OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology is 2. 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
Older women in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	7
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
The violent offending of drug users: the pathway from childhood maltreatment to violent arrests mediated by conduct disorder and crime age	6
Becoming a teacher behind the walls: children through the eyes of early childhood teachers in penitentiary institutions	6
Dementia in forensic mental health settings: a scoping review	5
“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
The factor structure of assaultive behaviour among acute schizophrenia patients	4
Cannibalism in psychotic disorder: a rare case presentation	4
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
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
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
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
“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