Ronald Langevin
Canadian psychologist (born 1940)

Ronald Lindsay André "Ron" Langevin (born September 28, 1940) is a Canadian forensic psychologist at the University of Toronto. He is the founding editor of Annals of Sex Research, now titled Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.[1]

Life and career

Langevin was born in Montreal and earned a Ph.D. in psychology from University of Toronto in 1970. He wrote materials for the Canadian Council for Research in Education before taking a position at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, where he worked with Kurt Freund.[citation needed]

Langevin argued against the effectiveness of reparative therapy in 1985.[2] He served as an expert witness in a sexual abuse trial in 1989.[3] In 1989 also, Langevin published findings suggesting a correlation between sex offenders and traumatic brain injury, though he suggested caution in the use of the findings, as half his subjects were alcohol abusers.[4]

He is director of Juniper Associates Psychological Services and is an Associate Professor in the Law & Mental Health program at University of Toronto. He has also published materials through Juniper Press. Langevin is a charter member of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO).[5]

Selected bibliography

  • Langevin, R; Curnoe, S (February 2011). "Psychopathy, ADHD, and brain dysfunction as predictors of lifetime recidivism among sex offenders". Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 55: 5–26. doi:10.1177/0306624X09360968. PMID 20130091.
  • Langevin, R; Curnoe, S (August 2008). "Are the mentally retarded and learning disordered overrepresented among sex offenders and paraphilics?". Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 52: 401–15. doi:10.1177/0306624X07305826. PMID 17717332.
  • Langevin, R; Langevin, M; Curnoe, S (Aug 2007). "Family size, birth order, and parental age among male paraphilics and sex offenders". Arch Sex Behav. 36 (4): 599–609. doi:10.1007/s10508-006-9110-y. PMID 17186126.
  • Langevin, R (March 2006). "Sexual offenses and traumatic brain injury". Brain Cogn. 60: 206–7. PMID 16646123.
  • Langevin, R; Curnoe, S; Bain, J (Apr 2000). "A study of clerics who commit sexual offenses: are they different from other sex offenders?". Child Abuse Negl. 24 (4): 535–45. PMID 10798842.
  • Langevin, R; Glancy, GD; Curnoe, S; Bain, J (Oct 1999). "Physicians who commit sexual offences: are they different from other sex offenders?". Can J Psychiatry. 44 (8): 775–80. PMID 10566107.
  • Langevin, R; Wright, P; Handy, L (1988). "The sex killer". Ann Sex Res. 1: 263–301. doi:10.1007/BF00852801.
  • Langevin, R; Bain, J; Wortzman, G; Hucker, S; Dickey, R; Wright, P (1988). "Sexual sadism: brain, blood, and behavior". Ann N Y Acad Sci. 528: 163–71. PMID 3421590.
  • Langevin R, Ben-Aron M, Wortzman G, Dickey R, Handy L (1987). Brain damage, diagnosis, and substance abuse among violent offenders Behavioral Sciences & the Law Volume 5, Issue 1, pages 77–94, Winter 1987
  • Langevin R (1983). Sexual strands: understanding and treating sexual anomalies in men. Psychology Press, ISBN 978-0-89859-205-4
  • Paitich, D; Langevin, R; Freeman, R; Mann, K; Handy, L (Sep 1977). "The Clarke SHQ: a clinical sex history questionnaire for males". Arch Sex Behav. 6 (5): 421–36. PMID 921525.
  • Paitich, D; Langevin, R (Jun 1976). "The Clarke Parent-Child Relations Questionnaire: a clinically useful test for adults". J Consult Clin Psychol. 44 (3): 428–36. PMID 932273.
  • Freund, K; Langevin, R; Wescom, T; Zajac, Y (Sep 1975). "Heterosexual interest in homosexual males". Arch Sex Behav. 4 (5): 509–18. PMID 1191003.
  • Freund, K; Langevin, R; Zajac, Y (Aug 1974). "Heterosexual aversion in homosexual males. A second experiment". Br J Psychiatry. 125 (0): 177–80. PMID 4472133.
  • Freund, K; Langevin, R; Zajac, Y; Steiner, B; Zajac, A (Feb 1974). "The trans-sexual syndrome in homosexual males". J Nerv Ment Dis. 158 (2): 145–53. PMID 4813925.
  • Freund, K; Langevin, R; Cibiri, S; Zajac, Y (Feb 1973). "Heterosexual aversion in homosexual males". Br J Psychiatry. 122 (567): 163–9. PMID 4714830.

References

  1. ^ Maletzky, Barry M (1991). "Langevin RL Editorial: ASR and ATSA: Finally together". Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 4 (1): 5–6. doi:10.1007/BF00850136.
  2. ^ Crosby, Louise (February 15, 1985). Gay counseling urges acceptance of homosexuality. Ottawa Citizen
  3. ^ Kenna, Kathleen Women sex abusers are 'extremely rare' sex abuse trial told. Toronto Star
  4. ^ Staff report (January 23, 1989). Sex Abuse Linked to Brain. Los Angeles Times
  5. ^ IATSO: Charter members.
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