Dr Nicholas Longpré
Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology
Psychology

Department: Psychology
Email address: [email protected]

Profile
Biography
2008-2011 – Université de Montréal
Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) – Criminology
Master Thesis Title: Théories implicites chez les agresseurs de femmes adultes (The implicit theories of adult rapists)
2011-2016 – Université de Montréal
Doctoral’s Degree (Ph.D.) – Criminology
Doctoral Thesis Title: Un poison même à petite dose: étude de la structure latente et des facteurs développementaux du sadisme sexuel (A poison even in small dose: Study of the latent structure and development antecedents of sexual sadism)
2016-2018 – Brandeis University
Postdoctoral Associate – Psychology
Under the supervision of Raymond A. Knight, the Mortimer Gryzmish Professor of Human Relations at Brandeis University
Research Interests
Under Review
Longpré, N., & Knight, R.A. (Under Review). Development and validation of The Agonistic Continuum Scale (TACS).
Beckett, N.S., Longpré, N. & Stefanska, E.B. (Under Review). Updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale: An Item Response Theory Analysis.
Rohrer, D., Longpré, N., & Knight, R.A. (Under Review). The Dual Factor Structure of Hypersexuality: Creating a Brief Survey.
Research Funding – Under Review
2025 National Crime Agency (Under Review) – A Knowledgebase to Counter Seriously Organised Crime Anti-Forensic Evasion Using AI – £99,785.09 – Usman*, Bello, Bussu, Keay, Rafiq, Balogun, Longpré, Towers, Ahmed & Cullen
2025 NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities Open Competition XS 2025 round 1 (Under Review) – The Effect of Violent Pornography on Perceptions of Consent in Sexual Situations – €40,517.00 – de Roos & Longpré
Manuscript in preparation
Longpré, N., Beckett, N.S., Snow, E., Savaria, I., & Tachmetzidi Papoutsi, M. (Manuscript in preparation). The TriPM latent structure: Triarchic or septarchic? A replication study.
Bickell, H. & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Prevalence and psychological correlates of child sex abuse among female in the general population.
Dauphinais, L., Longpré, N., Duval, M., Raiche, A.P., Guay, J.P., Knight, R.A., & Proulx, J. (Manuscript in preparation). A Taxometric Investigation of Sexual Sadism: Can Phallometric Assessment Provide Further Evidence of Dimensionality?
Tachmetzidi Papoutsi, M. & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Amongst the Shadows of Stalking and Sexual Violence.
Tachmetzidi Papoutsi, M. & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Stalking and the Dark Tetrad: The impact of the dark traits.
Germain Chartrand, V., Guay, J.P., & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Everyday sadism and psychopathic traits: Their relation to facial affect recognition.
Teaching
Programme Leader
BSc Psychology with Forensic Perspectives
BSc Psychology & Criminology
Committees
2022 – Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (SSREC) – Faculty of Arts & Science
2024 – VASP/ MASC Membership