Kelly Babchishin
Associate Professor
- PhD (杏吧原创)
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Kelly M. Babchishin is an Associate Professor of forensic psychology in the Department of Psychology at 杏吧原创 University. She completed her Ph.D. in experimental psychology at 杏吧原创 and held a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Mental Health Research and Karolinska Institute. Before joining 杏吧原创, she worked as a research advisor for Public Safety Canada and the Parole Board of Canada, contributing research to support evidence-based justice policy.
Dr. Babchishin directs the Sexually Harmful Behaviour Research Lab, which studies the development, prevention, and assessment of sexually harmful behaviours using population-based and interdisciplinary research methods. Ongoing research projects involves: (1) incest and sexual behaviours between siblings, (2) online sexual offending, (3) sexting and the non-consensual sharing of sexual materials, and (4) risk assessment. More information on Kelly鈥檚 research can be found on her lab鈥檚 website. Her work is supported by grants from SSHRC (Insight Grants, and Insight Development Grant), the Ontario Early Researcher Award, and the Tech Coalition Safe Online Research Fund.
Interested in supervision, volunteering, or research assistantships? Students interested in volunteering in the lab, paid research assistantships, or supervision (undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral) are encouraged to peruse the prospective students section of the
Interested in supervision, volunteering, or research assistantships? Students interested in volunteering in the lab, paid research assistantships, or supervision (undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral) are encouraged to peruse the prospective students section of the lab鈥檚 website.
Selected Publications (students/ trainees are underlined)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Holmes, E. J., Babchishin, K. M., & Liu, Y. (2026). Exploring how motivation factors, facilitation factors, and kinship cues are related to the propensity for sibling sexual abuse. Advance online publication. Journal of Family Violence, 1-16.
Hanson, R. K., Babchishin, K. M., May, K., Reid, B., & Wilson, R. J. (2026). Risk Tools Predict Recidivism for Men With Low Intellectual Ability and a History of Sexual Offending. Sexual Abuse, 10790632261429124.
Babchishin, K. M., Seto, M. C., & L氓ngstr枚m, N. (2025). Psychiatric and neurological morbidity predicts sexual offending: A nationwide, population-based, case-control study. Journal of Criminal Justice, 96,
Baskurt, S., Babchishin, K. M., Hilkes, G., & Seto, M. C. (2025). A meta-analysis of recidivism rates among individuals who commit child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) offending. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 85 (102080).
O鈥橠onaghy, M., Babchishin, K. M., Culp, G., Zarbl, R., & Hinkson, A. G. (2025). An Efficient Measure of Sexual Interest in Children: The Revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI-2). Sexual Abuse, 37(8),
Book
Brown, S., Olver, M., Babchishin, K. M., & Forth, A. (2023). Psychology of Criminal Behaviour: A Canadian Perspective (3rd edition). Pearson.