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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Low oxytocin levels in schizophrenia patients involved in crime and the relationship of these levels to aggression, empathy and forgiveness	30
The development of a model of decision-making during an act of serious violence using the Critical Decision Method	18
Unlocking a taboo topic: the sexuality of institutionalized men within a forensic psychiatric facility	16
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	11
Exploring the experiences of an autistic male convicted of stalking	10
Psychometric examination of the Prosocial Behavior Scale and its associations with antisocial variables among Portuguese youth	9
The efficacy of offence-specific interventions in reducing risk and recidivism in women: a systematic review	8
Invisible trauma: women, difference, and the criminal justice system	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
Becoming a teacher behind the walls: children through the eyes of early childhood teachers in penitentiary institutions	6
The violent offending of drug users: the pathway from childhood maltreatment to violent arrests mediated by conduct disorder and crime age	6
“Negative affectivity distorts thinking”: a multilevel analysis of criminogenic thinking among Pakistani incarcerated offenders	5
Evaluation of a self-report distress measure in a high-secure forensic population: CORE-OM psychometric properties and test structure	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
Dementia in forensic mental health settings: a scoping review	5
Which sociodemographic and clinical characteristics are associated with recurrent incarcerations in adult male people who are incarcerated? A cross-sectional study	4
The central role of borderline personality disorder in imprisoned people: a network analysis of mental disorder diagnoses	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
Convergent validity of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in justice-involved youth: a multi-informant/multimethod perspective	4
The factor structure of assaultive behaviour among acute schizophrenia patients	4
Cannibalism in psychotic disorder: a rare case presentation	4
Aggressive behaviour and suicidal concerns during remand imprisonment and the relation to mental health(care)	3

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
Dementia in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	3
Prevalence of traumatic brain injury and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in secure settings: a pilot study	3
Klinefelter syndrome and fire setting behaviors: a case report and scoping review	3
Brief summary of a realist process evaluation of liaison and diversion services for children and young people	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
The contribution of social media toward racial trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Black Americans: a forensic perspective	3
Child Abuse scale elevations on the MACI as related to abuse type	3
Neural correlates of guilt knowledge analysis using electroencephalographic technique	3
Characteristics of stalking in prison inmates serving time for offenses other than stalking	3
An analysis of motivating factors in 1,725 worldwide cases of mass murder between 1900-2019	3
Using technologies to evaluate response style in the competency crisis recommendations for evaluators	3
Analysis of the impact of legal circumstances on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder hospitalizations in Portugal: a nationwide study	3
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	3
How do internet fraudsters think? A qualitative examination of pro-criminal attitudes and cognitions among internet fraudsters in Nigeria	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
Medical skin camouflage for women in prison with self-harm scars (COVER): randomised feasibility study	2
Peer-delivered training of criminal offenders for aggression and distress management: a new approach in social treatment in prisons in Serbia	2
Gender differences vs gender bias in forensic psychiatric assessment of non-psychotic mentally disturbed violent defendants in Denmark	2
Relationship between childhood traumas, cognitive distortions and aggression in forensic psychiatry patients aggression in forensic psychiatry patients	2
Secure patient-therapist attachment following therapy for personality disorder in a forensic mental health setting	2
RETRACTED ARTICLE: See think act: the need to rethink and refocus on relational security	2
Big Five personality traits and COVID-19 fear as mediated by anxiety and depression among male prisoners	2
Prevalence of mental health and suicide risk in prisons in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review	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
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
Behavioural, medical & environmental interventions to improve sleep quality for mental health inpatients in secure settings: a systematic review & meta-analysis	2
Experiences of mothering from prison; a qualitative evidence synthesis	2
Signal detection analysis of affective prosody recognition in forensic inpatients who have committed sexual offenses	2
A phenomenological approach to violence in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: examination of anomalous self-experience	2
The impact of firearm-related violence on future prison violence: a brief report	2
Going Dark - the Secret Social Lives of Extremists	2
Rates and predictors of breach, revocation and hospital readmission of conditionally released Forensic Patients in New South Wales, Australia	2
The Japanese M’Naghten Rule: the assessment of the insanity defence in Japan	2
A qualitative and observational retrospective analysis of community treatment orders issued in Quebec for the year 2022	2
Older adults’ trajectories through the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	2
A qualitative exploration of the views of people with lived experience of suicide within the criminal justice system	2
Inpatient forensic psychiatry in the time of COVID-19: a survey study of perceived mental health implications on people with schizophrenia spectrum disorder	2
Do forensic mental health services have an ethical duty towards victims of mentally disordered offenders?	2
The reliability of jointly versus individually conducted competency to stand trial evaluations	2
Cognitive behavioural therapy for anger and aggression in forensic mental health populations	1
De-stigmatizing marriage and family therapy for those justice- involved	1
The use of telemedicine in forensic psychiatry – a quick scoping review of literature from the time of the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Correction	1
Can measures of cognitive flexibility and inhibition distinguish forensic psychiatric inpatients from prisoners?	1
Statement of retraction: Red-teaming the panopticonFootnote* (mobilising adaptive change in secure and forensic settings)	1
When personal rational decision-making fails: examining the psychological limits of criminal punishment as a successful deterrent for white-collar offenders	1
Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and PTSD in exonerees: a brief report	1
Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the mental health professionals stigma scale for occupational stress and burnout	1

A qualitative study exploring patient experiences of art therapy in a female medium secure unit	1
The utilisation of services by patients with psychosis who engage in antisocial behaviours	1
Personalised interventions for subgroups of children with conduct problems: a systematic review	1
Is the prohibitive stance on sex and relationships in the UK forensic system justifiable?	1
Service provision for older adults living in prison with dementia/mild cognitive impairment in England and Wales: a national survey	1
Sleep quality and adverse incidents in secure mental health settings	1
Forensic Psychoanalysis: from Sub-clinical Psychopaths to Serial Killers	1
Voluntary and coercive covert trading behaviour on low and medium secure psychiatric units: a cross-sectional study	1
Differences between restrictive practices applied to men and women in UK secure mental health services	1
Medium secure mental health care for young people: decisions to detain	1
Recidivism rates among online child sexual exploitation material offenders: systematic review and meta-analyses	1
Disrobing behaviour in a forensic inpatient, a case report	1
Are we moving to an early intervention approach in forensic adolescent services?	1
A demographic and clinical profile of prisoners accessing an assessment and treatment service within the offender personality disorder pathway	1
A qualitative review and thematic synthesis of resident experiences in prison-based democratic therapeutic communities	1
Lawyer’s perception of embitterment in legal disputes	1
Factors facilitating and delaying disclosure and reporting of child sexual abuse: insights from forensic interviews	1
A cross-sectional observational study of suicidal behavior among people in prison at Lajpore Central district jail, India	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
Relationships between adverse childhood experiences, attachment, resilience, psychological distress and trauma among forensic mental health populations	1
Exploring starter typologies in a Turkish homicide offender sample with psychotic illness	1
The value of HoNOS in assessing mental health symptom severity and social functioning in forensic outpatients	1
Appeals against detention in conditions of excessive security: an analysis of cases from medium secure units in Scotland	1
End of life 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
Consistency of mental health screening results across repeated receptions into prison over 12 months	1
From Courtroom to Clinic – Legal Cases that Changed Mental Health Treatment	1
Patients as educators in medical student education in forensic psychiatry: a scoping review of the barriers and facilitators	1
Exploring the link between intelligence and drug abuse among juvenile felons in India	1
Social care for older adults in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	1
Inflammation markers in patients with psychotic disorder who have committed offenses and their relationship with criminal behavior	1
Characteristics of patients with violent recidivism in the forensic mental health system in Japan	1
A scoping review on self-control: insights from cross-domain conceptualizations and implications for forensic psychiatric treatment	1
Exploring the experiences of stalking within one Scottish health board: a survey of mental health professionals	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
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	1
Hypersexual disorder and recidivism risk in individuals convicted of sexual offenses	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