Dr. Julie Blais
Associate Professor

Email: julie.blais@dal.ca
Fax: 902-494-6585
Mailing Address:
网红黑料, Life Sciences Centre, 6287 Alumni Crescent, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:- Forensic risk assessment
- Risk communication
- Psychopathy
- Technology-facilitated sexual violence
- Personality
- Political psychology
Education
BA/MA/PhD (Carleton University)
Post-doctoral fellowship (Brock University)
Research Interests
My research can be divided into three interrelated areas: 1) examining聽forensic聽risk assessment and risk communication in the聽legal system, 2) understanding the聽risk factors for the perpetration of technology-facilitated sexual violence,聽and 3) examining personality correlates to both prosocial and antisocial behaviour more broadly.
Selected Publications
- Blais, J., McArthur, J., &聽Goruk, K. J. (2024). An examination of technology-facilitated sexual violence聽perpetration in Canada among a large sample of adults.聽Canadian Journal of聽Behavioural聽Science /聽Revue聽canadienne聽des sciences du聽comportement.聽Advance online publication.聽
- Blais, J.,聽Mungall, L. R., &聽Pruysers, S. (2024).聽Personality, political ideology, and partisanship in Canada.聽Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue聽canadienne聽des sciences du聽comportement, 56(2), 81 鈥� 92.聽
- Aelick, C.,聽Blais, J., &聽Babchishin, K. M. (2023). Addressing racial bias in parole decisions: A pre-registered study of the Five-Level Risk and Needs System of risk communication.Psychology, Crime & Law.聽Advance online publication.聽
- Blais, J.,聽Fazaa, G. R., &聽Mungall, L. R. (2023). A pre-registered examination of the聽relationship between psychopathy, boredom-proneness, and university-level cheating.聽Psychological Reports.聽Open Access.聽
- McArthur, J.,聽Blais, J., & Ternes, M. (2023). Digital dating abuse: An application of the theory of planned聽behaviour.聽Journal of Interpersonal Violence.聽Advance online publication.
- Belyea, L., &聽Blais, J.聽(2023).聽Effect of pretrial publicity via social media, mock juror sex, and rape myth acceptance on juror decisions in a mock sexual assault trial.聽Psychology, Crime & Law, 29(3), 280-302.聽
- Blais, J.,聽Babchishin, K. M., & Hanson, R. K. (2022). Improving our risk communication: Standardized risk levels for the BARR-2002R.聽Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 34(6), 667鈥�698.聽