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Research Interests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I am interested in the interface between psychology and criminal justice and my research interests focus on decision making and correctional programming.  The former considers correctional and parole decision-making, with an emphasis on models to improve standardization and research regarding accuracy.  The latter work encompasses assessment of treatment readiness and treatment needs; measurement of programming gains; and pathways to desistance; all with a view to understanding differential outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current research initiatives include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Criminal justice decision-making:<\/strong>\n
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    • Utilization of case-based vignettes to contribute to an understanding of the process of release decision-making<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Development and testing a model of parole decision making.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Programming research: <\/strong>\n
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      • Development of an offender competency model to inform correctional programming<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Understanding factors leading to crime desistence<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Multi-method assessment of treatment readiness and offender change to inform program evaluation research<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Development of decision models to incorporate correctional programming into risk appraisals and decision-making.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Staff skills in effective correctional programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Violent offenders: <\/strong>\n
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        • Research to distinguish types of violent offenders to inform various correctional outcomes. In particular, I am interested in inhibitory control mechanisms and factors leading to desistance from violent offending.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

          Abracen, J., Looman, J., Mailloux, D.L., Serin, R.C., & Malcolm, P.B. (2005), Clarification regarding Marshall and Yate’s Critique of dosage of treatment to sexual offenders: Are we overprescribing?, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 49 (2) , 225-230.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Abracen, J., Mailloux, D. L., Serin, R. C., Cousineau, C., Malcolm, P. B. & Looman, J. (2004).  A model for the assessment of static and dynamic factors in sexual offenders. The Journal of Sex Research, 41 (4), 321-328 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Looman, J., Abracen, J., Serin, R. C., Marquis, P. (2005).  Psychopathy, treatment change and recidivism in high risk high need sexual offenders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20 (5), 549-568.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Mailloux, D. L. & Serin, R. C. (2003). Sexual assaults during hostage-takings and forcible confinements: Implications for practice. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 15(3), 161-170.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Serin, R. C., Mailloux, D. L., & Malcolm, P. B. (2001). Psychopathy, deviant sexual arousal, and recidivism among sexual offenders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16 , 234-246.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Vitale, J., Newman, J.P., Serin, R.C., & Bolt, D.M. (2005).  Hostile Attributions in Incarcerated Adult Male Offenders:  An Exporation of Diverse Pathways.  Aggressive Behavior , 31, (2), 99-115.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Book Chapters<\/strong>
          \nSerin, R. C . (2004). Enhancing assessment and management of violent offenders in corrections: Integration of theory and practice.  In D. Fishbein (Ed.). The Science, Treatment, and Prevention of Antisocial Behaviours , Vol. 2., Civic Research Institute, New Jersey, pp. 12-1 to 12-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Serin, R. C. (2003). Expanding the “What Works” agenda for effective corrections: The role of correctional staff.  International Community Corrections Association Monograph, 8(2) . Wisconsin: Civic Research Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Serin, R. C. (2001). Treatability, treatment responsivity, and risk management. In K.S. Douglas, C. D. Webster, S. D. Hart, D. Eaves, & J. R. P. Ogloff (Eds.). HCR-20 Violence Risk Management Companion Guide , pp. 109-118. Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Serin, R. C. & Brown, S.L. (2005). Social Cognition in Psychopaths: Implications for offender assessment and treatment. In M. McMurran and J. McGuire’s Social Problem-Solving and Offenders , pp. 249-264. London, John Wiley & Sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Serin, R. C. & Brown, S.L. (2000). The clinical use of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist – Revised (PCL-R) in contemporary risk assessment. In C. Gacono (Ed.), The clinical and forensic assessment of psychopathy: A practitioner’s guide , p. 251-268. Mahwah, NJ. Erlbaum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Serin, R. C. & Mailloux, D. L. (2003). Assessment of sex offenders: Lessons learned from the assessment of non-sex offenders. In Prentky, R. & Seto, M. (Eds.). Understanding Sexually Coercive Behavior , p. 185-197.  New York Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Serin, R. C. & Preston, D. L. (2001). Managing and treating violent offenders. In J.B. Ashford, B.D. Sales, and W. Reid (Eds.). Treating adult and juvenile offenders with special needs , pp. 249-272. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Serin, R. C. & Preston, D. L. (2001). Designing, implementing and managing treatment programs for violent offenders. In G.A. Bernfeld, D.P. Farrington, and A.W. Leischied (Eds.). Offender rehabilitation in practice: Implementing and evaluating effective programs , p.205-221. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Affiliations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

          College of Psychologists of Ontario
          \nCanadian Psychological Association
          \nAssociation for Treatment of Sexual Abusers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Graduate Supervisions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

          Shauna Bottos (MA) – Personality and Motives in the Pathogenesis of Substance Use Disorders in Offenders
          \nRenee Gobeil (MA) – Parole decision making and cognitive style.
          \nSylivie Lalonde (MA) – Treatment readiness in young offenders.
          \nMark Latendresse (MA) – Treatment readiness in sex offenders.
          \nCaleb Lloyd (MA) – Perceptions of Self and Desistance: Investigating Positive Attributes Associated with Exiting Crime
          \nMarianna Shturman (PhD) – Correctional Counsellor Relational Competency Assessment: Development and Validation
          \nTerri-Lynn Thomas (MA) -Testing a structured parole decision making model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Ralph","cu_people_last_name":"Serin ","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[88],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-925","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","hentry","cu_people_type-inmemoriam"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Professor","cu_people_degree":"Ph.D. (Queen's)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43820,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/925\/revisions\/43820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=925"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}