Victoria W Dykstra, Rachel Dianiska, Thomas D Lyon, Jodi A Quas
{"title":"Exploring interviews with adolescent victims of human trafficking: interviewer questions and adolescent reluctance.","authors":"Victoria W Dykstra, Rachel Dianiska, Thomas D Lyon, Jodi A Quas","doi":"10.1080/13218719.2026.2632609","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13218719.2026.2632609","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Little is known about best practices for forensic interviewing of adolescent victims of exploitation. The current study examined the types of questions asked in interviews with adolescent victims conducted by police interviewers or federal forensic interview specialists, as well as how adolescents responded. Forensic interviews were transcribed (<i>N</i> = 47, <i>M</i> <sub>age</sub> = 15.93, <i>SD</i> = 3.26, range = 12-19 at time of victimisation) and coded. Interviewer prompts were coded for question type. Adolescent responses were coded for response format (open, closed, elaborated, don't know), length (word count), uncertainty, and reluctance. Results indicated that federal forensic interviewers tended to use more appropriate methods of questioning, including greater use of open-ended prompts, compared to police interviewers. Adolescents were more likely to elaborate and provide longer responses to federal forensic interviewers compared to police interviewers and were more likely to respond reluctantly to open-ended questions. Implications for forensic interviews with adolescents are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51553,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Psychology and Law","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13461229/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148714497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma Simpson, Rachel E Dianiska, Sarah C Kim, Jodi A Quas
{"title":"Lay perceptions of child witnesses: effects of presentation of rapport building in forensic interviews.","authors":"Emma Simpson, Rachel E Dianiska, Sarah C Kim, Jodi A Quas","doi":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2583089","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2583089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rapport building is an important component of forensic interviews with children, especially about alleged sexual abuse. Because interviews are presented as evidence in trials, an important consideration is whether seeing interview rapport affects juror perceptions. We addressed this by examining how rapport, child age and participants' gender affect perceptions of a child witness and defendant guilt. Participants (<i>N</i>=478, <i>M</i>=36.6 years, <i>SD</i>=12.3, 47% female), recruited via Prolific, read a forensic interview transcript of a child's disclosing sexual abuse that varied interviewer rapport (high, moderate, minimal) and child age (5, 9, 13 years). Participants in the high rapport condition rated the child as more credible and felt more positively about the interviewer, and the 5-year-old was perceived most favourably. Overall, positive effects of rapport building extend beyond their influence on children's accounts. Presenting rapport building to jurors may help bolster a child's credibility, though other factors (e.g., child age) remain important.</p>","PeriodicalId":51553,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Psychology and Law","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13132509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current state of ‘lost in the mall’: implications for expert witness testimony on the reliability of childhood memories","authors":"Michelle Drouin, Jody M. Ross, Tara L. Cornelius","doi":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2556461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2025.2556461","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51553,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Psychology and Law","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147903243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tess Patterson, Linda Hobbs, Elliott Brown, Melissa Purnell, Nadine McKillop, Susan Rayment-McHugh, Larissa S Christensen
{"title":"Typologies of women who have sexually offended: exploring psychosocial, developmental and motivational characteristics.","authors":"Tess Patterson, Linda Hobbs, Elliott Brown, Melissa Purnell, Nadine McKillop, Susan Rayment-McHugh, Larissa S Christensen","doi":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521626","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521626","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Typologies classify persons based on characteristics and motivation of offending and inform clinical treatment, and management of, people who commit acts of sexual harm. Research examining typologies of women who have sexually offended (WWSO) is limited. We address this gap by examining court sentencing decisions for WWSO against children and adults in New Zealand, Australia and Canada (<i>N</i> = 62) to formulate typologies. We consider a broad range of individual and developmental factors, including offender background and psychosocial factors (e.g. experience of sexual abuse, adverse childhood experiences and mental health difficulties) to further describe this heterogenous population. Four typologies of WWSO emerged: 'Anti-social' motivated by revenge, malice or material gain; 'Seeking Love' motivated by seeking intimacy and love; 'Seeking Sexual Gratification' motivated to fulfil their own sexual desires; and 'Seeking to Please Others' motivated to please others or win others' affection. These typologies have clinical implications for identifying key assessment and treatment targets for WWSO.</p>","PeriodicalId":51553,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Psychology and Law","volume":"33 4","pages":"1243-1263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13463465/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148727508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Brotto, R Lincoln, L Christophersen, T Goldsworthy
{"title":"Adult cyberabuse: two intersecting studies examining intrapersonal characteristics and prediction of victimisation and perpetration.","authors":"G Brotto, R Lincoln, L Christophersen, T Goldsworthy","doi":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521621","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521621","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research on cyberbullying has predominantly concentrated on youthful populations, with scant attention to online abuse of adults. This paper reports two allied studies comprising a systematic review of recent aggregated research to derive 13 primary predictors of cyberabuse that inform an online survey of self-identified adult victims and perpetrators (<i>n</i> = 264). Cyberabuse victimisation is associated with potential for depression and self-harm behaviours, while perpetration appears associated with lower empathy and self-control, and narcissistic traits. The overlap of victimisation and perpetration is linked to anger and greater engagement in risky online and antisocial behaviours. Importantly, cyberbullying perpetration is the strongest predictor of victimisation and vice versa, suggesting a complex bidirectional relationship. Investigating intra-individual predictors and the overlap of victimisation and perpetration in the online space renders guidance for regulatory interventions governing digital platforms and risk reduction programmes.</p>","PeriodicalId":51553,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Psychology and Law","volume":"33 4","pages":"1171-1201"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13463448/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148727265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Juror bias and mental illness: the double stigma of paraphilic disorders in sex crime cases.","authors":"Haley Moon, Narina Nuñez","doi":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521625","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Perpetrators of sex crimes who meet criteria for paraphilic disorders often face heightened stigma. Although paraphilic disorders are classified as mental illnesses, they are not typically viewed as mitigating in legal contexts, unlike other diagnoses such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This study used a mediation model to examine whether a diagnosis of frotteuristic disorder influenced mock jurors' sentencing decisions through perceptions of defendant controllability. Among 259 participants, results showed that the defendant with a paraphilic disorder received harsher punishment than those in the no diagnosis and OCD conditions, despite being perceived as having less control than the no diagnosis condition. These findings suggest that, rather than serving as a mitigating factor, a paraphilic disorder may act as an aggravating one in juror decision-making. Implications for legal proceedings involving mental illness and sex crimes are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51553,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Psychology and Law","volume":"33 4","pages":"1225-1242"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13463444/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148725621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonio L Manzanero, Marta Guarch-Rubio, Rocío Vallet, Alba Vara
{"title":"On post-traumatic stress disorder and the accessibility of memories: traumatic memories in refugees and asylum seekers.","authors":"Antonio L Manzanero, Marta Guarch-Rubio, Rocío Vallet, Alba Vara","doi":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2510227","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2510227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fifty-six refugees and asylum seekers, with and without post-traumatic stress symptoms, and their autobiographical memories about traumatic experiences were evaluated with the <i>Harvard Trauma Questionnaire</i>, which allows the evaluation of traumatic symptoms and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and the <i>Phenomenological Questionnaire on Autobiographical Memory</i> (CCFRA/ PQAM) that allows analysing the characteristics of their memories about quality, associated emotions, and memory accessibility. Results showed that 30.4% of participants met criteria for PTSD, which affects the difficulty to put into words what had happened. Participants did not report cases of amnesia, but rather memories that met the criteria for flashbulb memories, in line with the Continuous Accessibility Model of Memory, where limitations in remembering could range from amnesia to PTSD, with flashbulb memories being the non-pathological prelude to the latter. The findings challenge misconceptions about trauma memory and highlight the role of resilience, with implications for justice and asylum procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":51553,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Psychology and Law","volume":"33 4","pages":"1157-1170"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13463519/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148727429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eric G Lambert, Jianhong Liu, Anqi Shen, Monica Solinas-Saunders, Shanhe Jiang, Zhan Tuo
{"title":"Work-family conflict and job burnout among police officers in China.","authors":"Eric G Lambert, Jianhong Liu, Anqi Shen, Monica Solinas-Saunders, Shanhe Jiang, Zhan Tuo","doi":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521624","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Police officers perform an important service, but certain aspects of the job can result in officers suffering from work-family conflict (WFC). The current study examined how time-, behavior-, strain-, and family-based WFC were related to the three burnout dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of accomplishment at work among 589 police officers in China. Behavior-, strain-, and family-based WFC were associated with greater emotional exhaustion. Behavior- and family-based WFC were associated with greater depersonalization, but time-based WFC was associated with lower depersonalization. Time-based WFC also had a significant negative association with a reduced sense of accomplishment at work, while behavior-based conflict had a significant positive association. The results indicate that WFC contributes to job burnout for officers in China, as it does for officers in other nations, and that WFC differs in its relationships with the three burnout dimensions.</p>","PeriodicalId":51553,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Psychology and Law","volume":"33 4","pages":"1202-1224"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13463443/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148727245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical tensions in forensic psychological practice: experiences of New Zealand psychologists in an increasingly risk-averse legislative context.","authors":"Virginia M Jones, Gwenda M Willis, Tony Ward","doi":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521627","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13218719.2025.2521627","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Forensic psychological practice occurs at the interface between the criminal justice and mental health systems, creating ethical tensions described comprehensively in theoretical literature. However, little is known about the experiences of psychologists in navigating their roles. This qualitative study aimed to explore psychologists' experiences of ethical tensions working with people who have offended. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 psychologists practising in Aotearoa New Zealand. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results highlighted that considerations of risk impacted on many areas of forensic practice, requiring psychologists to: classify clients into risk and diagnostic categories; focus less on therapeutic treatment and formulation and more on reporting; provide treatment predominantly on the basis of 'risk factors'; compromise the therapeutic relationship; use clinical skills to meet the security demands of the criminal justice context; and compromise professional integrity.</p>","PeriodicalId":51553,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Psychology and Law","volume":"33 4","pages":"1264-1285"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13463441/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148723071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}