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Using Positive Emotion Training with maltreated youths to reduce anger bias and physical aggression.

A 4-day training helped maltreated youths reduce anger bias and aggression, offering a cost-effective way to support at-risk youth.
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Comparing costs of traditional vs. specialty probation for people with serious mental illness.

Specialty probation saves $11,826 per participant by cutting behavioral health costs, offering a cost-effective justice reform for individuals with mental illness.
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Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations to shape policy reform.

Pretrial detention recommendations for Black defendants are 34% higher, driven mainly by criminal history. Policy reforms could reduce racial disparities.
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2025 & Forthcoming

Chambers, J., Skeem, J., Jian, L., & Martin, K. (in press). Estimated effect of juvenile justice fee repeal on family financial burden and youth recidivism. Psychology, Public Policy & Law. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000437

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Skeem, J., Montoya, L., & Lowenkamp, C. (under review). A pretrial release policy based on risk assessment would reduce unnecessary incarceration, increase racial fairness, and save money.

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Jian, L., Skeem, J., & Chambers, J. (under review). Effect of juvenile justice financial sanctions on youth’s recidivism. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5133610

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Skeem, J., Gochyyev, P., Manchak, S., & Montoya, L. (in preparation). How does specialty probation work, for justice-involved people with mental illness?

Skeem, J., Montoya, L., Mulvey, E., Lidz, C., Monahan, J., & Manchak, S. (in preparation). Patients’ self- perceptions of violence risk perform as well as testing and out-predict clinical judgment.

2024

Jian, L. & Skeem, J. (in press). Getting traction on Positive Youth Justice: Prosocial identity as a promising target for intervention. Psychology, Public Policy & Law. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000410

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Lowenkamp, C., Skeem, J. L., & Montoya, L. (in press). Racial disparity in federal pretrial detention recommendations: Trends over two decades and association with risk assessment implementation. Federal Probation. 

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2023

Skeem, J., Montoya, L., & Lowenkamp, C. (2023). Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations to shape policy reform. Criminology & Public Policy, 22, 233-262.

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Skeem, J., Montoya, L., & Lowenkamp, C. Place matters: Racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations across the U.S. Federal Probation. Federal Probation.

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2022

Dvoskin, J., Golding, S., Heilbrun, K., Cauffmann, E., DeMatteo, D., Edens, J., Hart, S., Mulvey, E., Skeem, J., Viljoen, J., & Vincent, G. (2022).  Psychopathic personality in early childhood:  A critical comment.  Journal of Personality Disorders, 36, 249–253.

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Montoya, L., van derLaan, M., Luedtke, A., Skeem, J., Coyle, J. & Petersen, M. (2022).  The Optimal Dynamic Treatment Rule SuperLearner:  Considerations, performance, and application to criminal justice interventions.  International Journal of Biostatistics.

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Montoya, L., Skeem, J., van der Laan, M., & Petersen, M. (2022).  Estimators for the value of the Optimal Dynamic Treatment Rule with application to criminal justice interventions. International Journal of Biostatistics.

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Hayes, S. & Skeem, J. (2022).  Testing assumptions about peer support specialists’ susceptibility to stress.  Psychological Services. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000589

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Jacobs, J., Branson, Z., Greeno, C., Skeem, J., & Labrum, T.  When treatment works:  Weekly participation in behavioral health services associated with reduced recidivism.  Psychiatric Services. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100530

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2021

Kennealy, P., Skeem, J., & Lilienfeld, S. (2021). Clarifying conceptions underlying adult psychopathy measures: A construct validity metric approach.  Assessment.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191120958058

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Jacobs, L. & Skeem, J. (2021). Neighborhood risk factors for recidivism: For whom do they matter? American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12463

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2020

Dickerson, K., Skeem, J., Montoya, L., & Quas, J. (2020). Using Positive Emotion Training with maltreated youths to reduce anger bias and physical aggression. Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 773-787. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702620902118

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Lin, Z., Jung, J., Goel, S., & Skeem, J. (2020). The limits of human predictions of recidivism. Science Advances, 6, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz0652

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Louden, J., Gochyyev, P., & Skeem, J. (2020). Do specialty programs for justice-involved people with mental illness exacerbate stigma? Psychological Services, 47,1211-1227. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854820942825

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Skeem, J. & Lowenkamp, C. (2020). Using algorithms to address trade-offs inherent in predicting recidivism. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 38, 259-278. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2465

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Skeem, J. & Monahan, J. (2020).  Lost in translation: “Risks,” “needs,” and “evidence” in implementing the First Step Act.  Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 38, 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2459

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Skeem, J & Mulvey, E.P. (2020).  What role does serious mental illness play in mass shootings and how should we address it?  Criminology & Public Policy, 19, 85-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12473

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Skeem, J. & Polaschek, D.L.L. (2020). High risk, not hopeless: Correctional intervention for people at risk for violence. Marquette Law Review, 103, 1129-1148. https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/mulr/vol103/iss3/17/

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Skeem, J., Scurich, N., & Monahan, J. (2020).  Impact of risk assessment on judges’ sentencing of relatively poor defendants.  Law & Human Behavior, 44, 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000360

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2019

Gochyyev, P & Skeem, J. (2019). Efficiently assessing firm, fair & caring relationships: Short Form of the Dual Role Relationship Inventory. Psychological Assessment, 31, 352-362. doi: 10.1037/pas0000672

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Matthay, E., Rudolph, K., Goin, D., Farkas, K., Skeem, J., & Ahern, J. (2019). Within-community variation in violence and risk of self-harm in California: A population-based case-crossover study. Epidemiology, 30, e5-e7. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000949  

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Weiss, B., Crowe, M., Harris, A., Carter, N., Lynam, D., Watts., A., Lilienfeld, S., Edens, J., Skeem, J., & Miller, J. (2019). Examining hypothesized curvilinear and interactive relations between psychopathic traits and externalizing problems in an offender sample using item response-based analysis.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128, 689-699. DOI: 10.1037/abn0000462

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2018

Skeem, J., Montoya, L., & Manchak, S. (2018). Comparing costs of traditional vs. specialty probation for people with serious mental illness.  Psychiatric Services, 69,896-902. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201700498

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Matthay, E., Farkas, K., Skeem, J., & Ahern, J., (2018).  Exposure to community violence and self-harm in California: A multi-level population-based case-control study. Epidemiology, 29, 697-706. DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000872

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Skeem, J., & Noordhof, A. (2018). What features of psychopathy might be central? A network analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) in three large samples.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 51-65. doi: 10.1037/abn0000315

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2017

Skeem, J., Manchak, S., & Montoya, L. (2017).  Comparing Public Safety Outcomes for Traditional Probation vs. Specialty Mental Health Probation.  JAMA Psychiatry, 74(9):942-948. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1384

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Kennealy, P. J., Skeem, J. L., & Hernandez, I. R. (2017). Does staff see what experts see? Accuracy of front line staff in scoring juveniles’ risk factors. Psychological Assessment, 29(1), 26-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000316

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Monahan, J., Skeem, J., & Lowenkamp, C. (2017).  Age, risk assessment, and sanctioning: Overestimating the old, underestimating the young.  Law & Human Behavior, 41, 191-201. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000233

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Kroner, D., Polaschek, D., Serin, R., & Skeem, J. (2017).  Symmetry between crime-causing and crime-reducing factors.  Psychological Services. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/ser0000199

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Skeem, J., Kennealy, P., Tatar, J., Hernandez, I., & Keith, F. (2017).  How well do juvenile risk assessments measure factors to target in treatment?  Examining construct validity.  Psychological Assessment, 29, 679-691. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000409

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2016

Skeem, J., & Lowenkamp, C. (2016). Race, risk, and recidivism: Predictive bias and disparate impact. Criminology, 54, 680-712. doi: 10.1111/1745-9125.12123

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Skeem, J., Monahan, J., & Lowenkamp, C. (2016). Gender, risk assessment, and sanctioning: The cost of treating women like men. Law & Human Behavior, 40, 580-593. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000206  

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Monahan, J & Skeem, J. (2016).  Risk assessment in criminal sentencing.  Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 12, 489-513.  doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-021815-092945 

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Cauffman, E., Skeem, J., Dmietrieva, J., & Cavanagh, C. (2016). Comparing the stability of psychopathy scores in adolescents vs. adults: How often is “fledgling psychopathy” misdiagnosed? Psychology, Public Policy & Law, 22, 77-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000078

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Murphy, B., Lilienfeld, S., Skeem, J., & Edens, J. (2016). Are fearless dominance traits superfluous in operationalizing psychopathy? Incremental validity and sex differences. Psychological Assessment, 28, 1597-1607.  doi:  10.1037/pas0000288

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Watts, A. L., Lilienfeld, S. O., Edens, J. F., Douglas, K. S., Skeem, J. L., Verschuere, B., & LoPilato, A. C. (2016). Does response distortion statistically affect the relations between self-report psychopathy measures and external criteria? Psychological Assessment, 28, 294-306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000168

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2015

Skeem, J., Kennealy, P., Monahan, J., Peterson, J., & Appelbaum, P. (2015).  Psychosis uncommonly and inconsistently precedes violence, among high-risk individuals. Clinical Psychological Science, 4, 40-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702615575879

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Skeem, J., Steadman, H., & Manchak, S. (2015).  Applicability of the Risk-Need-Responsivity model to justice-involved people with mental illness.  Psychiatric Services, 66, 916-922. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400448 

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Prins, S., Skeem, J., & Link, B. (2015).  Criminogenic factors, psychotic symptoms, and incident arrests among people with serious mental illnesses under intensive outpatient treatment.  Law & Human Behavior, 39, 177-178http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000104

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Edens, J., Kelly, S., Lilienfeld, S., Skeem, J., & Douglas, K. (2015).  DSM-5 antisocial personality disorder: Predictive validity in a prison sample.  Law & Human Behavior, 39, 123-129http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000105

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2014

Skeem, J., Scott, E., & Mulvey (2014).  Justice policy reform for high-risk juveniles: Using social science to achieve large scale crime reduction.  Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 10, 709-739. doi: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032813-153707  

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Skeem, J., Winter, E., Kennealy, P., Eno Louden, J., & Tatar, J. (2014). Offenders with mental illness have criminogenic needs, too: Toward recidivism reduction. Law & Human Behavior, 38, 212-224.  doi: 10.1037/lhb0000054

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Manchak, Skeem, J., & Rook, K. (2014).  Care, control, or both? Characterizing major dimensions of the mandated treatment relationship. Law & Human Behavior, 38, 47-57doi: 10.1037/lhb0000039

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Manchak, S., Skeem, J., Kennealy, P., & Eno Louden, J.L. (2014).  High fidelity specialty mental health probation improves officer practices, treatment access, and rule compliance.  Law & Human Behavior, 38, 450-461. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000076

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Monahan, J., & Skeem, J. (2014). Risk redux: The resurgence of risk assessment in criminal sentencing. Federal Sentencing Reporter, 26, 158-166. doi:10.1525/fsr.2014.26.3.158

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Monahan, J., & Skeem, J. (2014).  The evolution of violence risk assessment.  CNS Spectrums, First View, 1-6. doi:10.1017/S1092852914000145

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Manchak, S., Kennealy, P., & Skeem, J. (2014).  Officer-offender relationship quality matters: Supervision process as evidence-based practice. Featured article, Perspectives: A Journal of the American Probation and Parole Association, 38, 56-70.

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Peterson, J., Skeem, J., & Kennealy, P. (2014).  How often and how consistently do psychiatric symptoms directly precede criminal behavior among offenders with mental illness? Law & Human Behavior, 38, 439–449.  doi: 10.1037/lhb0000075

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2013

Skeem, J., Manchak, S., Lidz, C., & Mulvey, M. (2013). The utility of patients’ self-perceptions of violence risk: Consider asking the one who may know best. Psychiatric Services, 64, 410-415.  doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.001312012

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Skeem, J. (2013). Risk technology in sentencing: Testing the promises and perils. Justice Quarterly, 30, 297-303. doi:10.1080/07418825.2012.687513

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Camp, J., Skeem, J., Barchard, K., Lilienfeld, S., & Poythress, N. (2013).  Psychopathic predators?  Getting specific about the relation between psychopathy and violence.  Psychological Assessment, 81, 467-480. doi: 10.1037/a0031349

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2012

Eno Louden, J., Skeem, J., et al. (2012). Comparing the predictive utility of two screening tools for mental disorder among probationers. Psychological Assessment, 25, 405-415. doi: 10.1037/a0031213

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Eno Louden, J. & Skeem, J. (2012). How do probation officers assess and manage recidivism and violence risk for probationers with mental disorder? An experimental investigation.  Law and Human Behavior, 37, 22-34. doi: 10.1037/h0093991

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Eno Louden, J., Skeem, J., Camp, J., Vidal., S., & Peterson, J. (2012). Supervision practices in specialty mental health probation: What happens in officer-probationer meetings? Law and Human Behavior, 36, 109-119. doi: 10.1037/h0093961

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Kimonis, E., Frick, P., Cauffman, C., & Skeem, J. (2012). Primary and secondary variants of juvenile psychopathy differ in emotional processing. Development and Psychopathology, 24, 1073-1090. doi: 10.1017/S0954579412000557

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Magyar, M., Edens, J., Lilienfeld, S., Douglas, K., Poythress, N., & Skeem, J. (2012). Using the Personality Assessment Inventory to predict male offenders’ conduct during and progression through substance abuse treatment.  Psychological Assessment, 24, 216-225. doi: 10.1037/a0025359

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Tatar, J. R., Cauffman, E., Kimonis, E. R., & Skeem, J. L. (2012).  Victimization history and post-traumatic stress: An analysis of psychopathy variants in male juvenile offenders.  Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 5, 102-113. doi:10.1080/19361521.2012.671794

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2011

Skeem, J., Manchak, S., & Peterson, J. (2011). Correctional policy for offenders with mental illness: Creating a new paradigm for recidivism reduction. Law and Human Behavior, 35, 110-126. doi:10.1007/s10979-010-9223-7

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Skeem, J., & Monahan, J. (2011).  Current directions in violence risk assessment.  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 38-42. doi:10.1177/0963721410397271

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Skeem, J., Polaschek, D., Patrick, C., & Lilienfeld, S. (2011). Psychopathic personality: Bridging the gap between scientific evidence and public policy.  Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 12, 95-162doi: 10.1177/1529100611426706

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Kimonis, E.R., Skeem, J., Cauffman, E., & Dmitrieva, J. (2011). Are secondary variants of ‘juvenile psychopathy’ more reactively violent and less psychosocially mature than primary variants? Law and Human Behavior, 35 (5), 381-391. doi:10.1007/s10979-010-9243-3

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Peterson, J., Skeem, J., & Manchak, S. (2011). If you want to know, consider asking: How likely is it that patients will hurt themselves in the future? Psychological Assessment, 23, 626-634doi: 10.1037/a0022971

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2010

Skeem, J., & Cooke, D. (2010). One measure does not a construct make: Toward reinvigorating psychopathy research.  Reply to Hare & Neumann (2010). Psychological Assessment, 22, 455-457. doi:10.1037/a0014862

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Skeem, J., & Cooke, D. (2010).  Is criminal behavior essential to psychopathy? Conceptual directions for resolving the debate.  Psychological Assessment, 22, 433-445. doi:10.1037/a0008512

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Blonigen, D., Patrick, C., Douglas, K., Poythress, N., Skeem, J., Lilienfeld, S., Edens, J., & Krueger (2010). Multi-method assessment of psychopathy in relation to factors of internalizing and externalizing from the Personality Assessment Inventory: The impact of method variance and suppressor effects. Psychological Assessment, 22, 96-107. doi:10.1037/a0017240 

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Kennealy, P., Skeem, J., Walters, G., & Camp, J. (2010).  Do core interpersonal and affective traits of PCL-R psychopathy interact with antisocial behavior and disinhibition to predict violence?  Psychological Assessment, 22, 569-580. doi:10.1037/a0019618

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Kimonis, E., Skeem, J., Edens, J., Douglas, K., Lilienfeld, S., & Poythress, N. (2010). Suicidal and criminal behavior among female offenders: The role of abuse and psychopathology. Journal of Personality Disorders, 24, 581-609. doi:10.1521/pedi.2010.24.5.581

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Peterson, J., Skeem, J., Hart, E., Keith, F., & Vidal, S. (2010). Analyzing offense patterns as a function of mental illness to test the criminalization hypothesis.  Psychiatric Services, 61, 1217-1222. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.61.12.1217

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Poythress, N.G., Edens, J.F., Skeem, J.L., Lilienfeld, S.O., Douglas, K.D., Wang, T., Epstein, M., Frick, P., & Patrick, C. (2010). Identifying subtypes among offenders With Antisocial Personality Disorder: A cluster-analytic study.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 389-400. doi:10.1037/a0018611

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Poythress, N., Lilienfeld, S., Skeem, J., Douglas, K., Edens, J., & Epstein, M. (2010).  Using the PCL-R to help estimate the validity of two self-report measures of psychopathy.  Assessment, 17, 206-219. doi:10.1177/1073191109351715

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Ruiz, M., Skeem, J., Poythress, N., Douglas, K., & Lilienfeld, S. (2010). Structure and correlates of the Baratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) in offenders: Implications for psychopathy and externalizing pathology. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 9, 178-185doi:10.1080/14999013.2010.517258

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Vidal, S., Skeem, J., & Camp, J. (2010). Emotional intelligence and psychopathy: Painting different paths for primary and secondary psychopaths. Law & Human Behavior, 34, 150-163. doi:10.1007/s10979-009-9175-y

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2009

Skeem, J., Eno Louden, J., Manchak, S., Vidal., S., & Haddad, E. (2009).  Social networks and social control of probationers with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.  Law & Human Behavior, 33, 122-135. doi:10.1007/s10979-008-9140-1

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Manchak, S., Skeem, J., Douglas, K., & Siranosian, M. (2009).  Does gender moderate the predictive utility of the Revised Level of Service Inventory (LSI-R) for serious violent offenders?  Criminal Justice & Behavior, 35, 425-442. doi:10.1177/0093854809333058

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Odgers, CL., Mulvey, EP., Skeem, JL., Gardner, W., & Lidz, CW., Schubert, C. (2009). Capturing the ebb and flow of psychiatric symptoms with dynamical systems models. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166, 575-582. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08091398

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Poythress, N, Skeem, J., Lilienfeld, S., Edens, J., & Douglas, 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. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.01.038

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2008

Skeem, J.L., & Bibeau, L. (2008). How does violence potential affect Crisis Intervention Team responses to emergencies? Psychiatric Services, 59, 201-204. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.59.2.201
 

Skeem, J., & Manchak, S. (2008). Back to the future: From Klockars’ model of effective supervision to evidence-based practice in probation. International Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 47, 220-247. doi:10.1080/10509670802134069

 

Douglas, K., Lilienfeld, S., Skeem, J., Poythress, N., & Edens, J. (2008). Antisocial personality disorder, psychopathy, and suicide-related behavior: Associations in a large male offender sample. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 511-525. doi:10.1007/s10979-007-9122-8

 

Eno Louden, J., Skeem, J., Camp, J., & Christensen, E. (2008). Supervising probationers with mental disorder: How do agencies respond to violations? Criminal Justice & Behavior, 35, 832-847. doi:10.1177/0093854808319042

 

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. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.20.1.47

 

Kimonis, E., Frick, P., Skeem, J., Marsee, M., Cruise, K., Munoz, L., & Aucoin, K. (2008). Assessing callous-unemotional traits in adolescent offenders: Validation of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits. International Journal Law & Psychiatry, 31, 241-252. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.04.002

 

Manchak, S., Skeem, J., & Douglas, K. (2008). Utility of the Revised Levels of Service Inventory (LSI-R) in predicting recidivism after long-term incarceration. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 477-488. doi:10.1007/s10979-007-9118-4

 

Poythress, N., Skeem, J., Weir, J., Lilienfeld, S., Douglas, K, Edens, J., & Kennealy, P. (2008). Psychometric properties of Carver and White’s (1994) BIS/BAS scales in a large offender sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 732-737. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.07.021

 

Poythress, N, Edens, J., Landfield, K, Lilienfeld, S., Skeem, J., & Douglas, K (2008). A critique of Carver and White’s (1994) BIS/BAS scales for investigating Lykken’s theory of primary psychopathy. Personality & Individual Differences, 45, 269-275. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.014

 

2007

Skeem, J., Eno Louden, J., Polasheck, & Cap, J. (2007).  Relationship quality in mandated treatment: Blending care with control.  Psychological Assessment, 19, 397-410. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.19.4.397
 

Skeem, J., Johansson, P., Andershed, H., Kerr, M., & Eno Louden, J. (2007).  Two subtypes of psychopathic violent offenders that parallel primary and secondary variants. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 395-409. doi:10.1037/0021-843X.116.2.395

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Cooke, D.J., Michie, C., & Skeem, J.L. (2007).  Understanding the structure of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised:  An exploration of methodological confusion.  British Journal of Psychiatry, 190, s39-s50. doi:10.1192/bjp.190.5.s39

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Eno Louden, J., & Skeem, J. (2007).  Constructing insanity: Jurors’ prototypes, attitudes, and legal decision-making.  Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 25, 449-470. doi:10.1002/bsl.760

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Vidal, S., & Skeem, J. (2007).  Effect of psychopathy, abuse, and ethnicity on juvenile probation officers’ decision-making and supervision strategies.  Law and Human Behavior, 31, 479-498. doi:10.1007/s10979-006-9077-1

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2006

Skeem, J., Emke-Francis, P., & Eno Louden, J. (2006).  Probation, mental health, and mandated treatment:  A national survey. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 33, 158-184. doi:10.1177/0093854805284420

 

Skeem, J., & Eno Louden, J. (2006).  Toward evidence-based practice for probationers and parolees mandated to mental health treatment. Psychiatric Services, 57, 333-352. doi:10.1176/appi.ps.57.3.333

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Skeem, J., Markos, P., & Tiemann, J., & Manchak, S. (2006).  “Project HOPE” for homeless individuals with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders: Reducing symptoms, victimization, and violence.  International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 5, 1-13doi:10.1080/14999013.2006.10471226

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Skeem, J., Schubert, C., Odgers, C., Mulvey, E., Gardner, W., & Lidz, C. (2006).  Psychiatric symptoms and community violence among high-risk patients: A test of the relationship at the weekly level. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 74, 967-979. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.967

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Skeem, J., Silver, E., Appelbaum, P., & Tiemann, J. (2006).  Suicidal behavior after psychiatric hospital discharge: A prospective study.  Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 24, 731-746. doi:10.1002/bsl.726

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Caldwell, M., Skeem, J., Salekin, R., & Van Ryoboek (2006).  Treatment response of adolescent offenders with psychopathy features:  A two-year follow-up.  Criminal Justice & Behavior, 33, 571-596. doi:10.1177/0093854806288176

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Edens, J., Skeem, J., & Douglas, K. (2006).  Incremental validity analyses of the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide and the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version in a civil psychiatric sample.  Assessment, 13, 368-374. doi:10.1177/1073191105284001

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Mulvey, E., Odgers, C., Skeem, J.,  Gardner, W., Schubert, C., & Lidz, C. (2006).  Substance use and community violence among high risk psychiatric patients: A test of the relationship at the daily level.  Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 74, 743-754. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.74.4.743

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Poythress, N., Skeem, J., & Lilienfeld, S. (2006).  Associations among early abuse, dissociation, and psychopathy among offenders.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 288-297. doi:10.1037/0021-843X.115.2.288

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2005

Skeem, J., Mulvey, E., Odgers, C., Schubert, C., Stowman, S., Gardner, W., & Lidz, C. (2005).  What do clinicians expect?  Comparing envisioned and reported violence for male and female patients.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 599-609. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.73.4.599

 

Skeem, J., Miller, J., Mulvey, E., Monahan, J., & Tiemann, J. (2005).  Using a five-factor lens to explore the relationship between personality traits and violence in psychiatric patients. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 454-465. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.73.3.454

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Skeem, J., Schubert, C., Stowman, S., Beeson, S., Mulvey, E., & Lidz, C. (2005).  Gender and risk assessment:  Underestimating women’s violence potential.  Law & Human Behavior, 19, 173-186. doi:10.1007/s10979-005-3401-z

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Skeem, J., Eno Louden, & Evans, J. (2005).  Venirepersons’s attitudes toward the insanity defense:  Developing, refining, and validating a scale.  Law & Human Behavior, 286, 623-648. doi:10.1007/s10979-004-0487-7

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Douglas, K., & Skeem, J. (2005).  Violence risk assessment: Getting specific about being dynamic.  Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 11, 347-383. doi:10.1037/1076-8971.11.3.347

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Schubert, C., Mulvey, E., Lidz, C., Gardner, W., & Skeem, J. (2005) Weekly community interviews with high-risk participants: Operational issues.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 20, 632-646. doi:10.1177/0886260504272639

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Zapf, P., Skeem, J., & Golding, S. (2005).  Empirical analysis of the factor structure of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool—Criminal Adjudication.  Psychological Assessment, 17, 433-445. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.17.4.433

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2004

Skeem, J., Edens, J., Colwell, H., & Camp, J. (2004).  Are there ethnic differences in levels of psychopathy?  A meta-analysis.  Law & Human Behavior, 28, 505-527. doi:10.1023/B:LAHU.0000046431.93095.d8

 

Skeem, J., & Emke-Francis, P. (2004).  Probation and mental health:  The challenges and the responses. Perspectives: A Journal of the American Probation and Parole Association, 28, 23-26. doi:10.1177/0093854805284420

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Skeem, J., & Petrila, J. (2004).  Problem-solving supervision:  Specialty probation for individuals with mental illness.  Court Review, 40, 8-15.

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Skeem, J., Mulvey, E., Appelbaum, A., Banks, S., Grisso, T., Silver, E., & Robbins, P. (2004). Identifying subtypes of civil psychiatric patients at high risk for violence. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 31, 392-437. doi:10.1177/0093854803262585

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2003

Skeem, J., & Cauffman, E. (2003). Views of the downward extension: Comparing the Youth Version of the Psychopathy Checklist with the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 21, 737-770. doi:10.1002/bsl.563

 
Skeem, J., Edens, J., Sanford, G., & Hauser, L. (2003). Psychopathic personality and racial/ethnic differences reconsidered : A reply to Lynn (2002). Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 1439-1462doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00361-6
 
Skeem, J., Encandela, J., & Eno Louden, J. (2003). Perspectives on probation and mandated mental health treatment in specialized and traditional probation departments. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 21, 429-458. doi:10.1002/bsl.547
 
Skeem, J., Poythress, N., Edens, J., Lilienfeld, S., & Cale, E. (2003). Psychopathic personality or personalities? Exploring potential variants of psychopathy and their implications for risk assessment. Aggression & Violent Behavior, 8, 513-546. doi:10.1016/S1359-1789(02)00098-8
 
Skeem, J., Mulvey, E., & Grisso, T. (2003). Applicability of traditional and revised models of psychopathy to the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV). Psychological Assessment, 15, 41-55. doi:10.1037/1040-3590.15.1.41
 

2002

Skeem, J., Monahan, J., & Mulvey, E. (2002). Psychopathy, treatment involvement, and subsequent violence
among civil psychiatric patients. Law and Human Behavior, 26, 577-603. doi:10.1023/A:1020993916404
 
Skeem, J., Mulvey, E., Lidz, C., Gardner, W., & Schubert, C. (2002). Identifying psychiatric patients at risk for repeated involvement in violence: The next step toward intensive community treatment programs. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health Services, 1, 155-170. doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2002.10471170
 

2001

Skeem, J., & Golding, S. (2001). Describing jurors’ personal conceptions of insanity and their relationship to case judgments. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 7, 561-621. doi:10.1037/1076-8971.7.3.561
 
Skeem, J., & Mulvey, E. (2001). Psychopathy and community violence among civil psychiatric patients: Results from the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 1-23. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.69.3.358
 
Edens, J., Skeem, J., Cruise, K., & Cauffman, B. (2001). The assessment of juvenile psychopathy and its association with violence: A critical review. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 19, 53-80. doi:10.1002/bsl.425
 

≤ 2000

Skeem, J., Mulvey, E., & Lidz, C. (2000). Building clinicians’ decisional models into tests of predictive validity: The accuracy of contextualized predictions of violence. Law and Human Behavior, 24, 607-628. doi:10.1023/A:1005513818748
 
Skeem, J., & Golding, S. (1998). Community examiner’s evaluations of competence to stand trial: Common problems and suggestions for improvement. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 29, 357-367. doi:10.1037/0735-7028.29.4.357
 
Skeem, J., Golding, S., Cohn, N., & Berge, G. (1998). The logic and reliability of expert opinion on competence to stand trial. Law & Human Behavior, 22, 519-547. doi:10.1023/A:1025787429972
 

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