Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Papers
(The median citation count of Behavioral Sciences & the Law is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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“Decoding MH”—A de‐stigmatization campaign in the Hong Kong Police Force20
Surgical Treatment of Transgender and Gender‐Diverse Individuals and Health Outcomes18
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Human Experts and AI Models in Offender Risk Assessment: A Comparative Pilot Study Using the HCR‐20V312
The Development of Legal Rights for Intersex Persons: Part I: The Diversity of Intersex Conditions12
Forensic neuropsychological assessment12
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Counting the days: Exploring the post‐mortem interval factors in sexual homicides11
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Unveiling the shadows: Investigating the interplay of stalking and sexual homicide—A case study9
Physical exercise, social relationships, and bullying perpetration among school adolescents in China8
An exploration of primary school teachers' perspectives on children's rights8
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Falling through the cracks: Failing to identify compromised Miranda abilities for defendants with limited cognitive capacities7
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Editorial: Cannabis and the law6
The endocannabinoid system in borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder: A scoping review6
Admissibility of Prior Sexual History Evidence: Examining Its Impact on Mock‐Jurors’ Judgments When Gender and Race Are Considered6
Evaluating the HCR‐20V3violence risk assessment measure with mentally disordered offenders and civil psychiatric patients in China6
Identifying victim types in sexual homicide: A latent class analysis using interactional victimology theories6
To tell or not to tell about bullying—New insights from the study on the perceptions of criminal sanctioning, anticipation of school punishment, agency, and trust toward school staff6
The “Double Bind” of Gender‐Based Violence: Secondary Victimization in Courtroom Cross‐Examinations5
Prediction of violence: Part contagious disease, part unpredictable individual: Is a public health assessment approach an additional option and at what cost?5
A conjunctive analysis of false accusations, official misconduct, and race in violent and sexual exonerations cases5
The nature and extent of youth sextortion: Legal implications and directions for future research5
Civil juror compensation and judgments of police use of force at the intersection of race and mental illness5
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Perceived Security, Confidence in the Police and Subjective Well‐Being in Hong Kong: Evidence from the World Values Survey5
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What do you see? Understanding perceptions of police use of force videos as a function of the camera perspective5
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Correction to “Are Risk Assessment Tools More Accurate Than Unstructured Judgments in Predicting Violent, Any, and Sexual Offending? A Meta‐Analysis of Direct Comparison Studies.”5
Irreversible Effects of Affiliation With Delinquent Peers on Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Adolescents in Hong Kong: Moderating Effect of Student–Teacher Relationships4
A perspective review of cannabis use and sexual offenses4
Transparency, Punishment, and Judicial Behavior: Analyzing Criminal Sentencing Under China's Mass Publication Reform4
The effects of a defendant's childhood physical abuse on lay support for sentencing: The moderating role of essentialism4
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Self‐relevance enhances susceptibility to false memory4
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Sex Work and Sexual Victimization: A Comparative Study of Students’ and Police Officers’ Perceptions of Sex‐Working Rape Victims4
Therapeutic and risk relevance of psychopathy and general criminal attitude change in an institutional sexual offense treatment program4
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Evidence‐based lifestyle medicine interventions to enhance the mental health of law enforcers in Hong Kong: A pilot randomized controlled trial4
Stranger Rape or Impromptu Consensual Sex? Investigating Mock Juror Decision‐Making in a Genuine Contested Rape Trial3
Exploring the nature and prevalence of targeted violence perpetrated by persons found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder3
Manual and Machine Learning Approaches for Classifying Real and Forged Signatures—A Comparative Study and Forensic Implications3
Transgender History, Part I: An Anthropology of Gender‐Nonconformity Across Ages and Cultures3
Why are individuals over age 60 still committed as sexually violent persons?3
The Forced‐To‐Penetrate Myth Acceptance Scale (FTP‐MAS): A New Attitudinal Tool for Assessing Myths That Surround Female Perpetrated Sexual Violence Against Men3
The influence of changes in clinical factors on high‐security forensic custody dispositions3
Public Estimations and Attitudes Towards the Insanity Plea in the United States: A Replication of Seminal Studies From the 1980's3
Forensic psychological procedures in cases of technology‐facilitated sexual abuse among adolescents: A scoping review3
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Consent Myths and Norm Violation Responses: Reconceptualizing Rape Myth Theory in Sexual Assault Sentencing in China3
The Transformation of Mohamed Atta: The Relevance of Personality in Radicalization2
Introduction to special issue on advances in forensic mental health assessment2
Proven and not proven: A potential alternative to the current Scottish verdict system2
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Post break‐up stalking: Police‐officers' perceptions2
Effects of medicalization on case outcomes in transgender employment discrimination court decisions2
Violence risk assessment of Sovereign Citizens: An exploratory examination of the HCR‐20 Version 3 and the TRAP‐182
Assessing symptom exaggeration of psychopathology in incarcerated individuals and mentally ill offenders within forensic contexts2
Using the Moral‐Situational‐Action Model of Extremist Violence (MSA‐EV) to Assess Fluctuating Levels of Risk in Women: The Relevance of Risk, Promotive, and Protective Factors2
Neurobiological evidence and criminal competencies2
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Victim reactions to being stalked: Examining the effects of perceived offender characteristics and motivations2
Suicidal ideation in offenders convicted of child sexual exploitation material offences2
False Confessions: A Study Space Analysis2
Introduction to special issue on social media for forensic mental evaluations2
A quantitative survey of correctional mental health professionals on current healthcare and treatment practices for transgender incarcerated persons2
An Empirical Study of the Factors Influencing the Confession Behaviour of Criminal Suspects2
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The Effect of Myth Education on Responses to Disclosures of Sexual Assault2
Patterns of teachers' responses to school bullying and their associations with training, self‐efficacy, and age: A moderated mediation model2
Childhood trauma as a mediator between attachment and recidivism risk: A study of Canadian offenders with mental disorders1
Risk, resilience, and recovery in forensic mental health: An integrated conceptual model1
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Forensic assessment of somatoform and functional neurological disorders1
“Sorting Things out”: A Scoping Review of Sexual Homicide Typologies1
An Exploration of Risk Factors for Further Police Contact Among Females Known for Online Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses1
Examiners' perceptions of forensic mental health assessments conducted via videoconferencing1
Retention of Training Effects in Police Officers Following Scalable AI Simulations of Child Sexual Abuse Interviews1
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Transforensic psychiatry: Addressing inpatient aggression in the “gray zone” between general and forensic psychiatric care1
Satire Versus Illicit: Policy Issues Regarding the Creation of Deepfakes Using AI Technology1
Bias in Sentencing Men for Sexual Offenses Against Minors: Male Victims Bring More Punitive Sentences Than Female Victims1
Survey of change‐of‐venue motions in appellate court transcripts of murder trials (2000–2020): Which factors make a difference?1
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Comparing child and adult sexual homicides in Australia and New Zealand: A retrospective study1
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How online data informs forensic mental health evaluations of sexual behavior: An overview1
Large Language Model (LLM) and Human Performance in Child Investigative Interviewing Question Formulation Tasks1
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Confluence of law enforcement, mental health, and race1
Beyond Legal Rights: Understanding Mental Health and Autonomy in Criminal Self‐Representation1
The development of legal rights for intersex persons: Part II: Advancement1
Forensic neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy1
Poly‐bullying victimisation in Indonesia: Prevalence and factors related to children exposure to multiple bullying incidents, and its correlation to subjective well‐being1
Pareto in Prison1
Political bias in interpreting social media for forensic purposes: An introductory editorial essay1
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Alcohol, gender, and violence: Factors influencing blame for partner aggression1
Does children’s fear matter? Evaluating children’s positions in Finnish court decisions on stalking1
Similarities and Differences in Trauma Bonding Among Young Adults in the U.S. and Kenya: Implications for Forensic Assessment0
A 20‐year follow‐up survey of police officers' experience with Tarasoff warnings: How law enforcement reacts to clinicians' duty to protect0
Rituals of Harm: Castration and Genealogies of Sacred Wound Cultures in the Hijra Communities of India0
Ruling out feigned crime‐related amnesia? A response to Acklin (2022)0
Under‐Interpretation of Neuroimaging Data in Insanity Assessment: A Hidden Risk0
Relative Impact of Underreporting and Desistance on the Dark Figure of Sexual Recidivism0
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How receiving welfare assistance could be linked to children's bullying victimization: Exploring the potential pathways0
Advancing Detection Strategies for Feigned Mental Disorders Across the Decades0
Sleep disorders and criminal behavior0
Psychiatric disorders among employment requiring firearms0
From posts to protection: Ethical considerations regarding forensic psychiatrists and a duty to warn based on social media0
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Parental involvement in school and school victimization in Taiwan: The mediating role of quality of student‐teacher relationships0
Murdering the person closest to you: Similarities and differences between intimate partner sexual homicide and non‐intimate partner sexual homicide0
Beyond the Evidence: How Race, Chronological Age, and Developmental Age Shape Juror Verdicts in Sexual Assault Cases0
Neuroethics and neurolaw in forensic neuropsychiatry: A guide for clinicians0
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Where to draw the line? The influence of prior relationship, perpetrator‐target sex and perpetrator motivation on the point at which behavior ‘crosses the line’ and becomes stalking0
The defense of mental disorder and crimes against the person committed under the influence of cannabis: A Canadian perspective0
Gender‐affirming surgeries for transgender and gender diverse individuals and associated health outcomes0
Regulation of Sexual Behavior and Health in German Prisons and Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals0
Stranger Danger: Analyzing Offender Behaviors Based on Victim Approach Tactics in Sexual Homicide0
From Reddit to manifestos: Forensic evaluation of incel online activity0
Exploring Bankruptcy Attorneys' Experiences With Clients Exhibiting Suicidality: Challenges and Recommendations for Suicide Prevention0
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Widening the net: Use of social media data in personal injury and disability evaluations0
Trophy, souvenir, or simple theft? Taking items from the victim in sexual homicide0
Superhomicide offenders: Nosology, empirical features, and linkages to sexual and multiple murder typologies0
A jury of scientists: Formal education in biobehavioral sciences reduces the odds of punitive criminal sentencing0
Scholarly rumors: Citation analysis of vast misinformation regarding parental alienation theory0
“It wasn't me, check the cameras!” Suspects' apparent verifiable responses might not indicate innocence0
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Jurors’ perceptions of transgender victims of sexual assault: A literature review of empirical research and policy review of judicial instructions0
The history of forensic neuropsychiatry0
Child and adolescent victims of sexual homicide in Chile between 1998 and 2021: A review of 27 cases and their autopsy reports0
How to get away with (sexual) murder? Unraveling cold cases in sexual homicide using a hybrid modeling probabilistic approach0
Evaluations of competence to stand trial are evolving amid a national “competency crisis”0
Perceptions of stalking in Mainland China: Behaviors, motives, and effective coping strategies0
Introduction to a Special Issue: Neuropsychiatry and the law0
False Confessions: An Integrative Review of the Phenomenon0
Judges at Risk: A Review of Homicides of U.S. Judges0
Serial sexual murder by juveniles and the role of sexual sadism: An international study0
Forensic neuropsychiatric evaluation of a personal injury case0
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Understanding sexual homicide in Korea using machine learning algorithms0
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One Person, Two Identities: The Problem of Legal Gender Recognition of a Transgender Person in Europe0
Typologies of Canadian young adults who drive after cannabis use: A two‐step cluster analysis0
Traditional social learning predicts cyber deviance? Exploring the offending versatility thesis in social learning theory0
Two Views of Invalid Response Set and Malingering Attributions in Forensic Assessment: Credibility and Non‐Credibility0
DSM‐5‐TR diagnosis as a guide to suicide risk assessment0
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Evolution of transgender rights in India: Better late than never0
Implementation and evaluation of a juvenile mental health training for law enforcement in a medium‐sized jurisdiction0
Losing the lottery of life: Examining intuitions of desert toward the socially and genetically “unlucky” in criminal punishment contexts0
Forensic Criminology: An Introductory Essay0
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Waiving goodbye to youth: Jurors perceive transferred juveniles differently from adults but render similar verdicts0
Forensic psychiatric issues in intellectual disability0
Risk of What and Why? Disaggregating Pathways to Extremist Behaviours in Individuals Susceptible to Violent Extremism0
Rates and implications of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among released offenders with mental disorder in Canada0
Examining the effect of prison time on landlords' willingness to rent to exonerees: A test of the stigma‐by‐association framework0
Introductory essay: International perspectives on stalking from a psycho‐criminological approach0
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Extreme emotional disturbance: Legal frameworks and considerations for forensic evaluation0
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Participation experiences of indirect victims of child sexual homicide in parole proceedings0
Structured instruments for insanity defense evaluations: Opportunities and limitations0
Forensic assessment instruments: Their reliability and applicability to criminal forensic issues0
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Classifying Female Sexual Homicide Offenders: A Latent Class Analysis of Murder Arrestees in the U.S.0
Decoding Disbelief: Using Natural Language Processing's Sentiment Analysis to Assess 24 Years of Unfounded Rape Reports Narratives0
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Simulating denial increases false memory rates for abuse unrelated information0
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Prevalence and associated factors of sexting among Taiwanese adolescents0
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International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on School Violence and Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Cyber Deviance: An Introductory Essay0
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Transgender Individuals and the Law: Part I Introductory Essay0
Inter‐judicial differences in approaching technical violations: Examining the interaction of judge and compliance issue for domestic violence probationers0
Rural residents' emotions, beliefs, and sources that influenced those beliefs regarding sex offender policies, practice, and the efficacy of treatment0
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Risk Perception and Risk Communication: Multi‐Actor Perspectives on Pretrial Decision‐Making0
From “below chance” to “a single error is one too many”: Evaluating various thresholds for invalid performance on two forced choice recognition tests0
Impact of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use, other substance use, and drug‐related offending among justice‐system‐involved youth0
Cyberbullying victimization and perpetration: The influence on cyberostracism and youth anxiety0
Exploring how attorneys address grooming in criminal trials of child sexual abuse0
Should we be paying more attention to firearm threats in ex‐partner stalking cases?0
Conditional release and cannabis use: Concerns and challenges for community reintegration0
The Internet is a scary place: How does evidence source and examinee race or ethnicity influence determinations of threat?0
Dealing with stalking cases in Lithuania: The role of public perceptions and legal response0
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Mental health criminal defenses in persons with neuropsychiatric disorders0
Cross‐Cultural Differences in Beliefs About Lie Detection: A Comparison of Arab and Non‐Arab Australians0
Artificial Intelligence and Identification of the Deceased: a Narrative Review With Implications in Forensic Science0
Cessation of dangerousness status in Brasília, Brazil: An analysis of 144 reports from Federal District Medical Examiner's Office in the last 10 years0
Relations between peer influence, perceived costs versus benefits, and sexual offending among adolescents aware of sex offender registration risk0
A critical analysis of stalking theory and implications for research and practice0
Sex Trafficking Myth Reduction: Evaluating an Educational Approach to Reducing Victim Blaming and Increasing Victim Empathy0
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Life or death: A qualitative examination of mitigating and aggravating evidence presented in capital trials0
The use of neurobiological evidence in sentencing mitigation0
Capital sentencing and neuropsychiatry0
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Violence Risk Assessment: Emerging Technology and the Ethics of the Inevitable0
Depathologization of trans* experience in ICD‐11: Suggestions for context‐sensitive psychotherapeutic work0
The forensic assessment of dissociation: Distinguishing real from the unreal0
Municipal regulation of cannabis and public health in Canada: A comparison of Alberta, Ontario, and Québec0
Transgender History, Part II: A Brief History of Medical and Surgical Gender‐Affirming Care0
Mind the past: A systematic review on psychological autopsy0
Cyber‐harassment victimization of Portuguese adolescents: A lifestyle‐routine activities theory approach0
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Sexual homicide offenders as repeat and nonrepeat offenders: An empirical study of sexual homicide cases in Mainland China0
Special issue: Sexual homicide and the lethal outcome in sexual crimes0
Are risk assessment tools more accurate than unstructured judgments in predicting violent, any, and sexual offending? A meta‐analysis of direct comparison studies0
An overview of malingering and deception in neuropsychiatric cases0
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