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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology is 1. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
The development of a model of decision-making during an act of serious violence using the Critical Decision Method	23
Low oxytocin levels in schizophrenia patients involved in crime and the relationship of these levels to aggression, empathy and forgiveness	15
Unlocking a taboo topic: the sexuality of institutionalized men within a forensic psychiatric facility	14
Conceptualisation and conscience assessment in adolescence in forensic mental healthcare: experts’ perspectives	11
An investigation of mental health care pathways for patients with psychosis who engage in antisocial behaviours	10
Psychometric examination of the Prosocial Behavior Scale and its associations with antisocial variables among Portuguese youth	9
Exploring the experiences of an autistic male convicted of stalking	8
The efficacy of offence-specific interventions in reducing risk and recidivism in women: a systematic review	7
“A No means No”: rape myth acceptance, victim blaming and hostile sexism as predictors of acceptance towards rape on a date among Pakistani adults	7
Older women in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	7
“Negative affectivity distorts thinking”: a multilevel analysis of criminogenic thinking among Pakistani incarcerated offenders	5
Which sociodemographic and clinical characteristics are associated with recurrent incarcerations in adult male people who are incarcerated? A cross-sectional study	5
Invisible trauma: women, difference, and the criminal justice system	5
Necrosadism: exploring the sexual component of post-mortem mutilation of homicide victims	5
Ethnicity and older adults in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	5
The violent offending of drug users: the pathway from childhood maltreatment to violent arrests mediated by conduct disorder and crime age	5
Evaluation of a self-report distress measure in a high-secure forensic population: CORE-OM psychometric properties and test structure	5
Convergent validity of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in justice-involved youth: a multi-informant/multimethod perspective	4
The relationship between sense of security and suicide risk in male prison inmates: a chain mediating effect through intolerance of uncertainty and motor impulsiveness	4
Cannibalism in psychotic disorder: a rare case presentation	4
The central role of borderline personality disorder in imprisoned people: a network analysis of mental disorder diagnoses	4
The factor structure of assaultive behaviour among acute schizophrenia patients	4
Using technologies to evaluate response style in the competency crisis recommendations for evaluators	3
How do internet fraudsters think? A qualitative examination of pro-criminal attitudes and cognitions among internet fraudsters in Nigeria	3
Aggressive behaviour and suicidal concerns during remand imprisonment and the relation to mental health(care)	3

An analysis of motivating factors in 1,725 worldwide cases of mass murder between 1900-2019	3
Characteristics of stalking in prison inmates serving time for offenses other than stalking	3
Analysis of the impact of legal circumstances on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder hospitalizations in Portugal: a nationwide study	3
The short- to medium-term predictive validity of the HoNOS-Secure on violence in a medium-secure forensic psychiatric ward in New Zealand	3
Cognitive adaptation training for forensic psychiatry inpatients with schizophrenia spectrum diagnoses	3
Difficulties experienced by Turkish legal support officers in forensic interviews with individuals with autism and/or intellectual disabilities	3
Oxytocin and vasopressin in male forensic psychiatric patients with personality disorders and healthy controls	3
The contribution of social media toward racial trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Black Americans: a forensic perspective	3
Brief summary of a realist process evaluation of liaison and diversion services for children and young people	3
Klinefelter syndrome and fire setting behaviors: a case report and scoping review	3
Older adults’ trajectories through the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	2
“I thought I’m better off just trying to put this behind me” – a contemporary approach to understanding why women decide not to report sexual violence	2
Behind the Gates of Gomorrah: A Year With the Criminally Insane Behind the Gates of Gomorrah: A Year With the Criminally Insane , edited by Stephen Seager, 2014, Gallery	2
Gender differences vs gender bias in forensic psychiatric assessment of non-psychotic mentally disturbed violent defendants in Denmark	2
Prevalence of mental health and suicide risk in prisons in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review	2
Behavioural, medical & environmental interventions to improve sleep quality for mental health inpatients in secure settings: a systematic review & meta-analysis	2
Sleep quality and adverse incidents in secure mental health settings	2
Peer-delivered training of criminal offenders for aggression and distress management: a new approach in social treatment in prisons in Serbia	2
Child Abuse scale elevations on the MACI as related to abuse type	2
The Japanese M’Naghten Rule: the assessment of the insanity defence in Japan	2
Neural correlates of guilt knowledge analysis using electroencephalographic technique	2
Going Dark - the Secret Social Lives of Extremists	2
The impact of firearm-related violence on future prison violence: a brief report	2
Do forensic mental health services have an ethical duty towards victims of mentally disordered offenders?	2
Dementia in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	2
Medical skin camouflage for women in prison with self-harm scars (COVER): randomised feasibility study	2
Prevalence of traumatic brain injury and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in secure settings: a pilot study	2
The incidence of headbanging as a form of self-harm among inpatients within a secure mental health setting – the impact of age, gender and diagnosis	2
Rates and predictors of breach, revocation and hospital readmission of conditionally released Forensic Patients in New South Wales, Australia	2
Experiences of mothering from prison; a qualitative evidence synthesis	2
Big Five personality traits and COVID-19 fear as mediated by anxiety and depression among male prisoners	2
“It’s the last resort’’ forensic mental health nurses experience on the use of seclusion; implications for use and elimination in clinical practice	2
Enhanced Observation: How Therapeutic Are They Within A Medium Secure Forensic Mental Health Setting?	1
A qualitative exploration of the views of people with lived experience of suicide within the criminal justice system	1
Hypersexual disorder and recidivism risk in individuals convicted of sexual offenses	1
A qualitative study exploring patient experiences of art therapy in a female medium secure unit	1
Exploring the relation between high-activity COMT Val158Met genotype and psychopathy in male offenders	1
Adverse childhood experiences in forensic psychiatric patients: Prevalence and correlates from two independent Canadian samples	1
Forensic Psychoanalysis: from Sub-clinical Psychopaths to Serial Killers	1
Psychologists and psychiatrists’ experiences of threats to wellbeing whilst providing forensic tele-service work during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
An assessment of interventions following moderate and high scores on the dynamic appraisal of situational aggression risk assessment tool in a forensic mental health unit	1
Correction	1
Differences between restrictive practices applied to men and women in UK secure mental health services	1
Personalised interventions for subgroups of children with conduct problems: a systematic review	1
When personal rational decision-making fails: examining the psychological limits of criminal punishment as a successful deterrent for white-collar offenders	1
Predictors associated with readmission in low secure forensic settings in the UK: an exploratory investigation and survival analysis	1
Appeals against detention in conditions of excessive security: an analysis of cases from medium secure units in Scotland	1
Lawyer’s perception of embitterment in legal disputes	1
Are we moving to an early intervention approach in forensic adolescent services?	1
Inpatient forensic psychiatry in the time of COVID-19: a survey study of perceived mental health implications on people with schizophrenia spectrum disorder	1

A phenomenological approach to violence in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: examination of anomalous self-experience	1
Patients as educators in medical student education in forensic psychiatry: a scoping review of the barriers and facilitators	1
Can measures of cognitive flexibility and inhibition distinguish forensic psychiatric inpatients from prisoners?	1
Exploring the experiences of stalking within one Scottish health board: a survey of mental health professionals	1
Exploring starter typologies in a Turkish homicide offender sample with psychotic illness	1
Social care for older adults in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	1
Childhood onset violence and early onset schizophrenia. A molecular diagnosis of 15q13.2-13.3 duplication syndrome and the effects on insight and engagement	1
Service provision for older adults living in prison with dementia/mild cognitive impairment in England and Wales: a national survey	1
From Courtroom to Clinic – Legal Cases that Changed Mental Health Treatment	1
RETRACTED ARTICLE: See think act: the need to rethink and refocus on relational security	1
Secure patient-therapist attachment following therapy for personality disorder in a forensic mental health setting	1
Cognitive behavioural therapy for anger and aggression in forensic mental health populations	1
Statement of retraction: Red-teaming the panopticonFootnote* (mobilising adaptive change in secure and forensic settings)	1
A demographic and clinical profile of prisoners accessing an assessment and treatment service within the offender personality disorder pathway	1
The reliability of jointly versus individually conducted competency to stand trial evaluations	1
Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and PTSD in exonerees: a brief report	1
Medium secure mental health care for young people: decisions to detain	1
Relationships between adverse childhood experiences, attachment, resilience, psychological distress and trauma among forensic mental health populations	1
Is the prohibitive stance on sex and relationships in the UK forensic system justifiable?	1
A cross-sectional observational study of suicidal behavior among people in prison at Lajpore Central district jail, India	1
End of life care for older adults in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	1
Disrobing behaviour in a forensic inpatient, a case report	1
Consistency of mental health screening results across repeated receptions into prison over 12 months	1
Characteristics of patients with violent recidivism in the forensic mental health system in Japan	1
De-stigmatizing marriage and family therapy for those justice- involved	1
The value of HoNOS in assessing mental health symptom severity and social functioning in forensic outpatients	1
Signal detection analysis of affective prosody recognition in forensic inpatients who have committed sexual offenses	1
Voluntary and coercive covert trading behaviour on low and medium secure psychiatric units: a cross-sectional study	1
Exploring the link between intelligence and drug abuse among juvenile felons in India	1