{"title":"Aristotle's Prophecy: The Overlooked Importance of Forensic Mental Health to Criminology","authors":"Matt DeLisi, Ben Stickle, Brendan D. Dooley","doi":"10.1007/s12103-025-09837-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the constellation of psychiatric diagnoses and psychological features associated with clinical conduct problems, forensic mental health is an important conceptual area largely missing from criminological research. Here, we 1) review the <i>p</i> Factor theory as a general psychopathology model for forensic mental health and antisocial behavioral development, 2) synthesize research about mental health morbidity among various correctional clients, 3) explicate mental health barriers that impede rehabilitation efforts and desistance from crime, and 4) provide candidate constructs (conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder) in forensic mental health to inform data collection and model specification. Criminologists should prioritize forensic mental health to bolster the interdisciplinary scope and scientific reach of criminology and criminal justice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51509,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Criminal Justice","volume":"50 5","pages":"781 - 794"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American Journal of Criminal Justice","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12103-025-09837-4","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In the constellation of psychiatric diagnoses and psychological features associated with clinical conduct problems, forensic mental health is an important conceptual area largely missing from criminological research. Here, we 1) review the p Factor theory as a general psychopathology model for forensic mental health and antisocial behavioral development, 2) synthesize research about mental health morbidity among various correctional clients, 3) explicate mental health barriers that impede rehabilitation efforts and desistance from crime, and 4) provide candidate constructs (conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder) in forensic mental health to inform data collection and model specification. Criminologists should prioritize forensic mental health to bolster the interdisciplinary scope and scientific reach of criminology and criminal justice.
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The American Journal of Criminal Justice, the official journal of the Southern Criminal Justice Association, is a peer reviewed publication; manuscripts go through a blind review process. The focus of the Journal is on a wide array of criminal justice topics and issues. Some of these concerns include items pertaining to the criminal justice process, the formal and informal interplay between system components, problems and solutions experienced by various segments, innovative practices, policy development and implementation, evaluative research, the players engaged in these enterprises, and a wide assortment of other related interests. The American Journal of Criminal Justice publishes original articles that utilize a broad range of methodologies and perspectives when examining crime, law, and criminal justice processing.
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