Kevin Douglas

Professor
Psychology

Areas of interest

Law and Forensic (primary), Clinical Sciences

Research Interests

Violence, risk assessment and management, mental disorder and violence, forensic assessment, law and psychology. 

Selected Publications

Names with underline are students, at the time of publication:

HCR-20 (cited 3500+ times, as per Google Scholar):

Douglas, K. S., Hart, S. D., Webster, C. D., & Belfrage, H. (2013). HCR-20 (Version 3): Assessing Risk for Violence, User Guide. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.

Webster, C. D., Douglas, K. S., Eaves, D., & Hart, S. D. (1997). HCR-20: Assessing Risk for Violence (Version 2). Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.

Newer:

Douglas, K. S. (in press). Implementation science and evidence-based violence risk assessment. In B. Fox & E. Verona (Eds.), Handbook of evidence-based criminal justice practices. New York: Routledge.

Hart, S. D., & Douglas, K. S. (in press). Violence risk assessment and management. In D. DeMatteo & K. C. Scherr (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of psychology and law. Oxford University Press.

Chen, Y., Douglas, K. S., Xiao, C., Li, X., Lan, T., Wang, H., Zhang, Z., Liu, X., & Ma, A. (2023). Evaluating the HCR-20 V3 violence risk assessment measure with mentally disordered offenders and civil psychiatric patients in China. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 41, 186-206. doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2614

Douglas, K. S. (2023). Risk assessment for criminal and violent behavior amongst adults. In H. Friedman & C. Markey (Eds.) and M. B. Mechanic (Section Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health (3rd edition) (pp. 65-73). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Press. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-323-91497-0.00208-3

Fuller, E., Gatner, D. T., & Douglas, K. S. (2023). Concurrent, convergent, and discriminant validity of the DSM-5 Section III Psychopathy Specifier. Assessment, 30, 1790-1810. DOI: 10.1177/10731911221124344

Gatner, D. T., Douglas, K. S., Almond, M. F. E., Hart, S. D., & Kropp, P. R. (2023). How much does that cost? Examining the economic costs of crime in North America attributable to people with psychopathic personality disorder. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 14, 391-400. DOI: 10.1037/per0000575

Monjazeb, S. & Douglas, K. S. (2022, online first July 11). Do common risk factors for violence generalize across ethnicity? Psychology, Crime and Law. DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2022.2097231

Gatner, D. T., Douglas, K. S., Hart, S. D., & Kropp, P. R. (2022). Structured professional judgment (SPJ) violence risk case formulation and psychopathic personality disorder. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 21, 20-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2021.1895378

Hanniball, K. B., Hohn, R., Fuller, E. K., & Douglas, K. S. (2022). Increasing the Utility of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality – Lexical Rating Scale (CAPP-LRS): Instrument Adaptation and Simplification. Assessment, 29, 1954-1972. DOI: 10.1177/10731911211040108

Shaffer, C. S., Viljoen, J. L., & Douglas, K. S. (2022). Predictive validity of the SAVRY, YLS/CMI, and PCL:YV is poor for intimate partner violence perpetration among adolescent offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 46, 189-200. 

Bjørkly, S., Laake, P., & Douglas, K. S. (2022, online first December 19). The Safe pilot study: A prospective naturalistic study with repeated measures design to test protective factors against violence in and after discharge from forensic facilities. Psychiatry Research, 320: 115017. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.115017

Gatner, D. T., Douglas, K. S., Almond, M. F. E., Hart, S. D., & Kropp, P. R. (2022, online first December 13). An economic analysis of crime costs associated with psychopathic personality disorder and violence risk. Criminal Justice & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548221140366

Tweed, R., Bhatt, G., Dooley, S., Viljoen, J., Douglas, K. S., & Gagnon, N. (2022, online first November 16). Humanistic optimal functioning predicts low youth violence. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678221132331

Hanniball, K. B., Hohn, R., Fuller, E. K., & Douglas, K. S. (2022). Increasing the Utility of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality – Lexical Rating Scale (CAPP-LRS): Instrument Adaptation and Simplification. Assessment, 29, 1954-1972. DOI: 10.1177/10731911211040108

Douglas, K. S., & Shaffer, C. S. (2021). The science of and practice with the HCR-20 V3 (Historical-Clinical-Risk Management-20, Version 3). In K. S. Douglas & R. K. Otto (Eds.), Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment (Second Edition) (pp. 253-293). New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. 

Hanniball, K. B., Hohn, R. E., Fuller, E. K., & Douglas, K. S. (2021). Construct validity of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP): Examining the internal structure and generalizability of CAPP self-ratings across gender and ethnicity. Assessment, 28, 518-536. DOI: 10.1177/1073191120922621

Hanniball, K. B., Fuller, E. K., & Douglas, K. S. (2021). Content validation of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality-Basic Version (CAPP-Basic) using prototypicality analysis. Journal of Personality Disorders, 35 (Supple. 3), 75-96.  DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2021_35_529

Hanniball, K. B., Viljoen, J. L., Shaffer, C., Bhatt, G., Tweed, R., Aknin, L. B., Gagnon, N., Douglas, K. S., & Dooley, S. (2021). The role of life satisfaction in predicting youth violence and offending: A prospective examination. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 5501-5529.

Douglas, K. S., & Otto, R. K. (Eds.) (2021). Handbook of violence risk assessment (Second Edition). New York, NY: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. 

Bjørkly, S., Laake, P., Roaldset, J. O., & Douglas, K. S. (2021). The Safe pilot study: A prospective naturalistic study with repeated measures design to test the psychosis-violence link in and after discharge from forensic facilities. Psychiatry Research, 298: 113793. doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113793

Hanniball, K. B., Fuller, E. K., & Douglas, K. S. (2021). Content validation of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality-Basic Version (CAPP-Basic) using prototypicality analysis. Journal of Personality Disorders, 35 (Supple. 3), 75-96.  DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2021_35_529

Hanniball, K. B., Viljoen, J. L., Shaffer, C., Bhatt, G., Tweed, R., Aknin, L. B., Gagnon, N., Douglas, K. S., & Dooley, S. (2021). The role of life satisfaction in predicting youth violence and offending: A prospective examination. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 5501-5529.

Shaffer, C., S., Adjei, J., Viljoen, J. L., Douglas, K. S., & Saewyc, E. M. (2021). Ten-year trends in physical dating violence victimization among adolescent boys and girls in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, 3947-3964. DOI: 10.1177/0886260518788367

Shaffer, C. S., Douglas, K. S., Fuller, E. K., Blanchard, A. J. E., & Viljoen, J. L. (2021). Do community structural characteristics moderate the association between mental health and the frequency and severity of violent-behavioral outcomes in community respondents? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36, NP11824-NP11851. http://dx.doi.org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1177/0886260519888204 

Shaffer, C. S., Gatner, D. T., McCuish, E., Douglas, K. S., & Viljoen, J. L. (2021). The role of psychopathic features and developmental risk factors in trajectories of physical intimate partner violence. Psychology of Violence, 11, 549-558. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/vio0000313

DeMatteo, D., Hart, S. D., Heilbrun, K., Boccaccini, M. T., Cunningham, M. D., Douglas, K. S., Dvoskin, J. F., Edens, J. F., Guy, L. S., Murrie, D. C., Otto, R. K., Packer, I. K., & Reidy, T. J. (2020). Statement of concerned experts on the use of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist—Revised in capital sentencing to assess risk for institutional violence. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26, 133–144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000223

Older: 

Douglas, K. S., Ogloff, J. R. P., Nicholls, T. L. & Grant, I. (1999). Assessing risk for violence among psychiatric patients: The HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme and the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 917-930.

Douglas, K. S., Cox, D. N., & Webster, C. D. (1999). Violence risk assessment: Science and practice. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 4, 149-184.

Douglas, K. S., & Dutton, D. G. (2001). Assessing the link between stalking and domestic violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 519-546.

Douglas, K. S., & Kropp, P. R. (2002). A prevention-based paradigm for violence risk assessment: Clinical and research applications. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 29, 617-658.

Douglas, K. S., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (2003). Multiple facets of risk for violence: The impact of judgmental specificity on structured decisions about violence risk. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 2, 19-34.

Douglas, K. S., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (2003). The impact of confidence on the accuracy of structured professional and actuarial violence risk judgments in a sample of forensic psychiatric patients. Law & Human Behavior, 27, 573-587.

Douglas, K. S., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (2003). Violence by psychiatric patients: The impact of archival measurement source on violence prevalence and risk assessment accuracy. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 48, 734-740.

Douglas, K. S., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Hart, S. D. (2003). Evaluation of a model of violence risk assessment among forensic psychiatric patients. Psychiatric Services, 54, 1372-1379.

Douglas, K. S., Otto, R. K., & Borum, R. (2003). Research methods in clinical forensic psychology. In J. A. Schinka, W. F. Velicer, & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of psychology, volume two: Research methods in psychology (pp. 189-211). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Guy, L. S., Edens, J. F., Anthony, C., & Douglas, K. S. (2005). Does psychopathy predict institutional misconduct among adults? A meta-analytic investigation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 1056-1064.

Douglas, K., S., & Skeem, J. L. (2005). Violence risk assessment: Getting specific about being dynamic. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 11, 347-383.

Douglas, K. S., Yeomans, M. & Boer, D. P. (2005). Comparative validity analysis of multiple measures of violence risk in a general population sample of criminal offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 32, 479-510

Douglas, K. S., Strand, S., Belfrage, H., Fransson, G., & Levander, S. (2005). Reliability and validity evaluation of the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV) in Swedish correctional and forensic psychiatric samples. Assessment, 12, 145-161.

Douglas, K. S., Herbozo, S., Poythress, N. G., Belfrage, H., & Edens, J. F. (2006). Psychopathy and suicide: A multi-sample investigation. Psychological Services, 3, 97-116.

Douglas, K. S., Lilienfeld, S. O., Skeem, J. L., Poythress, N. P., Edens, J. F., & Patrick, C. J. (2008). Relation of antisocial and psychopathic traits to suicide-related behavior among offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 511-525.

Douglas, K. S., Guy, L. S., & Hart, S. D. (2009). Psychosis as a risk factor for violence to others: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 679-706.

Guy, L. S., Douglas, K. S., & Hendry, M. (2010). The role of psychopathic personality disorder in violence risk assessments using the HCR-20. Journal of Personality Disorders, 24, 551-580.

de Vries Robbé, M., de Vogel, V., & Douglas, K. S. (2013). Risk factors and protective factors: a two-sided dynamic approach to violence risk assessment. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 24, 440-457.

Douglas, K. S., & Belfrage, H. (2014). Interrater reliability and concurrent validity of the HCR-20 Version 3. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 13, 130-139.

Douglas, K. S., Hart, S. D., Groscup, J. L., & Litwack, T. R. (2014). Assessing violence risk. In I. Weiner & R. K. Otto (Eds.), The handbook of forensic psychology (4th edition). Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Douglas, K. S., Hart, S. D., Webster, C. D., Belfrage, H., Guy, L. S., & Wilson, C. (2014). Historical-Clinical-Risk Management-20, Version 3 (HCR-20 V3): Development and overview. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 13, 93-108.

Edens, J. F., Kelley, S. E., Lilienfeld, S. O., Skeem, J. L., & Douglas, K. S. (2014, online first). DSM-5 antisocial personality disorder: Predictive validity in a prison sample. Law and Human Behavior. http://dx.doi.org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1037/lhb0000105 

Strub, D. S., Douglas, K. S., & Nicholls, T. L. (2014). The validity of Version 3 of the HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme amongst offenders and civil psychiatric patients. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 13, 148-159.

Douglas, K. S. (2014). Version 3 of the Historical-Clinical-Risk Management-20 (HCR-20V3): Relevance to violence risk assessment and management in forensic conditional release contexts. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 32, 557-576. DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2134 

Strub, D. S., Douglas, K. S., & Nicholls, T. L. (2016). Violence risk assessment of civil psychiatric patients with the HCR-20: Does gender matter? International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 15, 81-96. 

Douglas, K. S., Vincent, G. M., & Edens, J. F. (2018). Risk for criminal recidivism: The role of psychopathy. In C. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of psychopathy (2nd ed.) (pp. 682-709). New York, NY: Guilford.

Edens, J. F., & Douglas, K. S. (2018). Cross-validation of the Personality Assessment Inventory 'Chronic Suicide Risk Index: S_Chron' in a large sample of offenders. Psychiatry Research, 259, 439-441. 

Gatner, D. T., Blanchard, A. J. E., Douglas, K. S., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Edens, J. F. (2018). Psychopathy in a multiethnic world: Investigating multiple measures of psychopathy in Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian offenders. Assessment, 25, 206-221. 

Courses

Future courses may be subject to change.