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Overview

Sarah L. Desmarais is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and psychology, with a focused interest in subfields such as sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and general health professions.

Their scholarly contributions encompass a range of topics, prominently including:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Several academic outlets frequently feature their work. These venues include:

  • Criminal Justice and Behavior
  • Law and Human Behavior
  • Military Psychology
  • International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
  • Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Among their more recent publications are:

  • Predictive Validity of Pretrial Risk Assessments: A Systematic Review of the Literature, 2020, Criminal Justice and Behavior
  • The Empirical Case for Pretrial Risk Assessment Instruments, 2021, Criminal Justice and Behavior

Additional notable papers include:

  • It's COMPASlicated: The Messy Relationship between RAI Datasets and Algorithmic Fairness Benchmarks, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators within their scholarly network are:

  • Samantha A. Zottola
  • Sam Cacace
  • Sarah Clarke
  • Evan M. Lowder
  • Katherine Warburton

Sarah L. Desmarais has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by Cambridge University Press titled Decriminalizing Mental Illness in 2021.

Best Publications

  • International Perspectives on the practical application of violence risk assessment : a global survey of 44 countries

    Jay P. Singh;Sarah L. Desmarais;Cristina Hurducas;Karin Arbach-Lucioni

  • Prevalence of physical violence in intimate relationships, part 2: Rates of male and female perpetration.

    Sarah L. Desmarais;Kim A. Reeves;Tonia L. Nicholls;Robin P. Telford

  • The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) A Prospective Validation Study in a Forensic Psychiatric Sample

    Tonia L. Nicholls;Johann Brink;Sarah L. Desmarais;Christopher D. Webster

  • Community Violence Perpetration and Victimization Among Adults With Mental Illnesses

    Sarah L. Desmarais;Richard A. Van Dorn;Kiersten L. Johnson;Kevin J. Grimm

  • Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START): The case for a new structured professional judgment scheme.

    Christopher D. Webster;Tonia L. Nicholls;Mary-Lou Martin;Sarah L. Desmarais

  • Using Dynamic Risk and Protective Factors to Predict Inpatient Aggression: Reliability and Validity of START Assessments

    Sarah L. Desmarais;Tonia L. Nicholls;Catherine M. Wilson;Johann Brink

  • Measurement of predictive validity in violence risk assessment studies: a second-order systematic review

    Jay P. Singh;Sarah L. Desmarais;Richard A. Van Dorn

  • A meta-analysis of public attitudes toward ex-offenders.

    Candalyn B. Rade;Sarah L. Desmarais;Roger E. Mitchell

  • Predictive validity of dynamic factors: assessing violence risk in forensic psychiatric inpatients

    Catherine M. Wilson;Sarah L. Desmarais;Tonia L. Nicholls;Stephen D. Hart

  • After 30 Years, What Do We Know about What Jurors Know? A Meta-Analytic Review of Lay Knowledge Regarding Eyewitness Factors

    Sarah L. Desmarais;J. Don Read

  • The State of Scientific Knowledge Regarding Factors Associated With Terrorism.

    Sarah L. Desmarais;Joseph Simons-Rudolph;Christine Shahan Brugh;Eileen Schilling

  • Performance of recidivism risk assessment instruments in U.S. correctional settings.

    Sarah L Desmarais;Kiersten L Johnson;Jay P Singh

  • Sexual Coercion Practices Among Undergraduate Male Recreational Athletes, Intercollegiate Athletes, and Non-Athletes

    Belinda-Rose Young;Sarah L. Desmarais;Julie A. Baldwin;Rasheeta Chandler

  • Perceptions and experiences of people with mental illness regarding their interactions with police.

    James D. Livingston;Sarah L. Desmarais;Simon Verdun-Jones;Richard Parent

  • From Risk Assessment to Risk Management: Matching Interventions to Adolescent Offenders' Strengths and Vulnerabilities.

    Jay P. Singh;Sarah L. Desmarais;Brian G. Sellers;Tatiana Hylton

  • The Role of Client Strengths in Assessments of Violence Risk Using the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START)

    Catherine M. Wilson;Sarah L. Desmarais;Tonia L. Nicholls;Johann Brink

  • Intimate partner abuse before and during pregnancy as risk factors for postpartum mental health problems.

    Sarah L Desmarais;Ashley Pritchard;Evan M Lowder;Patricia A Janssen

  • Effects of Outpatient Treatment on Risk of Arrest of Adults With Serious Mental Illness and Associated Costs

    Richard A. Van Dorn;Sarah L. Desmarais;John Petrila;Diane Haynes

  • Effectiveness of Mental Health Courts in Reducing Recidivism: A Meta-Analysis.

    Evan M. Lowder;Candalyn B. Rade;Sarah L. Desmarais

  • Assessment of multiple risk outcomes, strengths, and change with the START:AV: a short-term prospective study with adolescent offenders

    Jodi L. Viljoen;Jennifer L. Beneteau;Erik Gulbransen;Etta Brodersen

  • Risk of arrest in persons with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a Florida Medicaid program: the role of atypical antipsychotics, conventional neuroleptics, and routine outpatient behavioral health services.

    Richard A. Van Dorn;Ross Andel;Timothy L. Boaz;Sarah L. Desmarais

  • Peer-support intervention for postpartum depression: Participant satisfaction and program effectiveness

    Betty-Shannon Prevatt;Evan M. Lowder;Sarah L. Desmarais

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Grimm
Kevin J. Grimm Arizona State University
Corine de Ruiter
Corine de Ruiter Maastricht University
Kevin S. Douglas
Kevin S. Douglas Simon Fraser University
J. Don Read
J. Don Read University of East London
Jeni L. Burnette
Jeni L. Burnette North Carolina State University
Keith F. Widaman
Keith F. Widaman University of California, Riverside
Laura Widman
Laura Widman North Carolina State University
Mitchell J. Prinstein
Mitchell J. Prinstein University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephen D. Hart
Stephen D. Hart Simon Fraser University
John Monahan
John Monahan University of Virginia

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