International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

The International Journal of Forensic Mental Health is the official publication of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, and the journal is a benefit of membership. The journal is devoted to research and practice in the field of forensic mental health, will publish empirical articles, descriptions of forensic programs and services, legal reviews, and case studies. The journal published its first issue in March, 2002. The impact factor of the journal is 1.121. Please let your colleagues know about our journal and the Association.

The International Journal of Forensic Mental Health is intended to provide an international forum for disseminating research and practical developments to forensic mental health professionals, academics, and scholars. Forensic populations include both adults and youth involved in the criminal justice system, particularly mentally disordered offenders and sex offenders. The focus will be on forensic issues such as criminal responsibility, competency or fitness to stand trial, risk assessment, family violence, and treatment of forensic clients. The journal will reflect the international audience represented by the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, and articles comparing the law and/or practice in different countries will be encouraged.

The target audience for the journal is psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, administrators, and other professionals whose research or practice focuses on forensic mental health.

Manuscript submissions should be submitted online (click here for instructions). Manuscripts should conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition). More detailed instructions on how to format and submit your manuscript can be found HERE.

All Members have Free Online Access to the Journal

As a member of International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services you are eligible to access International Journal of Forensic Mental Health online. Please follow the instructions below to claim your access to the journal.

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Once you have claimed access, you will be able to access journal content from any computer, any time by clicking on the following link and entering your email address and password. Please note that your subscription is contingent on having an active membership with the Association. You can renew your Association membership here. 

Become an Editorial Board Member

The International Journal of Forensic Mental Health invites people who are appropriately qualified and have diligently provided high quality reviews to the journal to self-nominate for the Editorial Board. Editorial Board members are required to commit to reviewing ~6 papers per year. Please send a succinct paragraph to an Associate Editor who is familiar with your reviews, the Editor-in-Chief (Michael Daffern - mdaffern@swin.edu.au), or the Editorial Assistant (Riley Luke - - rileyluke@swin.edu.au) describing your qualifications to be a reviewer, your contributions to the Association (e.g., served on the Advisory Board, worked on a Local Organizing Committee), and/or journal to date (e.g., provided high quality reviews consistently for past 3 years). Finally, please include a minimum of 4-5 areas of expertise and your preferred title and affiliation. 

Become a Reviewer

If you are interested in becoming an ad-hoc reviewer please contact us. In order to facilitate this process, we recommend that you are nominated by a member of IAFMHS (a succinct email is sufficient) and provide us with your CV and up to five areas of expertise; you can send this to our editor-in-chief with the editorial assistant in CC.

We are particularly interested in supporting student reviewers. Students should be admitted to a graduate program in a related discipline and must have a direct supervisor who is willing to collaborate on the review(s). If you are interested in becoming a student reviewer, please send your CV with a brief statement of support by your supervisor, and include up to five areas of expertise, to our editor-in-chief, with the editorial assistant in CC.

Editorial Team

			Editor-in-Chief  |  Michael Daffern Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, and Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare); AUSTRALIA
			Associate Editor|  Lauren Kois Collaborative Law and Social Sciences Laboratory, The University of Alabama; USA
			Associate Editor  |  Brian McKenna School of Clinical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Auckland Regional Forensic Psychiatry Services; NEW ZEALAND
			Associate Editor  |  Stuart Thomas School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University; AUSTRALIA Associate Editor  |  Jamie Livingston Department of Criminology, Saint Mary’s University; CANADA
			Associate Editor   |   Stephanie R. Penney Forensic Division at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; CANADA

FOUNDING EDITORS

Ronald Roesch - Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Stephen D. Hart - Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Canada

EDITORIAL BOARD

Jennifer Cox, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, USA

Keith Cruise, Department of Psychology and Fordham School of Law, Fordham University, USA

Sarah Desmarais, Department of Psychology, NC State University, USA

Kevin S. Douglas, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Vivienne de Vogel, Centre for Social Innovation, Utrecht University of Applied Science, Netherlands

Joel A. Dvoskin, University of Arizona College of Medicine, USA

John Edens, Depatment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA

Eric Elbogen, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, USA

Carlo Garofola, Tilburg University, The Netherlands 

Emily Glorney, Royal Holloway University of London, England

Kris Goethals, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium & Mental Health Care WNB, The Netherlands

Emily Gottfried, Community & Public Safety Psychiatry Division (CPSPD), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, USA

Kirk Heilbrun, Department of Psychology, Drexel University, USA

Harry Kennedy, Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Christopher M. King, Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, USA

Mette Kreis, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland, UK

Tess Maguire, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Hjalmar van Marle, Department of Forensic Psychiatry of the Erasmus Medical Center and the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Michael McKeown, School of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England

Kaitlyn McLachlan, Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Canada

Norbert Nedopil, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Munich, Germany

Alicia Nijdam-Jones, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Ade Ogunwale, Dept. of Clinical Services, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Nigeria

Suzanne O'Rourke, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Laurence Roy, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Canada

Barry Rosenfeld, Department of Psychology, Fordham University, USA

Michael Seto, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Canada

Stephane Shepherd, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Alexander (Sandy) Simpson, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, CAN

Jodi Viljoen, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Gina Vincent, Law & Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

Patricia Zapf, Continuing & Professional Studies, Palo Alto University, USA