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Overview

Jennifer L. Skeem is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with substantial contributions in subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, and Statistics and Probability.

The main topics in their research include Crime Patterns and Interventions, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Homelessness and Social Issues, Mental Health Treatment and Access, and Mental Health Research Topics.

Jennifer L. Skeem has published extensively across several academic venues. Frequent publication platforms for their work include SSRN Electronic Journal, Behavioral Sciences & the Law, The International Journal of Biostatistics, Criminology & Public Policy, and Law and Human Behavior.

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • The limits of human predictions of recidivism, 2020, Science Advances
  • Using algorithms to address trade-offs inherent in predicting recidivism, 2020, Behavioral Sciences & the Law
  • Neighborhood Risk Factors for Recidivism: For Whom do they Matter?, 2020, American Journal of Community Psychology
  • Using Algorithms to Address Trade-Offs Inherent in Predicting Recidivism, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The optimal dynamic treatment rule superlearner: considerations, performance, and application to criminal justice interventions, 2022, The International Journal of Biostatistics

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Lina Montoya, Christopher T. Lowenkamp, Jaclyn Chambers, Leah A. Jacobs, and Maya Petersen.

Best Publications

  • VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT: Getting Specific About Being Dynamic

    Kevin S. Douglas;Jennifer L. Skeem

  • Assessing callous-unemotional traits in adolescent offenders: validation of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits.

    Eva R. Kimonis;Paul J. Frick;Jennifer L. Skeem;Monica A. Marsee

  • Psychopathic Personality Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Evidence and Public Policy

    Jennifer L. Skeem;Devon L. L. Polaschek;Christopher J. Patrick;Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • Is criminal behavior a central component of psychopathy? Conceptual directions for resolving the debate.

    Jennifer L. Skeem;David John Cooke

  • Psychopathic personality or personalities? Exploring potential variants of psychopathy and their implications for risk assessment

    Jennifer L Skeem;Norman Poythress;John F Edens;Scott O Lilienfeld

  • Correctional Policy for Offenders with Mental Illness: Creating a New Paradigm for Recidivism Reduction

    Jennifer L. Skeem;Sarah M. Manchak;Jillian K. Peterson

  • Two subtypes of psychopathic violent offenders that parallel primary and secondary variants.

    Jennifer Skeem;Peter Johansson;Henrik Andershed;Margaret Kerr

  • Assessment of ``Juvenile Psychopathy'' and Its Association with Violence: A Critical Review

    John F. Edens;Jennifer L. Skeem;Keith R. Cruise;Elizabeth Cauffman

  • Assessing Relationship Quality in Mandated Community Treatment: Blending Care With Control

    Jennifer L. Skeem;Jennifer Eno Louden;Devon Polaschek;Jacqueline Camp

  • Psychopathy and community violence among civil psychiatric patients: results from the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study.

    Jennifer L. Skeem;Edward P. Mulvey

  • Psychopathy, treatment involvement, and subsequent violence among civil psychiatric patients.

    Jennifer L. Skeem;John Monahan;Edward P. Mulvey

  • Current Directions in Violence Risk Assessment

    Jennifer L. Skeem;John Monahan

  • RISK, RACE, AND RECIDIVISM: PREDICTIVE BIAS AND DISPARATE IMPACT*

    Jennifer L. Skeem;Christopher T. Lowenkamp

  • Treatment Response of Adolescent Offenders With Psychopathy Features A 2-Year Follow-Up

    Michael Caldwell;Jennifer Skeem;Randy Salekin;Gregory Van Rybroek

  • Views of the Downward Extension: Comparing the Youth Version of the Psychopathy Checklist with the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory

    Jennifer L. Skeem;Elizabeth Cauffman

  • Primary and secondary variants of juvenile psychopathy differ in emotional processing

    Eva R. Kimonis;Paul J. Frick;Elizabeth Cauffman;Asha Goldweber

  • Offenders with mental illness have criminogenic needs, too: toward recidivism reduction

    Jennifer L. Skeem;Eliza Winter;Patrick J. Kennealy;Jennifer Eno Louden

  • Associations among early abuse, dissociation, and psychopathy in an offender sample.

    Norman G. Poythress;Jennifer L. Skeem;Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • Do Core Interpersonal and Affective Traits of PCL-R Psychopathy Interact With Antisocial Behavior and Disinhibition to Predict Violence?

    Patrick J. Kennealy;Jennifer L. Skeem;Glenn D. Walters;Jacqueline Camp

  • How Often and How Consistently do Symptoms Directly Precede Criminal Behavior Among Offenders With Mental Illness

    Jillian K. Peterson;Jennifer Skeem;Patrick Kennealy;Beth Bray

  • Understanding the structure of the Psychopathy Checklist – Revised: An exploration of methodological confusion

    David J. Cooke;Christine Michie;Jennifer Skeem

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
John F. Edens
John F. Edens Texas A&M University
Kevin S. Douglas
Kevin S. Douglas Simon Fraser University
John Monahan
John Monahan University of Virginia
Edward P. Mulvey
Edward P. Mulvey University of Pittsburgh
Devon L. L. Polaschek
Devon L. L. Polaschek University of Waikato
Christopher J. Patrick
Christopher J. Patrick Florida State University
Carol A. Schubert
Carol A. Schubert University of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Cauffman
Elizabeth Cauffman University of California, Irvine
Norman G. Poythress
Norman G. Poythress University of South Florida

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