About Andrew

Dr. Andrew Harris is a consulting forensic psychologist in private practice in Ontario, Canada. He specializes in risk assessment of men with problems of a sexual and/or violent nature, including men experiencing problems with pornography and Child Sexual Exploitation Materials (child pornography). He gained clinical experience at Warkworth Medium Secure Institution (Correctional Service of Canada), the Oak Ridge Division (Maximum Security) of the Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre, and as a community Behaviour Management consultant and within an acute care community hospital (York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill). Andrew completed his formal education at York University, the University of Bordeaux III, France; the University of Calgary; and Carleton University. Andrew has written or contributed to over 40 published research papers on violence and sexual violence and often speaks on risk assessment for violent, sexual, and pornography offenders, psychopathy, high-risk offenders, and the history of prison architecture.

 

Andrew and his wife Tracey are both scuba divemasters and travel the world looking for warm water and bright fish, usually in the company of wonderful friends. When not under water, Tracey is a talented painter and Andrew plays in the percussion section in several bands and ensembles.

Home

Publications

Aelick, C. A., Babchishin, K. M., Harris, A. J. R. (2020).

         Severe mental illness diagnoses and their association with reoffending in a sample of men adjudicated for sexual offences. Advance online publication. Sexual Offending: Theory, Research, and Prevention. doi: https://doi.org/10.5964/sotrap.3123

Helmus, L. M, & Harris, A. J. R. (2019).  

           Developing and validating a tool to predict placements in administrative segregation: Predictive accuracy with inmates, including Indigenous and women offenders.  Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 25(4), 284-302) doi:10.1037/law0000201

 

Hanson, R. K., Harris, A. J. R., Letourneau, E., Helmus, L. M., & Thornton, D. (2017, October 19). 

          Reductions in Risk Based on Time Offense Free in the Community: Once a Sexual Offender, Not Always a Sexual Offender. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. doi.org/10.1037/law0000135

 

Hanson, R. K., Harris, A. J. R., Helmus, L., & Thornton, D. (2016).

          Assessing the risk and needs of supervised sexual offenders: A prospective study using the STABLE-2007, Static-99R, and Static-2002R.  Criminal Justice and Behaviour.

Phenix, A., Fernandez, Y., Harris, A. J. R., Helmus, M., Hanson, R. K., & Thornton, D. (2016). 

          Static-99R Coding Rules: Revised 2016.  Available for download at  www.static99.org

Hanson, R. K., Harris, A. J. R., & Helmus L. M. (2015). 

          Assessing the risk and needs of supervised sexual offenders: A prospective study using the STABLE-2007, Static-99R, and Static-2002R.7, Static-99R, and Static-2002R. Criminal Justice and Behaviour.

Fernandez, Y., Gotch, K., Hanson, R. K. & Harris, A. J. R. (2015). 

          ACUTE-2007 Coding Manual: Revised 2015.  Ottawa, ON: Public Safety Canada. Available at www.ps-sp.gc.ca/res/cor/rep

Fernandez, Y., Harris, A. J. R., Hanson, R. K., & Sparks, J. (2014). 

           STABLE-2007 Coding Manual: Revised 2014.  Ottawa, ON: Public Safety Canada. Available at www.ps-sp.gc.ca/res/cor/rep

Hanson, R. K., Harris, A. J. R., Helmus, L., & Thornton, D. (2014).

           High risk sex offenders may not be high risk forever.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-22.   doi: 10.1177/0886260514526062

Harris, A. J. R., Blanchette, K., & Brown, S. (2014).

           Examining Gender Differences in Institutional Offences (Research Report R-312).Ottawa, ON: Correctional Service of Canada.

Helmus, L., Hanson, R. K., Thornton, D., Babchishin, K. M., Harris, A. J. R. (2014).

           Absolute recidivism rates predicted by STATIC-99R and STATIC-2002R sex offender risk assessment tools very across samples: A meta-analysis.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Hanson, R. K., & Harris, A. J. R. (2014).

           Criminogenic needs of sexual offenders on community supervision. In L.Craig, T. Dixon, & T. Gannon (Eds.), What works in offender rehabilitation: An evidence based approach to assessment and treatment.

Helmus, L., Johnson, S., & Harris, A. J. R. (2014).

           Developing the Risk of Administrative Segregation Tool (RAST) to predict admissions to segregation (Research Report R-325). Ottawa, ON: Correctional Service of Canada.

Helmus, L., Hanson, R. K., Thornton, D., Babchishin, K. M., & Harris, A. J. R. (2012).

            Absolute recidivism rates predicted by Static-99R and Static-2002R sex offender risk assessment tools vary across samples: A meta-analysis. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 39, 1148-1171. doi:10.1177/0093854812443648

Harris, A. J. R. (2012).

           Paraphilias: Incidence and Co-occurance in normative and sex offender samples. Ottawa, ON:  Correctional Service of Canada.

Stewart, L., Harris, A. J. R., Wilton, G., Archambault, K., Cousineau, C., Varette, S., & Power, J. (2012).

           An initial report on the results of the pilot of the Comupterized Mental Health Intake Screening System (ComHiss).  Ottawa: Correctional Service of Canada.

Kroner, D. G., Kang, T., Mills, J. F., Harris, A. J. R., & Green, M. (2011).

           Reliabilities, validities, and cutoff scores of the Depression Hopelessness and Suicide Screening Form among women offenders.  Criminal Justice and Behaviour, 38(8) 779-795.

Harris, A. J. R., & Hanson, R. K. (2010). 

          Clinical, actuarial, and dynamic risk assessment of sexual offenders: Why do they keep changing things?  Journal of Sexual Aggression, 16(3), 296-310.

Harris, A. J. R., Cousineau, C., Pagé, C. A., Sonnichsen, P., & Varrette, S. (2010).

           Recidivism Risk Assessment for Aboriginal Males: A Brief Review of the Scientific Literature. Ottawa, ON: Correctional Service of Canada.

Harris, A. J. R., Cousineau, C., Pagé, C. A., Sonnichsen, P., & Varrette, S. (2009). 

           Feasibility of an Inuit specific violence risk assessment instrument.  Ottawa, ON:  Correctional Service of Canada.

Harris, A. J. R., & Pagé, C. A. (Eds.). (2008). 

            Sexual homicide and paraphilias: The Correctional Service of Canada’s experts forum 2007. Ottawa: Correctional Service of Canada.  Also published in French under the title: Homicides sexuels et paraphilies: Forum d’experts du Service correctionnel du Canada 2007.

Harris A. J. R., & Hanson, R. K. (2008). 

           STABLE-2007 and ACUTE-2007:Dynamic risk prediction for community-based sexual offenders. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers: Forum. Beaverton, OR: ATSA.

Beech, A., Bourgon, G., Hanson, R. K., Harris, A. J. R., Langton, C., Marques, J., Miner, M., Murphy, W., Quinsey, V., Seto, M., Thornton, D., & Yates, P. (2007). 

           The collaborative cutcome data committee’s guidelines for the evaluation of sexual offender treatment outcome research, Part 2: CODC guidelines. Research Report 2007-03. Ottawa, ON: Public Safety Canada. Available at www.ps-sp.gc.ca/res/cor/rep

Hanson, R. K., & Harris, A. J. R. (2007). 

          STABLE-2007. Unpublished manuscript. Public Safety Canada.  Available from the authors.

Hanson, R. K., & Harris, A. J. R. (2007). 

          ACUTE-2007. Unpublished manuscript. Public Safety Canada.  Available from the authors.

Hanson, R. K., Harris, A. J. R., Scott, T-L, & Helmus, L. (2007).

          Assessing the risk of sexual offenders on community supervision: The Dynamic Supervision Project. User Report, Corrections Research, Ottawa: Public Safety Canada. Available at www.ps-sp.gc.ca/res/cor/rep

Harris, A. J. R. (2007). STABLE-2007/ACUTE-2007.

          In B.L. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclodedia of psychology and law. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Harris, A. J. R. (2007).

          Sex offender needs assessment rating (SONAR). In B.L. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology and law. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Kroner, D. G., Harris, A. J. R., & Yessine, A. K. (2006). 

          Altering antisocial attitudes in federal male offenders on Release: The final report on the Counter-Point Community Program. Correctional Service Canada www.csc-scc.gc.ca

Harris, A., & Tough, S. (2004).

           Should actuarial risk assessments be used with Intellectually Disabled Sex Offenders?  Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17, 1–7.

Harris, A. J. R., & Hanson, R. K. (2004). 

          Sex Offender Recidivism: A simple question? Solicitor General Canada.  Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada:  www.psepc.gc.ca

Harris, A., Phenix, A., Hanson, R. K., & Thornton, D. (2003).  STATIC-99 Coding Rules: Revised –2003

          Solicitor General Canada. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada:  www.psepc.gc.ca

Harris, A., & Hanson. R. K. (2003). 

          The Dynamic Supervision Project: Improving the Community Supervision of Sexual Offenders.  Corrections Today, 65(5), 60-68.

Harris, A., & Hanson. R. K. (2003) 

          Supervising Community Sex Offenders: The Dynamic Supervision Project.  The Forum: Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, 15(2), 6-9.

Hanson, R. K., Morton, K. E., & Harris, A. J. R. (2003). 

          Sexual offender recidivism risk : What we know and what we need to know. In R. Prentky, E. Janus, M. Seto, and A. W. Burgess (Eds.), Understanding and managing sexually coercive behaviour. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 989.

Gordon, A., Hanson, R.K., Harris, A., Marques, J.K., Murphy, W., Quinsey, V.L., & Seto, M. (2002). 

          First report of the Collaborative Outcome Data Project on the Effectiveness of Psychological Treatment for Sex Offenders.  Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 14 (2), 169-194.

Harris, A., (2003). 

          Improving the Community Supervision of Sexual Offenders. Research Summary: Corrections Research and Development, 6(4). Solicitor General Canada, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada: www.psepc.gc.ca

Harris, A. J. R. (2001). 

          High-Risk Offenders: A Handbook for Criminal Justice Professionals. Solicitor General Canada:  Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada:  www.psepc.gc.ca

Hanson, R. K., & Harris, A. J. R. (2001). 

          A structured approach to evaluating change among sexual offenders.  Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 13 (2), 105-122.

Harris, A. J. R. (2000). 

          Corrections Population Report: Fourth Edition. Report for the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice. Solicitor General Canada: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada:  www.psepc.gc.ca

Hanson, R. K., & Harris, A. J. R. (2000). STABLE-2000. 

          Unpublished manuscript. Department of the Solicitor General Canada. Available from the authors: e-mail Andrew Harris at Andrew.Harris@PSEPC-SPPCC.GC.CA

Hanson, R. K., & Harris, A. J. R. (2000). ACUTE-2000. 

           Unpublished manuscript. Department of the Solicitor General Canada. Available from the authors: e-mail Andrew Harris at Andrew.Harris@PSEPC-SPPCC.GC.CA

Hanson, R. K., & Harris, A. (2000). 

           Where should we intervene? Dynamic predictors of sex Offence recidivism.  Criminal Justice and Behaviour, 27 (1), 6-35.

Harris, A. J. R., & Hanson, R. K. (1999). 

           Dynamic predictors of sex recidivism: New data from community supervision officers. In B. K. Schwartz (Ed.), The Sex Offender: Vol.3. Kingston, New Jersey: Civic Research Institute. Rice, M. E., Harris, G. T., Quinsey, V. L., Harris, A. J. R., & Lang, C. Treatment of forensic patients. (To appear in: B. Sales & S. Shah  Mental health and the law: Research, policy and practice.)

Harris, A. J. R. (1998) 

           Corrections Population Growth: Second Progress Report. Report for the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Justice. Solicitor General Canada: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada:  www.psepc.gc.ca

Bonta, J., Zinger, I., Harris, A., & Carriére, D. (1998). 

           The dangerous offender provisions: Are they targeting the right offenders?  Canadian Journal of Criminology, 40 (4), 377-400.

Hanson, R. K., Cadsky, O., Harris, A., & Lalonde, C. (1997). 

           Correlates of battering among 997 men: Family history, adjustment and attitudinal differences. Violence and Victims, 12(3), 191-208.

Hanson, R. K., & Harris, A. J. R. (1997). 

           Voyeurism: Assessment and treatment. In D. R. Laws & O’Donohue (Eds.), Handbook of sexual deviance (pp. 311-331). New York: Guilford Press.

Bonta, J., Harris, A., Zinger, I., & Carriére, D. (1996). 

            The Crown Files Research Project: A study of dangerous offenders. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada:  www.psepc.gc.ca

Rice, M. E., Harris, G. T., Quinsey, V. L., Harris, A. J. R., Lang, C., & Carriere, D. (1993). 

            Report on the Clinical and security needs of mentally disordered offenders in Ontario. Penetanguishene: Ontario Ministry of Health.  

Burress Designs © 2020