The British Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 12 Issue 2

Editorial

Carol Ireland, Shelly Morris‐King

Psychopathy and youth violence: research, controversies and clinical utility

Mark Olver, Keira Stockdale

Empirical research concerning the reliability and predictive validity of the juvenile psychopathy construct, as assessed by the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL: YV;…

Goal attainment scaling: usefulness of a tool to measure risk in violent mentally disordered offenders

Amy Izycky, Louise Braham, Lisa Williams, Todd Hogue

Measures of risk employed in mental health settings in the last 20 years have consisted of clinical scales that comprise both historical and clinical factors. Examples of such…

An investigation into the relationship between digit length ratio (2D: 4D) and psychopathy

Alyson Blanchard, Minna Lyons

This study investigates whether a higher level of pre‐natal testosterone, as indicated by the 2D: 4D digit ratio, is a correlate of psychopathy and cognitive empathy. The main…

CORE: the core issues surrounding its psychometric properties: a quantitative analysis of its use in an Irish population of childhood abuse victims

Gary Byrne, Sean Hammond, Philip Moore

With the increased need for quantitative measures of accountability and effectiveness in the therapeutic setting, standardised outcome measures have come to the fore. This study…

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the Schutte Self‐Report Emotional Intelligence Scale (SSREI) in a sample of male offenders

Pamela Qualter, Jane Ireland, Kathryn Gardner

Some studies assess impairments in emotional functioning of offenders using measures of emotional intelligence (EI). Such measures were developed for use in general populations…

Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults: Criminal Justice and Adult Protection

Susie Atherton