Jessica Woodhams
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4126729 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jessica Woodhams |
| PRENOMES | Jessica |
| SOBRENOME | Woodhams |
| ASSINATURA | WOODHAMS J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9674-6653 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Ongoing Exposure to Distressing Material is Associated with Worsening Mental Health in UK Law Enforcement Staff
Secondary investigators and analysts in law enforcement settings are routinely exposed to distressing content as part of their roles. Increasing dosage of exposure to distressing content has been associated with worsening mental health. Therefore, we conducted a longitudinal qualitative study with 21 law enforcement staff to explore their ongoing experiences of working with distressing content from recruitment into their role to 6 months in role,…
The Accuracy of Statistical Models to Link Serial Crimes
Purpose: Crime linkage can be expensive, time-consuming, and harmful to the well-being of law enforcement staff conducting it. Part-automation of this process has been explored recently, whereby statistical models could be used to prioritise potential crime links for human attention. This meta-analysis evaluates the overall effectiveness of statistical models at predicting crime links, as measured by the Area Under the Curve (AUC). Methods: Follo…
Building the Statistical Evidence Base for Crime Linkage Decision-Support Tools with Sexual Offences
A Systematic Review of Criminal Justice Initiatives to Strengthen the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence in East Africa
Sexual violence (SV) is a widespread public health and human rights problem, with countries in East Africa having higher rates than the global average. Prosecutions of SV in East Africa are rare, and survivors face many challenges accessing medico-legal justice and services. Developing initiatives that support survivors in navigating the criminal justice system is vital, yet there is limited research on efforts to improve the criminal justice sys…
Impact of the current pandemic on intelligence and analytical professionals working in police and law enforcement organizations
Analysts when home-working with traumatic material were facing challenges, such as limited human interaction and no immediate support from employers, which were causing psychological distress during these unprecedented times. While the nature of their work puts some constraints on what can be done to support these analysts, some suggestions are made, which employers could action. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
The utility of the Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System for conducting comparative case analysis
Purpose The Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System (ViCLAS) is a computerised database which is used by law enforcement in several countries to find potential links between serial violent crimes. In 2012, Bennell, Snook, MacDonald, House and Taylor identified a number of assumptions that must be valid for these computerised systems to be effective. Design/methodology/approach This paper revisits and expands on these assumptions with specific refer…
An Adventure That Went Wrong”
There is little empirical research examining the reasons behind multiple perpetrator sexual offending. A limited number of studies provide reasons for offending offered by perpetrators of this type of sexual violence, but only one published study exists where these perpetrators were interviewed regarding their offense. The Multi-Factorial Model of Multiple Perpetrator Sexual Offending (MPSO) proposed that various factors (individual, sociocultura…
Using offender crime scene behavior to link stranger sexual assaults
Sex differences in predictors of violent and non‐violent juvenile offending
In response to concerns regarding the rise in female juvenile violent crime and the dearth of gender-specific research, this study aimed to identify predictors of violent offending in female offenders. Data were extracted from risk assessments of 586 male and female juvenile offenders (aged 11-17 years) conducted between 2005 and 2009 by the Youth Offending Service in Gloucestershire, an English county. Information regarding the young people's li…
Suspect Aggression and Victim Resistance in Multiple Perpetrator Rapes
Behavior displayed by female victims during rapes committed by lone and multiple perpetrators
Research with both the general public and members of the criminal justice system reports a pervasive rape myth of a violent offender and a physically resistant victim.Despite research being conducted on victims' post-rape behavior, few studies have examined victim behavior during sexual assaults, and many of those which have been conducted have tended to focus on physical resistance.This paper reports two studies which examined qualitatively the …
An empirical test of the assumptions of case linkage and offender profiling with serial commercial robberies
Case linkage, the identification of crimes suspected of being committed by the same perpetrator on the basis of behavioral similarity, and offender profiling, the inference of offender characteristics from offense behaviors, are used to advise police investigations and, in relation to case linkage, have been admitted in legal proceedings. Criteria for expert evidence, such as the Daubert criteria (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993), pl…
Characteristics of juvenile sex offending against strangers
Previous studies of the characteristics of juvenile sex offending have been restricted to clinical samples (with convicted offenders undergoing treatment or assessment), which have several inherent limitations. To overcome these limitations victim allegations made to the London Metropolitan Police, UK, in 2001, of sexual assault by juvenile stranger perpetrators were sampled. The study aimed to determine more accurately the alleged nature of sex …
An empirical test of the assumptions of case linkage and offender profiling with serial commercial robberies
Case linkage, the identification of crimes suspected of being committed by the same perpetrator on the basis of behavioral similarity, and offender profiling, the inference of offender characteristics from offense behaviors, are used to advise police investigations and, in relation to case linkage, have been admitted in legal proceedings. Criteria for expert evidence, such as the Daubert criteria (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993), pl…
Using offender crime scene behavior to link stranger sexual assaults
Behavior displayed by female victims during rapes committed by lone and multiple perpetrators
Research with both the general public and members of the criminal justice system reports a pervasive rape myth of a violent offender and a physically resistant victim.Despite research being conducted on victims' post-rape behavior, few studies have examined victim behavior during sexual assaults, and many of those which have been conducted have tended to focus on physical resistance.This paper reports two studies which examined qualitatively the …
An Adventure That Went Wrong”
There is little empirical research examining the reasons behind multiple perpetrator sexual offending. A limited number of studies provide reasons for offending offered by perpetrators of this type of sexual violence, but only one published study exists where these perpetrators were interviewed regarding their offense. The Multi-Factorial Model of Multiple Perpetrator Sexual Offending (MPSO) proposed that various factors (individual, sociocultura…
Suspect Aggression and Victim Resistance in Multiple Perpetrator Rapes
Characteristics of juvenile sex offending against strangers
Previous studies of the characteristics of juvenile sex offending have been restricted to clinical samples (with convicted offenders undergoing treatment or assessment), which have several inherent limitations. To overcome these limitations victim allegations made to the London Metropolitan Police, UK, in 2001, of sexual assault by juvenile stranger perpetrators were sampled. The study aimed to determine more accurately the alleged nature of sex …
Characteristics of juvenile sex offending against strangers
Previous studies of the characteristics of juvenile sex offending have been restricted to clinical samples (with convicted offenders undergoing treatment or assessment), which have several inherent limitations. To overcome these limitations victim allegations made to the London Metropolitan Police, UK, in 2001, of sexual assault by juvenile stranger perpetrators were sampled. The study aimed to determine more accurately the alleged nature of sex …
An empirical test of the assumptions of case linkage and offender profiling with serial commercial robberies
Case linkage, the identification of crimes suspected of being committed by the same perpetrator on the basis of behavioral similarity, and offender profiling, the inference of offender characteristics from offense behaviors, are used to advise police investigations and, in relation to case linkage, have been admitted in legal proceedings. Criteria for expert evidence, such as the Daubert criteria (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993), pl…
Behavior displayed by female victims during rapes committed by lone and multiple perpetrators
Research with both the general public and members of the criminal justice system reports a pervasive rape myth of a violent offender and a physically resistant victim.Despite research being conducted on victims' post-rape behavior, few studies have examined victim behavior during sexual assaults, and many of those which have been conducted have tended to focus on physical resistance.This paper reports two studies which examined qualitatively the …
Suspect Aggression and Victim Resistance in Multiple Perpetrator Rapes
Sex differences in predictors of violent and non‐violent juvenile offending
In response to concerns regarding the rise in female juvenile violent crime and the dearth of gender-specific research, this study aimed to identify predictors of violent offending in female offenders. Data were extracted from risk assessments of 586 male and female juvenile offenders (aged 11-17 years) conducted between 2005 and 2009 by the Youth Offending Service in Gloucestershire, an English county. Information regarding the young people's li…
Using offender crime scene behavior to link stranger sexual assaults
An Adventure That Went Wrong”
There is little empirical research examining the reasons behind multiple perpetrator sexual offending. A limited number of studies provide reasons for offending offered by perpetrators of this type of sexual violence, but only one published study exists where these perpetrators were interviewed regarding their offense. The Multi-Factorial Model of Multiple Perpetrator Sexual Offending (MPSO) proposed that various factors (individual, sociocultura…
The utility of the Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System for conducting comparative case analysis
Purpose The Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System (ViCLAS) is a computerised database which is used by law enforcement in several countries to find potential links between serial violent crimes. In 2012, Bennell, Snook, MacDonald, House and Taylor identified a number of assumptions that must be valid for these computerised systems to be effective. Design/methodology/approach This paper revisits and expands on these assumptions with specific refer…
Impact of the current pandemic on intelligence and analytical professionals working in police and law enforcement organizations
Analysts when home-working with traumatic material were facing challenges, such as limited human interaction and no immediate support from employers, which were causing psychological distress during these unprecedented times. While the nature of their work puts some constraints on what can be done to support these analysts, some suggestions are made, which employers could action. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
A Systematic Review of Criminal Justice Initiatives to Strengthen the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence in East Africa
Sexual violence (SV) is a widespread public health and human rights problem, with countries in East Africa having higher rates than the global average. Prosecutions of SV in East Africa are rare, and survivors face many challenges accessing medico-legal justice and services. Developing initiatives that support survivors in navigating the criminal justice system is vital, yet there is limited research on efforts to improve the criminal justice sys…
Ongoing Exposure to Distressing Material is Associated with Worsening Mental Health in UK Law Enforcement Staff
Secondary investigators and analysts in law enforcement settings are routinely exposed to distressing content as part of their roles. Increasing dosage of exposure to distressing content has been associated with worsening mental health. Therefore, we conducted a longitudinal qualitative study with 21 law enforcement staff to explore their ongoing experiences of working with distressing content from recruitment into their role to 6 months in role,…
The Accuracy of Statistical Models to Link Serial Crimes
Purpose: Crime linkage can be expensive, time-consuming, and harmful to the well-being of law enforcement staff conducting it. Part-automation of this process has been explored recently, whereby statistical models could be used to prioritise potential crime links for human attention. This meta-analysis evaluates the overall effectiveness of statistical models at predicting crime links, as measured by the Area Under the Curve (AUC). Methods: Follo…
Building the Statistical Evidence Base for Crime Linkage Decision-Support Tools with Sexual Offences
Psychology (8 obras) · Criminology (6 obras) · Clinical Psychology (5 obras) · Medical emergency (5 obras) · Poison control (5 obras) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (5 obras) · Computer Science (4 obras) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 obras) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (4 obras) · Injury prevention (4 obras)