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Forensic Psychiatry

Forensic psychiatry is a subspecialty of psychiatry that applies scientific and clinical psychiatric expertise to legal contexts and issues arising at the interface between mental health and the law.

11.1K

Publications

533K

Citations

21.2K

Authors

4.7K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.5K

Variants

Legal Psychiatry

Parents

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Publications

11.1K

The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test: The Quest for a New Diagnostic Instrument

Melvin L. Selzer · American Journal of Psychiatry · 1971 · 3.5K citations

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Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Community

Naomi Breslau, Ronald C. Kessler, Howard D. Chilcoat et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1998 · 2.4K citations

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Predicting relapse: A meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies.

R. Karl Hanson, Monique T. Bussière · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 1998 · 2.3K citations

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A META‐ANALYSIS OF THE PREDICTORS OF ADULT OFFENDER RECIDIVISM: WHAT WORKS!*

Paul Gendreau, Tracy Little, Claire Goggin · Criminology · 1996 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Psychiatric Disorders in Youth in Juvenile Detention

Linda A. Teplin, Karen M. Abram, Gary M. McClelland et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry · 2002 · 1.7K citations

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Authors

21.2K

  1. JR
    James R. P. Ogloff

    Monash University, Australia

    76 publications · 4K citations

    38

    h-index

  2. JF
    John F. Edens

    Texas A&M University, United States

    42 publications · 2.8K citations

    36

    h-index

  3. GH
    Gisli H. Gudjónsson

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    68 publications · 3.1K citations

    36

    h-index

  4. RD
    Robert D. Hare

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    42 publications · 9.8K citations

    34

    h-index

  5. LA
    Linda A. Teplin

    Northwestern University, United States

    37 publications · 9.5K citations

    33

    h-index

1–5 of 21.2K

Institutions

4.7K

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    59 h-index

    152 publications

    16.7K citations

  2. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    58 h-index

    375 publications

    27.7K citations

  3. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    50 h-index

    282 publications

    12K citations

  4. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    50 h-index

    222 publications

    14.6K citations

  5. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    48 h-index

    379 publications

    18.2K citations

  6. Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine

    Southbank, Australia

    46 h-index

    214 publications

    10.7K citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    44 h-index

    278 publications

    11.3K citations

  8. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    43 h-index

    145 publications

    11.3K citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Psychiatry

    230 publications · 25.2K citations

    79

    h-index

  2. PubMed

    Repository · 787 publications · 26.9K citations

    70

    h-index

  3. Law and Human Behavior

    155 publications · 14.8K citations

    66

    h-index

  4. Psychiatric Services

    247 publications · 13.9K citations

    66

    h-index

  5. Criminal Justice and Behavior

    191 publications · 12.5K citations

    63

    h-index

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See also

Forensic Psychiatry

Core Evaluations

Legal Standards

Legal Roles

Ethical Issues

Practice Settings