Michael Daffern

5.5k total citations
173 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Daffern is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Daffern has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Clinical Psychology, 92 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 27 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Daffern's work include Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (128 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (41 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (33 papers). Michael Daffern is often cited by papers focused on Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (128 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (41 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (33 papers). Michael Daffern collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Michael Daffern's co-authors include James R. P. Ogloff, Terri Roberton, Romola S. Bucks, Kevin Howells, Stuart Thomas, Flora Gilbert, Chi Meng Chu, Trish Martin, Kate O’Brien and Terence J. Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Behaviour Research and Therapy, Personality and Individual Differences and Psychological Assessment.

In The Last Decade

Michael Daffern

162 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Daffern 3.0k 1.6k 683 376 329 173 3.6k
Kevin Howells 3.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 880 1.3× 347 0.9× 390 1.2× 123 3.8k
Kirk Heilbrun 3.7k 1.2× 2.6k 1.6× 648 0.9× 356 0.9× 321 1.0× 137 4.4k
Kenneth W. Sewell 2.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 729 1.1× 172 0.5× 226 0.7× 85 3.6k
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall 3.1k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.9× 509 1.4× 613 1.9× 78 4.4k
Caroline Silva 2.4k 0.8× 541 0.3× 695 1.0× 302 0.8× 597 1.8× 55 3.1k
William P. Nash 3.1k 1.1× 821 0.5× 509 0.7× 332 0.9× 852 2.6× 42 3.9k
Stephen M. Hudson 3.6k 1.2× 2.0k 1.3× 649 1.0× 655 1.7× 400 1.2× 87 4.7k
Anne P. DePrince 2.1k 0.7× 539 0.3× 455 0.7× 726 1.9× 392 1.2× 107 3.0k
Christine A. Courtois 3.2k 1.1× 510 0.3× 642 0.9× 463 1.2× 440 1.3× 62 3.6k
Elizabeth Smailes 2.8k 1.0× 887 0.6× 674 1.0× 963 2.6× 686 2.1× 21 3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Daffern

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All Works

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Anttila, Minna, et al.. (2025). Co‐Design in the Adaptation of a Clinical Decision Support System to Aid Violence Risk Assessment and Management: A Case Study. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 32(6). 1314–1324.
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Simmons, Melanie, Tessa Maguire, & Michael Daffern. (2024). Exploring Individual's Dynamic of Appraisal of Situational Aggression Average Score, Nursing Intervention and the Impact on Aggression. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 32(2). 310–320.
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Maguire, Tessa, Michael Daffern, Georgina Willetts, & Brian McKenna. (2024). Exploring the Utility of a Novel Approach of Evaluating Application of a Validated Violence Risk Assessment Instrument. Nursing and Health Sciences. 26(4). e13167–e13167.
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Maguire, Tessa, et al.. (2024). Re‐Examining the Predictive Validity and Establishing Risk Levels for the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression: Youth Version. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 33(6). 2336–2342. 2 indexed citations
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Nijdam‐Jones, Alicia, et al.. (2023). Diversity in the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 22(4). 354–365. 2 indexed citations
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Simmons, Melanie, et al.. (2023). Using the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression (DASA) to assess the impact of unit atmosphere on violence risk assessment. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 30(5). 942–951. 3 indexed citations
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Simpson, Katrina, et al.. (2022). A study of the relationships between rumination, anger rumination, aggressive script rehearsal, and aggressive behavior in a sample of incarcerated adult males. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 78(9). 1925–1939. 6 indexed citations
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Daffern, Michael, et al.. (2022). Exploring predictors of aggressive intrusive thoughts and aggressive scripts: Similarities and differences in phenomenology. Aggressive Behavior. 49(2). 141–153. 1 indexed citations
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Lloyd, Caleb D., et al.. (2022). Increasing client motivation ratings across violence rehabilitation are promising predictors of reduced post-custody recidivism. Psychology Crime and Law. 30(6). 630–652. 4 indexed citations
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Daffern, Michael, et al.. (2022). Psychologists and psychiatrists’ experiences of threats to wellbeing whilst providing forensic tele-service work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 33(3). 323–334.
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Daffern, Michael, et al.. (2021). Remote forensic evaluations and treatment in the time of COVID-19: An international survey of psychologists and psychiatrists.. Psychology Public Policy and Law. 27(3). 354–369. 7 indexed citations
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Simpson, Katrina, et al.. (2021). Aggressive Script Rehearsal in Adult Offenders: Characteristics and Association With Self-Reported Aggression. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 37(23-24). NP21902–NP21926. 4 indexed citations
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Meyer, Denny, et al.. (2021). Aggressive script rehearsal in adult offenders: Relationships with emotion regulation difficulties and aggressive behavior. Aggressive Behavior. 48(1). 5–16. 6 indexed citations
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Day, Andrew, et al.. (2020). The Predictive Validity of Three Youth Violence Assessment Instruments: The SAVRY, VRS-YV, and SAPROF-YV. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 66(2-3). 168–185. 7 indexed citations
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Thomas, Stuart, et al.. (2017). Estimating the risk of crime and victimisation in people with intellectual disability: a data-linkage study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 52(5). 617–626. 51 indexed citations
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Daffern, Michael, et al.. (2015). Understanding dynamic risk factors for violence. Psychology Crime and Law. 22(1-2). 124–137. 35 indexed citations
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Roberton, Terri, Michael Daffern, & Romola S. Bucks. (2014). Maladaptive emotion regulation and aggression in adult offenders. Psychology Crime and Law. 20(10). 933–954. 89 indexed citations
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Maguire, Tessa, Michael Daffern, & Trish Martin. (2013). Exploring nurses' and patients' perspectives of limit setting in a forensic mental health setting. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 23(2). 153–160. 33 indexed citations
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Chu, Chi Meng, Stuart Thomas, James R. P. Ogloff, & Michael Daffern. (2011). The Short- to Medium-Term Predictive Accuracy of Static and Dynamic Risk Assessment Measures in a Secure Forensic Hospital. Assessment. 20(2). 230–241. 59 indexed citations

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