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This page is currently under construction. Thankyou. Please respect the copyright of articles provided in this site, and as such limit the people that you share copies with. Please read the statement relating to Copyright regulations within Australia, printed at the bottom of this page for more information. This is intended to be a resource limited to research oriented academics, clinicians and students.
















Hylas and the Nymphs
John William Waterhouse - 1896







Informative Articles



  • Felthous, A.R. & Sass, H. (2000). Introduction to this issue: international perspectives on psychopathic disorders. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 18(5):557-565.

  • Herpetz, S.C. & Sass, H. (2000). Emotional deficiency and psychopathy. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 18(5):567-580.

  • Lesch, K.P. & Merschdorf, U.(2000). Impulsivity, aggression, and serotonin: a molecular psychobiological perspective. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 18(5):581-604.

  • Farrington, D.P. (2000). Psychosocial predictors of adult antisocial personality and adult convictions. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 18(5):605-622.

  • Hare, R.D., Clark, D., Grann, M. & Thornton, D. (2000). Psychopathy and the predictive validity of the PCL-R: an international perspective. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 18(5):623-645.

  • Reid, W.H. & Gacono, C. (2000). Treatment of antisocial personality, psychopathy, and other characterologic antisocial syndromes. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 18(5):647-662.

  • Fitch, W.L. & Ortega, R.J. (2000). Law and the confinement of psychopaths. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 18(5):663-678.

  • Krober, H.L. & Lau, S. (2000). Bad or Mad? Personality disorders and legal responsibility - the German situation. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 18(5):679-690.

  • Silver, E., Smith, W.R. & Banks, S. (2000). Constructing actuarial devices for predicting recidivism: a comparison of methods. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(6): 733-764.

  • Campbell, M.A. & Schmidt, F. (2000). Comparison of mental health and legal factors in the disposition outcome of young offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(6): 688-715.

  • Heilbrun, K., Brock, W., Waite, D., Lanier, A., Schmid, M., Witte, G., Keeney, M., Westendorf, M., Buinavert, L. & Shumate, M. (2000). Risk factors for juvenile criminal recidivism: The postrelease community adjustment of juvenile offenders. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 27(3): 275-291.

  • Bonta, J. (2000). A quasi-experimental evaluation of an intensive rehabilitation supervision program. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(3): 312-329.

  • Porter, S., Fairweather, D., Drugge, J., Herv�, H., Birt, A. & Boer, D.P. (2000). Profiles of psychopathy in incarcerated sexual offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(2): 216-233.

  • Simourd, D.J. & Hoge, R.D. (2000). Criminal psychopathy: a risk-and-need perspective. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(2): 256-272.

  • Correia, K.M. (2000). Suicide assessment in a prison environment: a proposed protocol. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(5): 581-599.

  • Bakker, L.W., Hudson, S.M. & Ward, T. (2000). Reducing recidivism in driving while disqualified: a treatment evaluation. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(5): 531-560.

  • Dear, G.E., Thomson, D.M. & Hills, A.M. (2000). Self-harm in prison: manipulators can also be suicide attempters. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(2): 160-175.

  • American Association for Correctional Psychology. (2000). Standards for psychology services in jails, prisons, correctional facilities, and agencies. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 27(4): 433-494.

  • Grann, M. (2000). Actuarial assessment of risk for violence: predictive validity of the VRAG and the historical part of the HCR-20. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(1): 97-114.

  • Hanson, R.K. (2000). Where should we intervene? Dynamic predictors of sexual offense recidivism. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27(1): 6-35.

  • Caputo, A.A. & Frick, P.J. & Brodsky, S.L. (1999). Family violence and juvenile sex offending. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 26(3): 338-356.

  • Douglas, K.S. & Webster, C.D. (1999). The HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme: Concurrent validity in a sample of incarcerated offenders. Criminal Justice & Behavior 26(1): 3-19.





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