Alicia Nijdam-Jones

Assistant Professor
Psychology

Areas of interest

Clinical

Research Interests

Forensic assessment with culturally and linguistically diverse populations; malingering assessment; cultural safety; forensic and legal decision-making; community-engaged forensic mental health research

Selected Publications

*denotes supervised student co-authors

*Schmid, A., Garcia-Lopez, E., Rosenfeld, B., & Nijdam-Jones, A. (2025). Predicting Institutional Violence: Utility of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in a Mexican Prison Context. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251368062

*Vovchuk, A., Layden, B., & Nijdam-Jones, A. (2025). University students’ perceptions of stalking threat: The role of gender and relationship type. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14999013251356519

*Aminot, K., Ryan, T. J., & Nijdam-Jones, A. (2025). Legal perceptions of forensic mental health professionals’ competency to stand trial evaluations. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000459

*Aminot, K., Ryan, T. J., & Nijdam-Jones, A. (2024). Delusion or conspiracy? How forensic mental health professionals differentiate delusional beliefs from extreme radicalized beliefs. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 51(10), 1548–1569. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548241262490

*Hardman, M., Nijdam-Jones, A., & Demetrioff, S. (2024). Characteristics associated with criminal responsibility assessment outcomes among female-identifying accused in central Canada. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 94, 101988.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101988

*Cortvriendt, J. W., Garcia-Lopez, E., Rosenfeld, B., & Nijdam-Jones, A. (2024). Predictive validity of the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide—Revised in Mexico. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 11(4), 248-261. https://doi.org/10.1037/tam0000227

Nijdam-Jones, A., *Cortvriendt, J., & Daffern, M. (2023). Diversity in the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 22(4), 354–365. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2023.2243853

*Mollons, M. O., *Penner, K. E., *Elsom, A. L., Cameron, E. E., *Hunter, S., Woods, L., Tomfohr-Madsen, L. M., Nijdam-Jones, A., & Roos, L. E. (2023). COVID-19 and Indigenous youth wellbeing: A review. Current Opinion in Psychology, 53, 101659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101659

Goldenson, J., Nijdam-Jones, A., Druhn, N., Hill, D., Coupland, S., & Roesch, R. (2023). The practice of clinical forensic psychology in Canada: Current landscape and future directions. Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne, 64(4), 306–312. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000354

Nijdam-Jones, A., García-López, E., *Merchan, L., *Ruiz Guarneros, A., & Rosenfeld, B.(2023). Cross-cultural violence risk assessment: Adapting the HCR-20V3 for incarcerated offenders in Mexico. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 2(1), 39–55.https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2022.2053000

Picard, E., Aparcero, M., Nijdam-Jones, A., & Rosenfeld, B. (2023). Identifying positive impression management using the MMPI-2 and the MMPI-2-RF: A meta-analysis. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 37(3), 545–561. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2022.2077237

Aparcero, M., Picard, E. H., Nijdam-Jones, A., & Rosenfeld, B. (2023). Comparing the ability of MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF validity scales to detect feigning: A meta-analysis. Assessment, 30(3), 744–760. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211067535

Nijdam-Jones, A., García-López, E., *Merchan, L., *Ruiz Guarneros, A., & Rosenfeld, B. (2021). Predictive validity of the HCR-20V3 with incarcerated males in Mexico City. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(10), 1450–1467. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854821997520

Nijdam-Jones, A., & McNiel, D. (2020). Prospective study of mental health court and life satisfaction. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 73, 101643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101643

Nijdam-Jones, A., Chen, Y., & Rosenfeld, B. (2020). Detection of feigned Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A meta-analysis of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(7), 790–798. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000593

Nijdam-Jones, A., García-López, E., Aparcero, M., & Rosenfeld, B. (2020). How do Latin American professionals approach violence risk assessment? A qualitative exploratory study. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 19(3), 227–240. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2019.1707330

Nijdam-Jones, A., Rivera, D., Rosenfeld, B., & Arango-Lasprilla, J.C. (2019). The effect of literacy and culture on cognitive effort test performance: An examination of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in Colombia. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 41(10), 1015–1023. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2019.1644294

Nijdam-Jones, A., Rosenfeld, B., Gerbrandij, J., Quick, E., & Galietta, M. (2018). Psychopathology of stalking offenders: Examining the clinical, demographic, and stalking characteristics of a community-based sample. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 45(5), 712–731. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854818760643

Nijdam-Jones, A., Rivera, D., Rosenfeld, B., & Arango-Lasprilla, J.C. (2017). A cross-cultural analysis of the Test of Memory Malingering among Latin American Spanish-speaking adults. Law and Human Behavior, 41(5), 422–428. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000250

Nijdam-Jones, A., & Rosenfeld, B. (2017). Cross-cultural feigning assessment: A systematic review of feigning instruments used with linguistically, ethnically and culturally diverse samples. Psychological Assessment, 29(11), 1321–1336. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000438

Rosenfeld, B., Foellmi, M., Khadivi, A., Wijetunga, C., Howe, J., Nijdam-Jones, A., Grover, S., & Rotter, M. (2017). Determining when to conduct a violence risk assessment: Development and initial validation of the Fordham Risk Screening Tool (FRST). Law and Human Behavior, 41(4), 325–332. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000247

Nijdam-Jones, A., Nicholls, T. L., Crocker, A. G., Roy, L., & Somers, J. (2017). History of Forensic Mental Health Service Use Among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 16(1), 69–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2016.1255281

Nijdam-Jones, A., Livingston, J. D., Verdun-Jones, S., & Brink, J. (2015). Using social bonding theory to examine ‘recovery’ in a forensic mental health hospital: A qualitative study. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 25(3), 157–168. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.1918