Education
Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan - Clinical Psychology
B.A., University of Western Ontario - Psychology
Research and teaching interests
Research - Crime, Violence, Psychopathy, Risk Assessment, Offender Rehabilitation
Teaching - Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Neuropsychology, and the Psychology of Humor
Clinical experience
Inpatient Psychiatric Assessment and Treatment, Correctional/Forensic Assessment and Treatment, Neuropsychological Assessment, and Medicolegal Evaluation.
Publications
Olver, M., Mundt, J., Hogan, N., Coupland, R., Eggert, J., Higgs, T., Lewis, K., Cortoni, F., Gordon, A., Morgan, P., & Wong, S. (2022). Assessing Dynamic Violence Risk: Common Language Risk Levels and Recidivism Rates for the Violence Risk Scale. Psychological Assessment, 24(6), 528-545. doi: 10.1037/pas0001116
Coupland, R. & Olver, M. (2020). Assessing protective factors in treated violent offenders: associations with recidivism reduction and positive community outcomes. Psychological Assessment, 32(5), 493-508. doi: 10.1037/pas0000807
Coupland, R. & Olver, M. (2020). Assessing dynamic violence risk in a high risk treated sample of violent offenders. Assessment. doi: 10.1177/1073191118797440
Coupland, R. (2019). Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk (SAPROF). In R.D. Morgan (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology (pp. 1472-1474). doi: 10.4135/9781483392240.n301
Coupland, R. (2019). Need Principle. In R.D. Morgan (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology (pp. 924-926). doi: 10.4135/9781483392240.n478
Olver, M., Coupland, R., & Kurtenbach, T. (2018). Risk, need, and responsivity applications of the MMPI-2 in sexual offender assessment. Psychology, Crime, and Law, 24(8), 806-830 doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2018.1438434
Riopka, S., Coupland, R., & Olver, M. (2015). Self-reported psychopathy and its association with criminal cognition and self-reported delinquency in a sample of university undergraduates. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 47, 216-225. doi: 10.1037/a0039075
Brad, C., Coupland, R., & Olver, M. (2014). An examination of mental health, hostility, and typology in homicide offenders. Homicide Studies, 18(4), 323-341. doi: 10.1177/1088767914521416
Woodworth, M., Agar, A., & Coupland, R. (2013). Characteristics of Canadian youth-perpetrated homicide. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 40(9), 1009-1026. doi: 10.1177/0093854813482309