All Outputs (13)

Personality Disorder Traits, Trauma, and Risk in Perpetrators of Domestic Violence (2019)
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Crimes committed against partners and family members have devastating effects on victims. Unfortunately, recidivism rates for offenders are high, and there is a need to establish risk factors that may be potential treatment targets. This study aimed... Read More about Personality Disorder Traits, Trauma, and Risk in Perpetrators of Domestic Violence.

Repeat missing child reports in Wales (2018)
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Background: There were approximately 306,000 reports of missing persons in the UK from 2012 to 2013, 64% involved children. Repeat missing incidents account for approximately 38% of reported missing incidences. Within their research Biehal et al. (20... Read More about Repeat missing child reports in Wales.

Attachment style, psychotic phenomena and the relationship with aggression: investigation in a general population sample (2018)
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Purpose: This study aimed to explore the relationship between attachment style, sub-clinical symptoms of psychosis and aggression in a general population sample. Design: Using both convenience and snowball sampling, participants in the community (n=... Read More about Attachment style, psychotic phenomena and the relationship with aggression: investigation in a general population sample.

Lifetime and past-year prevalence of children’s exposure to violence in 9 Balkan countries: the BECAN study (2018)
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A critique of the revised Conflict Tactics Scales-2 (CTS-2) (2017)
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The purpose of this review is to critically evaluate the Conflict Tactics Scales-2, a measure used worldwide for research and clinical practices. The reliability, validity and normative samples of the CTS-2 are considered and compared with similar ps... Read More about A critique of the revised Conflict Tactics Scales-2 (CTS-2).

The Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Violence to Others in Individuals With Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2017)
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Background: There is a growing body of literature identifying a relationship between experiences of child abuse and symptoms of psychosis in adults. However, the impact of this relationship on risk of violence has not been systematically explored. A... Read More about The Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Violence to Others in Individuals With Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The impact of extrafamilial victimization and poly-victimization on the psychological well-being of English young people (2017)
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Childhood victimization impacts on the well-being of children and young people, particularly those experiencing an extreme amount of different types of victimization (i.e., poly-victims). However, limited attention has been given to the impact of dif... Read More about The impact of extrafamilial victimization and poly-victimization on the psychological well-being of English young people.

A randomized controlled trial exploring the effects of brief anger management on community based offenders in Malta (2016)
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The differences between sex offenders who victimise older women and sex offenders who offend against children (2016)
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Objectives: Within the literature on sex offending, much attention is paid to the distinction between those sex offenders who offend against adults and those who offend against children. In contrast, there is a paucity of research into sex offenders... Read More about The differences between sex offenders who victimise older women and sex offenders who offend against children.

A systematic review on the relationship between self-esteem and interrogative suggestibility (2016)
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Some factors, such as age, learning disability and mental health difficulties, have been identified as making police suspects more vulnerable to suggestibility and false confessions during interview. However, there has been no systematic review on th... Read More about A systematic review on the relationship between self-esteem and interrogative suggestibility.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the characteristics of multiple perpetrator sexual offences (2016)
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This systematic review examined the demographic and offence variables in group sexual offending. Eight bibliographic databases and three thesis portals were searched. The reference lists of five papers and one textbook were hand searched. Nine expert... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of the characteristics of multiple perpetrator sexual offences.

The prevalence of childhood victimization experienced outside of the family: findings from an English prevalence study (2015)
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There has been little research carried out in the United Kingdom (UK) aimed at providing a holistic exploration of the victim experiences of young people within the school and community environments (extrafamilial victimization). This study therefore... Read More about The prevalence of childhood victimization experienced outside of the family: findings from an English prevalence study.

The relationship over time between international adoption and institutional care in Romania and Lithuania (2015)
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International adoption is seen by some as a solution to the large number of children in institutional care. However, our previous findings did not support the notion that international adoption contributes to the deinstitutionalisation of children (B... Read More about The relationship over time between international adoption and institutional care in Romania and Lithuania.