Sébastien Brouillette-Alarie
Biographic Data
| ID | 4075866 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sébastien Brouillette-Alarie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sébastien |
| FAMILY NAME | Brouillette-Alarie |
| SIGNATURE | BROUILLETTE-ALARIE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7620-8786 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Normative Data, Predictive Validity, and Factor Structure of a Fourth-Generation Risk Assessment Tool (Orac-PCQ) in a Population of Adjudicated Individuals Serving Short Sentences in the Province of Q…
This study examines the psychometric properties of the ORAC-PCQ, a fourth-generation actuarial tool designed to assess recidivism risk and criminogenic needs among individuals serving short sentences in Quebec. The instrument consists of three sections: Sociocriminological Profile (eight items), Criminogenic Needs (16 items), and Clinical Information (26 unscored items). Based on a sample of 14,320 individuals, we report normative data, optimal c…
Assessing Cultural Bias in Recidivism Risk Tools: Differential Item Functioning and Predictive Validity of the Orac-PCQ and LS/CMI Among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Men in Quebec's Correctional Syst…
Following the Ewert v. Canada case, concerns have emerged regarding the cultural fairness of actuarial risk assessment tools used with Indigenous offenders in Canada. These instruments, largely developed using non-Indigenous samples, may not accurately reflect Indigenous realities and could contribute to systemic bias. This study examined two tools used in Quebec, the ORAC-PCQ and the LS/CMI, to assess potential cultural bias through differential…
Beyond Traditional Risk Scores: Tackling LS/CMI Offender Misclassifications with Machine Learning
A Look at the Difficulty and Predictive Validity of LS/CMI Items With Rasch Modeling
The current study aimed to provide data on the performance of items, dimensions, and the total score of the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI), one of the most internationally used actuarial scales for the prediction of general recidivism in convicted persons. Using the full population of Quebec’s male incarcerated population evaluated between 2008 and 2015 with a 2-year follow-up ( N = 15,961), results indicated that the predict…
Pornography Use, Offense-Supportive Cognitions, Atypical Sexual Interests, and Sexual Offending against Children
The effects of pornography are hotly debated in the scientific literature, especially its potentially negative influence on sexual offending. While studies do not support direct effects of pornography use on sexual offending, pornography is hypothesized to have a catalytic effect among men who are predisposed to sexually offend due to the presence of other risk factors. Using a sample of 241 men varying in sexual offending history, this study exa…
Validating the Screening Scale of Pedophilic Crime Scene Behavior
The Screening Scale of Pedophilic Crime Scene Behavior (SSPC) is a seven-item structured rating scale assessing pedophilic sexual arousal. In the current study, we cross-validated the scale’s convergent validity using multiple measures of sexual interest in children (clinical diagnosis of pedophilia, the high fixation/low social competence type of the MTC:CM4, and phallometric assessment of sexual interests toward children) in two independent sam…
Does Reassessment Improve Prediction? A Prospective Study of the Sexual Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (Sotips)
This prospective study examined the predictive validity of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS; McGrath et al., 2012), a sexual recidivism risk/need tool designed to identify dynamic (changeable) risk factors relevant to supervision and treatment. The SOTIPS risk tool was scored by probation officers at two sites ( n = 565) for three time points: near the start of community supervision, at 6 months, and then at 12 m…
Exposure to Extremist Online Content Could Lead to Violent Radicalization: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence
The main objective of this systematic review is to synthesize the empirical evidence on how the Internet and social media may, or may not, constitute spaces for exchange that can be favorable to violent extremism. Of the 5,182 studies generated from the searches, 11 studies were eligible for inclusion in this review. We considered empirical studies with qualitative, quantitative, and mixed designs, but did not conduct meta-analysis due to the het…
Taxometric Analysis of the Latent Structure of Pedophilic Interest
Mieux saisir les outils actuariels: Une analyse factorielle de la Statique-99R
Une critique couramment formulée à l’encontre des outils actuariels statiques concerne leur incapacité à éclairer l’intervention, au regard de leurs fondements athéoriques. Dans la cadre d’un effort visant à nuancer cette critique, la présente étude a tenté d’identifier les construits théoriques présents dans la Statique-99R, l’échelle actuarielle de prédiction de la récidive des délinquants sexuels la plus utilisée. Une analyse factorielle explo…
Caractéristiques du fonctionnement social des femmes incarcérées
La présente étude trace un portrait des caractéristiques du fonctionnement social de 141 femmes incarcérées dans deux établissements provinciaux au Québec. L’ensemble des résultats suggère que non seulement certaines caractéristiques du dysfonctionnement social de ces femmes sont similaires à celles des femmes incarcérées dans d’autres établissements provinciaux au Canada et dans des établissements fédéraux, mais elles semblent présenter aussi ce…
Taxometric Analysis of the Latent Structure of Pedophilic Interest
Pornography Use, Offense-Supportive Cognitions, Atypical Sexual Interests, and Sexual Offending against Children
The effects of pornography are hotly debated in the scientific literature, especially its potentially negative influence on sexual offending. While studies do not support direct effects of pornography use on sexual offending, pornography is hypothesized to have a catalytic effect among men who are predisposed to sexually offend due to the presence of other risk factors. Using a sample of 241 men varying in sexual offending history, this study exa…
Mieux saisir les outils actuariels: Une analyse factorielle de la Statique-99R
Une critique couramment formulée à l’encontre des outils actuariels statiques concerne leur incapacité à éclairer l’intervention, au regard de leurs fondements athéoriques. Dans la cadre d’un effort visant à nuancer cette critique, la présente étude a tenté d’identifier les construits théoriques présents dans la Statique-99R, l’échelle actuarielle de prédiction de la récidive des délinquants sexuels la plus utilisée. Une analyse factorielle explo…
Caractéristiques du fonctionnement social des femmes incarcérées
La présente étude trace un portrait des caractéristiques du fonctionnement social de 141 femmes incarcérées dans deux établissements provinciaux au Québec. L’ensemble des résultats suggère que non seulement certaines caractéristiques du dysfonctionnement social de ces femmes sont similaires à celles des femmes incarcérées dans d’autres établissements provinciaux au Canada et dans des établissements fédéraux, mais elles semblent présenter aussi ce…
Caractéristiques du fonctionnement social des femmes incarcérées
La présente étude trace un portrait des caractéristiques du fonctionnement social de 141 femmes incarcérées dans deux établissements provinciaux au Québec. L’ensemble des résultats suggère que non seulement certaines caractéristiques du dysfonctionnement social de ces femmes sont similaires à celles des femmes incarcérées dans d’autres établissements provinciaux au Canada et dans des établissements fédéraux, mais elles semblent présenter aussi ce…
Mieux saisir les outils actuariels: Une analyse factorielle de la Statique-99R
Une critique couramment formulée à l’encontre des outils actuariels statiques concerne leur incapacité à éclairer l’intervention, au regard de leurs fondements athéoriques. Dans la cadre d’un effort visant à nuancer cette critique, la présente étude a tenté d’identifier les construits théoriques présents dans la Statique-99R, l’échelle actuarielle de prédiction de la récidive des délinquants sexuels la plus utilisée. Une analyse factorielle explo…
Exposure to Extremist Online Content Could Lead to Violent Radicalization: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence
The main objective of this systematic review is to synthesize the empirical evidence on how the Internet and social media may, or may not, constitute spaces for exchange that can be favorable to violent extremism. Of the 5,182 studies generated from the searches, 11 studies were eligible for inclusion in this review. We considered empirical studies with qualitative, quantitative, and mixed designs, but did not conduct meta-analysis due to the het…
Taxometric Analysis of the Latent Structure of Pedophilic Interest
Does Reassessment Improve Prediction? A Prospective Study of the Sexual Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (Sotips)
This prospective study examined the predictive validity of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS; McGrath et al., 2012), a sexual recidivism risk/need tool designed to identify dynamic (changeable) risk factors relevant to supervision and treatment. The SOTIPS risk tool was scored by probation officers at two sites ( n = 565) for three time points: near the start of community supervision, at 6 months, and then at 12 m…
Pornography Use, Offense-Supportive Cognitions, Atypical Sexual Interests, and Sexual Offending against Children
The effects of pornography are hotly debated in the scientific literature, especially its potentially negative influence on sexual offending. While studies do not support direct effects of pornography use on sexual offending, pornography is hypothesized to have a catalytic effect among men who are predisposed to sexually offend due to the presence of other risk factors. Using a sample of 241 men varying in sexual offending history, this study exa…
Validating the Screening Scale of Pedophilic Crime Scene Behavior
The Screening Scale of Pedophilic Crime Scene Behavior (SSPC) is a seven-item structured rating scale assessing pedophilic sexual arousal. In the current study, we cross-validated the scale’s convergent validity using multiple measures of sexual interest in children (clinical diagnosis of pedophilia, the high fixation/low social competence type of the MTC:CM4, and phallometric assessment of sexual interests toward children) in two independent sam…
A Look at the Difficulty and Predictive Validity of LS/CMI Items With Rasch Modeling
The current study aimed to provide data on the performance of items, dimensions, and the total score of the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI), one of the most internationally used actuarial scales for the prediction of general recidivism in convicted persons. Using the full population of Quebec’s male incarcerated population evaluated between 2008 and 2015 with a 2-year follow-up ( N = 15,961), results indicated that the predict…
Beyond Traditional Risk Scores: Tackling LS/CMI Offender Misclassifications with Machine Learning
Normative Data, Predictive Validity, and Factor Structure of a Fourth-Generation Risk Assessment Tool (Orac-PCQ) in a Population of Adjudicated Individuals Serving Short Sentences in the Province of Q…
This study examines the psychometric properties of the ORAC-PCQ, a fourth-generation actuarial tool designed to assess recidivism risk and criminogenic needs among individuals serving short sentences in Quebec. The instrument consists of three sections: Sociocriminological Profile (eight items), Criminogenic Needs (16 items), and Clinical Information (26 unscored items). Based on a sample of 14,320 individuals, we report normative data, optimal c…
Assessing Cultural Bias in Recidivism Risk Tools: Differential Item Functioning and Predictive Validity of the Orac-PCQ and LS/CMI Among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Men in Quebec's Correctional Syst…
Following the Ewert v. Canada case, concerns have emerged regarding the cultural fairness of actuarial risk assessment tools used with Indigenous offenders in Canada. These instruments, largely developed using non-Indigenous samples, may not accurately reflect Indigenous realities and could contribute to systemic bias. This study examined two tools used in Quebec, the ORAC-PCQ and the LS/CMI, to assess potential cultural bias through differential…
Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Medical emergency (4 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Recidivism (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)