The Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behavior. Victim and Offender Perspectives

612 Pages·2017·5.24 MB·English

by  Wayne Petherick and Grant Sinnamon (Eds.)

To Natalie. The love of my life: friend, wife, lover, and muse. Partner
in all things but my own folly, from which you rescue me often. To
paraphrase the immortal words of Robert Burns: “To know you is to
love you, love but you, and love forever.”
– Grant Sinnamon
The Psychology
of Criminal and
Antisocial Behavior
Victim and Offender
Perspectives
Edited By
Wayne Petherick
Grant Sinnamon
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About the Authors
Fatima Almeida
Fatima holds a master’s degree in forensic psychology from the Faculty of Psychol-
ogy and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. She also has
a master’s in legal medicine and forensic sciences from the Faculty of Medicine of
the University of Coimbra, Portugal, where her thesis was about profiling in violent
crimes. Fatima is currently a PhD student of forensic sciences at the Faculty of Medi-
cine of the University of Oporto (where she studies serial sexual offenders, serial
killers, and filicide). She is currently associate professor of forensic psychology at
Instituto de Educação e Cidadania and is also the Psychology Branch Coordinator
of the ICATE project as well as a member of the Psychological Assessment and
Psychometrics Laboratory (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the
University of Coimbra, Portugal). Fatima has authored numerous books and articles
about criminal profiling and forensic psychology.
Gaelle Brotto
Gaelle Brotto has a bachelor’s of psychology degree from the University of Lille 3
in France and a master’s of criminology degree from Bond University in Australia.
Her research interests are in the areas of victimology, criminal motivations, and
the utility and application of typologies. She is a doctoral scholar in the Faculty
of Society and Design at Bond University and is about to submit her PhD thesis,
which has developed a victim motivational typology based on behaviors, motiva-
tions, and personality traits in order to better understand victimization.
James S. Cawood
Dr. James S. Cawood is president of Factor One, a California-based corporation spe-
cializing in threat assessment and management, violence risk assessment, behavioral
analysis, security consulting, and investigations.
He currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Threat Assessment
and Management (American Psychological Association) and is the former president
of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP). He has also served
as the association’s second vice president and president of the Northern California
Chapter of ATAP; on the ASIS International Foundation Board and was secretary of
the board; as the chairman of the board of the California Association of Licensed
Investigators and has served as chairman of their Legislative Committee; and as a
board member for the Association of Workplace Investigators.
Dr. Cawood is a graduate of UC Berkeley, holds a master’s degree in forensic
psychology from Argosy University, and a PhD in psychology from Northcentral
University. He has served on the faculties of Golden Gate University, in their security
management degree program and the University of California, Santa Cruz extension,
teaching threat management. He is a Certified Protection Professional, Professional
Certified Investigator, Physical Security Professional, Certified Fraud Examiner,
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Certified Security Professional, Certified Professional Investigator, Certified Inter-
national Investigator, and Certified Threat Manager. He has also written articles and
book chapters for various professional publications.
Larissa Christensen
Larissa S. Christensen has recently submitted her PhD (psychology) at Deakin
University, Melbourne. Her main research/academic interest is the attrition of child
sexual abuse cases from the criminal justice process, in particular, exploring the case
characteristics associated with the attrition of child sexual abuse cases in the early
stages of the criminal justice process. Her work has led to the identification of a num-
ber of recommendations to prevent the unnecessary attrition of child sexual abuse
cases. She is currently a sessional academic in the School of Criminology and Crimi-
nal Justice at Griffith University, Queensland, and has been awarded for her teaching
excellence. She is currently working on a range of projects for the Queensland Police
Service. Her recent work has been published in Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law and
is currently in press with the International Journal of Police Science and Management.
Therese Ellis-Smith
Therese Ellis-Smith is a forensic psychologist who has worked in correctional ser-
vices for over 25 years. She has developed criminogenic programs and correctional
policy, in addition to holding senior management roles, in several Australian juris-
dictions. Therese is currently completing a doctor of philosophy program at Bond
University. Her current research interests include arson profiling and the assessment
and treatment of arsonists, particularly those from indigenous communities. Therese
is also a member of the Australian Psychological Society College of Forensic Psy-
chologists national committee. She supervises provisional psychologists, operates
a private practice, presents at local and international conferences, and is an adjunct
teaching fellow at Bond University.
Gwyn Griffith
Dr. Gwyn Griffith is the service manager of a Youth Offending Team based in Aberys-
twyth, United Kingdom. He originally trained as a mathematical biologist gaining a
PhD from the University of Wales, Cardiff, in 1989. He then worked as a research
scientist up to 2001 when he retrained as a probation officer. From 2001 to 2008
he worked for the National Probation Service delivering rehabilitation programs to
adult offenders. He then switched over to youth justice. He has an interest in applying
research findings in actual practice with young people.
Majeed Khader
Majeed Khader is the director of the Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre under
the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore. Dr. Majeed is also the chief psychologist of
the Singapore Police Force. A trained hostage negotiator, his previous operational duties
include being the ex-deputy commander of the crisis negotiation unit and a trainer with
the negotiation unit. He teaches criminal psychology part time as an assistant professor
About the Authors xix
(adjunct) at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanyang Technology
University. For the past 23 years, Dr. Majeed has overseen the development of psy-
chological services in the areas of stress, resilience, employee selection, deception
psychology, leadership, crisis negotiations, crime profiling, and crisis psychology. For his
work, he was awarded the National Day Public Administration Award (Bronze) in 2006
by the President of Singapore and once again the Public Administration Award (Silver)
in 2014. Majeed holds a master’s degree (with distinction) in forensic psychology from
the University of Leicester, United Kingdom, and a PhD in psychology (specializing in
personality and crisis leadership) from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He also
holds a degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of London. Majeed
has been invited as a speaker to organizations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Canada,
Hong Kong, and the United States to share information on crime psychology, terror-
ism, and leadership. He has also presented at the FBI, NCIS, and the RCMP. He has
been the chairman of three major international conferences held in Singapore titled the
“Asian Conference of Criminal and Operations Psychology.” He has been the Asian
director and sits on the board of the US-based Society of Police and Criminal Psychology.
He is a registered psychologist with the Singapore Psychological Society, and a member
of the British and American psychological societies.
Andrea Lee
Andrea is a postgraduate scholar in the Faculty of Society and Design and the Fac-
ulty of Law at Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia. Her research interests address
issues facing male victims of partner violence and the assessment and management
of partner violence risk. Contact: [e-mail].
Grant Lester
Dr. Lester is a consultant forensic psychiatrist whose public practice is with the Vic-
torian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Victoria. His public practice has been
in high-security mental health facilities and prisons. He is also a sitting member of
Victoria’s Mental Health Tribunal.
His private work and research interest has been into querulent and vexatious com-
plainants and litigants and he has researched with Ombudsman’s Offices and Courts
throughout Australia. He currently presents and trains staff of courts, government
and private organizations in the management of unreasonable complainant or litigant
behavior including both administrative techniques as well as risk assessment and
management of aggressive and violent behaviors.
Robyn Lincoln
Robyn Lincoln is assistant professor in criminology at Bond University, Gold Coast,
Australia. Her research and publications have centered on violence in Aboriginal com-
munities, forensic interviewing techniques, and wrongful convictions. She recently
completed two federally funded research projects on the consequences of naming
indigenous youth involved in justice proceedings and a year-long industry-partnered
study to examine violence against urban bus drivers. Contact: [e-mail].
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Amber McKinley
Dr. Amber McKinley is an applied victimologist and subject coordinator for JST311
Evidence and Investigation and JST345 Police and Victims at Charles Sturt Uni-
versity’s Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security. She holds bachelor
of liberal studies, master’s of criminal justice, and doctor of philosophy degrees.
Her thesis investigated Homicide Solvability Factors and Applied Victimology in
New South Wales from 1994 to 2013. Amber is also a squadron leader (specialist
reserve) in the Royal Australian Air Force and consults with the Australia Defense
Force Investigative Service. She teaches and researches an array of topics, including
applied and forensic victimology, homicide, solvability and clearance rates, criminal
behaviors, police investigations of serious crimes, and the changing typologies of
Australian homicide. Amber’s current research projects are focused on aspects of
multiagency and trauma-informed victim care in police investigations.
Gareth Norris
Dr. Gareth Norris is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Aberystwyth
University, United Kingdom. He is a graduate of the MSc Investigative Psychology
course from Liverpool University and was awarded his PhD from Bond University,
Australia, on the topic of the authoritarian personality. Gareth has a general interest in
the application of psychology in legal contexts and in particular the use of technology
in the courtroom. He has published in a number of high-profile journals and presented
at international conferences, including the American Bar Association and National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. One of the main areas of his research focus
is in the interpretation and application of statistical evidence, and the use of such infor-
mation, such as risk assessment inventories, in guiding legal decision-making.
Heather Norris
Heather Norris is a teaching fellow in the Department of Law and Criminology at
Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom. After graduating from Dartmouth Col-
lege, New Hampshire, United States, she studied criminology in Australia, where she
found her interest in youth justice. She is particularly interested in the psychological
impact of restorative justice (RJ) on participants in the youth justice system, and her
doctoral thesis is an interdisciplinary approach evaluating the impact of RJ on happi-
ness, school engagement, and self-esteem in young people. Further interests include
mental health and the criminal justice system, as well as pedagogical research.
Michele Pathé
Michele is a senior forensic psychiatrist with the Queensland Forensic Mental Health
Service and an adjunct professor at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Gover-
nance at Queensland’s Griffith University. She was formerly a consultant psychiatrist
and assistant clinical director at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health and
the director of Threat Management, a private clinic for victims of stalking. Dr. Pathé
is currently the consulting psychiatrist to the Queensland Fixated Threat Assessment
Centre (QFTAC), a joint police-mental health intelligence agency for high-risk, often
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mentally ill, fixated persons. She is a member of the Fixated Research Group, whose
original studies commissioned by the British Home Office gave rise to the founda-
tional FTAC in London in 2006.
For the past 25 years, Dr Pathé has had a clinical and research interest in stalk-
ing, threats, and public figure fixation and has collaborated with local, interstate, and
international law enforcement and intelligence agencies to develop risk mitigation
strategies in these areas. She has lectured extensively in this field, authoring and
coauthoring three books, over 70 research articles, book chapters, a doctoral thesis,
and risk assessment tools.
Mauro Paulino
Mauro Paulino is currently a coordinator at Mind, Institute of Clinical and Forensic
Psychology (Lisbon, Portugal). He is also a forensic psychologist consultant at the
Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, IP (Gabinete Médico-Legal
e Forense Península Setúbal) and a clinical director of Pelo Sonho - Cooperativa de
Solidariedade Social, supervising shelter and care center for victims of spousal vio-
lence. Mauro received his master’s degree in legal medicine and forensic sciences at the
University of Lisbon, School of Medicine, completing his research in the field of spousal
violence. He is an author and coordinator of several books, namely Abusadores Sex-
uais de Crianças: A Verdade Escondida (Child Sexual Offender: The Hidden Truth
edited by Prime Books), Profiling, Vitimologia & Ciências Forenses: Perspetivas Atuais
(Profiling, Victimology & Forensic Sciences: Today’s Perspectives, 2nd ed., edited by
Pactor), O Inimigo Em Casa: Dar Voz Aos Silêncios da Violência Doméstica (The Enemy
at Home: Giving Voice to the Silence of Domestic Violence, 2nd edition, edited by Prime
Books), Psicologia, Justiça & Ciências Forenses: Perspetivas Atuais (Psychology, Justice
& Forensic Sciences: Current Perspectives edited by Pactor), and Forensic Psychology of
Spousal Violence: Psychodynamics, Forensic Mental Health Issues and Research (edited
by Elsevier Academic Press). He is a guest lecturer at various national and international
universities and training sessions on spousal violence.
Wayne Petherick
Wayne is associate professor of criminology in the Faculty of Society and Design
at Bond University, Queensland, Australia. He is author or editor of Profiling and
Serial Crime (3rd ed.), Applied Crime Analysis, and Forensic Criminology. At
Bond, Wayne teaches in the subjects Criminal Profiling, Applied Crime Analy-
sis, Criminal Motivations, Crime and Deviance, and Profiling and Crime Analy-
sis (postgraduate), and Forensic Criminology (postgraduate). Wayne’s research
interests include statement analysis and the detection of deception, case linkage
analysis, risky online behaviors for children and adolescents, and victim and
offender motivation.
Wayne is also principal of Forensic Analytic, offering training and consultancy
on applied crime analysis, an area he has pioneered, stalking, risk assessment and
threat management, homicide, arson, stalking, sexual assaults, and false reports. He
has lectured in Australia and in the United States, also consulting on cases in both
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countries. He is a frequent commentator in both the print and electronic media on
stalking, violent crime, risk and threat, and other areas of criminological interest.
Wayne can be contacted on [e-mail] or wpetheri@staff.
bond.edu.au.
Yolande Robinson
Yolande’s research is being overseen by esteemed criminologist professor Ross
Homel, AO, Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith
University. The intention of Yolande’s PhD is to improve outcomes for children and
youth at risk in disadvantaged communities, with specific focus on current and best
practices for including community members in the dissemination of evidenced-based,
quality crime prevention programs and initiatives. Yolande has recently informed a
major project for the Department of Justice and Attorney General (Youth Justice),
and regularly addresses a wide range of groups and organizations on issues related to
her research interests, which include community mechanisms for crime prevention,
social control and community development, reducing youth delinquency and antiso-
cial behavior, and improving outcomes for children and families in disadvantaged
areas, online sexual predation of children, and bullying and harassment.
Poh Shu Yun
Poh Shu Yun graduated from Nanyang Technological University in 2015 with an
honors degree in psychology. She is currently working as a child protection officer
with the Ministry of Social and Family Development in Singapore.
Grant Sinnamon
Grant Sinnamon, BPsych (Hons), MCouns, MPsych (Clinical), PhD (Medicine: Psy-
chiatry and Psychiatric Neuroscience). Grant is married to Natalie and together they
have four children. Grant is the creator of the REPAIR Model: a six-step intervention
model for working with children and adults with complex needs. The model is an
evidence-based intervention platform that emphasizes the need to recognize, man-
age, and address the systemic neurofunctional challenges associated with complex
trauma, mental illness, and developmental disorders. With an interest in regenera-
tional and translational mental and neurophysiological health, Grant is involved in
clinical practice and teaching, and has a number of active research projects in the
areas of clinical, neuro, and developmental psychology, criminology, and the emerg-
ing field of clinical psychoneuroimmunology. Grant’s work encompasses two great
passions: the psychoneuroimmunology of childhood onset autoimmune diseases and
their complications; and developmental neurobiology and the structural, systemic,
and functional impact of early life experiences on the growing brain and on later-life
health and well-being. Grant’s interest in criminology stems from an interest in the
impact of early life adversity on neurodevelopmental trajectory and personality for-
mation, and the consequences for adult neuropsychological, behavioral, and physi-
ological function. In his clinical research, Grant was among the first researchers to
characterize the extent and nature of clinical affective disorders in children with type
1 diabetes, and to quantify and report the impact of depression on cognitive function
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in youth. Grant is also the cofounder of the HART-BEAT research alliance, which is
a collaborative group established to create translational research links between the
basic, social, and clinical sciences, and clinical, community, and educational prac-
tice. As well as authoring a number of scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals,
Grant has contributed psychological content chapters to books in the areas of serial
crime and criminal profiling, and applied crime analysis.
Duarte Nuno Vieira
Duarte is the dean and a full professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University
of Coimbra (Portugal) and a visiting professor in several other European and South
American universities. He is president of the European Council of Legal Medicine,
of the Forensic Advisory Board of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court,
of the Ibero-American Network of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Science Institu-
tions, of the Portuguese Association for Bodily Injury Assessment, and vice president
of the European Confederation of Experts on Evaluation and Repair of Bodily Injury.
He is chairman of the Thematic Federation on Legal and Forensic Medicine of the
European Union of Medical Specialists and a member of the Executive Commit-
tee of the Working Group in Forensic Pathology and Forensic Anthropology of the
Permanent Committee of INTERPOL on Disaster Victim Identification. He is also a
member of the Advisory Board of the Portuguese National Mechanism for the Preven-
tion of Torture. He has been president of the International Academy of Legal Medi-
cine, of the International Association of Forensic Sciences, of the World Association
of Police Medical Officers, of the Mediterranean Academy of Forensic Sciences,
and of the Latin American Association of Medical Law. Duarte has also been
president of the Portuguese National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic
Sciences and of the Portuguese Medico-Legal Council. He works on a regular basis
as forensic consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
and he is a member of the Forensic Advisory Board of the International Committee of
the Red Cross and a member of the Forensic Expert Group of the International Reha-
bilitation Council for Torture Victims. He has published over 250 scientific papers,
he is editor or coeditor of nine books, and serves on the editorial boards of several
international leading scientific publications of his area of medical expertise, as well
as on the editorial boards of national forensic scientific journals from 18 different
European, American, Asian, Middle Eastern, and African countries. He is chief exec-
utive editor of the Journal of Forensic Research (edited by Taylor & Francis), interna-
tional associate editor of the Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine (edited by Elsevier),
and chief editor of the Portuguese Journal of Personal Injury. He received honorary
fellowships from 18 universities, scientific associations and academies from Europe,
Central and South America, Africa, and Asia, and also has been awarded with dis-
tinctions from different governments and municipalities, and received 15 scientific
prizes. He was awarded by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, in 2014,
with the Douglas Lucas Medal Award, the most prestigious international award in the
area of legal and forensic medicine. Professor Vieira also participated in more than
35 international missions promoted by the International Amnesty, European Com-
mission, International Red Cross, United Nations, USAID, and others, especially in