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

Upcoming Publications 

Bickell, H. & Longpré, N. (Accepted, Minor). Investigating Paedo-Hebepho-Ephebophilic sexual interests in a Sample of Women from the General Population. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

Greenhall, P.V. & Longpré, N. (2027). Forensic Mental Health in Prison: A Practitioner's Guide (Eds.). Routledge.

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

Grant Activities 

Grants - Successful: Total £52,928

2025 NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities Open Competition XS 2025 round 1 – The Effect of Violent Pornography on Perceptions of Consent in Sexual Situations – de Roos & Longpré – €40,517.00 (approx. £35,342)

2022/ 2023 – Conference Travel Grant – Research Office/ Law & Criminology Faculty – Edge Hill University – Longpré – £1031/ £1195

2022 – Research Investment Fund Applications (RIF) – Strand 3 – Edge Hill University – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Nomological Network and Latent Structure of Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking and Sexual Violence – Longpré, Bussu & Stefanska – £12,560

2022 Research Support Grant – International Centre for Comparative Criminology – Attitudes supporting sexual transgressions in the general population – Paquette, Brouillette-Alarie, Longpré & Guay –$1,478.96 (approx. £800) 

2019 Conference Support Grant – Department of Psychology – University of Roehampton – Longpré – £2,000

Grants - Under Review: Total 398,243£

Research Investment Fund Applications (RIF) – Pump Priming & ECR – Edge Hill University – Early Markers of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Toddlers at Familial Risk for ADHD and Autism – Martinez-Cedillo & Longpré– 18,243£

Rockwool Foundation – The timeline of stalking: from first contact to danger – when is the right time to act? –Hauch, Kjær Minke, Navntoft Henningsen, Elklit & Longpré – 3,3 million DKK (approx.380.000 GBP£)

Grants - Unsuccessful: Total £2,087,201.74

2025 – ARIA – The Privilege of Security: Pre-Arms-Race Analysis of Cognitive & Biological Inequality – Usman, Monk, Kaye, Longpré, & Rafiq – £19,619.40

2025 – The Council of the Danish Victim’s Fund – The timeline of stalking: from first contact to danger – when is the right time to act? – Hauch, Kjær Minke, Navntoft Henningsen, Elklit & Longpré – 3,3 million DKK (Approx. £380.000)

2025 – Youth Endowment Fund – LFC Foundation Onside programme: A case study impact – Bussu, Carroll, Hargreaves, Longpré, & Creaney – £478,729.49

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

2024 – Nuffield Foundation – Criminal Justice – LFC Foundation’s Youth Intervention to Prevent Criminalisation – Bussu, Longpré, Hargreaves, Creaney & Carroll – £342,377.00

2024 – NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities Open Competition XS 2024 round 3 – The Effect of Violent Pornography on Perceptions of Consent in Sexual Situations – de Roos & Longpré – €36,000.00 (Approx. £31,405)

2024 – Merseyside Police Research Application – Evaluating the Impact of Early Intervention in Youth Prevention through the Premier League Charitable Fund (PLCF) Kicks Football+ Programme – Carroll, Hargreaves, Bussu, Creaney & Longpré – £54,000.00

2023 – Insight Development Grant – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – “Identifying factors shaping the notion of sexual transgression in the #MeToo era” – Paquette, Deslauriers-Varin, Brouillette-Alarie, Longpré & Guay – $74,000.00 (Approx. £40,055)  

2023 – Open Research Area 8 – The Roots of Sexual Violence in a Post #MeToo Era: An in situ exploded-view, process-oriented and inclusive approach – Guay (Canada) - Longpré & Paquette (UK) - Benbouriche (France) – £511,279.75

2022 – The British Academy – Wolfson Fellowships – One Size Does Not Fit All: The Combination Reaction of Stalking, Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner violence in the Assessment of Risk – £129,951.01

Programme Leader

BSc Psychology with Forensic Perspectives 

BSc Psychology & Criminology 

Committees 

2026–   Student Experience Enhancement Network (SEEN) – Edge Hill University

2025–  Centre for Applied Criminal Justice and Policing Research – Codirector – Centre Impact Assessment Lead 

2025–   Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (SSREC) – Faculty of Arts & Science – Deputy Chair 

2024–    Curriculum Planning & Quality Strategy Group – Department of Psychology

2022-2025   Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (SSREC) – Faculty of Arts & Science – Reviewer

2022-2024   Criminology Professional Advisory Group (CPAG) – School of Law & Criminal Justice

2022-2024   Postgraduate & Undergraduate Ethics Committee – School of Law & Criminal Justice

2022-2024   Athena Swan working group – Inclusivity & Diversity Committee – School of Law & Criminal Justice

2021-2022    PURE Lead – Department of Applied Health and Social Care

2021-2022    Undergraduate & Postgraduate Research Ethics Committee – Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine

PhD Supervisions 

Dr Abdullah Althuwaikh – 2020-2024 (August) – PhD Psychology – University of Roehampton – Co-supervisor – Funded by the Kuwaiti Government

Diane Rohrer – 2019-2026 (Viva set to August) – PhD Psychology – Brandeis University – Co-supervisor

• The Massachusetts Association for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Sexual Abusers Pre-Doctoral Research Award: Exploring the Role of Disgust Impairment in Sexual Sadism.
• The Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA) Pre-Doctoral Research Award: Exploring the Role of Disgust Impairment in Sexual Sadism.
• Brandeis University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences PhD Conference Award

Katie A. Greenwood – 2020-2026 (Viva set to August) – PhD Psychology (PT) – University of Roehampton – Co-supervisor

Michelle Shelley Lee – 2025 – PhD Psychology – Edge Hill University – Director of Study

Jocelyn Dautet-Plourde – 2025 – PhD Psychology – Université du Québec en Outaouais – Co-supervisor

Research Placement 

2023-2024    Research Placement Supervision – Applied Forensic Psychology Research 10-week/60-hour – WRL Placement – ASPIRE

Academic Award 

Nominated for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Personal Tutor Hero of the year – 2022 – Student Led Staff Awards

Nominated for the Lecturing Hero Award – 2023 – Student Led Staff Awards

Personal contribution 

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: The Alan Turing Institute (AI) UK Fringe – AI Bridge for Domestic Abuse Investigation and Prosecution (March 22, 2024). 

AI Bridge for Domestic Abuse Investigation & Prosecution - Edge Hill University 

Contribution to: Edge Hill News (October 23rd, 2024). Forensic Psychology Explained. Forensic psychology explained: a conversation with Dr Nicholas Longpré - Edge Hill University

Publications cited in the media

de Roos, M.S., Longpré, N., & van Dongen, J.D.M. (Online First, 2024). When Kinks Come to Life: An Exploration of Paraphilic Concordance and Underlying Mediators. Journal of Sex Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2024.2319242

A Psychologist Shares 3 Tips To Safely Explore ‘Extreme Sexual Kinks’ (30.09.2024) 

The psychology of forbidden pleasures: New insights into paraphilic interests uncovered (21.03.2024) 

Longpré, N., Burdis, C., & Guay, J.P. (2022). The impact of childhood trauma on the development of paraphilic interests. Journal of Criminal Justice, 82, 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.101981

Why We Do What We Do: The Paraphilia Episode The Paraphilia Episode (30.07.2025) 

White, E., Longpré, N., & Stefanska, E.B. (2022). Stalking behaviours presented by ex-intimate stalkers: A victim’s perspective. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37 (7-8), 5074-5093. DOI: 10.1177/0886260520934429

Ex-Intimate Stalkers: When Desire Becomes Dangerous | Psychology Today (06.08.2024) 

Am I Being Stalked? Separating Danger From Drama | Psychology Today United Kingdom (04.07.2024) 

Hollewell, G.F., & Longpré, N. (2022). Radicalisation in the Digital Era: Understanding the Relationship Between Self-radicalisation and the Internet. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 66 (8), 896-913. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X211028771

Full Spectrum Jordan: Jordan, West Bank and What Comes After F... (12.10.2023) 

A Reflection on Terrorism, New Orleans, and Overreach (03.01.2025) 

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/nihilistic-violent-extremist-networks-recruit-175536704.html (19.02.2026) 

Longpré, N., Guay, J.P. & Knight, R.A. (2019). MTC Sadism Scale: Toward Dimensional Assessment of Severe Sexual Sadism. Assessment, 26(1), p.70-84. DOI:10.1177/1073191117737377

The Long Battle of Cruelty and Empathy | Psychology Today (30.10.2023)

External academic activities

2025–     Advisory Board – Project I-COPE – University of Southern Denmark – Call CERV-2024-DAPHNE

2025–     Wrexham University – External Assessor – Validation – BSc Criminal Psychology

2025–     Association Internationale des Criminologues de Langue Française (AICLF) – Scientific Committee – Fernand Boulan Award – Best Dissertation Committee

2025–     Groupement de recherche et d'étude sur les violences intrafamiliales – Scientific Committee – MESHS de Lille/Nord de France – La Direction régionale aux droits des femmes et à l’égalité de la Préfecture des Hauts-de-France et du Nord

2025       FNRS-WELCHANGE 2025 of the Fund for Scientific Research – Belgium – National Grant panel – External Examiner

2024      Review and Approval Panels (RAPs) – Coventry University – External Assessor – Validation – MSc Forensic Psychology – MSc Forensic Psychology & Mental Health

2024      Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) - Québec’s Minister of Health and Social Services – Webtool/ Media Kit – Sexual Violence Section – External Examiner – Child Sexual Exploitation Material

2024      Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) – National Grant panel – External Examiner          

2024–    Fond Recherche Québec – Société et Culture (FRSCQ) – National Grant panel – External Examiner – Annual call

2023      Review and Approval Panels (RAPs) – Metropolitan College Athens & University of East London – External Assessor – Validation – MSc in Forensic Psychology

2023      Fond Recherche Québec – Société et Culture (FRSCQ) – National Grant panel – External Examiner – Special call – Research Programme on the phenomenon of online sexual exploitation of children and youth in the province of Quebec

                https://www.inspq.qc.ca/violence-sexuelle/redaction                  

                https://www.inspq.qc.ca/en/publications/3708

2022      Liverpool FC Foundation – External Examiner – Scientific Report – County Line Programme

2022      Lucy Faithfull Foundation – External Examiner – Scientific Report Stop it Now! – Annual Review

2019      Scientific Committee – International and interdisciplinary conference on sexual violence at the University: Understanding to prevent better – Université de Lille – June 11

External Examiner – Dissertation & Vivas – By invitation 

Evan Moloney – BSc Psychology – Brandeis University – May 2020

• Thesis Title: Harassment, Coercion, and the Agonistic Continuum: Exploring the Structure of Sexual Aggression

Rosalie Dumouchel – MSc Criminology – University of Montreal – January 2021

• Thesis Title: Les théories implicites comme facteurs de risque derrière à la délinquance sexuelle des cyber délinquants

Véronique Bonneville – D.Psy. Psychology – Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada – May 2021

• Thesis Title: Coercition sexuelle perpétrée par les hommes et les femmes: le rôle des habitudes de consommation d'alcool et des facteurs cognitifs

 Gabrielle Belair – PhD Criminology – University of Montreal – 6^th October 2025

• Thesis Title: La psychologie de l’interrogatoire policiers : Personnalité et enjeux dans un contexte de pornographie juvénile.

Agatha Malexina Chronos – PhD Psychology – University of Bergen, Norway – 29^th August 2025 

• Thesis Title: Informing the Treatment of People with a Sexual Interest in Children

Didde Hauch – PhD Psychology – University of Southern Denmark, Denmark – 31^st October 2025

• Thesis Title: The Consequences of Stalking: A study of challenges and support needs among Danish help-seeking stalking victims

Research Groups and Centres

2025–      Forensic Research Group – Edge Hill University

2024–     Centre for Applied Criminal Justice and Policing Research – Co-Director – Edge Hill University

2022–      International Centre for Comparative Criminology – International Collaborator

2016–      Knight Lab – Brandeis University – International Collaborator