Dr James Tapp
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Psychology
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
- Email:
- j.tapp@kingston.ac.uk
About
I joined Kingston University in 2015 and predominantly teach on the MSc Forensic Psychology course.
Qualifications
- PhD
Domains
My research interests are broadly related to forensic mental health settings and topics relevant to people who are admitted to these services based on their mental health needs and past, current or future risk of causing harm. My research interests in this area include: the evaluation of psychological interventions, investigating the reliability and validity of psychological assessments; the use of restorative justice in mental health settings, professional boundaries and assessing psychological change.
Specialisms
- Forensic mental health
- What works
- Restorative Justice
- Professional boundaries
- Psychological assessment
Publications
How do forensic inpatients' interpersonal sensitivity to dominance and perceptions of staff coercion impact upon anger and rates of aggression?
Holley, Jessica, Tapp, James and Draycott, Simon, 2021, Journal of Forensic Practice (23), 2, pp 90-105
Editorial : What works for forensic psychiatric patients : from treatment evaluations to short and long-term outcomes
Howner, Katarina, Hofvander, Björn and Tapp, James, 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry (11), pp 615473
"The image has been changed in my mind" : a case of restorative justice in a forensic mental health setting
Tapp, James, Moore, Estelle, Stephenson, Mary and Cull, Davina, 2020, Journal of Forensic Practice (22), 4, pp 213-222
A psychometric evaluation of the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 for UK adult male forensic psychiatric inpatients
Gilderthorp, Nicola, Wilson, Claire and Tapp, James, 2020, International Journal of Forensic Mental Health (19), 1, pp 57-67
Are guilt and shame in male forensic patients associated with treatment motivation and readiness?
Fuller, Jeannette, Tapp, James and Draycott, Simon, 2019, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health (29), 2, pp 111-121
Support for the predictive validity of the multifactor offender readiness model (MORM) : forensic patients' readiness and engagement with therapeutic groups
Alemohammad, Mehdi, Wood, Jane L., Tapp, James, Moore, Estelle and Skelly, Alan, 2017, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health (27), 5, pp 421-442
Substance misuse in personality disorder and schizophrenia : findings and clinical implications from a high secure hospital
Cappai, Alessandra, Wells, Jodie, Tapp, James, Perkins, Derek, Manners, Anna, Ferrito, Martha, Gupta, Nitin and Das, Mrigendra, 2017, Journal of Forensic Practice (19), 3, pp 217-226
Everything moves on : referral trends to a leavers' group in a high secure hospital and trial leave progress of group graduates.
Adshead, G, Pyszora, N, Wilson, C, Gopie, R, Thomas, D, Smith, J, Glorney, E and Tapp, James, 2017, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health (27), 2, pp 112-123
Risk assessments for dating violence in mid to late adolescence and early adulthood.
Tapp, James and Moore, Estelle, 2016, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health (26), 4, pp 278-292
Observer ratings of interpersonal behaviour as predictors of aggression and self-harm in a high-security sample of male forensic inpatients
Vernham, Zarah, Tapp, James and Moore, Estelle, 2016, Journal of Interpersonal Violence (3), 9, pp 1597-1617
Essential elements of treatment and care in high secure forensic inpatient services : an expert consensus study
Tapp, James, Warren, Fiona, Fife-Schaw, Chris, Perkins, Derek and Moore, Estelle, 2016, The Journal of Forensic Practice (18), 3, pp 189-203
Mentalization-based therapy (MBT) in a high-secure hospital setting : expert by experience feedback on participation
Ware, Andrew, Wilson, Claire, Tapp, James and Moore, Estelle, 2016, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (27), 5, pp 722-744