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Sentencing Male Sex Offenders Under the Age of 14: A Law Reform Advocacy Journey in Hong Kong.

The common law presumption that a boy under the age of 14 is incapable of sexual intercourse has provoked controversial debates in Hong Kong. This article describes a 6-step advocacy journey to examin…

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Ng, W. C., Cheung, M., & Ma, A. K. (2015). Sentencing Male Sex Offenders Under the Age of 14: A Law Reform Advocacy Journey in Hong Kong.. J Child Sex Abus, 24(4), 333-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2015.1022292

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Assessment of validity and response bias in neuropsychiatric evaluations.

BACKGROUND: Forensic neuropsychiatric assessment requires thorough consideration of malingering and response bias. Neuropsychiatric evaluations are complicated due to the multiple domains in which sym…

Test psychométrisque et malingering

Wygant, D. B., & Granacher, R. P. (2015). Assessment of validity and response bias in neuropsychiatric evaluations.. NeuroRehabilitation, 36(4), 427-38. https://doi.org/10.3233/NRE-151231

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Distinguishing simulated from genuine dissociative identity disorder on the MMPI-2.

Due to high elevations on validity and clinical scales on personality and forensic measures, it is challenging to determine if individuals presenting with symptoms of dissociative identity disorder (D…

Test psychométrisque et malingering

Brand, B. L., & Chasson, G. S. (2015). Distinguishing simulated from genuine dissociative identity disorder on the MMPI-2.. Psychol Trauma, 7(1), 93-101. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035181

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Differential predictive validity of the Historical, Clinical and Risk Management Scales (HCR-20) for inpatient aggression.

The Historical, Clinical and Risk Management Scales (HCR-20) may be a better predictor of inpatient aggression for selected demographic and clinical groups but homogeneity of study samples has prevent…

Outils structurés d'évaluation du risque de récidive/dangerosité

O'Shea, L. E., Picchioni, M. M., Mason, F. L., Sugarman, P. A., & Dickens, G. L. (2014). Differential predictive validity of the Historical, Clinical and Risk Management Scales (HCR-20) for inpatient aggression.. Psychiatry Res, 220(1-2), 669-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.07.080

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The development of the crime scene behavior risk measure for sexual offense recidivism.

The inclusion of crime scene behavior in actuarial risk assessment so far is insufficient, unsystematic, and neglecting factors theoretically relevant to sexual recidivism. Therefore, the goal of the …

Outils structurés d'évaluation du risque de récidive/dangerosité

Dahle, K. P., Biedermann, J., Lehmann, R. J., & Gallasch-Nemitz, F. (2014). The development of the crime scene behavior risk measure for sexual offense recidivism.. Law Hum Behav, 38(6), 569-79. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000088

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Predictive validity of the HCR-20 for inpatient self-harm.

BACKGROUND: Few instruments have been developed to assess the risk of self-harm by psychiatric patients and the evidence for their predictive validity is limited. Given that individuals who self-harm …

Outils structurés d'évaluation du risque de récidive/dangerosité

O'Shea, L. E., Picchioni, M. M., Mason, F. L., Sugarman, P. A., & Dickens, G. L. (2014). Predictive validity of the HCR-20 for inpatient self-harm.. Compr Psychiatry, 55(8), 1937-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.07.010

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Initiating change locally in bullying and aggression through the school environment (INCLUSIVE): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Systematic reviews suggest that interventions that address school organisation are effective in reducing victimisation and bullying. We successfully piloted a school environment interventi…

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Bonell, C., Allen, E., Christie, D., Elbourne, D., Fletcher, A., Grieve, R., LeGood, R., Mathiot, A., Scott, S., Wiggins, M., & Viner, R. M. (2014). Initiating change locally in bullying and aggression through the school environment (INCLUSIVE): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.. Trials, 15, 381. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-381

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Punishment.

UNLABELLED: Retributivism is a deontological theory of punishment that calls for the deserved punishment of a guilty offender in proportion with his moral blameworthiness for a past offense. It is oft…

La justice restaurative comme complément à la justice pénale traditionnelle

Goodwin, G. P., & Gromet, D. M. (2014). Punishment.. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Cogn Sci, 5(5), 561-572. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1301

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Can brief measures effectively screen for pain and somatic malingering? Examination of the Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire and Pain Disability Index.

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Recent rise in fraudulent disability claims in the United States has resulted in psychologists being increasingly called upon to use psychological tests to determine whether disabi…

Test psychométrisque et malingering

Crighton, A. H., Wygant, D. B., Applegate, K. C., Umlauf, R. L., & Granacher, R. P. (2014). Can brief measures effectively screen for pain and somatic malingering? Examination of the Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire and Pain Disability Index.. Spine J, 14(9), 2042-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2014.04.012

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A comparison of the predictive properties of nine sex offender risk assessment instruments.

Sex offender treatment is most effective when tailored to risk-need-responsivity principles, which dictate that treatment levels should match risk levels as assessed by structured risk assessment inst…

Outils structurés d'évaluation du risque de récidive/dangerosité

Smid, W. J., Kamphuis, J. H., Wever, E. C., & Van, B. e. e. k. . D. J. (2014). A comparison of the predictive properties of nine sex offender risk assessment instruments.. Psychol Assess, 26(3), 691-703. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036616

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Field reliability of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised among life sentenced prisoners in Sweden.

Although typically described as reliable and valid, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) has come under some criticism by researchers in the last half-decade due to evidence of poor interrater re…

Expertise judiciaire : biais d'allégence

Sturup, J., Edens, J. F., Sörman, K., Karlberg, D., Fredriksson, B., & Kristiansson, M. (2014). Field reliability of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised among life sentenced prisoners in Sweden.. Law Hum Behav, 38(4), 315-24. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000063

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False-positive rates associated with the use of multiple performance and symptom validity tests.

Performance validity test (PVT) error rates using Monte Carlo simulation reported by Berthelson and colleagues (in False positive diagnosis of malingering due to the use of multiple effort tests. Brai…

Test psychométrisque et malingering

Larrabee, G. J. (2014). False-positive rates associated with the use of multiple performance and symptom validity tests.. Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 29(4), 364-73. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acu019

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