Translating Research into Practice

Helping or hurting: A review of the impact and effectiveness of mental health courts

Mental health courts continue to be the most important interventions for people

Concerns regarding the potential negative effects of the psychopathy “label” on punishment outcomes may not be deserved

Significant effects on punishment outcomes may be attributable to the general impact

The first fully randomized field experiment of police interrogations, investigates the impact of video recording

Informing suspects that interrogations are being recorded does not inhibit suspects or

A Case of Misdiagnosis? Gang Members’ Mental and Emotional Health Needs

A meta-analysis of available literature on gang members’ mental health and emotions

Words of Caution: Recommendations to Consider when Interviewing Patients with a History of Aggression or Violence

This article discusses some of the issues that arise when interviewing individuals

Challenging longstanding assumptions about evaluator empathy in forensic evaluations

Evaluators who purposefully use expressive empathy during a psychopathy assessment interview rate

It’s all relative: Effect of contrast cases on jury members’ decision making

Prosecutors, individuals involved in criminal justice, and general public serving as jury

“That Was a Challenging Interview!” A Guide for Interviewing Individuals Given a Diagnosis of a Personality Disorder in Forensic Settings

Histories of complex trauma and insecure attachment are widespread among individuals given

A Cautionary Tale: Issues to Consider when Interviewing Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Forensic Contexts

Many features associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), such as emotional regulation

Letting them speak: Analysis of victim impact statements in capital sentencing proceedings

Victim impact statements are much less instigative than commonly thought, with prosecutors

It’s difficult, but you are doing a great job: The effect of interviewer’s support on child abuse victim’s reluctance in interviews

Interviewer’s support can mitigate child abuse victim’s reluctance, thus increasing the informativeness

Current Treatment Modalities May Not Fully Address the Heterogeneity of Psychopathology in Dual Diagnosis Forensic Inpatient Populations

This study sought to clarify the psychiatric and criminological characteristics among Belgian

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