Professor Laurence Alison
Chartered Forensic Psychologist

Alison, L. & Stein, K. (2001). Vicious Circles: Accounts of Stranger Sexual Assault Reflect Abusive Variants of Conventional Interactions. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 12, 515-538.

Alison, L., Bennell, C. Mokros, A. & Ormerod, D. (2002) The Personality Paradox in Offender Profiling. A Theoretical Review of the Processes Involved in Deriving Background Characteristics from Crime Scene Actions. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 8, 115-135. View abstract

Alison, L., Santilla, P. & Sandnabba, K. (2001). Sadomasochistically oriented behavior: Diversity in practice and meaning. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 30, 1-12.

Alison, L., Smith, M. & Morgan, K. (2003). Interpreting the Accuracy of Offender Profiles. Psychology, Crime & Law. View abstract

Alison, L., Smith, M., Eastman, O., & Rainbow, L. (2003). Toulmin’s philosophy of argument and its relevance to offender profiling. Psychology, Crime & Law, 9, 185 –195. View abstract

Alison, L., Snook, B. & Stein, K. (2001). Unobtrusive Measurement: Using Police Information for Forensic Research. Qualitative Research, 1, 241-254. View abstract

Alison, L., West, A., & Goodwill, A. (2004). The Academic and the Practitioner: Pragmatists' Views of Offender Profiling. Psychology, Public Policy and Law. View abstract

Bennell, C., Alison, L., Stein, K., Alison, E. & Canter, D. (2001). Sexual Offences Against Children as the Abusive Exploitation of Conventional Adult-Child Relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 18, 155-17.

Bohm, J. and Alison, L. (2001). An Exploratory Study in Methods of Distinguishing Destructive Cults. Psychology, Crime and Law, 7, 133-165.

Canter, D., Alison, L., Wentink, N., & Alison, E. (In Press). Organized / Disorganized: Myth or Model? Psychology, Public Policy and Law. View abstract

Furnham, A., & Alison, L. (1994). Theories of Crime, Attitudes to Punishment and Juror Bias Amongst Police, Offenders and the General Public. Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 35-48.

Leonard, R., & Alison, L. (1999). Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and its Effects on Coping Strategies and Anger in a Sample of Australian Police Officers Involved in Shooting Incidents. Work and Stress, 13, 144-161. View abstract

Mokros, A., & Alison, L. (2002). Is Profiling Possible? Testing the Predicted Homology of Crime Scene Actions and Background Characteristics in a Sample of Rapists. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 7, 25-43.

Mykelbust, T., & Alison, L. (2000). The Current State of Police Interviews with Children in Norway: How Discrepant are they from Models Based on Current Issues in Memory and Communication? Psychology, Crime & Law, 6, 331-351.

Porter, L. & Alison, L. (2001). A Partially Ordered Scale of Influence in Violent Group Behavior. Small Group Research 32, 475-497. View abstract

Porter, L. E. & Alison, L. J. (In Press). A Circumplex Model of Interpersonal Processes in Group Sexual Assault. Aggressive Behavior.

Porter, L. E. & Alison, L. J. (In Press). Decisions, Actions And Orders As Influence Strategies Employed By Leaders Of Violent Gangs. Small Group Research.

Santilla, P., Hakkenen, H., Alison, L., & Whyte, C. (2003). Juvenile Firesetters: Crime Scene Actions and Offender Characteristics. Legal and Criminological Psychology.

Sandnabba, K., Santilla, P., Alison, L. & Nordling, N. (2002). Demographics, Sexual Beahviour, Family Background and Abuse Experiences of Practitioners of Sadomasochistic Sex: A Review of Recent Research. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 17, 39-55.

Santilla, P., Sandnabba, K., Alison, L., & Nordling, N. (In Press). Investigating the Underlying Order of Sadomasochistically-Oriented Behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 31, 185-196.

Sandnabba, K., Santilla, P., Nordling, N., Beetz, A., & Alison, L. (2002). Characteristics of a Sample of Sadomasochistically-Oreinted Males with Recent Experience of Sexual Contact With Animals. Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal., 23, 511-529.

Spahr. L. & Alison, L. (In Press). Prior Beliefs of Guilt and their Influence on Interviewing Style. Law and Human Behavior.

Snook, B., Wright, M., Alison, L. & House, J. (In Press). Searching for a needle in a needle stack: Combining criminal careers and journey-to-crime research for criminal suspect prioritisation.

Wright, A. & Alison, L. (In Press). Interviewing Styles of Canadian Law Enforcement Agencies. Psychology, Crime and Law.

Books

Alison, L. (Ed.) (In Preparation – scheduled for July 2004) Offender Profiling and Criminal Investigation: A Forensic Psychologist ’s Casebook. Willan Publishing.

Canter, D. and Alison, L. (Eds.) (1997). (Eds.) Criminal Detection and the Psychology of Crime. Ashgate: Dartmouth.

Canter, D. & Alison, L. (Eds.) (1999). Interviewing and Deception. Offender Profiling Series Vol. I. Ashgate:Dartmouth.

Canter, D. & Alison, L. (Eds.) (1999). Profiling in Policy and Practise. Offender Profiling Series Vol. II. Ashgate: Dartmouth.

Canter, D. & Alison, L. (Eds.) (1999). The Social Psychology of Crime: Groups, Teams and Networks. Offender Profiling Series Vol.III. Ashgate: Dartmouth.

Canter, D. & Alison, L. (Eds.) (2000). Profiling Property Crimes. Offender Profiling Series Vol. IV. Ashgate: Dartmouth.