Patrick Lussier

Professeur titulaire
École de travail social et de criminologie, Université Laval

(418) 656-2131, poste 5978
patrick.lussier@svs.ulaval.ca

Formation universitaire
Études postdoctorales, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, 2005
Ph.D. (Criminologie) Université de Montréal, 2004
M.Sc. (Criminologie) Université de Montréal, 2000

Intérêts de recherche
Prévention du crime, théories criminologiques, développement humain, délinquance juvénile, méthodes de recherche en sciences humaines et études longitudinales, pénologie, santé mentale et droit, violence sexuelle et abus, victimisation sexuelle

Étudiants

Roxanne Couture-Dubé

Julien Fréchette

Gabrielle Maheux

Élisabeth St-Pierre

Projets en cours

Exploration des trajectoires de service et de développement des enfants présentant des comportements sexuels problématiques: évolution du comportement, de la santé mentale et des profils cliniques

Publications

Carpentier, J., Jouvet, L., Lussier, P., & Proulx, J. (2026). From Adolescence to Adulthood: Discontinuity in Sexual Offending Across Two Decades. Crime & Delinquency, 0(0).

Frechette, J., Lussier, P., & Dufour, I. F. (2026). A Study of the Context Upon Community Re-entry for Young Adults With a History of Sexual Offending Sentenced to Shorter Incarcerations. Sexual Abuse, 0(0).

Lussier, P., McCuish, E., St-Pierre, E., Baguet, A.L. (2025). The short, moderate and long-term risk of sexual recidivism among perpetrators of sexual offenses. A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Trauma, Violence & Abuse.

Lussier, P., Kouassi, P.L. & Frechette, J. (2025). Agency, criminogenic risk and needs, and recidivism: A prospective longitudinal study including 14,000 adult justice-involved individuals. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Manuscript accepted for publication.

Chouinard-Thivierge, S. et Lussier, P.(2025) La délinquance sexuelle des mineurs : Une revue systématique et une méta-analyse internationale de la récidive. Criminologie, Forensique et Sécurité, 3 (1) : 6247

Joyal, C. & Lussier, P. (2025). Délinquance sexuelle : Une approche neuro-psychocriminologique. Lacambre, M. (ed.), Violence. Elsevier-Masson.

McCuish, E. C., & Lussier, P. (2025). From prediction to explanation: Is the relationship between youth psychopathy traits and continued offending in adulthood mediated by social environment? Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 16(1), 69–79.

Lussier, P. & McCuish, E. (2024). Revisiting the sexual recidivism drop in Canada and the United States: A meta-analysis of 468 empirical studies involving 388,994 individuals. Journal of Criminal Justice.

Lussier, P. & Fréchette, J. (2024). La chute inexpliquée des taux de récidive des délinquants sexuels au Canada : un défi de taille pour la criminologie comparée. Criminologie, 57(1), 269–303.

Lussier, P., McCuish, E., Chouinard Thivierge, S. & Frechette, J. (2024). Risk of criminal recidivism by youth with histories of sex offenses: A systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis of 158 international studies. Trauma, Violence & Abuse.

McCuish, E., Bushway, S., Lussier, P., & Gushue, K. (2024). Rethinking the “Universal” Impact of Incarceration: An Examination of Youth Involved in Serious Offenses. Journal of Criminal Justice.

McCuish, E. & Lussier, P. (2024). Informal social control mediators of youth features of psychopathy and persistent offending: A cumulative disadvantage perspective. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.

Lussier, P. (2024). Unraveling the sexual recidivism drop in the U.S. and Canada. Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly, 17, 51-64.

Lussier, P., St-Pierre, E & Deslauriers-Varin, N. (2024). Sexual offending. Regoeczi, W. & Miethe, T. (eds.). Handbook on Violent Crime and Society. Elgar.

Lussier, P., McCuish, E. & Jeglic, E., (2023). Against all odds: The sexual recidivism drop in Canada and the United States. Crime and Justice, 52.

Lussier, P., Chouinard Thivierge, S., Fréchette, J., Proulx, J. (2023). Sex Offender Recidivism: Some Lessons Learned from over 70 Years of Research. Criminal Justice Review.

Lussier, P. (2023). Three generations, two solitudes and one big drop. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 65, 1-8.

Lussier, P., McCuish, E., Proulx, J. Chouinard Thivierge, S., Frechette, J. (2023). The sexual recidivism drop in Canada: A meta-analysis of sex offender recidivism rates over an 80-year period. Criminology and Public Policy, 22, 125-160.

Lussier, P., McCuish, E.C., Chouinard-Thivierge, S. et Frechette, J. (2023). A meta-analysis of trends in general, sexual, and violent recidivism among youth with histories of sex offending. Trauma, Violence & Abuse.

Lussier, P. & Frechette, J. (2022). Community reentry and the revolving door problem: Are individuals convicted of sexual offenses adequately prepared? Journal of Criminal Justice, 82(4), 101945.

McCuish, E., Lussier, P., Corrado, R. (2022). Serious and violent youth grown up: Findings from a twenty-year longitudinal study. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Frechette, J., & Lussier, P. (2022). Chaque âge a ses vertus, comme il a ses défauts: Les biais liés à l’âge dans la prédiction du risque de récidive criminelle au sein du Level of Service and Case Management Inventory. Criminologie, 55, 323-352.

Lussier, P., McCuish, E.C. & Corrado, R.R. (2022). Psychopathy and the prospective prediction of adult offending through age 29: Revisiting unfulfilled promises of developmental criminology. Journal of Criminal Justice, 80(2), 101770.

McCuish, E.C., Lussier, P. & Corrado, R.R. (2022). Cohort Profile: The Incarcerated Serious and Violent Young Offender Study. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 8(2), 315–335.

Chouinard Thivierge, S., Lussier, P. & Charette, Y. (2022). The Adult Offending Outcomes of Adolescents Who Have Perpetrated a Sex Offense: Is Sexual Offending in Adolescence Indicative of Things to Come? Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 21(1), 154120402211235.

Bergeron, A., Deslaurier-Varin, N., V.-Daigneault, I. & Lussier, P. (2022). The disclosure of children who exhibit problematic sexual behaviors. Child Abuse and Neglect, 134(1), 105923.

Frechette, J. & Lussier, P. (2021). Betting Against the Odds: The Mysterious Case of the Clinical Override in Risk Assessment of Adult Convicted Offenders. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

McCuish, E.C. & Lussier, P. (2021). Describing Changes in Features of Psychopathy Via an Individual-Level Measure of P(Δ). Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 37(4), 1-23.

Chouinard Thivierge, S., Lussier, P. & V.-Daigneault, I. (2021). A Longitudinal Examination of Developmental Covariates of Sexual Behavior Problems among Youth Referred to Child Protection Services. Sexual Abuse, 34(5), 537-567.

Lussier, P., Mc Cuish, E. et Cale, J. (2021). Understanding Sexual Offending: An Evidence-Based Response to Myths and Misconceptions. New York. Springer.

Mathesius, J., Lussier, P. & Corrado, R.R. (2020). The early temperamental correlates of antisocial propensity. Journal of Criminal Justice, 66(1), 101630.

McCuish, E.C., Lussier, P. & Chouinard Thivierge, S. (2020). Retour sur le concept de maturité dans le contexte du désistement de la délinquance durant la transition adolescence-vie adulte. Criminologie, 53(1), 199–224.

McCuish, E.C., Lussier, P. & Rocque, M. (2020). Maturation beyond Age: Interrelationships among Psychosocial, Adult Role, and Identity Maturation and their Implications for Desistance from Crime. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(1), 479–493.

Lussier, P. & McCuish, E. (2020). A Developmental Life-Course View of Sexual Offending. In Jean P., Franca C., Leam A.C., Elizabeth J.L. (Eds). Taking Stock of Research on the Life-Course Development of Antisocial and Criminal Behavior.

Lussier, P., Deslauriers-Varin, N., Mathesius, J. & Chouinard Thivierge, S. (2020). Cheval de Troie, populisme pénal et registres publics de délinquants sexuels. Revue Internationale de Criminologie et de Police Technique et Scientifique.

Walker, A. F., Kazemian, L., Na, C., & Lussier, P. (2020). The Role of Family Support in the Explanation of Patterns of Desistance Among Individuals Convicted of a Sexual Offense. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(17-18).

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