Accurately predicting the likelihood that an adolescent with a sex offense history will reoffend
is a precarious task that carries with it the potential for extreme consequences for the …

Patients with Axis I disorders often fluctuate markedly in their clinical presentations in forensic
and other professional settings. Although such fluctuations could suggest ineffectual efforts …

Jurisdictional legislation attempts to provide the public protection from sexual offenders.
Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) statutes allow for civil commitment of sexual offenders …

In the landmark case Barefoot v. Estelle (1983), the United States Supreme Court held that
behavioral scientists are not “incompetent to predict with an acceptable degree of reliability …

Public attitudes strongly influence the creation and implementation of legislative policy in
the United States (US). Thus, it is important to be aware of and understand those attitudes. …

Research focusing on insanity acquittees released into the community has been growing at
an exponential rate to reflect the policy and practice of placing these individuals in the …

In 2009, after he and his wife separated, James Kahler broke into the house of his wife’s
grandmother through the back door and killed his wife, her grandmother, and the couples’ two …

This study compares sexually victimized and nonsexually victimized male adolescent sexual
abusers on a number of variables. Self-report measures were administered to 325 male …

… We thank Gabriele Trupp, Lauren Ryan, Jennifer Boland, Mia Ricardo, Samantha Kurus,
and Claire Bryson for their help reviewing and coding reports for this study. We also thank …

… The authors thank Gabriele Trupp, Lauren Ryan, Jennifer Boland, Mia Ricardo, and Samantha
Kurus for their help reviewing and coding reports for this study. Some preliminary results …