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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Low oxytocin levels in schizophrenia patients involved in crime and the relationship of these levels to aggression, empathy and forgiveness	39
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	13
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	10
Meta-aggregative systematic review of the needs of caregivers for individuals with mental illness who have offended and are involved in secure forensic services	10
Psychometric examination of the Prosocial Behavior Scale and its associations with antisocial variables among Portuguese youth	8
Exploring the experiences of an autistic male convicted of stalking	8
The experiences of the Gypsy, Roma and Travelling communities in prison in the UK and Ireland: a scoping review	7
Invisible trauma: women, difference, and the criminal justice system	7
Older women in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	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
Becoming a teacher behind the walls: children through the eyes of early childhood teachers in penitentiary institutions	5
Cognitive impairment in prison-based alcohol and other drug treatment programs: a systematic review	5
The factor structure of assaultive behaviour among acute schizophrenia patients	5
“Negative affectivity distorts thinking”: a multilevel analysis of criminogenic thinking among Pakistani incarcerated offenders	5
“A No means No”: rape myth acceptance, victim blaming and hostile sexism as predictors of acceptance towards rape on a date among Pakistani adults	5
Dementia in forensic mental health settings: a scoping review	5
Cannibalism in psychotic disorder: a rare case presentation	4
Aggressive behaviour and suicidal concerns during remand imprisonment and the relation to mental health(care)	4
Which sociodemographic and clinical characteristics are associated with recurrent incarcerations in adult male people who are incarcerated? A cross-sectional study	4
Convergent validity of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in justice-involved youth: a multi-informant/multimethod perspective	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
Older male inpatients in secure mental health settings: an international comparison of mental illness, substance use, risk assessment, psychotropic and psychosocial treatment	4

The central role of borderline personality disorder in imprisoned people: a network analysis of mental disorder diagnoses	4
Characteristics of stalking in prison inmates serving time for offenses other than stalking	4
Older adults’ trajectories through the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	3
An analysis of motivating factors in 1,725 worldwide cases of mass murder between 1900-2019	3
Klinefelter syndrome and fire setting behaviors: a case report and scoping review	3
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	3
Access to and the delivery of mental health services in women’s prisons in England: a thematic analysis of unannounced prison inspection reports	3
Dementia in the criminal justice system: a brief report from a nominal group	3
The contribution of social media toward racial trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Black Americans: a forensic perspective	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
Using technologies to evaluate response style in the competency crisis recommendations for evaluators	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
“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	3
Brief summary of a realist process evaluation of liaison and diversion services for children and young people	3
Difficulties experienced by Turkish legal support officers in forensic interviews with individuals with autism and/or intellectual disabilities	3
Analysis of the impact of legal circumstances on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder hospitalizations in Portugal: a nationwide study	3
Prevalence of traumatic brain injury and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in secure settings: a pilot study	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
Experiences of mothering from prison; a qualitative evidence synthesis	2
Psychotherapy for forensic psychiatric patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders: a mixed methods systematic review	2
The impact of firearm-related violence on future prison violence: a brief report	2
Secure patient-therapist attachment following therapy for personality disorder in a forensic mental health setting	2
The reliability of jointly versus individually conducted competency to stand trial evaluations	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
A qualitative and observational retrospective analysis of community treatment orders issued in Quebec for the year 2022	2
A systematic review of neurodivergence, vulnerability, and risk in the context of violent extremism	2
Going Dark - the Secret Social Lives of Extremists	2
Relationship between childhood traumas, cognitive distortions and aggression in forensic psychiatry patients aggression in forensic psychiatry patients	2
Gender differences vs gender bias in forensic psychiatric assessment of non-psychotic mentally disturbed violent defendants in Denmark	2
Sleep quality and adverse incidents in secure mental health settings	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 Japanese M’Naghten Rule: the assessment of the insanity defence in Japan	2
Peer-delivered training of criminal offenders for aggression and distress management: a new approach in social treatment in prisons in Serbia	2
Behavioural, medical & environmental interventions to improve sleep quality for mental health inpatients in secure settings: a systematic review & meta-analysis	2
Rates and predictors of breach, revocation and hospital readmission of conditionally released Forensic Patients in New South Wales, Australia	2
Big Five personality traits and COVID-19 fear as mediated by anxiety and depression among male prisoners	2
A qualitative exploration of the views of people with lived experience of suicide within the criminal justice system	2
A qualitative study exploring patient experiences of art therapy in a female medium secure unit	2
Do forensic mental health services have an ethical duty towards victims of mentally disordered offenders?	2
Medical skin camouflage for women in prison with self-harm scars (COVER): randomised feasibility study	2