2024 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting
Nunes, K. L., Hatton, C. E., Stafford, S. D., & Mallon, I. K. (2024, November 13-16). Different measures of violent attitudes may not be so different after all [Paper presentation]. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States. [Click for PDF]
43rd ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Burke, H. (2024, October 16-18). A field study on Static-99R interrater reliability by Canadian police personnel [Paper presentation]. 43rd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse, San Antonio, Texas, United States. [Click for PDF]
International Society for Research on Aggression 26th World Meeting
Nunes, K. L., & Pechorro, P. (2024, July 29-August 2). Development and validity of a European-Portuguese adaptation of the Evaluation of Violence Questionnaire (EVQ). In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Measurement and correlates of attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. International Society for Research on Aggression World Meeting, Munich, Germany. [Click for PDF]
Pedneault, C. I., & Nunes, K. L. (2024, July 29-August 2). Development and validation of the Attitude toward Sexual Aggression Against Women (ASAW) Scale. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Measurement and correlates of attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. International Society for Research on Aggression World Meeting, Munich, Germany. [Click for PDF]
Hatton, C. E., & Nunes, K. L. (2024, July 29-August 2). Examining the association between trust, attitudes toward violence and violent behaviour. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Measurement and correlates of attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. International Society for Research on Aggression World Meeting, Munich, Germany. [Click for PDF]
Canadian Psychological Association 2024: 85th Annual National Convention
Nunes, K. L., Hatton, C. E., & Pham, A. T. (2024, June 21-23). Do attitudes cause violence? Researchers’ interpretations of evidence from different research designs? [Paper presentation]. Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Blakey, S., Cazeau, S., Evans, H., Gorman, S., Higginson, A., Hussain, T., Langlois, D., Kaye, M., May, K., Merpaw, O., Miller, J., Sebastian, L., Senkowski, N., Peters, J. R., Latour, G. E., Hatton, C. E., & Nunes, K. L. (2024, June 21-23). Do criminal attitudes cause criminal behaviour? Different research designs can yield different results [Poster presentation]. Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF] [Click for supplemental information]
4th Annual Canadian Forensic Psychology Virtual Conference
Burke, H. (2024, February 9). Challenges in implementing evidence-based practices in policing: An evaluation of Static-99R feasibility when used by police personnel [Paper presentation]. 4th Annual Canadian Forensic Psychology Virtual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
American Society of Criminology 78th Annual Meeting
Nunes, K. L., Hatton, C. E., Pham, A. T., Filleter, W. E., Blank, C., & Maimone, S. (2023, November 15-18). Jumping to conclusions about causes of violence from correlational evidence [Paper presentation]. American Society of Criminology 78th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States. [Click for PDF]
Fifth North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference
Burke, H. (2023, June 23-25). A literature review of sexual offence risk assessment tools developed for police practice [Paper presentation]. Fifth North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Hatton, C. E., Trainor, L., Forth, A. E., & Nunes, K. L. (2023, June 23-25). Exploring the relationship between psychopathy and evaluative attitudes toward violence [Poster presentation]. Fifth North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Hawthorn, D. M. L., Moller, S. A., Pedneault, C. I., & Nunes, K. L. (2023, June 23-25). The effects of intuitive and paradoxical manipulations on evaluative attitudes toward violence [Poster presentation]. Fifth North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Maimone, S. A., Seto, M. C., Ahmed, A. G., & Nunes, K. L. (2023, June 23-25). Assessing implicit evaluative attitudes toward violence in men convicted of violent offences. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Measurement and effects of evaluative attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. Fifth North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L., Hatton, C. E., Zelenski, J. M., Fabrigar, L. R., & Pedneault, C. I. (2023, June 23-25). Effects of evaluative attitudes toward violence on violent behaviour. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Measurement and effects of evaluative attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. Fifth North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L., Pedneault, C. I., Hermann, C. A., & Fraser, J. (2023, June 23-25). Do violent attitude measures assess evaluative attitudes toward violence? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Measurement and effects of evaluative attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. Fifth North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
3rd Annual Canadian Forensic Psychology Virtual Conference
Hawthorn, D. M. L., Dunn, E. Griffith, A. L., Fraser, J. M., & Nunes, K. L. (2023, February 10). The Evaluative Attitudes toward Sexual Offending Against Children Scale [Conference presentation]. 3rd Annual Canadian Forensic Psychology Virtual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
ISRA XXIV World Meeting
Nunes, K. L., Pedneault, C. I., & Hermann, C. A. (2022, July 18-22). Do evaluative attitudes toward violence affect violent behavior? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Evaluative attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. International Society for Research on Aggression XXIV World Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Perrault, L. P., Pedneault, C. I., & Nunes, K. L. (2022, July 18-22). A more thorough test of the effect of attitudes toward violence on behavior: Replication and extension. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Evaluative attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. International Society for Research on Aggression XXIV World Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Fraser, J., Chan, S., Taljit, S., & Nunes, K. L. (2022, July 18-22). The temporal stability of evaluative attitudes toward violence. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Evaluative attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. International Society for Research on Aggression XXIV World Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Maimone, S. A., Seto, M. C., Ahmed, A. G., & Nunes, K. L. (2022, July 18-22). Implicit evaluative attitudes toward violence: Three response latency measures. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Evaluative attitudes toward violence [Symposium]. International Society for Research on Aggression XXIV World Meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
4th NACCJPC Conference
Perrault, L., Hilton, N. Z., & Pham, A. T. (2019, May). Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment: Predicting violent recidivism among high-risk intimate partner violence offenders. In N. Z. Hilton (Chair), Intimate partner violence risk assessments in a high risk sample of men undergoing threat assessment. Symposium to be conducted at the 4th North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Click for PDF]
LaPierre, A. R., Jung, S., & Pham, A. T. (2019, May). Evaluating the predictive effectiveness of the Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide version 3. In N. Z. Hilton (Chair), Intimate partner violence risk assessments in a high risk sample of men undergoing threat assessment. Symposium to be conducted at the 4th North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Click for PDF]
Jung, S., Pham, A. T., & Ennis, L. (2019, May). Accuracy of the B-SAFER to assess risk with high risk intimate partner violence perpetrators. In N. Z. Hilton (Chair), Intimate partner violence risk assessments in a high risk sample of men undergoing threat assessment. Symposium to be conducted at the 4th North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Click for PDF]
37th Annual ATSA Research and Treatment Conference
Fedotova, A., & Nunes, K. L. (2018, October). Interpretations of research on sexual offender treatment. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [Click for PDF]
LaPierre, A. R., & Nunes, K. L. (2018, October). Professionals’ opinions and practice regarding evaluative attitudes towards sexual offending. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Lucente, G., & Nunes, K. L. (2018, October). Associations between denial, identity, and attitudes among sexual offenders against children. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Pedneault, C., Nunes, K. L., White, K., Pettersen, C. & Hermann, C. A. (2018, October). How well do indirect measures assess pedophilic interest? A meta-analysis. In C. Pedneault (Chair). Measures of pedophilic interest: How valid are they? Symposium conducted at the 37th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Vancouver, BC. [Click for PDF]
Nunes K. L., & Choy, A. (2018, October). Understanding and evaluating research studies: The basics. Pre-conference seminar given at the 37th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Ohio State Symposium on Social Psychology
Nunes, K. L., Hermann, C. A., & Pedneault, C. I. (2018, July). The development and validation of a measure of attitudes towards violence. Paper presented at the Ohio State Symposium on Social Psychology: Cognitive and Metacognitive Processes in Attitude Formation, Change, and Strength, Columbus, Ohio. [Click for PDF]
23rd International Society for Research on Aggression World Meeting
Nunes, K. L., Hermann, C. A., & Pedneault, C. I. (2018, July). The development and validation of a measure of evaluative attitudes towards violence. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Violent attitudes and beliefs: Conceptualization, measurement, and relationship with violent behaviour. Symposium conducted at the 23rd World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Paris, France. [Click for PDF]
Pedneault, C. I., Nunes, K. L., & Hermann, C. A. (2018, July). Validating…and then revising… an evaluation of sexual aggression scale. In K. L. Nunes (Chair). Violent Attitudes and Beliefs: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Relationship with Violent Behaviour. Symposium conducted at the 23rd World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Paris, France. [Click for PDF]
17th Biennial Violence and Aggression Symposium at the University of Saskatchewan
Nunes, K. L. (2018, May). Evaluative attitudes toward sexual aggression. Invited workshop presented at the 17th biennial Violence and Aggression Symposium, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. [Click for PDF]
12th Annual Risk and Recovery Forensic Conference
Nunes, K. L. (2018, April). Attitude check: What about evaluative attitudes towards violence? Keynote presentation at the 12th Annual Risk and Recovery Forensic Conference, Hamilton, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
American Psychology- Law Society (AP-LS) Conference
Nunes, K. L., Hermann, C. A., Maimone, S., Atlas, M., & Grant, B. A. (2018, March). The Violence Propensity Vignette Questionnaire (VPVQ): A measure of violent behavior for research in forensic and non‐forensic settings and populations. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Psychology‐Law Society, Memphis, Tennessee. [Click for PDF]
36th ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Pedneault, C. I., Nunes, K. L., White, K., Pettersen, C., & Hermann, C. A. (2017, October). A quantitative review of two attention-based measures of pedophilic sexual interest. In C. O. Ciardha (Chair). Indirect Measures of Sexual Interest and Related Constructs. Symposium conducted at the 36th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Kansas, Missouri. [Click for PDF]
Pham, A. T., Nunes, K. L., Maimone, S., & Hermann, C. A. (2017, October). Exploring the underlying constructs of rape cognition scales. In Y. Fernandez (Chair) Conceptualization and Assessment of Cognitions and Other Risk Factors. Symposium conducted at the 36th Annual Research and Treatment Convention of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Kansas City, MO. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L. (2017, October). Research perspective: (Un)certainty about the causes of sexual offending. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Different perspectives on (un)certainty: Challenges, standards, and strategies. Symposium conducted at the 36th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Kansas City, Missouri. [Click for PDF]
Peters, J. & Nunes, K. L. (2017, October). Does denial predict sexual offender recidivism? Poster presented at the 36th Annual Research and Treatment Convention of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Kansas City, MO. [Click for PDF]
78th Annual CPA National Convention
Blank, C., Nunes, K., Pedneault, C., & Maimone, S. (2017, June). Violent cognitions: Do violent offenders express evaluations, norms, and mitigations of responsibility for violence? In M. Olver (Chair) Psychometric examination of risk, need, and treatment change in violent, sexual, and mentally ill offender populations: Links to theory, research, and practice. Symposium conducted at the 78th Annual Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Forensic Psychology in Canada Conference
Blank, C., Nunes, K., Pedneault, C., & Maimone, S. (2017, April). Violent cognitions: Do violent offenders express evaluations, norms, and mitigations of responsibility for violence? In K. Nunes (Chair) Research on violent cognitions from the ACBR lab. Symposium conducted at the Forensic Psychology in Canada Conference at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Maimone, S., Hermann, C. A., & Nunes, K. L. (2017, April). Does rape-related cognition predict subsequent sexually aggressive behavior? In K. L. Nunes (Chair) Research on Violent Cognitions from the ACBR Lab. Symposium to be conducted at the Forensic Psychology in Canada Conference, Ottawa, ON. [Click for PDF]
Pham, A. T., Nunes, K. L., Maimone, S., & Hermann, C. A. (2017, April). Exploring the underlying constructs of rape cognition scales. In K. L. Nunes (Chair) Research on Violent Cognitions from the ACBR Lab. Symposium to be conducted at the Forensic Psychology in Canada Conference, Ottawa, ON. [Click for PDF]
Mardus, M. & Nunes, K. L. (2017, April). Is there an association between self-esteem and denial? In K. Nunes (Chair) Research on violent cognitions from the ACBR lab. Symposium conducted at the Forensic Psychology in Canada Conference at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Peters, J. & Nunes, K. L. (2017, April). Does denial predict sexual recidivism? In K. Nunes (Chair) Research on violent cognitions from the ACBR lab. Symposium conducted at the Forensic Psychology in Canada Conference at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
35th ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Pettersen, C., Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2016, November). Exploring the distinctness and overlap between empathy and cognitive distortions. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Cognitive distortions, evaluation, and empathy. Symposium conducted at the 35th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Orlando, Florida.
Filleter, W. E., Nunes, K. L., & Maimone, S., Hermann, C. A., Peters, J., & Start, E. (2016, November). What do men think would happen if they raped a woman? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Cognitions about women and rape. Symposium conducted at the 35th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Orlando, Florida. [Click for PDF]
Hermann, C. A., Pham, A. T., & Nunes, K. L. (2016, November). Likelihood to rape predicts subsequent sexually coercive and aggressive behavior. In C. A. Hermann (Chair) Proclivity to Rape, Cognitions about Rape, and Aggressive Sexual Fantasies. Symposium conducted at the 35th Annual Research and Treatment Convention of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Orlando, Florida. [Click for PDF]
Pedneault, C., Hermann, C. A., & Nunes, K. L. (2016, November). Disentangling cognitions about rape: Evaluations may be distinct from cognitive distortions. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Cognitive Distortions, Evaluation, and Empathy. Symposium conducted at the 35th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Orlando, Florida. [Click for PDF]
Maimone, S., Hermann, C. A., & Nunes, K. L. (2016, November). Does Rape-Related Cognition Predict Subsequent Sexually Aggressive Behavior? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Cognitions About Women and Rape. Symposium to be presented at the 35th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Orlando, Florida. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L. (2016, November). Conceptualization and measurement of sexual offender denial. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Denial and minimization: Conceptualization, measurement, and relevance for treatment and risk. Symposium conducted at the 35th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Orlando, Florida. [Click for PDF]
34th ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Hermann, C. A., & Nunes, K. L. (2015, October). Positive Evaluations of Rape Predict Sexually Aggressive Behaviour. In C. A. Hermann (Chair) Rape Supportive Cognition and Sexual Aggression Against Adults. Symposium conducted at the 34th Annual Research and Treatment Convention of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Montreal, Québec. [Click for PDF]
Filleter, W. E., Ennis, L., Nunes, K. L., & Murphy, W. D. (2015, October). Pedophilic interests and antisociality among adolescent sex offenders who experienced childhood abuse. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Pedneault, C. & Nunes, L. K. (2015, October). Deviant sexual interests and sexual offending: How do we interpret the evidence? Presented at the Association for the Treatment Of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Blank, C., Maimone, S., Nunes, K. L., Pham, A., Hermann, C. A., McPhail, I. V., Pettersen, C., Jung, S. Kostiuk, N. Sewell, R. (2015, October). Childhood sexual victimization and cognitions about the self, children, and sexual offending. In S. Maimone (Chair) Exploring the link between childhood victimization and sexual offending. Symposium conducted at the 34th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Montréal, Québec, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Maimone, S., Hermann, C. A., & Nunes, K. L. (2015, October). Validation of the SAAJE: A Measure of Rape-supportive Cognitions. In C. A. Hermann (Chair) Rape-supportive Cognition and Sexual Aggression Against Adults. Symposium conducted at the 34th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Pham, A., Maimone, S., Nunes, K. L., Blank, C., Hermann, C. A., Pettersen, C., McPhail, I. V., Jung, S., Kostiuk, N., Sewell, R., Babchishin, K. M., & Malcom, J. R. (2015, October). Childhood sexual victimization, pedophilic interest, and antisocial orientation. In S. Maimone (Chair) Exploring the Link between Childhood Victimization and Sexual Offending. Symposium conducted at the 34th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L., Filleter, W. E., Pedneault, C., Maimone, S., Blank, C., Pham, A. T., & Atlas, M. (2015, October). Jumping to conclusions? Inferences about the causes of sexual offending. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Methodology matters: Critical thinking and advanced research methods. Symposium conducted at the 34th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Click for PDF]
3rd NACCJPC conference
Filleter, E., & Nunes, K. L. (2015, June). Childhood adversity and sexual offending: Researcher’s identification and interpretation of empirical evidence. Poster presented at the 3rd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Pedneault, C., & Nunes, K. L. (2015, June). Sex offender research: How do we interpret the evidence? Poster presented at the 3rd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L., Hermann, C. A., & Blank, C. (2015, June). What do we really know about attitudes towards violence? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Violent cognitions. Symposium conducted at the 3rd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L. (2015, June). Contributing to reducing violence through fundamental research. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Different career paths to reducing crime: Practice, policy, and research. Symposium conducted at the 3rd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L., Hermann, C. A., Atlas, M., Maimone, S., Woods, M., & Grant, B. A. (2015, June). Developing and validating an analogue measure of violent behaviour. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Examining violent behaviour with virtual reality, self-report, and vignettes. Symposium conducted at the 3rd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Maimone, S., Nunes, K. L., Balemba, S., Pettersen, C., Clermont, M., Staddon, M., & Frank, C. (2015, June). Exploring the relationship and direction of influence between attitudes, outcome expectancies, and violent behaviour. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Violent cognitions. Symposium conducted at the 3rd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
Pham, A. T., Maimone, S., Nunes, K. L., Kostiuk, N., Babchishin, K. M., Malcom, J. R., Hermann, C. A., & Jung, S. (2015, June). Can sexual offender risk assessment instruments be accurately scored from self-report information alone? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Examining violent behaviour with virtual reality, self-report, and vignettes. Symposium conducted at the 3rd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [Click for PDF]
33rd ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
White, K., Hermann, C. A., Nunes, K. L., & Pettersen, C. (2014, October). Cognitive distortions may be distinct from attitudes towards rape. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), What cognitions are we actually measuring? Why should we care? Symposium conducted at the 33rd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, San Diego, California. [Click for PDF]
Hermann, C. A., Nunes, K. L., & Lorincz, N. (2014, October). ‘Click here’: Examining attitudes towards rape in men recruited online. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), What cognitions are we actually measuring? Why should we care? Symposium conducted at the 33rd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, San Diego, California. [Click for PDF] [Click for Handout]
Pettersen, C., Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2014, October). Factor structure of the Aggression Questionnaire with sexual offenders. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), What cognitions are we actually measuring? Why should we care? Symposium conducted at the 33rd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, San Diego, California. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L. (2014, October). Attitude may be everything, but is everything an attitude? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), What cognitions are we actually measuring? Why should we care? Symposium conducted at the 33rd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, San Diego, California. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L., Hermann, C. A., Pettersen, C., & White, K. (2014, October). Implicit measures of pedophilic sexual interest. In A. J. R. Harris (Chair), Is phallometric testing a technique past its time? Part I. Symposium conducted at the 33rd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, San Diego, California. [Click for PDF]
McPhail, I. V., Fernane, S., Hermann, C. A., Fernandez, Y., Cantor, J. M., Nunes, K. L. (2014, October). Sexual deviance in sexual offenders against children: A meta-analysis review of phallometric research. In W. B. Maram (Chair), Is phallometric testing a technique past its time? Part II. Symposium conducted at the 33rd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, San Diego, California. [Click for PDF]
50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology
Nunes, K. L., & Hermann, C. A. (2014, October). Using implicit measures to explore cognitions associated with sexual offending against children. In B. Gawronski (Chair), When two worlds unite: How button presses and reaction times can help us to understand real- world phenomena. Symposium conducted at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Columbus, Ohio. [Click for PDF]
21st World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression
Pettersen, C., Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2014, July). The latent factor structure of the Aggression Questionnaire with violent offenders. Poster presented at the 21st World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Atlanta, Georgia.
Hermann, C. A., Nunes, K. L., Ennis, L., Maimone, S., & Choy, A. (2014, July). Four approaches to measuring attitudes towards violence: Beliefs, explicit evaluation, outcome expectancies, and implicit evaluation. Poster presented at the 21st World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression, Atlanta, Georgia. [Click for PDF]
32nd ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Hermann, C. A., Maimone, S., Atlas, M., Kostiuk, N., Jung, S., & Nunes, K. L. (2013, October). Attitudes toward sexual offenders and sexual offending against children. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Implicit and explicit cognitions and sexual offending against children. Symposium conducted at the 32nd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, Illinois. [Click for PDF]
Hermann, C. A., Pettersen, C., Woods, M., Lorincz, N., Berliant, J., & Nunes, K. L. (2013, November). Rape-prevention with students: Moderating effects of psychopathy and sexual coercion. In C. A. Hermann (Chair), Implicit and explicit cognition associated with rape. Symposium conducted at the 32nd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, Illinois. [Click for PDF]
Maimone, S., Hermann, C. A., Atlas, M., Berliant, J., & Nunes, K. L. (2013, November). Implicit and explicit attitudes, rape outcome expectancies, and sexual aggression. In C. A. Hermann (Chair), Implicit and explicit cognition associated with rape. Symposium conducted at the 32nd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, Illinois. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L., Hermann, C. A., Maimone, S., Woods, M., Pettersen, C., Kostiuk, N., & Jung, S. (2013, October). Implicit identification with sexual offenders and sexual offending against children. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Implicit and explicit cognitions and sexual offending against children. Symposium conducted at the 32nd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, Illinois. [Click for PDF]
Pettersen, C., Kostiuk, N., Atlas, M., Grenon, L., Jung, S., & Nunes, K. L. (2013, October). Self-esteem, narcissism, psychopathy, and sexual offending against children. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Implicit and explicit cognitions and sexual offending against children. Symposium conducted at the 32nd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, Illinois. [Click for PDF]
Pettersen, C., Woods, M., Maimone, S., Hermann, C. A., Looman, J., Spape, J., & Nunes, K. L. (2013, November). Does change in hostility predict sexual recidivism? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Treatment change and recidivism among sexual offenders. Symposium conducted at the 32nd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, Illinois. [Click for PDF]
Woods, M., Pettersen, C., Hermann, C. A., & Nunes, K. L. (2013, November). Expected outcomes of rape. In C. A. Hermann (Chair), Implicit and explicit cognition associated with rape. Symposium conducted at the 32nd Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, Illinois. [Click for PDF]
14th SPSP Annual Conference
Hermann, C. A. & Nunes, K. L. (2013, January). Criminal Cognitions: Are We Assessing Attitudes Towards Crime? Poster presented at the 14th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L., & Hermann, C. A. (2013, January). Thinking clearly about violent cognitions: Exploratory factor analysis of scales designed to measure attitudes towards violence. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana. [Click for PDF]
31st ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Nunes, K. L., Hermann, C. A., Malcom, J. R., & Lavoie, K. (2012, October). Do some types of childhood sexual victimization predict sexual recidivism? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Childhood sexual victimization, sexual offending, and prevention. Symposium conducted at the 31st Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Denver, Colorado. [Click for PDF]
Hermann, C. A., Nunes, K. L., & Woods, M. (2012, October). What Clinicians Think Rapists Think About Rape. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Research and Treatment Convention of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Denver, Colorado. [Click for PDF]
30th ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Nunes, K. L., & Jung, S. (2011, November). Symmetry between cognitive distortions and denial/minimization? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Denial and minimization: Association with treatment motivation, cognitive distortions, and recidivism. Symposium conducted at the 30th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Jung, S., &Nunes, K. L. (2011, November). Sex offender denial: Are we really measuring treatment readiness? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Denial and minimization: Association with treatment motivation, cognitive distortions, and recidivism. Symposium conducted at the 30th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Berliant, J., Nunes, K. L., & Sperling, A. (2011, November). Inconsistency between implicit and explicit perceptions of women and likelihood to rape. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Hermann, C. A., McPhail, I. V., Fernandez, Y., Isai, E. I. (2011, November). Understanding who is high and who is low in emotional congruence with children. In I. V. McPhail (Chair) Emotional Congruence with Children: Meta-Analytic and New Research Findings. Symposium conducted at the 30th Annual Research and Treatment Convention of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
McPhail, I. V., Hermann, C. A., Nunes, K. L. (2011, November). Emotional congruence with children: A meta-analysis of group differences, sexual recidivism, and treatment change. In I. V. McPhail (Chair) Emotional Congruence with Children: Meta-Analytic and New Research Findings. Symposium conducted at the 30th Annual Research and Treatment Convention of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
2nd NACCJP Conference
Hermann, C. A., & Nunes, K. L. (2011, June). Evaluating rape: Do self-report measures of rape-related cognition reflect evaluations of rape? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), A closer look at criminal attitudes. Symposium conducted at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Malcom, J. R., &Nunes, K. L. (2011, June). Do criminal attitudes reflect evaluations of crime? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), A closer look at criminal attitudes. Symposium conducted at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Berliant, J.,Nunes, K. L., & Balemba, S. (2011, June). What do we mean by attitudes towards violence? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), A closer look at criminal attitudes. Symposium conducted at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Nunes, K. L., Hermann, C. A., & Woods, M. E. (2011, June). Is there consistency between self-esteem, identification, and evaluation of aggression? In K. L. Nunes (Chair), A closer look at criminal attitudes. Symposium conducted at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Babchishin, K. M., Pettersen, C.,Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2011, June). Meta-analysis of functional and dysfunctional norms for measures of treatment targets for violent offender programs. In F. Cortoni (Chair), Reducing recidivism among violent offenders: The effectiveness of treatment. Symposium conducted at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Babchishin, K. M., Isai, E., Berliant, J., & Nunes, K. L. (2011, June). The validity of the Sexual Interest Profiling System. Poster presented at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Malcom, J. R., & Nunes, K. L. (2011, June). Validity and predictive accuracy of the Static-99, Static-99R, Static-2002, and Static-2002R. Poster presented at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
Pettersen, C. & Nunes, K. L. (2011, June). Relative disadvantage affects attitudes towards rape. Poster presented at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, ON. [Click for PDF]
Pullman, L. & Nunes, K. L. (2011, June). The effect of mood on attitudes towards sexual aggression. Poster presented at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, ON. [Click for PDF]
Woods, M., Hermann, C. A., Nunes, K. L., McPhail, I. V., & Sewell, R. (2011, June). The validity of self-reported risk among sex offenders. Poster presented at the 2nd North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Toronto, ON. [Click for PDF]
29th ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Nunes, K. L., Malcom, J. R., & Pettersen, C. (2010, October). The effect of anger on implicit and explicit evaluation of rape. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Experimental and observational research on the role of implicit cognition in rape and child molestation. Symposium conducted at the 29th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Phoenix, Arizona. [Click for PDF]
Sewell, R., Hermann, C., Nunes, K. L., & McPhail, I. V. (2010, October). The effect of arousal on implicit and explicit attitudes towards child sexual abuse. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Experimental and observational research on the role of implicit cognition in rape and child molestation. Symposium conducted at the 29th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Phoenix, Arizona. [Click for PDF]
McPhail, I. V., Sewell, R., Nunes, K. L., & Hermann, C. (2010, October). Assessing implicit and explicit emotional identification with children in sex offenders against children. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Experimental and observational research on the role of implicit cognition in rape and child molestation. Symposium conducted at the 29th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Phoenix, Arizona. [Click for PDF]
Hermann, C., McPhail, I. V., Nunes, K. L., & Sewell, R. (2010, October). The effect of sexual arousal on rapists’ implicit and explicit attitudes towards rape. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Experimental and observational research on the role of implicit cognition in rape and child molestation. Symposium conducted at the 29th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Phoenix, Arizona. [Click for PDF]
Babchishin, K. M., & Nunes, K. L. (2010, October). A meta-analysis of Implicit Association Tests adapted to measure sexual interest in children. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Deviant sexual interests and attitudes: Recent findings and their implications for offender assessment. Symposium conducted at the 29th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Phoenix, Arizona. [Click for PDF]
2nd Annual Young Researchers’ Conference
Pettersen, C., Wall, R., & Nunes, K. L. (2010, March). The relationship between criminal victimization and public support for restorative justice. Poster presented at the Institute of Mental Health Research 2nd Annual Young Researchers’ Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
28th ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Nunes, K. L., Babchishin, K. M., & Kessous, N. (2009, October). Is childhood sexual victimization associated with deviant interests and beliefs? In F. Cortoni (Chair), Processes related to child molestation. Symposium conducted at the 28th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Dallas, Texas. [Click for PDF]
Babchishin, K. M., Kessous, N., & Nunes, K. L. (2009, October). The validity of a viewing time measure of sexual interest in children. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Dallas, Texas. [Click for PDF]
Hermann, C. A., Babchishin, K. M., Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2009, October). Factor structure of the Bumby RAPE scale: A two factor model. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Dallas, Texas.
McPhail, I. V., & Nunes, K. L. (2009, October). A cumulative meta-analysis of studies comparing child molesters to non-molesters on the Social Avoidance and Distress scale. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Dallas, Texas. [Click for PDF]
Sewell, R., & Nunes, K. L. (2009, October). Cognitive distortions: A cumulative meta-analysis of the Bumby MOLEST scale. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Dallas, Texas.
117th Annual APA Convention
Babchishin, K. M., Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2009, August). Measuring change in sex offender treatment. Poster presented at the 117th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
70th Annual CPA Convention
Babchishin, K. M., Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2009, June). Factor structure of the Bumby MOLEST scale. Poster presented at the 70th Annual Canadian Psychology Association Convention, Montreal, Quebec.
1st Annual Young Researchers’ Conference
Malcom, J. R., Nunes, K., Yogarajah, T., Babchishin, K., Kessous, N. Hermann, C., Sewell, R., & McPhail, I. (2009, April). The effects of sexual arousal on implicit attitudes towards rape. Poster presented at the 1st Annual Young Researchers’ Forum Conference, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario.
2nd Annual Conference of the Société Québécoise de Recherche pour la Psychologie
Babchishin, K. M., Kessous, N., & Nunes, K. L. (2009, March). Le test d’association implicite: Peut-il évalué l’attirance sexuelle envers les enfants? [The Implicit Association Test: Can it assess sexual interest in children?] Poster presented at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Société Québécoise de Recherche pour la Psychologie, Ottawa, Ontario. [Click for PDF]
27th ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Nunes, K. L., Ratcliffe, K., Babchishin, K. M., & Kessous, N. (2008, October). Implicit and explicit evaluation of rape. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Implicit cognitions: Indirectly measuring sex offenders’ attitudes and interests. Symposium conducted at the 27th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Atlanta, Georgia. [Click for PDF]
Babchishin, K. M., Kessous, N., & Nunes, K. L. (2008, October). Indirectly assessing sexual interest in children: The Implicit Association Test. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Implicit cognitions: Indirectly measuring sex offenders’ attitudes and interests. Symposium conducted at the 27th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Atlanta, Georgia. [Click for PDF]
Kessous, N., Babchishin, K. M., & Nunes, K. L. (2008, October). Under the radar: Assessing attitudes toward child sexual abuse using the Implicit Association Test. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), Implicit cognitions: Indirectly measuring sex offenders’ attitudes and interests. Symposium conducted at the 27th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Atlanta, Georgia. [Click for PDF]
26th ATSA Annual Research and Treatment Conference
Nunes, K. L., Hanson, R. K., Firestone, P., Moulden, H., Greenberg, D. M., & Bradford, J. M. (2007, November). Denial predicts recidivism for some sexual offenders. In K. L. Nunes (Chair), A closer look at the relationship between denial and recidivism. Symposium conducted at the 26th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, San Diego, California.
1st NACCJP Conference
Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2007, June). Screening offenders for risk of dropout and expulsion from correctional programs. Paper presented at the North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
Nunes, K. L. (2007, June). Research on sex offender risk assessment: Overview, challenges, and relevance. Paper presented at the North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
Sperling, A., & Nunes, K. L. (2007, June). Sexual coercion: The relationship between attitudes and self-reported behaviour. Poster session presented at the North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.