Law and Psychiatry Publications and Resources

Adult Criminal Justice & Diversion

Publications:

The Impact of Health-Related Quality of Life on Retention in Drug Treatment Courts
Pivovarova - 2017

A Jail Diversion Program for Veterans with Co-occurring Disorders: MISSION - DIRECT VET
Christopher, Fisher, Foti, Fulwiler, Grudzinskas Jr., Hartwell, Smelson, & Pinals - 2013

HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme: Overview and Annotated Bibliography
Douglas, Guy, Reeves & Weir – 2008

Empirical Support for the HCR‐20: A Critical Analysis of the Violence Literature
Guy & Wilson – 2007

MISSION-VET Treatment Manual
Smelson, Sawh, Kane, Kuhn & Ziedonis – 2011

Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry
Eds: Trestman, Appelbaum & Metzner – 2015

State-Level Dissemination and Promotion Initiatives: Florida, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Pennsylvania
DeMatteo, Munetz, Petrila, Grudzinskas, Fisher, Filone, Winckworth-Prejsnar & Rock – 2015

Competence to Stand Trial Evaluations: Just the Basics
Grisso – 2014

The Credibility of Witnesses
Brodsky & Pivovarova – 2014

Ethical Considerations and Professional Posture in Working with Violent Offenders
Larson, Kinscherff, & Goldstein – 2014

Foundations of Forensic Mental Health Assessment
Helibrun, Grisso & Goldstein – 2013

Legal Uses and Assessment of Psychopathy
Vincent & Hart – 2012

Podcasts:

Using Drug Treatment Courts to Manage Substance Use Disorder
Ekaterina Pivovarova, Phd.
Society of Addiction Psychology, American Psychological Association - Division 50

Posters:

The Pit and the Pendulum Sex Offender Laws
Grudzinskas, Federoff, Saleh, Leistedt, Grubin, Briken, Bunzel, Cody, Murphy & Martineau - 2009
40th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Association of Demographic Factors and Comorbid Diagnosis with Crime Type in an Arrest Cohort with Schizophrenia and/or Related Psychosis
McCabe, Druhn, Fisher, Roy-Bujnowski, Simon, & Grudzinskas - 2009
Psychiatry Research Day

Bringing Science to the Streets-Helping Public Safety Personnel in MA deal with EDPs
Grudzinskas, Clayfield, Fisher, Fletcher, Feldman, Richardson, McDonald, & Roy-Bujnowski - 2009
Psychiatry Research Day

Measuring Police Attitudes toward Persons with Mental Illness to Inform First Responder Training: The Development of the MHASP
Clayfield, Fletcher & Grudzinskas - 2008
Psychiatry Research Day

Massachusetts Mental Health Diversion & Integration Program
Grudzinskas, Clayfield, Fisher, Richardson, Fletcher, Roy-Bujnowski, & McDonald - 2007 ForHealth Consulting Academic Conference

Outpatient Commitment: A Competency Based Justification
Grudzinskas, Geller, Clayfield, & Fisher - 2007
Psychiatry Research Day: Translational Research in Psychiatry

Temporal Patterns of Arrest in a Cohort of Adults Receiving Mental Health Services: The Massachusetts Mental Health / Criminal Justice Cohort Study
Fisher, Banks, Roy-Bujnowski, Grudzinskas, Clayfield, & Nancy Wolff - 2007
Psychiatry Research Day: Translational Research in Psychiatry

Serious Mental Illness and Chronic Criminal Justice Involvement: Findings from the Massachusetts Mental Health/Criminal Justice Cohort Study
Fisher, Banks, Roy-Bujnowski, Grudzinskas, Clayfield, & Nancy Wolff - 2007
Psychiatry Research Day

Presentations:

Psychopathic Personality Disorder and Risk Assessment
Vincent - 2011 
Worcester State Hospital Grand Rounds

Juvenile Justice & Assessment

Publications:

Brief: Bringing Data to the Debate on Risk Assessments.
In collaboration with PRA. Lawson, S., Vincent G., and Vincent-Roller, N. - 2024

Youth Reoffending: Prevalence and Predictive Risk Factors in Two States
Vincent, Skeem & Webber - 2024

Adolescents Charged With Assault of a Parent: Assessment and Treatment Approaches
Vincent, Espinosa, & Nussbaum - 2018

Risk Assessment and Behavioral Health Screening Project
Vincent & Perrault - 2018

Preventing Prison Rape: Designing and Validating a PREA Screening Tool for Pre-trial Juvenile Detention Centers
Vincent, Fitzgerald, & Nunez - 2018

Using Risk Assessment and Risk-Needs-Responsivity Principles in Juvenile Justice
Vincent - 2016 

Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice: A Guidebook for Implementation
National Youth Screening & Assessment Project
Vincent, Guy & Grisso - 2012

Studying Drivers of Risk and Needs Assessment Instrument Implementation in Juvenile Justice
Vincent, Christopher Sullivan, Carrie Sullivan, Guy, Latessa, Tyson & Adams - 2018

Developing Statutes for Competence to Stand Trial in Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings: A Guide for Lawmakers
National Youth Screening & Assessment Project. Larson & Grisso, - 2012

Screening and Assessment in Juvenile Justice Systems: Identifying Mental Health Needs and Risk of Reoffending
Vincent - 2012

Judges' Guide to Juvenile Mental Health Jargon
Grisso & Haynes - 2014

MASTLE - Massachusetts Arrest Screening Tool for Law Enforcement
Vincent, Gropman, Moreno-Rivera, & Perrault - 2015

Adolescent Sexual Behavior in the Digital Age: Considerations for Clinicians, Legal Professionals, and Educators
Saleh, Grudzinskas & Judge - 2014

Forensic Evaluation of Juveniles (Second Edition)
Grisso - 2013

Forensic Evaluation in Delinquency Cases in R. Otto (ed.) Forensic Psychology
Grisso & Riggs Romaine - 2013

Podcasts:

Podcast: Data Points: Bringing Data to the Debate on Risk Assessments
In collaboration with PRA. Lawson, S., Vincent G.- 2024

Podcast - Assessments 101- The Fundamentals 2-Part Podcast
2022, RFK Community Alliance, Vincent

The Essential Role of Juvenile Diversion
Josh Weber, Michael Umpierre, Gina Vincent, Donna Pugh, & Sean Goode - 2019

Addressing and Assessing the Mental Health Needs of Youthful Offenders
Vincent & McKeown - 2013
TV13 Worcester Community Cable Access "Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds"

Competency Standards in Delinquency Proceedings
Althauser, Larson, & Teigen  - 2013
BlogTalkRadio: Spotlight on Youth

UMass Chan expert: Training needed to ID potentially violent youth
Vincent - 2013
UMassmed Now

Screening and Assessment in the Juvenile Justice Systems: Identifying Mental Health Needs and Risk of Reoffending
Vincent - 2012
Presented by the Center for Safe Schools through the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Posters:

A National Examination of Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial Remediation Services & Practices
Langley, Larson, Liebert, Pinals & Sohn
The 2016 Department of Mental Health Research Centers of Excellence Conference

Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial: An Evaluation of States' Services for Competence Remediation
Langley, Larson, Pinals, Sohn & Whittle - 2014
The 2014 Department of Mental Health Centers of Excellence Conference

(MAYSI) Regional Differences and Race Effects in Mental Health Symptoms Among Juvenile Offenders
Cook, Vincent & Grisso - 2009
American Psychology-Law Society Conference

Impact of Maysi-2 Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Detention
Williams & Grisso - 2007
ForHealth Consulting Academic Conference

Gender and Race Differences in Juvenile Mental Health Symptoms: MAYSI-2 National Norm Study
Vincent, Grisso, Terry & Steve Banks - 2007
ForHealth Consulting Academic Conference

Trajectories of Offending from Childhood to Early Adulthood in Girls with and without Mental Health System Involvement
Davis, Banks, Gershenson, Fisher & Grudzinskas - 2007
Psychiatry Research Day: Translational Research in Psychiatry

Presentations:

Advancing from the "What Works" to "How to Make It Work: Applications of Implementation Science to Justice Supervision
Vincent - 2021

Probation Officer Assessments of Risk When the Youth Look Different: Contributions of SPJ to Concerns About Racial Bias
Vincent, Munoz, & Perrault - 2021

Screening & Assessment of Youth in Confinement
OJJDP Online University Webinar PowerPoint
2014

Screening and Assessment Tools in Juvenile Justice: Best Practices
Vincent & Grisso - 2011
AAPL Conference Boston, MA 

Identification of the Serious Violent Offender Among Youth: Challenges of Risk Assessment
Vincent - 2011
Adolescent Brains and Juvenile Justice Conference for Judges and Attorneys, Phoenex Arizona

Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) in PA
Vincent, Miller, Fritz & Rea - 2011
JCJC Conference

Savry Implementation in Louisiana: Use of Risk/Needs Assessments in Probation
Vincent - 2010
Together We Can” Conference, Lafayette, LA

Appropriate Uses of Risk/Needs Instruments
Vincent & Scali - 2008
Ohio Juvenile Defender Leadership Summet