Dr NICHOLAS LONGPRE

  • Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Psychology

    Accepting PhD Students

    PhD projects

    Sexual Violence (sexual harassment, sexual coercion, rape, sadistic rape, sexual homicide) -
    Hypersexuality -
    Paraphilias and Atypical Sexual Interests -
    Child Sexual Exploitation Material -
    Terrorism and Radicalization -
    Incels -
    Stalking -
    Knife Crime -
    Dark Tetrad -
    Cognitions, Emotional recognition and underlying Brain structures

    20092024

    Research activity per year

    Personal profile

    Biography

    2008-2011 - Université de Montréal

    Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) - Criminology

    Master Thesis Title: Théories implicites chez les agresseurs de femmes adultes (The implicit theories of adult rapists)

    2011-2016  - Université de Montréal

    Doctoral’s Degree (Ph.D.) - Criminology

    Doctoral Thesis Title: Un poison même à petite dose: étude de la structure latente et des facteurs développementaux du sadisme sexuel (A poison even in small dose: Study of the latent structure and development antecedents of sexual sadism)

    2016-2018  - Brandeis University

    Postdoctoral Associate - Psychology

    Under the supervision of Raymond A. Knight, the Mortimer Gryzmish Professor of Human Relations at Brandeis University

    Research interests

    Under Review

    Longpré, N., & Knight, R.A. (Under Review). Development and validation of The Agonistic Continuum Scale (TACS).  

    Beckett, N.S., Longpré, N. & Stefanska, E.B. (Under Review). Updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale: An Item Response Theory Analysis. 

    Rohrer, D., Longpré, N., & Knight, R.A. (Under Review). The Dual Factor Structure of Hypersexuality: Creating a Brief Survey.   

    Research Funding - Under Review

    2025  National Crime Agency (Under Review)  - A Knowledgebase to Counter Seriously Organised Crime Anti-Forensic Evasion Using AI - £99,785.09 - Usman*, Bello, Bussu, Keay, Rafiq, Balogun, Longpré, Towers, Ahmed & Cullen  

    2025  NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities Open Competition XS 2025 round 1 (Under Review) - The Effect of Violent Pornography on Perceptions of Consent in Sexual Situations - €40,517.00 - de Roos & Longpré 

    Manuscript in preparation 

    Longpré, N., Beckett, N.S., Snow, E., Savaria, I., & Tachmetzidi Papoutsi, M. (Manuscript in preparation). The TriPM latent structure: Triarchic or septarchic? A replication study.

    Bickell, H. & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Prevalence and psychological correlates of child sex abuse among female in the general population. 

    Dauphinais, L., Longpré, N., Duval, M., Raiche, A.P., Guay, J.P., Knight, R.A., & Proulx, J.  (Manuscript in preparation). A Taxometric Investigation of Sexual Sadism: Can Phallometric Assessment Provide Further Evidence of Dimensionality?  

    Tachmetzidi Papoutsi, M. & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Amongst the Shadows of Stalking and Sexual Violence.  

    Tachmetzidi Papoutsi, M. & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Stalking and the Dark Tetrad: The impact of the dark traits.  

    Germain Chartrand, V., Guay, J.P., & Longpré, N. (Manuscript in preparation). Everyday sadism and psychopathic traits: Their relation to facial affect recognition.

     

    Teaching

    Programme Leader

    BSc Psychology with Forensic Perspectives 

    BSc Psychology & Criminology 

    Committees 

    2022 –  Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (SSREC) – Faculty of Arts & Science

    2024 –  VASP/ MASC Membership 

    Public/media engagement

    Longpré, N., Guay, J.P. & Knight, R.A. (Winter, 2016). Toward a Developmental Model of Severe Sexual Sadism. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA), The Forum Newsletter - Student’s Voice, Vol. XXVIII (1)

    http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/atsa/issues/2015-12-15/3.html

     

    Longpré, N. (March 30, 2017). Presenting your Doctoral Thesis - A poison even in small dose: Study of the latent structure and development antecedents of sexual sadism. Journal le Forum: Université de Montréal.

    http://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2017/03/30/quand-faire-souffrir-fait-jouir/ 

     

    Longpré, N. (April 12, 2017). Sexual sadism: ‘It’s a question of degree, not of nature’. Montreal Gazette.

    http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/studying-sexual-sadism-its-a-question-of-degree-not-of-nature?utm_source=UdeMNouvelles&utm_campaign=8f59eaf8a7-RSS_RP_Publique&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5cf28dd13d-8f59eaf8a7-283171613

     

    Longpré, N., Stefanska, E., & Tachmetzidi Papoutsi, M. (March/ April issue, 2023). When the myth of Apollo and Daphne becomes reality: The relationship between Stalking and Sexual Violence. National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse (NOTA) newsletter.

     

    Contribution to: Russo, F. (July 26, 2023). Psychologists struggle to explain the mind of the stalker. Scientific American.

    Psychologists Struggle to Explain the Mind of the Stalker | Scientific American

     

    Contribution to: Dolan, E.W. (March 21, 2024). The psychology of forbidden pleasures: New insights into paraphilic interests uncovered. Psy Post.

    https://www.psypost.org/the-psychology-of-forbidden-pleasures-new-insights-into-paraphilic-interests-uncovered/

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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