Books

  1. Motiuk, L. L. & Serin, R. C. (2001). Compendium 2000 on effective corrections. Correctional Service of Canada, Ministry of Supply and Services.
  2. Brown, S. L., Serin, R. C., Forth, A. E., Nunes, K. L., Bennell, C., & Pozzulo, J. D. (2016). Criminal behaviour: A Canadian perspective (2nd edition)Pearson Publishing.

Book Chapters

  1. Serin, R. C., Wardrop, K., Gamwell, L., & Shaffer, J. (in press).  Parole Decision Making: Moving Towards Evidence-Based Practice. In B. Huebner, P. Lattimore, & F. S. Taxman (Eds), Moving corrections and sentencing forward: Building on the record.
  2. Serin, R. C. & Wardrop, K. (in press). Parole decision-making: Contemporary practice and challenges. In J. M. Brown & M. A. H. Horvath (Eds), Cambridge handbook of forensic psychology (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press.
  3. Chadwick, N., Serin, R. C., & Lloyd, C. D. (in press). Examining community supervision officers’ skills and behaviors: A review of strategies for identifying the inner-workings of face-to-face supervision sessions. In P. Ugwudike, P. Raynor, F. Taxman, C. Trotter, H. Graham, & F. McNeill (Eds.). The Routledge companion to rehabilitative work in criminal justice. Routledge.
  4. Leschied, A. W., Serin, R. C., Rieger, D.J., McLaren, S. A., Dunham, M. D., Wormith, S. J. (in press). Practice with young offenders and adult correctional clients. In D. R. Evans and K. Dobson (Eds.), Law, standards, and ethics in the practice of psychology (4th edition). Thomson Reuters Canada.
  5. Serin, R. C., Lowenkamp, C. L., & Lloyd, C. D. (in press). Managing violent offenders in the community: Reentry and beyond. In S. Wormith, L. Craig, & T. Hogue (Eds.), What works in violence risk management: Theory, research and practice. Wiley-Blackwell.
  6. Serin, R. C., Lloyd, C. L., & Chadwick, N. (2019). Integrating dynamic risk assessment into community supervision practice. In D. L. L. Polaschek, A. Day, & C. Hollin (Eds), The Wiley international handbook of correctional psychology. Wiley.
  7. Serin, R. C., Brown, S. L. & Smeth, A. H. (2016). The clinical use of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist – Revised (PCL-R) in contemporary risk assessment. In C. Gacono (Ed.), The clinical and forensic assessment of psychopathy (2nd edition). Erlbaum.
  8. Serin, R. C., & Hanby, L. J. (2017). Client-based assessment of need and change. In L. E. Marshall & W. L. Marshall (Volume Eds.) and D. Boer (Series Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook on the assessment, treatment, and theories of sexual offending, Volume III: Treatment (pp. 1575-1593). John Wiley & Sons.
  9. Serin, R. C., Lloyd, C. D., Hanby, L. J., & Shturman, M. (2013). What and who might enhance offender compliance: Situating responsibilities. In P. Raynor & P. Ugwudike (Eds), What works in offender compliance: International perspectives and evidence-based practices (pp. 90-106). Palgrave Macmillan Publishers.

Journal Articles

  1. Lloyd, C. D., Hanson, R. K., Richards, D. K., & Serin, R. C. (2020). Reassessment improves prediction of criminal recidivism: A prospective study of 3,421 individuals in New Zealand. Psychological Assessment32(6), 568–581. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000813
  2. Lloyd, C. D., Perley-Robertson, B., & Serin, R. C. (2019). Age and Strengths in a Community Corrections Sample. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 19(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2019.1684404
  3. Wardrop, K., Serin, R. C., & Rentler, D. (2019). Evaluating the Structured Parole Decision Making Framework in Three U.S. States. The American Journal of Forensic Psychology37(2).
  4. Higley, C. A., Lloyd, C. D., & Serin, R. C. (2019). Age and Motivation can be Specific Responsivity Features that Moderate the Relationship Between Risk and Rehabilitation Outcome. Law and Human Behavior, 43(6), 558-567. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000348
  5. Serin, R. C. & Lloyd, C. D. (2019). Integration of the Risk Need, Responsivity (RNR) model and crime desistance perspective: Implications for community correctional practice. Advancing Corrections, 7.
  6. Holsinger, A., Lowenkamp, C., Latessa, E., Serin, R. C., Cohen, T., Robinson, C., Flores, A., VanBenchschoten, S. W. (2018). A rejoinder to Dressel & Farid. New study finds computer algorithm is more accurate than humans at predicting arrest and as good as a group of 20 lay-experts. Federal Probation, 82(2), 51-56.
  7. Kroner, D. G., Polaschek, D. L. L., Serin, R. C., & Skeem, J. L. (2017). An exploration of the symmetry between crime-causing and crime-reducing factors: Implications for delivery of offender services. Psychological Services, 16(2), 329–339. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000199
  8. Perley-Robertson, B., Helmus, L. M., Derkzen, D, & Serin, R. C. (2016). Do Sex Offenders Against Adults, Sex Offenders Against Children, and Non-sex Offenders Differ in Impulsivity? Sexual Offender Treatment, 11(2).
  9. Johnson, J. L., Trevino, P., Lowenkamp, C. T., & Serin, R. C. (2016). Enhancing community supervision through the application of dynamic risk assessment. Federal Probation, 80(2), 16–20.
  10. Serin, R. C., Lowenkamp, C. T., Johnson, J. L., & Trevino, P. (2016). Using a multi-level risk assessment to inform case planning and risk management: Implications for officers. Federal Probation, 80(2),10-15.
  11. Serin, R. C., Gobeil, R., Lloyd, C. D., Chadwick, N., Wardrop, K., & Hanby, L. J. (2016).  Using dynamic risk to enhance conditional release decisions in prisoners to improve their outcomes. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 34(2-3), 321–336. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2213
  12. Serin, R. C., Chadwick, N., & Lloyd, C. D. (2015). Dynamic risk and protective factors. Psychology, Crime & Law22(1-2), 151-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2015.1112013
  13. Yesberg, J. A., Scanlan, J., Hanby, L. J., Serin, R. C., Polaschek, D. L. L. (2015). Predicting women’s recidivism: Validating a dynamic community-based ‘gender-neutral’ tool. Probation Journal, 62(1), 33-48. https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550514562851
  14. Duvall Antonacopoulos, N. M. & Serin, R. C. (2015). Comprehension of online informed consents: Can it be improved? Ethics and Behavior, 26(3), 177–193. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2014.1000458
  15. Chadwick, N. Smeth, A. H., Serin, R. C. (2015). Effectively training community supervision officers: A meta-analytic review of the impact on offender outcome. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 42(10), 977-989. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854815595661
  16. Gottschall, S., Greiner, L., Brown, S. L., & Serin, R. C. (2014). Value, challenges and solutions in incorporating victim impact awareness in offender rehabilitation: The results of qualitative interviews with stakeholders. Victims & Offenders,10(3), 293–317. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2014.949959
  17. Lloyd, C. D., Chadwick, N., & Serin, R. C.(2014). Associations between gambling, substance misuse, impulsivity, and recidivism among Canadian offenders: A multi-faceted exploration of poor impulse control. International Gambling Studies, 14(2), 279-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2014.913301
  18. Lloyd, C. D., Hanby, L. J., & Serin, R. C.(2014). Rehabilitation group co-participants’ risk levels are associated with offenders’ treatment performance, treatment change, and recidivism. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology82(2), 298-311.
  19. Mossière, A. & Serin, R. C.(2014). A critique of models and measures of treatment readiness in offenders. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 19(4). 383-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2014.06.004
  20. Serin, R. C., Lloyd, C. D., Helmus, L., Derkzen, D., & Luong, D. (2013). Does intra-individual change predict offender recidivism? Searching for the Holy Grail in a review of offender change. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 18(1), 32-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2012.09.002