Journal of Criminal Psychology: Volume 14 Issue 3

The current role and contribution of ‘forensic clinical psychologists’ (FCPs) to criminal investigation in the United Kingdom

Tinna Dögg Sigurdardóttir, Adrian West, Gisli Hannes Gudjonsson

This study aims to examine the scope and contribution of Forensic Clinical Psychology (FCP) advice from the National Crime Agency (NCA) to criminal investigations in the UK to…

Juror decision-making within domestic sex trafficking cases: do pre-trial attitudes, gender, culture and right-wing authoritarianism predict believability assessments?

Kay Lynn Stevens, Dara Mojtahedi, Adam Austin

This study aims to examine whether country of residence, sex trafficking attitudes, complainant gender, juror gender and right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) influenced juror…

Does a conduct disorder factor increment the capacity of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short to predict criminal recidivism?

Pedro Pechorro, Paula Gomide, Matt DeLisi, Mário Simões

Recent developments in the psychometric assessment of youth psychopathic traits suggest that the inclusion of a conduct disorder (CD) factor to the traditional three factors of…

The lived experiences of women who discovered their partner perpetrated a sexual offence

Eileen Conmy, Garry Prentice, Barbara Hannigan, Timothy James Trimble

This study aims to explore the experiences of non-offending partners (NOPs) of men who perpetrated contact and non-contact sexual offences.

Measuring criminal thinking among convicts imprisoned in Punjab prisons of Pakistan

Nimrah Ishfaq, Anila Kamal

This study aims to differentiate crime-related characteristics (such as the number of cases filed against current convictions and criminal history) based on the criminal thinking…

Exploring the perceived importance of neuroscientific research on addictions in legal contexts: a survey of US criminal justice students and German legal professionals

Doris Ochterbeck, Colleen M. Berryessa, Sarah Forberger

Neuroscientific research on addictions has prompted a paradigm shift from a moral to a medical understanding – with substantial implications for legal professionals’ interactions…