OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
End of life care for older adults in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	15
Conceptualisation and conscience assessment in adolescence in forensic mental healthcare: experts’ perspectives	13
A qualitative exploration of the views of people with lived experience of suicide within the criminal justice system	9
Female service user’s experiences of collaborative HCR-20V3 risk assessment on a low and medium secure ward	9
Secure patient-therapist attachment following therapy for personality disorder in a forensic mental health setting	7
Analyzing actual crime victimizations of people with dementia in criminal court judgment databases in Japan	7
Exploring starter typologies in a Turkish homicide offender sample with psychotic illness	7
Low oxytocin levels in schizophrenia patients involved in crime and the relationship of these levels to aggression, empathy and forgiveness	7
Klinefelter syndrome and fire setting behaviors: a case report and scoping review	6
The reliability of jointly versus individually conducted competency to stand trial evaluations	5
The development of a model of decision-making during an act of serious violence using the Critical Decision Method	4
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	4
Oxytocin and vasopressin in male forensic psychiatric patients with personality disorders and healthy controls	4
The short- to medium-term predictive validity of the HoNOS-Secure on violence in a medium-secure forensic psychiatric ward in New Zealand	4
Mediating the age at first conviction–recidivism relationship with reactive criminal thinking	4
Do forensic mental health services have an ethical duty towards victims of mentally disordered offenders?	4
Determining rates of death in custody in England and Wales	4
Sleep quality and adverse incidents in secure mental health settings	4
Inpatient forensic psychiatry in the time of COVID-19: a survey study of perceived mental health implications on people with schizophrenia spectrum disorder	3
A rapid evidence review of clinical risk factors for poor perinatal mental health in women’s prisons in England	3
Hypersexual disorder and recidivism risk in individuals convicted of sexual offenses	3
Unlocking a taboo topic: the sexuality of institutionalized men within a forensic psychiatric facility	3
The use of telemedicine in forensic psychiatry – a quick scoping review of literature from the time of the COVID-19 pandemic	3
RETRACTED ARTICLE: See think act: the need to rethink and refocus on relational security	3
A phenomenological approach to violence in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: examination of anomalous self-experience	3

The impact of firearm-related violence on future prison violence: a brief report	3
Can we distinguish the perpetrators of a homicide-suicide from suicide victims? A systematic review	3
Walking a tightrope: ethical tensions in managing severe self-harm in a forensic mental health unit for young people	3
Sexual developmental histories of adolescents who engaged in harmful sexual behaviour	3
Signal detection analysis of affective prosody recognition in forensic inpatients who have committed sexual offenses	3
Is the prohibitive stance on sex and relationships in the UK forensic system justifiable?	2
Entering the world of lock and key: the impact of an educational visit to a high secure forensic hospital on psychology students’ attitudes towards the patients within	2
Predictors associated with readmission in low secure forensic settings in the UK: an exploratory investigation and survival analysis	2
Autism spectrum disorder, radicalization, and violence: a forensic perspective	2
Prevalence and profiles of persistent firesetters following a targeted fire safety intervention program	2
The contribution of social media toward racial trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Black Americans: a forensic perspective	2
Bullying in prisons in Argentina: a study of personality, mental health and attitudes	2
Dementia and mild cognitive impairment in the older prison population in England and Wales (DECISION): developing a dementia care training package for use in prisons	2
Relationship between trait anger and rejection sensitivity: the moderating role of the group (inmates and non-inmates)	2
Difficulties experienced by Turkish legal support officers in forensic interviews with individuals with autism and/or intellectual disabilities	2
Exploring the experiences of an autistic male convicted of stalking	2
Experienced safety across ward types in forensic psychiatry	2
Big Five personality traits and COVID-19 fear as mediated by anxiety and depression among male prisoners	2
A qualitative study exploring patient experiences of art therapy in a female medium secure unit	1
How do internet fraudsters think? A qualitative examination of pro-criminal attitudes and cognitions among internet fraudsters in Nigeria	1
The utilisation of services by patients with psychosis who engage in antisocial behaviours	1
The Interrater Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the HCR-20 Version 3 in South Korea	1
Attributions of aggressive behaviour in people with mild intellectual disabilities to borderline intellectual functioning in a secure forensic setting	1
Psychologists and psychiatrists’ experiences of threats to wellbeing whilst providing forensic tele-service work during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
How group climate in forensic and secured mental health is related to patients’ treatment motivation	1
Characteristics of patients with violent recidivism in the forensic mental health system in Japan	1
The mental health of older adults in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	1
A qualitative exploration of the older prisoner health and social care assessment and plan (OHSCAP) in a “dangerous” prison system	1
Relationships between adverse childhood experiences, attachment, resilience, psychological distress and trauma among forensic mental health populations	1
Traumatic brain injury in criminal justice systems: a systematic literature review	1
Factors facilitating and delaying disclosure and reporting of child sexual abuse: insights from forensic interviews	1
Analysis of the impact of legal circumstances on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder hospitalizations in Portugal: a nationwide study	1
Experience of a cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness intervention for men with a history of traumatic brain injury in prison: a thematic analysis	1
The value of HoNOS in assessing mental health symptom severity and social functioning in forensic outpatients	1
Depression and personality disorders among incarcerated offenders convicted of impulsive versus premeditated homicide	1
Surface acting is related to emotional exhaustion among staff members working in high secure forensic psychiatric care	1
The efficacy of offence-specific interventions in reducing risk and recidivism in women: a systematic review	1
“A No means No”: rape myth acceptance, victim blaming and hostile sexism as predictors of acceptance towards rape on a date among Pakistani adults	1
Exploring the experiences of stalking within one Scottish health board: a survey of mental health professionals	1
Personalised interventions for subgroups of children with conduct problems: a systematic review	1
Sadistic juvenile offenders: identifying clinical intervention dimensions based on sadism manifestations and criminogenic factors	1
A narrative review of psychopathy research: current advances and the argument for a qualitative approach	1
Adverse childhood experiences in forensic psychiatric patients: Prevalence and correlates from two independent Canadian samples	1
An investigation of mental health care pathways for patients with psychosis who engage in antisocial behaviours	1
Audit of fidelity of implementation of the older prisoner health and social care assessment and plan (OHSCAP)	1
Using technologies to evaluate response style in the competency crisis recommendations for evaluators	1
Do psychopathic traits vary with age among women? A cross-sectional investigation	1
Personality assessment with the Shedler-Westen assessment procedure 200 in a forensic sample: criterion validity and contribution to structured forensic clinical judgement	1
Evaluation of the Enhanced Engagement and Relational Support Service (EERSS) within the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway	1
The cost-effectiveness of mental health interventions amongst prison populations: a systematic review (research letter to the editor)	1

Quantifying an implicit legal threshold and mental representations of ‘Innocent:’ a comparison of implicit and theoretical thresholds for a legal decision	1
First steps towards a core outcome Set for measuring aggressive behavior in prisoners: a systematic review of current methods	1
Service provision for older adults living in prison with dementia/mild cognitive impairment in England and Wales: a national survey	1
Investigation on the internal and external validity of the antisocial subscale of the dimensional clinical personality inventory 2	1
The relationship between psychopathy and sexual sadism: a mixed-methods study	1