Publications

Last updated on October 1, 2019

To obtain a PDF copy of a published article please send an e-mail to: douglask@sfu.ca

Professional Manuals & Reports

  • Viljoen, J. L., Brodersen, E., Shaffer, C. S., Muir, N. M. & ARROW Advisory Board (2014). Adolescent Risk Reduction and Resilient Outcomes Work Plan. Burnaby, BC: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
  • Douglas, K. S., Hart, S. D., Webster, C. D., & Belfrage, H. (2013). HCR-20 (Version 3): Assessing Risk for Violence. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
  • Viljoen, J., Mordell, S., Douglas, K. S., & Roesch, R. (2009). Review of the Youth Risk-Needs Assessment Tool. Report prepared under contract for British Columbia Youth Justice Services. Burnaby, BC, Canada:Simon Fraser University, Department of Psychology.
  • Douglas, K. S., Webster, C. D., Hart, S. D., Eaves, D., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (Eds.) (2001). HCR-20: Violence risk management companion guide. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, and Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, University of South Florida.
  • Douglas, K. S., & Koch, W. J. (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder arising from motor vehicle accidents: A critical review of predictive factors. Technical report completed under contract with the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC.
  • Eaves, D., Douglas, K. S., Webster. C. D., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Hart, S. D. (2000). Assessing dangerous and long term offenders: A guide for mental health professionals. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
  • Lyon, D. R., & Douglas, K. S. (1999). Violence against British Columbia teachers: Report of the Simon Fraser University/ British Columbia Teachers’ Federation Violence against Teachers Survey. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University.
  • Ogloff, J. R. P., Lyon, D. R., Douglas, K. S., & Rose, V. G. (1998). More than “learning to think like a lawyer:” The empirical research on legal education. Newton, PA: Law School Admissions Council.
  • 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 [Official HCR-20 translations by independent third parties: Catalan; Danish; Dutch; Finnish; French (Canadian); German; Hebrew; Italian (in progress); Japanese; Norwegian; Portuguese; Russian (in progress); Spanish; Swedish].
  • Ogloff, J. R. P., & Douglas, K. S. (1995). The treatment of high risk offenders: A literature review and analysis. Ottawa: Department of Justice.
  • Webster, C. D., Eaves, D., Douglas, K. S., & Wintrup, A. (1995). The HCR-20 scheme: The assessment of dangerousness and risk. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, and Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission of British Columbia.

Books

  • Douglas, K. S., & Otto, R. K. (Eds.) (in press). Handbook of violence risk assessment (Second Edition). New York, NY: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Dvoskin, J., Skeem, J. S., Novaco, R., & Douglas, K. S. (Eds.) (2012). Using social science to reduce crime. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  • Otto, R. K., & Douglas, K. S. (Eds.) (2010). Handbook of violence risk assessment. New York, NY: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Skeem, J. L., Douglas, K. S., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (Eds.) (2009). Psychological science in the courtroom: Controversies and consensus. New York, NY: Guilford.
  • Koch, W. J., Douglas, K. S., Nicholls, T. L., & O’Neill, M. (2006). Psychological injuries: Forensic assessment, treatment, and law. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Articles and Chapters

  • Bjørkly, S., Wærstada, J. M., Selmera, L. E., Wærpa, J., Bjørnstada, M., Leinsliea, J. V., Eidhammer, G., & Douglas, K. S. (in press). Violence after discharge from forensic units: A prospective study with matched pair design. Psychology Research and Behavior Management.
  • Hanniball, K. B., Viljoen, J. L., Shaffer, C. S., Bhatt, G., Tweed, R., Aknin, L. B., Gagnon, N., Douglas, K. S., & Dooley, S. (in press). The role of life satisfaction in predicting youth violence and offending: A prospective examination. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
  • Shaffer, C. S., Douglas, K. S., Fuller, E. K., Blanchard, A. J. E., & Viljoen, J. L. (in press). The effect of mental health on the frequency and severity of violent-behavioral outcomes in community respondents: An investigation of the moderating effects of community structural characteristics. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
  • Shaffer, C. S., Blanchard, A. J. E., & Douglas, K. S. (in press). Risk assessment, violence and aggression. In P. Sturmey (Ed.), Wiley Handbook of Violence and Aggression. Oxford, UK: Wiley.
  • Viljoen, J. L., Cochrane, D. M., Shaffer, C. S., Muir, N. M., Brodersen, E. M., & Douglas, K. S. (in press). Bridging risk assessments to case planning: Development and evaluation of an intervention- planning tool for adolescents on probation. Criminal Justice & Behavior.
  • Douglas, K. S. (2019). Evaluating and managing risk for violence using structured professional judgment. In A. Day, C. Hollin, & D. Polaschek (Eds.), Handbook of correctional psychology. Wiley.
  • Douglas, K. S. (2019). Mental illness and violent behavior: Perceptions and evidence. In R. D. Morgan (Ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA; Sage.
  • Douglas, K. S. (2019). The Historical-Clinical-Risk Management – 20 (HCR-20) Violence Risk Assessment Measure. In R. D. Morgan (Ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA; Sage.
  • Douglas, K. S. (2019). Structured professional judgment model of criminal risk assessment. In R. D. Morgan (Ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA; Sage.
  • Douglas, K. S. (2019). Violence criminal risk assessment. In R. D. Morgan (Ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA; Sage.
  • Hanniball, K. B., Gatner, D. T., Douglas, K. S., Viljoen, J. L., & Aknin, L. B. (2019). Examining the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure and Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality in self- identified offender populations. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 10, 340-353.
  • Hanniball, K. B., Aknin, L. B., Douglas, K. S., & Viljoen, J. L. (2019). Does helping promote well-being in at-risk youth and ex-offender samples? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 82, 307-317.
  • Bhanwer, A. K., Viljoen, J. L., Shaffer, C. S., & Douglas, K. S. (2018, online first). The Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits: Reliability, convergent validity, and predictive validity for reoffending in adolescents on probation. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health.
  • 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.
  • Gatner, D. T., Douglas, K. S., & Hart, S. D. (2018). Comparing the lexical similarity of the triarchic model of psychopathy to contemporary models of psychopathy. Journal of Personality, 86, 577-589.
  • Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., & Douglas, K. S. (2018). Concurrent validity of the personality assessment screener in a large sample of offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 156-166.
  • McLachlan, K., Gray, A. L., Roesch, R., Douglas, K. S., & Viljoen, J. L. (2018). An evaluation of the predictive validity of the SAVRY and YLS/CMI in justice-involved youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Psychological Assessment, 30, 1640-1651.
  • Shaffer, C. S., Adjei, J., Viljoen, J. L., Douglas, K. S., & Saewyc, E. M. (2018, online first). 10-year trends in physical dating violence victimization among adolescent boys and girls in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
  • Shaffer, C. S., Gulbransen, E. M. D., Viljoen, J. L., Roesch, R., & Douglas, K. S. (2018). Predictive validity of the MAYSI-2 and PAI-A for suicide-related behavior and nonsuicidal self-injury among adjudicated adolescent offenders on probation. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 45, 1383-1403.
  • Viljoen, J. L., Bhanwer, A. K., Shaffer, C. S., & Douglas, K. S. (2018, online first). Assessing protective factors for adolescent offending: A conceptually informed examination of the SAVRY and YLS/CMI. Assessment.
  • Blanchard, A. J. E., Shaffer, C., & Douglas, K. S. (2017). Decision support tools in the evaluation of risk for violence. In P. M. Kleespies (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of behavioral emergencies and crises (pp. 262- 288). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Douglas, K. S., Nicholls, T. L., & Brink, J. (2017). Interventions for the reduction of violence by persons with serious mental illnesses. In P. M. Kleespies (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of behavioral emergencies and crises (pp. 466-488) New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Hart, S. D., Douglas, K. S., & Guy, L. S. (2017). The structured professional judgment approach to violence risk assessment: Origins, nature, and advances. In M. Rettenberger & L. Craig (Series Eds.) and D. Boer (Volume Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook on the assessment, treatment and theories of sexual offending: Volume 1. Assessment (pp. 643-666). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Viljoen, J. L., Gray A. L., Shaffer, C. S., Bhanwer, A., Tafreshi, D., & Douglas, K. S. (2017). Does reassessment of risk improve predictions? A framework, review, and examination of the SAVRY and YLS/CMI. Psychological Assessment, 29, 1096-1110.
  • Viljoen, J. L., Shaffer, C. S., Gray, A. L., & Douglas, K. S. (2017). Are adolescent risk assessment tools sensitive to change? A framework and examination of the SAVRY and the YLS/CMI. Law and Human Behavior, 41, 244-257.
  • de Vries Robbé, M., de Vogel, V., Wever, E. C., Douglas, K. S., & Nijman, H. L. I. (2016). Risk and protective factors for inpatient aggression. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 43, 1364-1385.
  • Douglas, K. S. (2016). Expert response to “Use of Appropriate Tests and Normative Data.” In G. Pirelli, A. Beattey, & P. A. Zapf (Eds). The ethical practice of forensic psychology: A casebook. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  • Gatner, D. T., Douglas, K. S., & Hart, S. D. (2016). Examining the incremental and interactive effects of Boldness with Meanness and Disinhibition within the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 7, 259-268.
  • Kelley, S. E., Balsis, S., Smith, S. T., Edens, J. F., & Douglas, K. S. (2016). A dimensional comparison of a self-report and a structured interview measure of conduct disorder. Journal of Personality Disorders, 30, 232-241.
  • Shaffer, C., Gatner, D., Gray, A. L., Douglas, K. S., Viljoen, J. L., Tweed, R., Bhatt, G., Dooley, S., & Gagnon, N. (2016). Incremental and predictive validity of the Antisocial Process Screening Device in a community sample of male and female ethnic minority and Caucasian youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1599-1612.
  • 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.
  • Van Dongen, J. D. M., Hendry, M. C., Douglas, K. S., Buck, N. M. L., Van Marle, H. J. C. (2016). The robustness of the early and late start typology of criminal behavior in major mental disorder: A conceptual replication. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law, 23, 563-574.
  • Viljoen, S., Nicholls, T. L., Roesch, R., Gagnon, N., Douglas, K. S., & Brink, J. (2016, online first). Exploring gender differences in the utility of strength-based risk assessment measures. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health.
  • Watts, A. L., Lilienfeld, S. O., Edens, J. F., Douglas, K. S., Skeem, J. L., & Verschuere, B. (2016). Does response distortion statistically affect the relations between self-report psychopathy measures and external criteria? Psychological Assessment, 28, 294-306.
  • Douglas, K. S. (2015). A primer on violence risk assessment. Science and the Courts, 1(3), 1-12.
  • Douglas, K. S. (2015). Addictions and violence risk. In R. Cautin & S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), The encyclopedia of clinical psychology. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Douglas, K. S., & Belfrage, H. (2015). The Structured Professional Judgment approach to violence risk assessment and management: Why it is useful, how to use it, and its empirical support. In C. A. Pietz & C. A. Mattson (Eds.), Violent offenders: Understanding and assessment (pp. 360-383). New York, NY: Oxford.
  • Douglas, K. S., Nikolova, N. L., Kelley, S., & Edens, J. F. (2015). Psychopathy. In B. Cutler & P. Zapf (Eds.), APA handbook of forensic psychology (Volume 1). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • de Vries Robbé, M., de Vogel, V., & Douglas, K. S., & Nijman, H. L. I. (2015). Changes in dynamic risk and protective factors for violence during inpatient forensic psychiatric treatment: Predicting reductions in post-discharge community recidivism. Law and Human Behavior, 39, 53-61.
  • Edens, J. F., Kelley, S. E., Lilienfeld, S. O., Skeem, J. L., & Douglas, K. S. (2015). DSM-5 antisocial per- sonality disorder: Predictive validity in a prison sample. Law and Human Behavior, 39, 123-129.
  • Fields, S., Edens, J. F., Smith, S. T., Rulesh, A., Donnellan, M. B., Ruiz, M. A., McDermott, B. E., & Douglas, K. S. (2015). Examining the psychometric properties of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale– Brief Form in justice-involved samples. Psychological Assessment, 27, 1211-1218.
  • Guy, L. S., Packer, I., Kusaj, C., & Douglas, K. S. (2015). Influence of the HCR-20, LS/CMI, and PCL-R on decisions about parole suitability among lifers. Law and Human Behavior, 39, 232-243.
  • Guy, L. S., & Douglas, K. S. (2015). Major mental disorders and violence. In C. A. Pietz & C. A. Mattson (Eds.), Violent offenders: Understanding and assessment (pp. 77-98). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Guy, L. S., Douglas, K. S., & Hart, S. D. (2015). Risk assessment and communication. In B. Cutler & P. Zapf (Eds.), APA handbook of forensic psychology (Volume 1) (pp. 35-86). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Spice, A., Viljoen, J., Douglas, K. S., & Hart, S. D. (2015). Remorse, psychopathology, and psychopathy among adolescent offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 39, 451-462.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Guy, L. S., & Douglas, K. S. (2015). Major mental disorder and violence. In C. A. Pietz & C. A. Mattson (Eds.), Violent offenders: Understanding and assessment (p. 77-98). New York, NY: Oxford.
  • Edens, J. F., Kelley, S. E., Lilienfeld, S. O., Skeem, J. L., & Douglas, K. S. (2014, online first). DSM-5 anti- social personality disorder: Predictive validity in a prison sample. Law and Human Behavior.
  • 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.
  • Pritchard, A. A, Blanchard, A. J. E., & Douglas, K. S. (2014). Risk assessment. In R. Wright (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  • Carolan, P. L., Jaspers-Fayer, F., Asmaro, D. T., Douglas, K. S., & Liotti, M. (2014). Electrophysiology of blunted emotional bias in psychopathic personality. Psychophysiology, 51, 36-41.
  • Cox, J., Edens, J. F., Magyar, M. S., Lilienfeld, S. O., Douglas, K. S., & Poythress, N. G. (2013). Using the Psychopathic Personality Inventory to identify subtypes of antisocial personality disorder. Journal of Criminal Justice, 41, 125-134.
  • 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., Blanchard, A., & Hendry, M. (2013). Violence risk assessment and management: Putting structured professional judgment into practice. In C. Logan & L. Johnstone (Eds.), Risk assessment and management: Clinical guidelines for effective practice (pp. 29-55). New York, NY: Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group.
  • Douglas, K. S., Otto, R. K., Desmarais, S. L., & Borum, R. (2013). Clinical forensic psychology. In J. A. Schinka, W. F. Velicer, & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of psychology, volume two: Research methods in psychology, second edition (pp. 213-244). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • McLachlan, K., Roesch, R., Viljoen, J. L., & Douglas, K. S. (2013, July 8). Evaluating the psycholegal abilities of young offenders with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Law and Human Behavior. Advance online publication.
  • Ogloff, J. R. P., & Douglas, K. S. (2013). Forensic psychological assessments. In J. R. Graham, J. A., Naglieri, & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of psychology, volume ten: Assessment psychology, second edition (pp. 373-393). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Penner, E. K., Viljoen, J. L., Douglas, K. S., & Roesch, R. (2013, October 14). Procedural justice vs. risk factors for offending: Predicting recidivism in youth. Law and Human Behavior. Advance online publication.
  • Dvoskin, J. A., Skeem, J. L., Novaco, R. W., & Douglas, K. S. (2012). What if psychology redesigned the criminal justice system. In J. A. Dvoskin, J. L. Skeem, R. W. Novaco, & K. S. Douglas (Eds.), Using social science to reduce violent offending (pp. 291-301). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  • Magyar, M. S., Edens, J. F., Lilienfeld, S. O. Douglas, K. S. Poythress, N. G., & Skeem, J. L. (2012). Using the Personality Assessment Inventory to predict male offender’s conduct during and progression through substance abuse treatment. Psychological Assessment, 24, 216-225.
  • Lavoie, J. A. A., & Douglas, K. S. (2012). The Perceived Stress Scale: Evaluating configural, metric and scalar invariance across mental health status and gender. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 34, 48-57.
  • Nikolova, N. L., Hendry, M. C., Douglas, K. S., Edens, J. F., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (2012). The inconsistency of inconsistency scales: A comparison of two widely used measures. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 30, 16-27.
  • Douglas, K. S., Skeem, J. L., & Nicholson, E. (2011). Research methods in violence risk assessment. In B. Rosenfeld & S. Penrod (Eds.), Research methods in forensic psychology. New York: Wiley.
  • Magyar, M. S., Edens, J. F., Lilienfeld, S. O., Douglas, K. S., & Poythress, N. G. (2011). Examining the relationship among substance abuse, negative emotionality and impulsivity across subtypes of antisocial and psychopathic substance abusers. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39, 232-237.
  • McLachlan, K., Roesch, R., & Douglas, K. S. (2011). Examining the role of interrogative suggestibility in Miranda rights comprehension in adolescents. Law and Human Behavior, 35, 165-177.
  • Ruiz, M. A., Douglas, K. S., Edens, J. F., Nikolova, N. L., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (2012). Co-occurring mental health and substance use problems in offenders: Implications for risk assessment. Psychological Assessment, 24, 77-87.
  • Tweed, R., G., Bhatt, G., Dooley, S., Spindler, A., Douglas, K. S., & Viljoen, J. L. (2011). Youth violence and positive psychology: Research potential through integration. Canadian Psychology, 52, 111-121.
  • Wilson, C. M., Douglas, K. S., & Lyon, D. R. (2011). Violence against teachers: Prevalence and consequences. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26, 2353-2371.
  • McLachlan, K., Roesch, R., & Douglas, K. S. (2011). Examining the role of interrogative suggestibility in Miranda rights comprehension in adolescents. Law and Human Behavior, 35, 165-177.
  • Blonigen, D. M., Patrick, C. J., Douglas, K. S., Poythress, N. G., Skeem, J. L., Lilienfeld, S. O., Edens, J. F., & Krueger, R. F. (2010). Relations between factors of psychopathy and dimensions of internalizing and externalizing psychopathology: Clarifying the role of suppressor effects and method variance. Psychological Assessment, 22, 96-107.
  • Douglas, K. S., Skeem, J. L., & Nicholson, E.  (2011). Research methods in violence risk assessment. In B. Rosenfeld & S. Penrod (Eds.), Research methods in forensic psychology. New York: Wiley.
  • 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.
  • Kimonis, E. R., Skeem, J. L., Edens, J. F., Douglas, K. S., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Poythress, N. G. (2010). Suicidal and criminal behavior among female offenders: The role of abuse and psychopathology. Journal of Personality Disorders, 24, 581-609.
  • Poythress, N. G., Lilienfeld, S. O., Skeem, J. L., Douglas, K. S., Edens, J. F., Epstein, M., & Patrick, C. J. (2010). Using the PCL-R to help estimate the validity of two self-report measures of psychopathy with offenders. Assessment, 17, 206-219.
  • Lee, Z., Klaver, J. R., Hart, S. D., Moretti, M. M., & Douglas, K. S. (2009). Short-term stability of psychopathic traits in adolescent offenders. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38, 595-605.
  • Poythress, N.G., Skeem, J.L., Weir, J., Lilienfeld, S.O., Douglas, K.S., Edens, J.F., & Kennealy, P. J. (2009). Psychometric properties of Carver and White’s (1994) BIS/BAS scales in a large sample of offenders. Personality and Individual Differences.
  • Douglas, K. S., Guy, L. S., & Hart, S. D. (2009). Psychosis as a risk factor for violence to others: A metaanalysis. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 679-706.
  • Douglas, K. S., Nicholls, T. L., & Brink, J. (2009). Reducing the risk of violence among persons with mental illness: A critical analysis of treatment approaches (pp. 351-376). In P. M. Kleespies (Ed.), Behavioral emergencies: An evidence-based resource for evaluating and managing risk of suicide, violence, and victimization. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Douglas, K. S., & Reeves, K. (2009). The HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme: Overview and review of the research. In R. Otto & K. S. Douglas (Eds.), Handbook of violence risk assessment. Oxford, UK: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
  • Heilbrun, K., Douglas, K. S, & Yasuhara, K. (2009). Controversies in violence risk assessment. In J. L. Skeem, K. S. Douglas, & S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds), Psychological science in the courtroom: Controversies and consensus. New York, NY: Guilford.
  • Lavoie, J. A. A., Guy, L. S., & Douglas, K. S. (2009). Violence risk assessment: Principles and models bridging prediction to management (pp. 3-26). In J. Ireland (Ed.), Violent and sexual offenders: Assessment, treatment and management. Portland, OR: Willan Publishing.
  • Manchak, S. M., Skeem, J. L., Douglas, K. S., & Siranosian, M. (2009). Does gender moderate the predictive utility of the revised Level of Service Inventory (LSI-R)? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36, 425-442.
  • Nikolova, N., Strub, D. S., & Douglas, K. S. (2009). Violence risk assessment. In C. Edwards (Ed.), Encyclopedia of forensic sciences. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Poythress, N. G., Skeem, J. L., Lilienfeld, S. O., Douglas, K. S., Edens, J. F., & Landfield, K. (2009). Carver and White’s (1994) BIS scale and Lykken’s (1995) primary psychopath: A reply to Newman and Malterer (2009). Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 678-681.
  • Wilson, C., & Douglas, K. S. (2009). Assessment of dangerousness. In C. Edwards (Ed.), Encyclopedia of forensic sciences. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Douglas, K. S. (2008). The HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme. In B. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology and law. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Douglas, K. S., Epstein, M. E., & Poythress, N. G. (2008). Criminal recidivism among juvenile offenders: Evaluating the incremental and predictive validity of three measures of psychopathic features. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 423-438.
  • Douglas, K. S. & Guy, L. S. (2008). Antisocial personality disorder. In B. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology and law. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • 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., & Reeves, K. (2008). Violence risk assessment. In B. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology and law. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Lavoie, J. A. A., & Douglas, K. S. (2008). Approaches to violence risk assessment. In B. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology and law. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Manchak, S. M., Skeem, J. L., & Douglas, K. S. (2008). Utility of the Revised Level of Service Inventory (LSI-R) in predicting recidivism after long-term incarceration. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 477-488.
  • Guy, L. S., Poythress, N. G., Douglas, K. S., Skeem, J. L., & Edens, J. F. (2008). Correspondence between self-report and interview-based assessments of antisocial personality disorder. Psychological Assessment, 20, 47-54.
  • Poythress, N.G., Edens, J.F., Lilienfeld, S.O., Landfield, K., Skeem, J.L., & Douglas, K.S. (2008). A review of Carver and White’s (1994) BIS/BAS scales: Implications for RST models of psychopathic behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 269-275.
  • Ruiz, M. A., Poythress, N. G., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Douglas, K. S. (2008). Factor structure and correlates of the Dissociative Experiences Scale in a large offender sample. Assessment, 15, 511-521.
  • Boccaccini, M. T., Epstein, M. E., Poythress, N. G., Douglas, K. S., Campbell, J., Gardner, G., & Falkenbach,. (2007). Self-Report measures of child and adolescent psychopathy as predictors of delinquency in four samples of justice-involved youths. Assessment, 14, 361-374.
  • Douglas, K. S., Guy, L. S., Edens, J. F., Boer, D. P., & Hamilton, J. (2007). The Personality Assessment Inventory as a measure of psychopathy: Testing the incremental validity and cross-sample robustness of the Antisocial Features scale. Assessment, 14, 255-269.
  • Murrie, D. C., Marcus, D. K., Douglas, K. S., Lee, Z., Salekin, R. T., & Vincent, G. (2007). Youth with psychopathy features are not a discrete class: A taxometric analysis. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 714-723.
  • Regan, K. V., Spidel, A., Gretton, H. M., Catchpole, R. E. H., & Douglas, K. S. (2007). Special needs adolescent sex offenders: Characteristics and treatment outcome. In M. Calder (Ed.), Working with children and young people who sexually abuse: Taking the field forward. London, UK: Russell House Publishing.
  • Reeves, K., Desmarais, S. D., Nicholls, T. L., & Douglas, K. S. (2007). Intimate partner abuse of older men: Considerations for the assessment of risk. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 19, 7-27.
  • 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., & Lavoie, J. (2006). Violence risk assessment and management: Models of use and guiding principles. In A. C. Fonseca (Ed.), Psicologia forense. Coimbra: Nova Almedina.
  • Nicholls, T. L., Desmarais, S. L., Douglas, K. S., & Kropp, P. R. (2006). Violence risk assessments with perpetrators of intimate partner abuse. In J. Hamel & T. L. Nicholls (Eds.), Family approaches to domestic violence: A guide to gender-inclusive research and treatment (pp. 275-301). New York: Springer.
  • Douglas, K. S., Vincent, G. M., & Edens, J. F. (2006). Risk for criminal recidivism: The role of psychopathy. In C. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of psychopathy. New York, NY: Guilford.
  • Edens, J. F., & Douglas, K. S. (2006). Assessment of interpersonal aggression and violence: Introduction to the special issue. Assessment, 13, 221-226.
  • Edens, J. F., Skeem, J. L., & Douglas, K. S. (2006). Generalizability of the VRAG or generalizability of the PCL:SV? Incremental validity analyses of the MacArthur violence risk assessment data. Assessment, 13, 368-374.
  • Guy, L. S., & Douglas, K. S. (2006). Examining the utility of the PCL:SV as a screening measure usingcompeting factor models of psychopathy. Psychological Assessment, 18, 225-230.
  • Poythress, N. G., Douglas, K. S., Falkenback, D., Cruise, K., Lee, Z., Murrie, D.C., & Vitacco, M. (2006). Internal consistency reliability of the self-report Antisocial Process Screening Device. Assessment, 13, 107-113.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Koch, W. J., O’Neill, M., & Douglas, K. S. (2005). Empirical limits for the forensic assessment of PTSD litigants. Law and Human Behavior, 29, 121-149.
  • Christy, A., Douglas, K. S., Otto, R. K., & Petrila, J. (2004). Juveniles evaluated incompetent to proceed: Characteristics and quality of mental health professionals’ evaluations. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35, 380-388.
  • Elwood, C. E., Poythress, N. G., & Douglas, K. S. (2004). Evaluation of the Hare P-SCAN in a nonclinical population. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 833-843.
  • Nicholls, T. L., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Douglas, K. S. (2004). Assessing risk for violence among female and male civil psychiatric patients: The HCR-20, PCL:SV, and McNiel & Binder’s VSC. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 127-158.
  • Spain, S. E., Douglas, K. S., Poythress, N. G., & Epstein, M. (2004). The relationship between psychopathic features, violence and treatment outcome: The comparison of three youth measures of psychopathic features. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 85-102.
  • Borum, R., & Douglas, K. S. (2003). New directions in violence risk assessment. Psychiatric Times, 20 (3), 102-103.
  • 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.
  • Ogloff, J. R. P., & Douglas, K. S. (2003). Psychological assessment in forensic settings. In J. R. Graham, J. A. Naglieri, & I. B. Weiner (Eds.), Handbook of psychology, volume 10: Assessment Psychology (pp. 345-363). New York: Wiley.
  • Belfrage, H., & Douglas, K. S. (2002). Treatment effects on forensic psychiatric patients measured with the HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 1, 25-36.
  • 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.
  • McNeil, D. E., Borum, R., Douglas, K. S., Hart, S. D., Lyon, D. R., Sullivan, L., & Hemphill, J. (2002). Risk assessment. In J. R. P. Ogloff (Ed.), Taking psychology and law into the twenty-first century (pp. 147-170). New York, NY: Kluwer.
  • Petrila, J., & Douglas, K. S. (2002). Legal issues in maximum security institutions for people with mental illnesses: Liberty, security, and administrative discretion. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 20, 463-480.
  • Douglas, K. S., & Belfrage, H. (2001). Use of the HCR-20 in violence risk management: Implementation and clinical practice. In K. S. Douglas, C. D. Webster, S. D. Hart, D. Eaves, & J. R. P. Ogloff, (Eds.), HCR-20: Violence risk management companion guide (pp. 41-58). Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, and Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, University of South Florida.
  • 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., Hart, S. D. & Kropp, P. R. (2001). Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) for forensic assessments. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 45, 183-197.
  • Douglas, K. S., & Koch, W. J. (2001). Civil commitment and civil competencies: Psychological issues. In R. Schuller & J. R. P. Ogloff (Eds.), Introduction to Psychology and Law: Canadian Perspectives (pp. 353-374). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
  • Douglas, K. S., & Koch, W. J. (2001). Psychological injuries and tort litigation: Sexual victimization  and motor vehicle accidents. In R. Schuller & J. R. P. Ogloff (Eds.), Introduction to Psychology and Law:  CanadianPerspectives (pp. 407-426). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
  • Hart, S. D., Webster, C. D., & Douglas, K. S. (2001). Risk management using the HCR-20: A general overview focusing on historical factors. In K. S. Douglas, C. D. Webster, S. D. Hart, D. Eaves, & J. R. P. Ogloff, (Eds.), HCR-20: Violence risk management companion guide. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, and Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, University of South Florida.
  • Koch, W. J., & Douglas, K. S., (2001). Psychology’s intersection with family law. In R. Schuller & J. R. P. Ogloff (Eds.), Introduction to Psychology and Law: Canadian Perspectives (pp. 375-406). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
  • Webster, C. D., & Douglas, K. S. (2001). Purpose of this guide. In K. S. Douglas, C. D. Webster, S. D. Hart, D. Eaves, & J. R. P. Ogloff, (Eds.), HCR-20: Violence risk management companion guide. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, and Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, University of South Florida.
  • Grant, I., Ogloff, J. R. P., & Douglas, K. S. (2000). The British Columbia review panel: Factors influencing decision-making. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 23, 173-194.
  • Ogloff, J. R. P., Lyon, D. R., Douglas, K. S., & Rose, V. G. (2000). More than ‘learning to think like a lawyer:’ The empirical research on legal education. Creighton Law Review, 34, 73-244.
  • Webster, C. D., Douglas, K. S., Belfrage, H., & Link, B. (2000). Capturing change: An approach to managing violence and improving mental health. In S. Hodgins & R. Müller-Isberner (Eds.), Violence among the mentally ill (pp. 119-144). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer/Academic.
  • 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., Huss, M. T., Murdoch, L. L., Washington, D. O., & Koch, W. J. (1999). Posttraumatic stress disorder stemming from motor vehicle accidents: Legal issues in Canada and the United States. In E. J. Hickling & E. B. Blanchard (Eds.), International handbook of road traffic accidents and psychological trauma: Current understanding, treatment and law (pp. 271-290). New York: Elsevier Science.
  • 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., & Webster, C. D. (1999). Predicting violence in mentally and personality disordered individuals. In R. Roesch, S. D. Hart, & J. R. P. Ogloff (Eds.), Psychology and law: The state of the discipline (pp. 175-239). New York: Plenum.
  • Douglas, K. S., & Webster, C. D. (1999). The HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme: Concurrent validity in a sample of incarcerated offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 26, 3-19.
  • Douglas, K. S., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (1997). Public opinion of statutory maximum sentences in the Canadian Criminal Code: A comparison of offences against property and offences against people. Canadian Journal of Criminology, 39, 433-458.
  • Douglas, K. S., Lyon, D. R., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (1997). The impact of graphic photographic evidence on mock jurors’ decisions in a homicide trial: Probative or prejudicial? Law and Human Behavior, 21, 485-501.
  • Webster, C. D., Douglas, K. S., Eaves, S. D., & Hart, S. D. (1997). Assessing risk of violence to others. In C. D. Webster & M. A. Jackson (Eds.), Impulsivity: Theory, assessment, and treatment (pp. 251-277). New York: Guilford.
  • Douglas, K. S., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (1996). An investigation of factors affecting public opinion of property bias in Canadian Criminal Code maximum sentences. Law and Human Behavior, 20, 395-417.
  • Douglas, K. S., Macfarlane, E., & Webster, C. D. (1996). Predicting dangerousness in the contemporary Canadian mental health and criminal justice systems. Canada’s Mental Health, 43, 4-11.

Newsletter Contributions

  • Douglas, K. S. (2009). Expert opinion: Assessing risk for violence using structured professional judgment. American Psychology-Law Society (APLS) Newsletter, 29 (1), 12-15.

Web-Based Manuscripts

  • Douglas, K. S., Shaffer, C., Blanchard, A., Guy, L. S., Reeves, K., & Weir, J. (2002-2017). HCR-20 violence risk assessment scheme: Overview and annotated bibliography [On-line].