Mary Mcmurran
Biographic Data
| ID | 4587818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Mcmurran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcmurran |
| SIGNATURE | MCMURRAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5302-4215 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“Sorry, I can’t take that photograph”
Bridging the Gap
INTRODUCTION: Methodological and ethical arguments support the involvement of individuals with lived experience in research to reduce engagement barriers and ensure those directly affected by studies contribute to knowledge generation. However, there is limited evidence on the impact of including researchers with lived experience of serving a prison or community sentence in clinical trials. This qualitative study aimed to explore the value of inv…
The Impact of Working with Farm Animals on People with Offending Histories
Within the Criminal Justice System, using animals for therapeutic or rehabilitative purposes has garnered momentum and is extensively researched. By contrast, the evidence concerning the impact of farm animal work, either on prison farms or social farms for community sanctions, is less well understood. This review sought to explore the evidence that exists in relation to four areas: (1) farm animals and their contribution to rehabilitation from o…
Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration by Men Who Use Substances
Advance integrated group intervention to address both substance use and intimate partner abuse perpetration by men in substance use treatment
ISRCTN79435190 prospectively registered 22nd May 2018
Individual-level interventions for alcohol-related violence
Alcohol‐Related Violence
New in the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Alcohol-Related Violence: Prevention and Treatment presents a comprehensive collection of intervention strategies to reduce alcohol-related aggression and violence. Drawing on contributions from internationally-renowned academics and practitioners, chapters describe evidence-based interventions at a number of levels, including populations, barroom, families, couples, and individuals. Preven…
Alcohol‐related violence defined by ultimate goals
Based upon a functional approach to understanding aggression, we aimed to identify the occurrence of and to describe the features of three types of alcohol‐related violence defined a priori by ultimate goals: (1) violence in pursuit of nonsocial profit‐based goals, (2) violence in pursuit of social dominance goals, and (3) violence as defence in response to threat. A sample of 149 young men with offences of violence that were alcohol related was …
Alcohol-Aggression outcome expectancies and their responsiveness to event recall
The aim was to examine the effects of describing alcohol-related aggression incidents on alcohol-aggression outcome expectancies. Male students (N = 122) were allocated to Aggression, Relaxation or Control conditions. Those in the Aggression condition recalled experiences of alcohol-related aggression; those in the Relaxation condition recalled experiences of alcohol-related relaxation; and those in the Control condition recalled neutral events. …
The Psychometric Properties of the Internet Related Problem Scale
The Alcohol-related Aggression Questionnaire
Although alcohol-related violence is a common problem, there is wide variability amongst individuals in the extent to which they engage in alcohol-related violence. To assist with identification of individual differences, we developed a comprehensive measure of alcohol-related aggression. Items for the Alcohol-related Aggression Questionnaire (ARAQ) were generated from a priori literature searches and administered to 226 males. Factor analysis re…
Controlled drinking goals for offenders
In the UK, there is concern about alcohol-related violence among young, male, binge drinkers. Many convicted offenders have alcohol-related problems, yet Prison and Probation Services have been slow to produce alcohol strategies. Currently, the range of alcohol interventions is limited, but, with alcohol strategies developing, it is timely to consider what interventions should be offered. Targeting only offenders who are alcohol dependent and rec…
Alcohol and violent and non-violent acquisitive offending
Where alcohol-related crimes are concerned, the focus on violence is not misplaced, however, there is a possibility that some acquisitive offending may be driven to support offenders’ drinking. We examined self-reported information about current offences in a sample of 126 British prisoners, looking at both violent offences motivated by financial gain and property-related acquisitive crimes, and their relationships with drinking. We found that of…
The Psychometric Properties of the Internet Addiction Test
There is growing concern about excessive Internet use and whether this can amount to an addiction. In researching this topic, a valid and reliable assessment instrument is essential. In her survey of Internet addiction, Young designed the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), which provides a basis for developments. The IAT has high face validity, but it has not been subjected to systematic psychometric testing. This study sought to replicate and expand…
An investigation of the correlations between aggression, impulsiveness, social problem‐solving, and alcohol use
Impulsivity has been shown to predict aggression and heavy drinking in males, and poor social problem‐solving has been identified as a potential mediating variable in this relationship. We set out to investigate the inter‐relationships among impulsiveness, social problem‐solving, aggression, and alcohol use in a non‐offender sample of British males (N=70). Of our proposed relationships, only two were significant: higher impulsivity was related to…
Drinking and Delinquency
The results are reported of a survey of the drinking habits of 100 young offenders in an English young offenders' centre. High levels of both drinking and delinquency were found. The pattern of results suggested that where drinking and delinquency are functionally related, the drinking can be an antecedent to the commission of the delinquent act, or it can be a consequence of the crime. Within the age range of the sample (15–21 years), age was no…
Effect of character attribution on Photofit construction of a face
An investigation of the correlations between aggression, impulsiveness, social problem‐solving, and alcohol use
Impulsivity has been shown to predict aggression and heavy drinking in males, and poor social problem‐solving has been identified as a potential mediating variable in this relationship. We set out to investigate the inter‐relationships among impulsiveness, social problem‐solving, aggression, and alcohol use in a non‐offender sample of British males (N=70). Of our proposed relationships, only two were significant: higher impulsivity was related to…
Individual-level interventions for alcohol-related violence
Alcohol‐related violence defined by ultimate goals
Based upon a functional approach to understanding aggression, we aimed to identify the occurrence of and to describe the features of three types of alcohol‐related violence defined a priori by ultimate goals: (1) violence in pursuit of nonsocial profit‐based goals, (2) violence in pursuit of social dominance goals, and (3) violence as defence in response to threat. A sample of 149 young men with offences of violence that were alcohol related was …
Drinking and Delinquency
The results are reported of a survey of the drinking habits of 100 young offenders in an English young offenders' centre. High levels of both drinking and delinquency were found. The pattern of results suggested that where drinking and delinquency are functionally related, the drinking can be an antecedent to the commission of the delinquent act, or it can be a consequence of the crime. Within the age range of the sample (15–21 years), age was no…
Effect of character attribution on Photofit construction of a face
Drinking and Delinquency
The results are reported of a survey of the drinking habits of 100 young offenders in an English young offenders' centre. High levels of both drinking and delinquency were found. The pattern of results suggested that where drinking and delinquency are functionally related, the drinking can be an antecedent to the commission of the delinquent act, or it can be a consequence of the crime. Within the age range of the sample (15–21 years), age was no…
An investigation of the correlations between aggression, impulsiveness, social problem‐solving, and alcohol use
Impulsivity has been shown to predict aggression and heavy drinking in males, and poor social problem‐solving has been identified as a potential mediating variable in this relationship. We set out to investigate the inter‐relationships among impulsiveness, social problem‐solving, aggression, and alcohol use in a non‐offender sample of British males (N=70). Of our proposed relationships, only two were significant: higher impulsivity was related to…
The Psychometric Properties of the Internet Addiction Test
There is growing concern about excessive Internet use and whether this can amount to an addiction. In researching this topic, a valid and reliable assessment instrument is essential. In her survey of Internet addiction, Young designed the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), which provides a basis for developments. The IAT has high face validity, but it has not been subjected to systematic psychometric testing. This study sought to replicate and expand…
Alcohol and violent and non-violent acquisitive offending
Where alcohol-related crimes are concerned, the focus on violence is not misplaced, however, there is a possibility that some acquisitive offending may be driven to support offenders’ drinking. We examined self-reported information about current offences in a sample of 126 British prisoners, looking at both violent offences motivated by financial gain and property-related acquisitive crimes, and their relationships with drinking. We found that of…
The Alcohol-related Aggression Questionnaire
Although alcohol-related violence is a common problem, there is wide variability amongst individuals in the extent to which they engage in alcohol-related violence. To assist with identification of individual differences, we developed a comprehensive measure of alcohol-related aggression. Items for the Alcohol-related Aggression Questionnaire (ARAQ) were generated from a priori literature searches and administered to 226 males. Factor analysis re…
Controlled drinking goals for offenders
In the UK, there is concern about alcohol-related violence among young, male, binge drinkers. Many convicted offenders have alcohol-related problems, yet Prison and Probation Services have been slow to produce alcohol strategies. Currently, the range of alcohol interventions is limited, but, with alcohol strategies developing, it is timely to consider what interventions should be offered. Targeting only offenders who are alcohol dependent and rec…
The Psychometric Properties of the Internet Related Problem Scale
Alcohol-Aggression outcome expectancies and their responsiveness to event recall
The aim was to examine the effects of describing alcohol-related aggression incidents on alcohol-aggression outcome expectancies. Male students (N = 122) were allocated to Aggression, Relaxation or Control conditions. Those in the Aggression condition recalled experiences of alcohol-related aggression; those in the Relaxation condition recalled experiences of alcohol-related relaxation; and those in the Control condition recalled neutral events. …
Alcohol‐related violence defined by ultimate goals
Based upon a functional approach to understanding aggression, we aimed to identify the occurrence of and to describe the features of three types of alcohol‐related violence defined a priori by ultimate goals: (1) violence in pursuit of nonsocial profit‐based goals, (2) violence in pursuit of social dominance goals, and (3) violence as defence in response to threat. A sample of 149 young men with offences of violence that were alcohol related was …
Alcohol‐Related Violence
New in the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Alcohol-Related Violence: Prevention and Treatment presents a comprehensive collection of intervention strategies to reduce alcohol-related aggression and violence. Drawing on contributions from internationally-renowned academics and practitioners, chapters describe evidence-based interventions at a number of levels, including populations, barroom, families, couples, and individuals. Preven…
Individual-level interventions for alcohol-related violence
Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration by Men Who Use Substances
Advance integrated group intervention to address both substance use and intimate partner abuse perpetration by men in substance use treatment
ISRCTN79435190 prospectively registered 22nd May 2018
The Impact of Working with Farm Animals on People with Offending Histories
Within the Criminal Justice System, using animals for therapeutic or rehabilitative purposes has garnered momentum and is extensively researched. By contrast, the evidence concerning the impact of farm animal work, either on prison farms or social farms for community sanctions, is less well understood. This review sought to explore the evidence that exists in relation to four areas: (1) farm animals and their contribution to rehabilitation from o…
Bridging the Gap
INTRODUCTION: Methodological and ethical arguments support the involvement of individuals with lived experience in research to reduce engagement barriers and ensure those directly affected by studies contribute to knowledge generation. However, there is limited evidence on the impact of including researchers with lived experience of serving a prison or community sentence in clinical trials. This qualitative study aimed to explore the value of inv…
“Sorry, I can’t take that photograph”
Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Poison control (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Injury prevention (6 works) · Medical emergency (6 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (6 works) · Aggression (5 works)