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Ronald Roesch publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ronald Roesch sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 153 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Ronald Roesch D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ronald Roesch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Ronald Roesch is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and has conducted research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Social Psychology, and Gender Studies.

Their research topics encompass areas such as Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Gender, Feminism, and Media, Sex Work and Related Issues, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects, Homelessness and Social Issues, and Folate and B Vitamins Research.

Ronald Roesch has contributed to multiple publication venues, including:

  • Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • First Peoples Child & Family Review An Interdisciplinary Journal Honouring the Voices Perspectives and Knowledges of First Peoples
  • Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
  • Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne
  • South African Journal of Psychology

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • The Prevalence of Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review, 2020, Trauma Violence & Abuse
  • Resilience and enculturation: Strengths among young offenders with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, 2020, First Peoples Child & Family Review An Interdisciplinary Journal Honouring the Voices Perspectives and Knowledges of First Peoples
  • Assessing the confidence-accuracy relationship in risk assessments using the START: introducing calibration analysis, 2020, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
  • The practice of clinical forensic psychology in Canada: Current landscape and future directions., 2023, Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne
  • A brief comparison of forensic psychology in South Africa, the United States, and Canada, 2022, South African Journal of Psychology

Frequent co-authors of Ronald Roesch include:

  • Unnati Patel
  • Billie Joe Rogers
  • Kaitlyn McLachlan
  • Ilvy Goossens
  • Christian Farrell

Recognition of Ronald Roesch's professional standing includes being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1984.

Best Publications

  • Competency to stand trial

    Ronald Roesch;Kaitlyn McLachlan

  • Legal decisions of preadolescent and adolescent defendants: predictors of confessions, pleas, communication with attorneys, and appeals.

    Jodi L. Viljoen;Jessica Klaver;Ronald Roesch

  • Assessment and conceptualization of competency to stand trial: Preliminary data on the Interdisciplinary Fitness Interview.

    Stephen L. Golding;Ronald Roesch;Jan Schreiber

  • Mental disorders in European Prison Systems

    Eric Blaauw;Ronald Roesch;Ad Kerkhof

  • Competence to waive interrogation rights and adjudicative competence in adolescent defendants: cognitive development, attorney contact, and psychological symptoms.

    Jodi L. Viljoen;Ronald Roesch

  • Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Within Offender Populations: A Systematic Review

    Katherine Dixon-Gordon;Natalie Harrison;Ronald Roesch

  • Defining and assessing competency to stand trial.

    Ronald Roesch;Patricia A. Zapf;Stephen L. Golding;Jennifer L. Skeem

  • Adjudicative competence and comprehension of Miranda rights in adolescent defendants: a comparison of legal standards†‡

    Jodi L. Viljoen;Patricia A. Zapf;Ronald Roesch

  • The Prevalence of Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.

    Unnati Patel;Ronald Roesch

  • Training in Law and Psychology: Models from the Villanova Conference

    Donald N. Bersoff;Jane Goodman-Delahunty;J. Thomas Grisso;Valerie P. Hans

  • Problem-solving courts in Canada: A review and a call for empirically-based evaluation methods

    Emily Slinger;Ronald Roesch

  • Procedural Justice Versus Risk Factors for Offending: Predicting Recidivism in Youth

    Erika K. Penner;Jodi L. Viljoen;Kevin S. Douglas;Ronald Roesch

  • Evaluating the psycholegal abilities of young offenders with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

    Kaitlyn McLachlan;Ronald Roesch;Jodi L. Viljoen;Kevin S. Douglas

  • Mental disorder and the criminal justice system: a review.

    Richard J. Freeman;Ronald Roesch

  • An examination of the relationship between competency to stand trial, competency to waive interrogation rights, and psychopathology.

    Jodi L. Viljoen;Ronald Roesch;Patricia A. Zapf

  • Future Directions in the Restoration of Competency to Stand Trial

    Patricia A. Zapf;Ronald Roesch

  • Comparative examination of the prevalence of mental disorders among jailed inmates in Canada and the United States.

    Raymond R Corrado;Irwin Cohen;Stephen Hart;Ronald Roesch

  • The perceptions of correctional officers toward mentally disordered offenders.

    P.Randall Kropp;David N. Cox;Ronald Roesch;Derek Eaves

  • Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial

    Patricia A. Zapf;Ronald Roesch

  • "Tough on Crime" Reforms: What Psychology Has to Say about the Recent and Proposed Justice Policy in Canada

    Alana N. Cook;Ronald Roesch

  • Mental health research in the criminal justice system: The need for common approaches and international perspectives.

    Ronald Roesch;James R.P. Ogloff;Derek Eaves

  • Psychology and law : the state of the discipline

    Ronald Roesch;Stephen D. Hart;James R. P. Ogloff

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen D. Hart
Stephen D. Hart Simon Fraser University
James R. P. Ogloff
James R. P. Ogloff Swinburne University of Technology
Kevin S. Douglas
Kevin S. Douglas Simon Fraser University
Valerie P. Hans
Valerie P. Hans Cornell University
N. Dickon Reppucci
N. Dickon Reppucci University of Virginia
Robert J. McMahon
Robert J. McMahon Simon Fraser University
Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon
Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon University of Massachusetts Amherst
Melvin N. Wilson
Melvin N. Wilson University of Virginia
Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof
Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jennifer L. Skeem
Jennifer L. Skeem University of California, Berkeley

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