Carl B. Clements, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor Emeritus
Primary Concentration:
  Secondary Concentration:
Clinical Psychology and Law  
     
Contact Information:
  Courses:
Office: 402 Gordon Palmer

Psychotherapy Lab

Correctional Psychology

Honors Intro Psychology

Seminar in Supervision

Phone: 348-9694
FAX: (205)  348-8648  
E-Mail: cclement@as.ua.edu 
  Website: http://bama.ua.edu/~cclement/ website  

Research Interests:

Correctional psychology, justice-related attitudes, criminal behavior,                                     law and mental health, program evaluation, professional issues

NOTE: Although I continue to work with current students, I am no longer accepting new students for research supervision. I encourage you to seek contact with other members of the Psychology-Law concentration.

 
Research Affiliations: Crime and Attitudes Research Lab
  Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment Project (in collaboration with Auburn University)
 
Recent Publications:

Neal, T.M.S., & Clements. C.B. (2010).  Prison rape and psychological sequelae: A          call for research. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 16, 284–299.

Perelman, A.M., & Clements, C.B. (2009). Beliefs about what works in juvenile rehabilitation: The iInfluence of attitudes on support for “Get Tough” and evidenced-based interventions. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36, 184-197.

Church, W., Wakeman, E., Miller, S., Clements, C., & Sun, F. (2008). The Community Attitudes toward Sex Offenders Scale: The development of a psychometric assessment instrument.  Research on Social Work Practice, 18, 251-259.

Church, W., Brannen, D.N., Baldwin, J., & Clements, C.B. (2009). An exploratory study of social work students’ attitudes towards mentally ill offenders. Best Practices in Mental Health, 5, 29-39.

Clements, C.B., Althouse, R., Ax, R.K., Magaletta, P.R., Fagan, T.J., & Wormith J.S.         (2007). Systemic issues and correctional outcomes:Expanding the scope of correctional psychology. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 919-932.

Clements, C.B., & Wakeman, E.M. (2007). Raising the bar: The case for doctoral training in forensic psychology. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 7, 53-63.

 

Clements, C.B., Brannen, D.N., Kirkley, S.M., Gordon, T., & Church W.T. (2006). The measurement of concernabout victims: Empathy, victim advocacy, and the Victim Concern Scale (VCS). Legal and Criminological Psychology, 11, 283-295.

 

Kruh, I. P., Frick, P. J., & Clements, C.B. (2005). Historical and personality correlates to the violence patterns of juveniles tried as adults. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 22, 69-96.

Salekin, R. T., Salekin, K. L., Clements, C. B., & Leistico, A. R. (2005).  The Risk, Sophistication, and Treatment-Inventory in juvenile justice settings.  In T. Grisso, D. Seagrave, & G. Vincent (Eds),  Handbook of mental health screening and assessment for juvenile justice (pp. 341-356).  New York, NY:  Guilford Press.

 

Clements, C. B., & McLearen, A. M. (2003). Research-based practice in corrections: A selective review. In T. Fagan and R. Ax (Eds.), Correctional Mental Health Handbook. (pp. 273-302).Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.