Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Year: 2013/In Press | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1998 |

2013/In Press

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. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.001312012

Skeem, J. (2013).  Risk technology in sentencing:  Testing the promises and perilsCriminology and Public Policy.  doi:10.1080/07418825.2012.687513

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

*Manchak, Skeem, J., &Rook, K. (in press).  Care, control, or both? Characterizing major dimensions of the mandated treatment relationship Law& Human Behavior.

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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 probationersPsychological Assessment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0031213

*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. doi: 10.1037/h0093991

*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. doi:10.1007/s10979-010-9260-2 Available: http://www.springerlink.com/content/h6u3j5q237032387/

*Kennealy, P., Skeem, J., Manchak, S., & Eno Louden, J. (2012). Firm, fair and caring officer-offender relationships protect against supervision failure.  Law and Human Behavior. Advance Online Publication. doi:10.1037/h0093935

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

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. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0025359

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 offendersJournal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. doi: 10.1080/19361521.2012.671794

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2011

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

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

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

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

*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. doi: 10.1037/a0022971

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2010

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

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

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 effectsPsychological Assessment, 22, 96-107. doi:10.1037/a0017240

*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

*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

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

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

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 with offendersAssessment, 17, 206-219. doi: 10.1177/107319110935171

Ruiz, M., Skeem, J., Poythress, N., Douglas, K., & Lilienfeld, S. (2010).  Comparison of alternative factor models for the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) in offenders. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 9, 178-185.

*Vidal, S., Skeem, J., & Camp, J. (2010). Emotional intelligence: Painting different paths for low-anxious and high-anxious psychopathic variants. Law and 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 disordersLaw & Human Behavior, 33, 122-135. doi:10.1007/s10979-008-9140-1

*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: 10.1177/009385480933305

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

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.2009.01.03

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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 probationInternational Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 47, 220-247. doi:10.1080/1050967080213406

Douglas, K., Lilienfeld, S., Skeem, J., Poythress, N., & Edens, J. (2008). Relation of antisocial and psychopathic traits to suicide-related behavior among offendersLaw 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:10.1177/009385480831904

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 samplePersonality and Individual Differences, 45, 732-737. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.07.02

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


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2007

Skeem, J., Eno Louden, J., Polasheck, & Cap, J. (2007).  Assessing relationship quality in mandated treatment: Blending care with controlPsychological 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

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

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

*Vidal, S., & Skeem, J. (2007).  Effect of psychopathy, abuse, and ethnicity on juvenile probation officers’ decision-making and supervision strategiesLaw 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 treatmentPsychiatric Services, 57, 333-352. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.57.3.333

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 violenceInternational Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 5, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/14999013.2006.10471226

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

Skeem, J., Silver, E., Appelbaum, P., & Tiemann, J. (2006).  Suicidal behavior after psychiatric hospital discharge: Implications for risk assessment and managementBehavioral Sciences & the Law, 24, 731-746. doi:10.1002/bsl.726

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

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 sampleAssessment, 13, 368-374. doi:10.1177/1073191105284001

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

Poythress, N., Skeem, J., & Lilienfeld, S. (2006).  Associations among early abuse, dissociation, and psychopathy in an offender sampleJournal 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 patientsJournal 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 relation 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

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

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

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

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

Zapf, P., Skeem, J., & Golding, S. (2005).  Factor structure and validity of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool—Criminal AdjudicationPsychological 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-analysisLaw & 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.

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

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 violenceCriminal 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 InventoryBehavioral 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, 1439-1462. doi: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 assessmentAggression & 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

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2002

Skeem, J., Monahan, J., & Mulvey, E. (2002).  Psychopathy, treatment involvement, and subsequent violence among civil psychiatric patientsLaw 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 programsInternational Journal of Forensic Mental Health Services, 1, 155-170. doi: 10.1080/14999013.2002.10471170

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2001

Skeem, J., & Golding, S. (2001).  Describing jurors’ personal conceptions of insanity and their relationship to case judgmentsPsychology, 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 StudyJournal 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 reviewBehavioral Sciences and the Law, 19, 53-80. doi:10.1002/bsl.425

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2000

Skeem, J., Mulvey, E., & Lidz, C. (2000).  Building clinicians’ decisional models into tests of predictive validity:  The accuracy of contextualized predictions of violenceLaw and Human Behavior, 24, 607-628. doi:10.1023/A:1005513818748

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1998

Skeem, J., & Golding, S. (1998). Community examiner’s evaluations of competence to stand trial:  Common problems and suggestions for improvementProfessional 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 trialLaw & Human Behavior, 22, 519-547. doi:10.1023/A:1025787429972

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