.

Luther, K., Keeping, Z., Snook, B., de Almeida, H., Fahmy, W., Smith, A., & Han, T. (2024). Nudging eyewitnesses: The effect of social influence on recalling witnessed events. Journal of Criminal Psychology.

Nunes, K. L., & Hatton, C. E. (2024). Do professionals show a bias specific to treatment for people who have sexually offended in their interpretation of ambiguous evidence?. Journal of Sexual Aggression.

Perley-Robertson, B., Babchishin, K. M., & Helmus, L. M. (2024). The effect of missing item data on the relative predictive accuracy of correctional risk assessment tools. Assessment.

Pettersen, C., Wanamaker, K. A., Garvey, M. L., Brown, S. L., & Goodwin, J. (2024). Mental disorder and women’s recidivism: A meta-Analysis. Feminist Criminology.

Price, H. L., Luther, K., Thomas, W., Gabbert, F., & Hope, L. (2024). Extracting witness evidence in “cold case” investigations: What we know and what we need to learn. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.

Thompson, L. E., & Pozzulo, J. (2024). How length of and reason for delayed reporting influence mock-jurors’ judgments in a sexual assault trial. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.

2023

Babchishin, K. M., Dibayula, S., McCulloch, C., Hanson, R. K., & Helmus, L. M. (2023). ACUTE-2007 and STABLE-2007 predict recidivism for men adjudicated for child sexual exploitation material offending. Law and Human Behavior.

Chambers, A., Brown, S. L., Peterson-Badali, M. (2023). Risk and strength factors that predict criminal conduct among under-represented genders and sexual minorities: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews.

Conley, C. M., & Brown, S. L. (2023). The role of gender expectations, stereotypes, and self-identification in rating psychopathy using the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP). Personality and Individual Differences.

Crough, Q. & Bennell, C. (2023). Dressing the part: The influence of police attire on outcomes in a simulated traffic violation case. International Journal of Police Science and Management.

Finseth, S., Peterson Badali, M., Brown, S. L., & Skilling, T. A. (2023) Assessment of strengths in criminal justice system-impacted youth: A retrospective validation of the SAPROF-YV. Criminal Justice and Behavior.

Fraser, B. M., Pica, E., & Pozzulo, J. (2023). Mock-Jurors’ judgements in a sexual assault case: The influence of defendant race and occupational status, delayed reporting, and multiple allegations. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Karasavva, V., Brunet, L., Smodis, A., Swanek, J., & Forth, A. (2023). Putting the Y in cyberflashing: Exploring the prevalence and predictors of the reasons for sending unsolicited nude or sexual images. Computers in Human Behavior, 140, 107593.

Khanizadeh, A-J., Blaskovits, B., Bennell, C. & Huey, L. (2023). Receptivity to research in policing: Results from a survey of Canadian police professionals. International Journal of Police Science and Management.

Lehmann, R. J. B., Babchishin, K. M., & Schmidt, A. F. (2023). Konsum von missbrauchsabbildungen: Prävalenz, atiologie, fallpriorisierung und prognose [Users of child sexual exploitation materials: Prevalence, etiology, case prioritization, and prognosis]. Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie, Kriminologie.

Longridge, R., Chapman, B., Bennell, C., & Keatley, D. (2023). Behavioural sequence analysis of body worn camera footage. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.

Luther, K., Snook, B., Eastwood, J., & Fisher, R. P. (2023). Sketching: The effect of a dual-modality technique on recall performance. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology.

Nunes, K. L., Pedneault, C. I., Hermann, C. A., & Fraser, J. M. (2023). Do violent attitude measures assess evaluative attitudes toward violence? Psychology of Violence.

Pham, A. T., Hilton, N. Z., Ennis, L., Nunes, K. L., & Jung, S. (2023). Predicting recidivism in a high-risk sample of intimate partner violent men referred for police threat assessment. Criminal Justice and Behavior.

Pica, E., Hildenbrand, A., Fraser, L., & Pozzulo, J. (2023). Juror decision making in a child trafficking case: The impact of defendant and victim gender, defendant age, and defendant status. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Pozzulo, J., Vettese, A., & Stone, A. (2023). A community mental health and well-being university level course: Design and implementation. Journal of Experiential Education.

Snow, M. D., Brubacher, S. P., Malloy, L. C., & Luther, K. (2023). Perceptions of allegations of repeated victimization: The roles of event frequency, language specificity, and disclosure delay. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Books & Book Chapters

Brown, S., Olver, M., Babchishin, K. M., & Forth, A. (2023). Psychology of Criminal Behaviour: A Canadian Perspective (Third Edition). Pearson.��

Brown, S. L., & Miller, M. J. A. (2023). Correctional assessment, mental health, and treatment: Towards successful reintegration. In J. Barker & D. Scharie Tavcer (Eds.), Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective (3rd Ed). Emond Publishing.

Pica, E., Ross, D., & Pozzulo, J. (Eds.). (2023). The impact of technological advances on the legal system: Psychological implications for eyewitness accuracy. Routledge/Taylor and Francis.

Other Contributions

Pozzulo, J. & Pica, E. (2023, Jan. 12). The youth of girls charged in the swarming death of Toronto man may affect trial outcomes. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-youth-of-girls-charged-in-the-swarming-death-of-toronto-man-may-affect-trial-outcomes-197657