Dr Nicholas Longpré
Senior Lecturer in Criminology
Law, Criminology & Policing

Department: Law, Criminology & Policing
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., & Turner, S. (Under Review). A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Dark Tetrad at Work: Influence on Workplace Deviance and Harassment.
Beckett, N.S., & Longpré, N. (Under Review). The Dark Tetrad in Relationships: Sexual Coaxing, Coercion and Rape Myth Acceptance.
Dauphinais, L., Longpré, N., Duval, M., Raiche, A.P., Guay, J.P., Knight, R.A., & Proulx, J. (Under Review). Investigating the latent structure of sexual sadism: Can phallometric assessment provide further evidence of dimensionality?
Research Funding – Main Applicant
Research Investment Fund (RIF) Strand 3 – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Nomological Network and Latent Structure of Stalking, Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence – £12,560.00
Conference Travel Grant – Research Office/ Law & Criminology Faculty – Edge Hill University – £1,031
The British Academy – Wolfson Fellowships – One Size Does Not Fit All: The Combination Reaction of Stalking, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner violence in the Assessment of Risk – £129,951.01 – Under Review
Research Funding – Co-Applicant
Research Support Grant – International Centre for Comparative Criminology – Attitudes favourable to sexual transgression within the general population – $1,478.96 (CAN$)
Insight Development Grant – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – “Identifying factors shaping the notion of sexual transgression in the #MeToo era” – $74,000 (CAN$) – Under Review
Manuscript in preparation
Longpré, N., Knight, R.A. & Du, R., (Manuscript in preparation). Development and validation on a new Agonistic Continuum Scale.
Beckett, N.S., Longpré, N. & Stefanska E. (Manuscript in preparation). Rape Myth Acceptance: An Item-Response Theory Analysis.
Bickell, H. & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Prevalence and psychological correlates of child sex abuse among female in the general population.
Germain Chartrand, V., Guay, J.P., & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Everyday sadism and psychopathic traits: Their relation to facial affect recognition.
Snow, E., & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Paraphilia and Sexual harassment: prevalence in the general population and how deviant sexual preferences moderate perceptions of harassment.
Tachmetzidi Papoutsi, M. & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Amongst the Shadows of Stalking and Sexual Violence: The Role of the Dark Tetrad.
Teaching
Programme Leader
MSc Applied Management of Offending Behaviour
Module Leader
CRI 1124 – Introduction to Criminological Theory
CRI 2031 – Rehabilitation and Treatment of Offenders
CRI 3025 – Psychological Explanations of Crime
CRI 4004 – Research methods
CRI 4006 – Crime Typologies
CRI 4010 – Dissertation
Committees
2021–2022 Undergraduate & Postgraduate Research Ethics Committee Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine
2021–2022 PURE Lead – Department of Applied Health and Social Care
2022 – Postgraduate & Undergraduate Ethics Committee – School of Law, Criminology & Policing
2022 – Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (SSREC) – Faculty of Arts & Science
2022 – Athena Swan working group – Inclusivity & Diversity