Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Information gathered during court hearings is crucial for legal decision‐making in Germany, as it can directly influence the accuracy and fairness of judicial outcomes. Aim This study is the first aiming to explore how legal practitioners (i.e.
Lennart May +3 more
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Self‐rated and clinically assessed psychopathy: Same or different thermometers?
Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose To examine whether scores on a self‐report instrument can serve as a valid proxy for clinically assessed psychopathy. Method Using data from the Pathways to Desistance study, we applied a hybrid NEAT (non‐equivalent groups with anchor test)–SG (single group) equating design to link the Psychopathy Checklist–Youth Version (PCL–YV) with ...
Lloyd Balbuena +6 more
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The analysis of competing hypotheses and expert witness testimony: Counteracting adversarial allegiance in witness credibility assessments? [PDF]
PLoS OneOtzipka J, Volbert R.
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article draws on four years of ethnographic fieldwork in Los Angeles’ (LA) jail mental health facility to describe the interrelated crises of rising numbers of people declared incompetent to stand trial and the recurrent failure of managing madness in jail.
Jeremy Levenson
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Straddling “The Gulf Between Medicine and Law”: Medico‐legal addiction and Japanese psychiatry
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Increasing punitive drug regulations in Japan amplify longstanding tensions within psychiatric practice, pushing psychiatrists to balance clinical obligations with complex socio‐legal demands. This article analyzes how psychiatrists specializing in illicit substance use disorders to navigate escalating criminalization by developing diagnostic ...
Selim Gokce Atici
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The transtheoretical model and smoking cessation: findings from a youth-friendly clinic. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthAkman AO +4 more
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Prevalence of pedophilia in a forensic psychiatric population in Switzerland: a comparative study of contact vs non-contact and pedophilic vs non-pedophilic offenders. [PDF]
Front PsychiatryAnselmetti C +3 more
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Mental health issues and associated factors amongst healthcare workers in US forensic-correctional settings: a systematic review of literature since the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
BMC Health Serv ResYu E +9 more
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