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Dr Nicholas Longpré

Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology

Psychology

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