Dr Adrian Scott

I am involved in three ongoing programmes of research in the areas of stalking, investigative interviewing and eyewitness testimony. All three programmes of research are collaborative and reflect my general interest in forensic psychology.

• Stalking: Examines perceptions and experiences of stalking.
• Investigative interviewing: Examines the influence of training, as well as planning and self-evaluation practices, on the quality of police recruits’ interviews with witnesses.
• Eyewitness testimony: Examines the influence of line-up procedures on the accuracy of eyewitness identification decisions, as well as the role of resemblance in person identification.

In addition, I am currently involved in research relating to jury decision making, police officer use of force, prison misconduct and technologically facilitated sexual violence.

I am a member of the Forensic Psychology Unit.

Book

Henry, Nicola; McGlynn, Clare; Flynn, Asher; Johnson, Kelly; Powell, Anastasia and Scott, Adrian J.. 2020. Image-based sexual abuse: A study on the causes and consequences of non-consensual nude or sexual imagery. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780815353836

Scott, Adrian J.. 2019. Forensic Psychology (2nd edition). London: Red Globe Press. ISBN 9781352004861

Scott, Adrian J.. 2010. Forensic Psychology. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230249424

Edited Book

Scott, Adrian J.; Lewis, Alan and Lea, Stephen E.G., eds. 2001. Student debt: The causes and consequences of undergraduate borrowing. Bristol: The Policy Press. ISBN 1861342799

Book Section

Coleman, Victoria; Scott, Adrian J.; Gavin, Jeff and Rajakaruna, Nikki. 2022. Crossing a Line? Understandings of the Relative Seriousness of Online and Offline Intrusive Behaviours Among Young Adults. In: Anastasia Powell; Asher Flynn and Lisa Sugiura, eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Violence and Technology. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 229-257. ISBN 9783030837334

Scott, Adrian J.; Mainwaring, Chelsea; Flynn, Asher; Powell, Anastasia and Henry, Nicola. 2022. The extent and nature of image-based sexual abuse among Australian youths: Perspectives from victims, perpetrators and bystanders. In: H. Lim, ed. Interpersonal violence against children and youth. Washington, DC: Lexington Books, pp. 85-108. ISBN 9781793614339

Page, Thomas E. and Scott, Adrian J.. 2021. Current understandings of sex-based harassment and stalking perpetration. In: Jennifer M. Brown and Miranda A. H. Horvath, eds. Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 167-194. ISBN 9781108848916

Scott, Adrian J.; Rajakaruna, Nikki; Handscomb, Megan A. and Waterworth, Georgina A. H.. 2020. Public familiarity and understanding of stalking/harassment legislation in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. In: Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Lorraine Sheridan, eds. Psycho-criminological approaches to stalking behavior: An international perspective. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 137-158. ISBN 9781119565413

Scott, Adrian J.. 2020. Stalking: How perceptions differ from reality and why these differences matter. In: Ray Bull and Iris Blandón-Gitlin, eds. The Routledge International Handbook of Legal and Investigative Psychology. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780367345570

Tudor-Owen, Jane and Scott, Adrian J.. 2015. Interviewing Witnesses in Australia. In: D. Walsh; G. Oxburgh; A. Redlich and T. Myklebust, eds. Contemporary developments and practices in investigative interviewing and interrogation: An International perspective (Volume I: Victims and witnesses). 1 London: Routledge, pp. 73-86. ISBN 9781138781740

Dooley, Julian J. and Scott, Adrian J.. 2013. Online social networking behaviours, cyber bullying, mental health and behavioural functioning in Australian students. In: R. Hanewald, ed. From cyber bullying to cyber safety: Issues and approaches in educational contexts. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 117-130. ISBN 9781626182530

Scott, Adrian J. and Lewis, Alan. 2001. Student debt: The development of a new dependency culture? In: Adrian J. Scott; Alan Lewis and Stephen E.G. Lea, eds. Student debt: The causes and consequences of undergraduate borrowing. Bristol: The Policy Press, pp. 49-58. ISBN 1861342799

Article

Flynn, Asher; Cama, Elena; Powell, Anastasia and Scott, Adrian J.. 2023. Victim-blaming and image-based sexual abuse. Journal of Criminology, 56(1), pp. 7-25. ISSN 2633-8076

Mainwaring, Chelsea; Scott, Adrian J. and Gabbert, Fiona. 2023. Behavioral Intentions of Bystanders to Image-Based Sexual Abuse: A Preliminary Focus Group Study with a University Student Sample. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 32(3), pp. 318-339. ISSN 1053-8712

Powell, Anastasia; Scott, Adrian J.; Flynn, Asher and McCook, Sarah. 2022. Perpetration of image-based sexual abuse: Extent, nature and correlates in a multi-country sample. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(23-24), NP22864-NP22889. ISSN 0886-2605

Flynn, Asher; Powell, Anastasia; Scott, Adrian J. and Cama, Elena. 2022. Deepfakes and digitally altered imagery abuse: A cross-country exploration of an emerging form of image-based sexual abuse. British Journal of Criminology, 62(6), pp. 1341-1358. ISSN 0007-0955

Scott, Adrian J.; Stathi, Sofia and Burniak, Victoria. 2022. Where to draw the line? The influence of prior relationship, perpetrator-target sex and perpetrator motivation on the point at which behavior ‘crosses the line’ and becomes stalking. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 40(5), pp. 584-603. ISSN 0735-3936

Powell, Anastasia; Scott, Adrian J.; Flynn, Asher and McCook, Sarah. 2022. A multi-country study of image-based sexual abuse: Extent, relational nature and correlates of victimisation experiences. Journal of Sexual Aggression, ISSN 1355-2600

Flynn, Asher; Cama, Elena and Scott, Adrian J.. 2022. Image-based abuse: Gender differences in bystander experiences and responses. Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice(656), ISSN 1836-2206

Mainwaring, Chelsea; Gabbert, Fiona and Scott, Adrian J.. 2022. A systematic review exploring variables related to bystander intervention in sexual violence contexts. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, ISSN 1524-8380

Toolin, Katie; van Langeraad, Amy; Hoi, Viktoria; Scott, Adrian J. and Gabbert, Fiona. 2022. Psychological contributions to cold case investigations: A systematic review. Forensic Science International: Synergy, 5, 100294. ISSN 2589-871X

Rajakaruna, Nikki; Henry, Pamela J. and Scott, Adrian J.. 2021. Misuse of police information systems: Predicting perceived likelihood of misuse among unsworn police employees. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 15(2), pp. 686-700. ISSN 1752-4512

Powell, Anastasia; Scott, Adrian J. and Henry, Nicola. 2020. Digital harassment and abuse: Experiences of sexuality and gender minority adults. European Journal of Criminology, 17(2), pp. 199-223. ISSN 1477-3708

Duff, Simon C.; Birchall, Jessica; Bisbee, Elisabeth; Wheatcroft, Jacqueline; Gavin, Jeff and Scott, Adrian J.. 2019. Prior relationship, relationship breakdown, and group decisions in the attribution of cases of stalking. Forensic Update, 132, pp. 23-33. ISSN 1356-5028

Gavin, Jeff and Scott, Adrian J.. 2019. Attributions of victim responsibility in revenge pornography. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 11(4), pp. 263-272. ISSN 1759-6599

Sheridan, Lorraine; North, Adrian C. and Scott, Adrian J.. 2019. Stalking in the workplace. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 6(2), pp. 61-75. ISSN 2169-4842

Tudor-Owen, Jane; Scott, Adrian J.; Henry, Pamela J. and Stratton, Gregory. 2019. Perceptions of exonerees in Australia. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 26(2), pp. 206-218. ISSN 1321-8719

Powell, Anastasia; Henry, Nicola; Flynn, Asher and Scott, Adrian J.. 2019. Image-based sexual abuse: The extent, nature, and predictors of perpetration in a community sample of Australian residents. Computers in Human Behavior, 92, pp. 393-402. ISSN 0747-5632

Sheridan, Lorraine; Scott, Adrian J. and Campbell, Amy M.. 2019. Perceptions and experiences of intrusive behaviour and stalking: Comparing LGBTIQ and heterosexual groups. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34(7), pp. 1388-1409. ISSN 0886-2605

Scott, Adrian J.; Duff, Simon C.; Sheridan, Lorraine and Rajakaruna, Nikki. 2019. The influence of contextual information regarding the breakdown of relationships and perpetrator-target sex composition on perceptions of relational stalking. Psychology, Crime and Law, 25(4), pp. 364-380. ISSN 1068-316X

Scott, Adrian J. and Gavin, Jeff. 2018. Revenge pornography: The influence of perpetrator-victim sex, observer sex and observer sexting experience on perceptions of seriousness and responsibility. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 8(2), pp. 162-172. ISSN 2009-3829

Sheridan, Lorraine; Scott, Adrian J.; Archer, John and Roberts, Karl. 2017. Female undergraduates’ perceptions of intrusive behavior in 12 countries. Aggressive Behavior, 43(6), pp. 531-543. ISSN 0096-140X

Weissofner, Natalie M.; Henry, Pamela J. and Scott, Adrian J.. 2017. A preliminary examination of the effect of Operation Turning Point Western Australia: An evidence based policing strategy. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Evidence Based Policing, 2(1), pp. 30-35. ISSN 2206-5202

Gavin, Jeff and Scott, Adrian J.. 2016. The influence of the sex of and prior relationship between the perpetrator and victim on perceptions of stalking: A qualitative analysis. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 23(5), pp. 716-732. ISSN 1321-8719

Sheridan, Lorraine; Scott, Adrian J. and Nixon, Kerry. 2016. Police officer perceptions of harassment in England and Scotland. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 21(1), pp. 1-14. ISSN 1355-3259

Sheridan, Lorraine; Scott, Adrian J. and Roberts, Karl. 2016. Young women’s experiences of intrusive behavior in 12 countries. Aggressive Behavior, 42(1), pp. 41-53. ISSN 0096-140X

Tudor-Owen, Jane; Scott, Adrian J.; Henry, Pamela J. and Bull, Ray. 2016. An exploratory study of the planning and interviewing practices of police recruits in Western Australia. Forensic Update, 120, pp. 20-25.

Sheridan, Lorraine and Scott, Adrian J.. 2015. Discriminating approachers and non-approachers: Can knowledge from research within a public figure context be extrapolated to a community context? Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 2(2), pp. 88-97. ISSN 2169-4842

Scott, Adrian J.; Tudor-Owen, Jane; Pedretti, Paul and Bull, Ray. 2015. How intuitive is PEACE? Newly recruited police officers’ plans, interviews and self-evaluations. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 22(3), pp. 355-367. ISSN 1321-8719

Scott, Adrian J.; Rajakaruna, Nikki; Sheridan, Lorraine and Gavin, Jeff. 2015. International perceptions of relational stalking: The influence of prior relationship, perpetrator sex, target sex and participant sex. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 30(18), pp. 3308-3323. ISSN 0886-2605

Pereira, Fillipa; Matos, Marlene; Sheridan, Lorraine and Scott, Adrian J.. 2015. Perceptions and personal experiences of unwanted attention among Portuguese male students. Psychology, Crime and Law, 21(4), pp. 398-411. ISSN 1068-316X

Tudor-Owen, Jane; Scott, Adrian J.; Henry, Pamela J. and Bull, Ray. 2015. Starting from scratch: Planning practices of police recruits in Western Australia. Australasian Policing, 7(2), pp. 3-9. ISSN 1837-7009

Rajakaruna, Nikki; Henry, Pamela J. and Scott, Adrian J.. 2015. A necessary safety net: Use of a confidential internal telephone line to report unethical behaviour. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 16(5), pp. 431-443. ISSN 1561-4263

Sheridan, Lorraine; Scott, Adrian J. and North, Adrian C.. 2014. Stalking and age. Journal of Threat Assessment and Management, 1(4), pp. 262-273. ISSN 2169-4842

Harwood, Josh; Dooley, Julian J.; Scott, Adrian J. and Joiner, Richard. 2014. Constantly connected – The effects of smart-devices on mental health. Computers in Human Behavior, 34, pp. 267-272. ISSN 0747-5632

Scott, Adrian J.; Rajakaruna, Nikki; Sheridan, Lorraine and Sleath, Emma. 2014. International perceptions of stalking and responsibility: The influence of prior relationship and severity of behavior. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 41(2), pp. 220-236. ISSN 0093-8548

Sheridan, Lorraine; North, Adrian C. and Scott, Adrian J.. 2014. Experiences of stalking in same-sex and opposite-sex contexts. Violence and Victims, 29(6), pp. 1014-1028. ISSN 0886-6708

Scott, Adrian J.; Rajakaruna, Nikki and Sheridan, Lorraine. 2014. Framing and perceptions of stalking: The influence of conduct severity and the perpetrator-target relationship. Psychology, Crime and Law, 20(3), pp. 242-260. ISSN 1068-316X

Scott, Adrian J.; Gavin, Jeff; Sleath, Emma and Sheridan, Lorraine. 2014. The attribution of responsibility in cases of stalking. Psychology, Crime and Law, 20(7), pp. 705-721. ISSN 1068-316X

Scott, Adrian J.; Nixon, Karl and Sheridan, Lorraine. 2013. The influence of prior relationship on perceptions of stalking: A comparison of laypersons, non-specialist police officers and specialist police officers. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 40(12), pp. 1434-1448. ISSN 0093-8548

Scott, Adrian J.; Pedretti, Paul; Tudor-Owen, Jane and Bull, Ray. 2013. Are newly recruited police officers blank slates? An examination of the ‘natural’ interviewing skills of untrained recruits in Western Australia. Australasian Policing, 5(2), pp. 25-28. ISSN 1837-7009

Duff, Simon C. and Scott, Adrian J.. 2013. Understanding perceptions of stalking: The impact of additional contextual information regarding the breakdown of relationships. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 3(2), pp. 136-144. ISSN 2009-3829

Brosnan, Mark J.; Joiner, Richard; Gavin, Jeff; Crook, Charles; Maras, Pam; Guiller, Jane and Scott, Adrian J.. 2012. The impact of pathological levels of Internet-related anxiety on Internet usage. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 46(4), pp. 341-356. ISSN 0735-6331

Scott, Adrian J. and Sheridan, Lorraine. 2011. ‘Reasonable’ perceptions of stalking: The influence of conduct severity and the perpetrator-target relationship. Psychology, Crime and Law, 17(4), pp. 331-343. ISSN 1068-316X

Scott, Adrian J. and Gavin, Jeff. 2011. The influence of prior relationship on perceptions of stalking in mock jury deliberations. Forensic Update, 104, pp. 32-37.

Scott, Adrian J. and Tse, Pui Ki. 2011. An exploratory study of the influence of perpetrator and victim sex on perceptions of stalking. Forensic Update, 103, pp. 9-13.

Sheridan, Lorraine and Scott, Adrian J.. 2010. Perceptions of harm: Verbal versus physical abuse in stalking scenarios. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 37(4), pp. 400-416. ISSN 0093-8548

Scott, Adrian J.; Lloyd, Rebecca and Gavin, Jeff. 2010. The influence of prior relationship on perceptions of stalking in the United Kingdom and Australia. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 37(11), pp. 1185-1194. ISSN 0093-8548

Gavin, Jeff; Duffield, Jill; Brosnan, Mark J.; Joiner, Richard; Maras, Pam and Scott, Adrian J.. 2007. Drawing the net: Internet identification, Internet use and the image of Internet users. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 10(3), pp. 478-481. ISSN 1094-9313

Joiner, Richard; Gavin, Jeff; Brosnan, Mark J.; Crook, Charles; Duffield, Jill; Durndell, Alan; Guiller, Jane; Maras, Pam and Scott, Adrian J.. 2006. Internet identification and future Internet use. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 9(4), pp. 410-414. ISSN 1094-9313

Joiner, Richard; Gavin, Jeff; Duffield, Jill; Brosnan, Mark J.; Crook, Charles; Durndell, Alan; Maras, Pam; Miller, Jane; Scott, Adrian J. and Lovatt, Peter. 2005. Gender, Internet identification and Internet anxiety: Correlates of Internet use. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 8(4), pp. 371-378. ISSN 1094-9313

Lewis, Alan and Scott, Adrian J.. 2002. A study of economic socialisation: Financial practices in the home and the preferred role of schools among parents with children under 16. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education: An International Journal, 5(3), pp. 138-147. ISSN 2047-1734

Lewis, Alan and Scott, Adrian J.. 2000. The economic awareness, knowledge and pocket money practices of a sample of UK adolescents: A study in economic socialisation and economic psychology. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 4(1), pp. 34-46. ISSN 2047-1734

Report

Flynn, Asher; Cama, Elena and Scott, Adrian J.. 2022. Preventing image-based abuse in Australia: The role of bystanders. Project Report. Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.

Powell, Anastasia; Scott, Adrian J.; Flynn, Asher and Henry, Nicola. 2020. Image-based sexual abuse: An international study of victims and perpetrators. Project Report. Goldsmiths, University of London.

McGlynn, Clare; Rackley, Erika; Johnson, Kelly; Henry, Nicola; Flynn, Asher; Powell, Anastasia; Gavey, Nicola and Scott, Adrian J.. 2019. Shattering lives and myths : a report on image-based sexual abuse. Project Report. Durham University; University of Kent; RMIT University; Monash University; University of Auckland; Goldsmiths, University of London.

Scott, Adrian J. and Henry, Pamela J.. 2017. Investigating the provision of the Hera Arms – TRIARII Pistol to Carbine Frame system and individual first-aid trauma kits to frontline police officers in Western Australia. Project Report. Edith Cowan University.

Henry, Pamela J.; Scott, Adrian J. and Jordan, Dominic T.. 2017. Operation Communique. Project Report. Edith Cowan University.

Henry, Pamela J.; Scott, Adrian J. and Jordan, Dominic T.. 2017. Operation turning point: Final report. Technical Report.

Henry, Pamela J.; Scott, Adrian J. and Ferguson, Cath. 2016. Prevalence of cars crashing into dwellings. Project Report. Edith Cowan University.

Henry, Pamela J.; Scott, Adrian J. and Rajakaruna, Nikki. 2016. Misuse of restricted access information management systems. Project Report. Edith Cowan University.