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Education

BA/MA/PhD (Carleton University)
Post-doctoral fellowship (Brock University)

Research Interests

Dr. Blais’ research can be divided into three interrelated areas: 1) examining forensic risk assessment and risk communication in the legal system, 2) understanding the risk factors for the perpetration of technology-facilitated sexual violence, and 3) examining personality correlates to both prosocial and antisocial behaviour more broadly.

Selected Publications

• Blais, J., McArthur, J., & Goruk, K. J. (2024). An examination of technology-facilitated sexual violence perpetration in Canada among a large sample of adults. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement. Advance online publication. 
• Blais, J., Mungall, L. R., & Pruysers, S. (2024). Personality, political ideology, and partisanship in Canada. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 56(2), 81 – 92. 
• Aelick, C., Blais, J., & Babchishin, K. M. (2023). Addressing racial bias in parole decisions: A pre-registered study of the Five-Level Risk and Needs System of risk communication.Psychology, Crime & Law. Advance online publication. 
• Blais, J., Fazaa, G. R., & Mungall, L. R. (2023). A pre-registered examination of the relationship between psychopathy, boredom-proneness, and university-level cheating. Psychological Reports. Open Access. 
• McArthur, J., Blais, J., & Ternes, M. (2023). Digital dating abuse: An application of the theory of planned behaviour. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication.
• Belyea, L., & Blais, J. (2023). Effect of pretrial publicity via social media, mock juror sex, and rape myth acceptance on juror decisions in a mock sexual assault trial. Psychology, Crime & Law, 29(3), 280-302. 
• Blais, J., Babchishin, K. M., & Hanson, R. K. (2022). Improving our risk communication: Standardized risk levels for the BARR-2002R. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 34(6), 667–698.