OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Unlocking a taboo topic: the sexuality of institutionalized men within a forensic psychiatric facility	19
Conceptualisation and conscience assessment in adolescence in forensic mental healthcare: experts’ perspectives	15
The development of a model of decision-making during an act of serious violence using the Critical Decision Method	11
An investigation of mental health care pathways for patients with psychosis who engage in antisocial behaviours	10
Low oxytocin levels in schizophrenia patients involved in crime and the relationship of these levels to aggression, empathy and forgiveness	10
Prevalence and profiles of persistent firesetters following a targeted fire safety intervention program	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
Older women in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	7
The violent offending of drug users: the pathway from childhood maltreatment to violent arrests mediated by conduct disorder and crime age	6
“A No means No”: rape myth acceptance, victim blaming and hostile sexism as predictors of acceptance towards rape on a date among Pakistani adults	6
Evaluation of a self-report distress measure in a high-secure forensic population: CORE-OM psychometric properties and test structure	5
Ethnicity and older adults in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	5
Necrosadism: exploring the sexual component of post-mortem mutilation of homicide victims	5
Which sociodemographic and clinical characteristics are associated with recurrent incarcerations in adult male people who are incarcerated? A cross-sectional study	5
“Negative affectivity distorts thinking”: a multilevel analysis of criminogenic thinking among Pakistani incarcerated offenders	5
The factor structure of assaultive behaviour among acute schizophrenia patients	4
Convergent validity of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in justice-involved youth: a multi-informant/multimethod perspective	4
The central role of borderline personality disorder in imprisoned people: a network analysis of mental disorder diagnoses	4
Cannibalism in psychotic disorder: a rare case presentation	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
Characteristics of stalking in prison inmates serving time for offenses other than stalking	4
Difficulties experienced by Turkish legal support officers in forensic interviews with individuals with autism and/or intellectual disabilities	3
Cognitive adaptation training for forensic psychiatry inpatients with schizophrenia spectrum diagnoses	3
Oxytocin and vasopressin in male forensic psychiatric patients with personality disorders and healthy controls	3

Klinefelter syndrome and fire setting behaviors: a case report and scoping review	3
Personality Disorders and Correlates of Homicide Offenders: A Comparative Analysis	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
An analysis of motivating factors in 1,725 worldwide cases of mass murder between 1900-2019	3
Aggressive behaviour and suicidal concerns during remand imprisonment and the relation to mental health(care)	3
“It’s the last resort’’ forensic mental health nurses experience on the use of seclusion; implications for use and elimination in clinical practice	2
Older adults’ trajectories through the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	2
Neural correlates of guilt knowledge analysis using electroencephalographic technique	2
How do internet fraudsters think? A qualitative examination of pro-criminal attitudes and cognitions among internet fraudsters in Nigeria	2
Prevalence of traumatic brain injury and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in secure settings: a pilot study	2
Child Abuse scale elevations on the MACI as related to abuse type	2
Prevalence of mental health and suicide risk in prisons in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review	2
Medical skin camouflage for women in prison with self-harm scars (COVER): randomised feasibility study	2
The Japanese M’Naghten Rule: the assessment of the insanity defence in Japan	2
Analysis of the impact of legal circumstances on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder hospitalizations in Portugal: a nationwide study	2
Dementia in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	2
Using technologies to evaluate response style in the competency crisis recommendations for evaluators	2
Peer-delivered training of criminal offenders for aggression and distress management: a new approach in social treatment in prisons in Serbia	2
Rates and predictors of breach, revocation and hospital readmission of conditionally released Forensic Patients in New South Wales, Australia	2
Gender differences vs gender bias in forensic psychiatric assessment of non-psychotic mentally disturbed violent defendants in Denmark	2
The contribution of social media toward racial trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Black Americans: a forensic perspective	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
“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
Going Dark - the Secret Social Lives of Extremists	2
From Courtroom to Clinic – Legal Cases that Changed Mental Health Treatment	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
Recognizing emotions in speech makes you more credulous	1
Correction	1
Personalised interventions for subgroups of children with conduct problems: a systematic review	1
Service provision for older adults living in prison with dementia/mild cognitive impairment in England and Wales: a national survey	1
Exploring the experiences of stalking within one Scottish health board: a survey of mental health professionals	1
Exploring the relation between high-activity COMT Val158Met genotype and psychopathy in male offenders	1
RETRACTED ARTICLE: See think act: the need to rethink and refocus on relational security	1
Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and PTSD in exonerees: a brief report	1
Hypersexual disorder and recidivism risk in individuals convicted of sexual offenses	1
A phenomenological approach to violence in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: examination of anomalous self-experience	1
Psychologists and psychiatrists’ experiences of threats to wellbeing whilst providing forensic tele-service work during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Medium secure mental health care for young people: decisions to detain	1
Self-control and aggression versatility: moderating effects in the prediction of delinquency and conduct disorder among youth	1
Enhanced Observation: How Therapeutic Are They Within A Medium Secure Forensic Mental Health Setting?	1
Cognitive behavioural therapy for anger and aggression in forensic mental health populations	1
A qualitative study exploring patient experiences of art therapy in a female medium secure unit	1
Appeals against detention in conditions of excessive security: an analysis of cases from medium secure units in Scotland	1
Adverse childhood experiences in forensic psychiatric patients: Prevalence and correlates from two independent Canadian samples	1
Lawyer’s perception of embitterment in legal disputes	1
Signal detection analysis of affective prosody recognition in forensic inpatients who have committed sexual offenses	1
Can measures of cognitive flexibility and inhibition distinguish forensic psychiatric inpatients from prisoners?	1
The reliability of jointly versus individually conducted competency to stand trial evaluations	1
Patients as educators in medical student education in forensic psychiatry: a scoping review of the barriers and facilitators	1

Sleep quality and adverse incidents in secure mental health settings	1
The impact of firearm-related violence on future prison violence: a brief report	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 cross-sectional observational study of suicidal behavior among people in prison at Lajpore Central district jail, India	1
De-stigmatizing marriage and family therapy for those justice- involved	1
Voluntary and coercive covert trading behaviour on low and medium secure psychiatric units: a cross-sectional study	1
A qualitative exploration of the views of people with lived experience of suicide within the criminal justice system	1
Exploring the link between intelligence and drug abuse among juvenile felons in India	1
The value of HoNOS in assessing mental health symptom severity and social functioning in forensic outpatients	1
Statement of retraction: Red-teaming the panopticonFootnote* (mobilising adaptive change in secure and forensic settings)	1
Secure patient-therapist attachment following therapy for personality disorder in a forensic mental health setting	1
Relationships between adverse childhood experiences, attachment, resilience, psychological distress and trauma among forensic mental health populations	1
A demographic and clinical profile of prisoners accessing an assessment and treatment service within the offender personality disorder pathway	1
Behavioural, medical & environmental interventions to improve sleep quality for mental health inpatients in secure settings: a systematic review & meta-analysis	1
Disrobing behaviour in a forensic inpatient, a case report	1
Do forensic mental health services have an ethical duty towards victims of mentally disordered offenders?	1
Are we moving to an early intervention approach in forensic adolescent services?	1
Big Five personality traits and COVID-19 fear as mediated by anxiety and depression among male prisoners	1
Experiences of mothering from prison; a qualitative evidence synthesis	1
Characteristics of patients with violent recidivism in the forensic mental health system in Japan	1
Social care for older adults in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	1