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 Ph.D.: McGill University, Clinical Psychology 1974
M.A.: Carleton University, Psychology 1971
Hon. B.A.: Carleton University, Psychology 1969
 Professional,
Training and Clinical Activities
Contract psychologist to the Provincial and Federal Correctional Services of
Canada - assessment and ongoing treatment programs for men on parole
for violent and sexual offenses.
Private
practice specializing in forensic psychology.
Ontario Review Board -
Psychologist Member (The Ontario Review Board annually reviews the status of
every person who has been found to be not criminally responsible, or unfit to
stand trial for criminal offences on account of a mental disorder).
Workshops
for police forces (e.g. Royal Canadian Mounted Police).
Expert evidence in a wide variety of legal cases related to violent and
and/or sexual offenses. These have included long term offender,
dangerous offender and homicide hearings.
Research
Interests
The major research interest of our group has been the study of
individuals who have been convicted of violent and sexual offenses. We
have studied diagnostic and treatment issues, as well as factors related to
recidivism in a wide array of violent offenders including homicidal sex
offenders, rapists, incest offenders, child molesters and
exhibitionists.
Text
Books
Abnormal
Psychology: Perspectives (4th Ed. 2010) Dozois, D. & Firestone, P.,
& Pearson Education Canada
Abnormal
Psychology: Perspectives (3rd Ed. 2006) Firestone, P., & Dozois, D.
Pearson Education Canada
Abnormal
Psychology: Perspectives, (2nd Ed. 2003)
Firestone, P., & Marshall, W. Pearson Education Canada.
Abnormal
Psychology: Perspectives (1999). Marshall, W. & Firestone, P. Pearson
Education Canada.
Recent
Publications of Interest With Links to Full Text:
On line papers may not be
exactly as published. Please refer to published journal if quoting.
Kingston,
D.A., Seto, M.C., Ahmed, A.G., Federoff, P., Firstone, P., & Bradford,
J.M. (2012) The Role of Central and Peripheral Hormones in Sexual and
Violent Recidivism in Sex Offenders. Journal of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law, 40:476-485.
Kingston,
D. A., Yates, P.M., Firestone, P. (2012) The Self-Regulation Model of
Sexual Offending: Relationship to Risk and Need. Law and Human Behavior, 36,
3, 215-224.
Moulden, H.M., & Firestone, P.
(2010) Therapist Awareness and Responsibility in Working With Sexual
Offenders, 22, 374-386.
Moulden,
H.M., Firestone, P., Kingston, D.A., & Wexler, A.F. (2010) A
Description of Sexual Offending Committed by Canadian Teachers. Journal of
Child Sexual Abuse, 19,4, 403-418.
Kingston, D.A., Seto, M.C., Firestone, P.,
& Bradford, J.M. (2010) Comparing Indicators of Sexual Sadism as
Predictors of Recidivism Among Adult Male Sexual Offenders. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 4, 574-578.
Moulden,
H.M., Firestone, P., Kingston, D.A., & Bradford, J.M. Recidivism in
Pedophiles: An Investigation Using Different Diagnostic Methods. (2010)
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 20, 680-701.
Firestone,
P., Moulden, H., Wexler, A. (2009)Clerics who Commit
Sexual Offenses: Offender, Offense, and Victim Characteristics. Journal of
Child Sexual Abuse, Vol. 18, 4, 442-454.
Kingston, D.A.,
Firestone, P. (2009) Problematic Hypersexuality: A Review of
Conceptualization and Diagnosis. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity,
15,4, 284-310.
Kingston, D.A.,
Yates, P.Y., Firestone, P., Babchishin, K., & Bradford, J.M., (2008)
Long-term Predictive Validity of the Risk Matrix: 2000: A Comparison with the
Static-99 and the Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide. Sexual Abuse: A Journal
of Research and Treatment, 20, 466-484.
Kingston,
D.A., Firestone, P., Wexler, A., and Bradford, J.M. (2008)
Factors Associated with Recidivism among Intra-familial Child Molesters.
Journal of Sexual Aggression, 14,1, 13-18.
Kingston, D.,
Federoff, P., Firestone, P., Curry, S., & Bradford, J.M. (2008)
Pornography Use and Sexual Aggression: The Impact of Frequency and Type of
Pornography On Recidivism In Sexual Offenders. Aggressive Behavior, 34, 1-11.
Bradford,
J.M., Federoff, P., & Firestone, P. Sexual Violence: A Review. (pgs
441-460) In Ed. Simon, R.I. & Tardiff, K. Textbook of Violence Assessment
and Management. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc. Washington, D.C. 2008.
Bradford,
J.M., Firestone, P., Ahmed, A.G. The Paraphilias and Psychopathy (pgs.
275-290) . In A.Felthous and G. Henning (Eds.) The
International Handbook of Psychopathic Disorders and the Law. Chapter
16. West Sussex, England. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 2007
Serran, G.S., Firestone,P., Marshall,
W.L.and Moulden, H. (2007) Changes in Coping Following Treatment in
Child Molesters. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22, 9,
1199-1210.
Kingston, A.D.,
Firestone, P., Moulden, H.M., & Bradford, J.M. (2007) The
Utility of the Diagnosis of Pedophilia: A Comparison of Various Pedophilic
Classifications. Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 36;423-436.
Nunes, K.L., Hanson, K.R., Firestone, P., Moulden,
H., Greenberg, D. , & Bradford, J.M. (2007) Denial Predicts Recidivism
for Some Sexual Offenders. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Reseearch and
Treatment., 19, 2, 91-106.
Moulden,
H., M., Firestone, P., and Wexler, A.F. (2007)Child Care Providers Who
Commit Sexual Offenses: A Description of Offender, Offence and Victim
Characteristics. International Journal of Offender Therapy &
Comparative Criminology. 51,, 384-406.
Nunes, K. L., Firestone, P.,
Wexler, A. F., Jensen, T. L., & Bradford, J. M. (2007). Incarceration
and recidivism among sexual offenders. Law and Human Behavior. 31, 305-318.
Nunes, K.L., Firestone,
P., and Baldwin, M.W. (2007)Indirect Assessment of Cognitions of Child
Molesters with the Implicit Association Test. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
34, 454-475.
Moulden,
H.M., and Firestone, P. (2007) Vicarious Traumatization: The Impact On
Therapists Who Work With Sexual Offenders. Trauma, Violence and Abuse.
8,1, 67-83.
Firestone,
P.,Kingston, A.D., Wexler, A., and Bradford, J.M. Long Term Follow-up of
Exhibitionists: Psychological,
Phallometric, and Offence Characteristics.(2006) Journal of the American
Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 34, 349-359
Firestone, P., Dixon, K.L.,
Nunes, K.L., and Bradford, J.M. (2005)A Comparison of Incest
Offenders Based on Victim Age. Journal of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law, Vol 33, 2, 223-232.
Firestone, P., Nunes,
K.L., Moulden, H., Broom, I., and Bradford, J.M. (2005)
Hostility and Recidivism in Sexual Offenders.Archives of Sexual
Behavior, Vol.34, No.3, 277-283.
Greenberg, D.M., Firestone,
P., and Nunes, K.L. and Bradford, J.M.
Biological Fathers and Stepfathers Who Molest Their Daughters: Psychological,
Phallometric and Criminal Features. (2005) Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment,
Vol. 17, 1, 39-46.
Serran,
G., and Firestone, P. Intimate Partner Homicide: A Review of the Male
Proprietariness and the Self-Defense Theories. (2004) Journal of
Aggression and Violent Behaviour, 9, 1-15.
Rabinowitz
Greenberg, S.R., Firestone, P., Bradford, J.M., and Greenberg, D.M.
Prediction of Recidivism in
Exhibitionists: Psychological, Phallometric, and Offence Factors. (2002) Sexual Abuse: A Journal
of Research and Treatment, Vol. 14, 4, 329-347.
Nunes, K. Firestone, P. Bradford, J.M., Greenberg,
D.M., Broom, I. A Comparison of the Static-99 and the Sex Offender
Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG). (2002), Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, Vol. 14,
3, 249-265.
Greenberg, D.M., Bradford, J.M., Firestone,
P. & Curry, S. Relationships of Child Molesters. A Study
of victim Relationship with the Perpetrator. (2000), Child Abuse and
Neglect, 24, 11, 1485-1494.
Firestone, P., Bradford,J.M., Greenberg,
D.M. & Nunes, K.L. Differentiation of Homicicdal Child
Molesters, Nonhomicidal Child Molesters, and Nonoffenders by
Phallometry. (2000) Am J Psychiatry 157: 1847-1850.
Firestone, P., Bradford,J.M., Greenberg, D.M. S., & Serran, G.A. The
Relationship of Deviant Sexual Arousal and Psychopathy in Incest Offenders,
Extrafamilial Child Molesters and Rapists. (2000) Journal of
the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 28,303-308.
Firestone, P., Bradford, J., McCoy, M.,
Greenberg, D.M.,
Larose, M.R., Curry, S. Prediction of Recidivism in Court Referred Child
Molesters. (2000) Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 12,
3, 203-222.
Greenberg, D.M., Firestone,
P. Bradford,J.M., Broom, I.(2000) Infantophiles. In
Schlesinger, L.B., Serial Offenders: Current Thought, Recent Findings,
Unusual Syndromes. Pgs. 229-246. CRC Press, LLC, N.Y
Firestone, P., Bradford, J.M., Greenberg, D.M.,
McCoy, M., Larose, M.R., Curry, S. Prediction of Recidivism in Incest
Offenders. (1999) Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 14, No. 5,
511-531.
Firestone, P., Bradford, J.M., Greenberg, D.M.,
Larose, M.R.
Homicidal Sex Offenders: Psychological, Phallometric and Diagnostic Features.
(1998) J. American Academy Psychiatry and Law, Vol 26, No.4, 537-552
Firestone, P., Bradford, J.M., Greenberg, D.M.,
Larose, M.R., Curry, S., Homicidal and Non-Homicidal Child Molesters: Psychological,
Phallometric and Criminal Features. (1998) Sexual Abuse: A Journal of
Research and Treatment, 10, 4, 305 B323.
Firestone, P., Bradford, J.M., McCoy, M., Greenberg, D.M.,
Larose, M.R., Curry, S. Recidivism Factors in Convicted Rapists. (1998) J. American
Academy Psychiatry and Law, 26, 2, 185-200.
Manion, I.,
Firestone, P., Cloutier, P., Ligezinska, M., McIntyre, J., &
Ensom, R. Extrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse: Predicting Parent and Child
Functioning. (1998) Child Abuse and Neglect, Vol. 22, 12, 1285-1304.
Manion, I.G.,
McIntyre, J., Firestone, P., Ligeinska, M., Ensom, R., & Wells,
G. Secondary traumatization in parents following the disclosure of
extrafamilial child sexual abuse: Initial effects. (1996). Journal of
Child Abuse & Neglect, 20, (11), 1095-1109.
Ligezinska,
M. & Firestone, P., Manion, I., McIntyre, J., Ensom, R., &
Wells, G. (1996). Children's emotional and behavioral
functioning following the disclosure of extrafamilial sexual abuse. Journal
of Child Abuse & Neglect, 20, (2) 111-125
Publications ADHD
Firestone,
P., Monteiro Musten, L., Pisterman,S., Mercer, J., Bennett, S.,
Short-term side effects of stimulant medication are increased with
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A double-blind
placebo-controlled study (1998) Journal of Child and Adolescent
Psychopharmacology, 8,(1), 13-25.
Monteiro-Musten, Firstone, P.,
Pisterman, S., Bennet, S. and Mercer, J. The effects of stimulant medication on pre-school
ADHD children: Behavioural and cognitive factors. (1997) J.of Am.
Acad. Ch. & Adol. Psychiat., 36,(10),1407-1415.
Claude,
D., and Firestone, P. (1995). The development of
hyperactive boys: A 12-year follow-up. Canadian Journal of Behavioural
Sciences. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 27, 2,
226-249.
Pisterman,
S., Firestone, P., McGrath, P., Goodman, J.T., Webster, I., Mallory, R.,
& Goffin, B. (1992). The Role of Parent Training in the
Treatment of Preschoolers with Attention Deficit Disorder with
Hyperactivity. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 62
(3), 397‑408.
Pisterman, S., Firestone, P.
McGrath, Goodman, J.T., Webster, I., Mallory, R. (1992). The Effects of
Parent Training on Parenting Stress and Sense of Competence. Canadian
Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 24(1), 41‑58.
Bisnaire,
L., Firestone, P., Rynard, D. (1990). Factors Associated with
Academic Achievement in Children Following Parental Separation. American
Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 60(1), 67-76.
. Pisterman,
S., McGrath, P., Firestone, P., Goodman, J.T., Webster, I., Mallory, R.
(1989). Outcome of Parent-Mediated Treatment of Preschoolers with
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity. Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, 57, 628‑635
Pressman,
E., Roche, D., Davey, J., & Firestone, P. (1986).
Patterns of auditory perception skills in children with learning
disabilities: A computer‑assisted approach. Journal of
Learning Disabilities, 19 (8), 485‑488.
Alberts‑Corush,
J., Firestone, P. & Goodman, J.T. (1986). Attention and
impulsivity characteristics of the biological and adoptive parents of
hyperactive and normal control children. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, 56 (3), 413‑423.
Firestone,
P., Crowe, D., Goodman, J.T. & McGrath, P. (1986).
Vicissitudes of follow‑up studies: Differential effects of parent
training and stimulant medication with hyperactives. American
Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 56 (2), 184‑194.
Butter HJ. Lapierre Y. Firestone
P. Blank A.
(1984) Efficacy of ACTH 4-9 analog, methylphenidate, and placebo on attention
deficit disorder with hyperkinesis. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology
& Biological Psychiatry. 8(4-6):661-4, 1984
Butter,
H.J., Lapierre, Y‑D., Firestone, P., & Blank, A.
(1983). A comparative study of the efficacy of ACTH 4‑9:
Analog methylphenidate and placebo on attention deficit disorder with
hyperkinesis. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 3
(4).
Firestone, P., & Peters,
S. (1983).
Minor physical anomalies and behavior in children: A Review. Journal
of Autism and Development Disorders, 13, 411‑425.
Firestone, P. & Prabhu,
A.
(1983). Minor physical anomalies and obstretical complications.
Their relationship to hyperactive, psychoneurotic and normal children and
their families. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 11
(2), 207‑216.
Firestone, P. (1982). Factors associated
with children's adherence to stimulant medication. American Journal
of Orthopsychiatry, 52 (3), 447‑457.
Firestone, P., & Witt, J.E. (1982).
Characteristics of families completing and prematurely discontinuing a
behavioral parent‑training program. Journal of Pediatric
Psychology, 7 (2), 209‑222.
Busby, K., Firestone, P., &
Pivik, T.
(1981). Sleep patterns in hyperkinetic and normal children. Sleep,
4 (4), 366‑383.
Firestone, P., Kelly, J.J.,
Goodman, J.T., & Davey, J. (1981). Differential effects of parent
training and stimulant medication with hyperactives: A progress
report. The Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry,
20, 135‑147.
Firestone, P., Kelly, M., &
Fike, S.
(1980). Are fathers necessary in parent‑training groups? Journal
of Clinical Child Psychology, 9 (1), 44‑47.
Firestone, P., & Backman,
J.
(1979). A review of pharmacological and behavioral approaches to the
treatment of hyperactive children. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, 49, 500‑504.
Firestone, P., & Martin, J.E. (1979). An analysis
of the hyperactive syndrome. A comparison of hyperactive, behavior
problem, asthmatic and normal children. Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 7 (3), 216‑273.
Firestone, P., Davey, J., Goodman,
J.T., & Peters, S. (1978). The effects of caffeine and methylphenidate on
hyperactive children. Journal of the American Academy of Child
Psychiatry, 7, 445‑446. Also in Pediatric Digest,
1979.
Firestone, P., Goodman, J.T., & Watters,
B.
(1978). Systematic desensitization and its components in childhood
disorders: A review. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology,
7, 142‑148.
Firestone, P., Peters, S.,
Riviers, M., & Knights, B. (1978). Physical anomalies in hyperactives,
retardates and normals, their parents and siblings. Journal of Child
Psychology ad Psychiatry, 19, 155‑161.
Firestone, P., Poitras‑Wright,
H., & Douglas, V.I. (1978). The effects of caffeine on hyperactive
children. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 11 (3), 20‑28.
Also in Modern Medicine, 1979.
Firestone, P. (1977). The effects of verbal and
material rewards and punishers on the performance of impulsive and reflective
children. The Child Study Journal, 7, 17‑18.
Firestone, P. (1976). The effects and side
effects of time‑out on an aggressive nursery school child. Journal
of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 21, 23‑26.
Firestone, P., Lewy, F., &
Douglas, V.I.
(1976). Hyperactivity and physical anomalies. Psychiatry
Digest, September, 25‑26.
Firestone, P., Lewy, F., &
Douglas, V.I.
(1976). Hyperactive children and physical anomalies. Canadian
Journal of Psychiatry, 2, 23‑26.
Firestone,
P. (1975). Recent trends in autism theory. Ontario Child
Care Work Association Journal, July.
Firestone, P., & Douglas, V.I. (1975). The effects of
reward and punishment on reaction times and autonomic activity in hyperactive
and normal children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 3,
201‑216.
Publications Behavioural Medicine
Firestone, P., McGrath, P., & Feldman, W.
(1984). Advances in Behavioral Medicine for Children and Adolescents.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., Publishers.
McGrath, P., & Firestone, P.
(Eds.) (1983). Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Medicine: Issues
in Treatment. New York: Springer
Publishing Company.
MCGrath, P.J., Humphreys, P.,
Keene, D., Goodman, J.T., Lascelles, M.A., Cunnigham, J., Firestone, P. (1992). The
Efficacy and Efficiency of a Self Administered Treatment for Adolescent
Migrain. Pain, (2), 1-4.
Leikin, L., Firestone, P.,
McGrath, P. & Bernard, P. Self-report measurement of children's
post-surgical symptoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 1990, 51,
254-255.
Guibert, M.B., Firestone, P.,
McGrath, P., Goodman, J.T., Cunningham, J.S. (1990). Compliance Factors
in the Behavioral Treatment of Headache in Children and Adolescents. Canadian
Journal of Behavioral Science, 22(1), 37‑44.
McGrath, P.J., Humphreys, P.,
Goodman, J.T., Keene, D., Firestone, P., Jacob, P. & Cunningham, S.J. (1988).
Relaxation prophylaxis of childhood migraine: A randomized placebo‑controlled
trial. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 30,
626‑631.
Leikin, L., Firestone, P.,
McGrath, P.J.
(1988). Physical symptom reporting in Type A & B children. Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 721‑726.
Leikin, L., Firestone, P.,
McGrath, P.J. (1988). Children's physical symptom reporting and
parental Type A behaviors. (Abstract). Canadian Psychology, 29,
401.
Cunningham, S.J., McGrath, P.J.,
Ferguson, H.B., Humphreys, P., D'Astous, J.D., Latter, J., Goodman, J.T., & Firestone,
P. (1987). Personality and behavioural characteristics in
pediatric migraine. Headache, 27, 16‑20.
Richter, I.L., McGrath, P.J.,
Humphreys, P.J., Goodman, J.T., Firestone, P., & Keene, D. (1986). Cognitive and
relaxation treatment of pediatric migraine. Pain, 25, 195‑203.
Fradkin, B., & Firestone,
P.
(1986). Premenstrual Tension, Expectancy, and Mother‑Child
Relations. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 9 (3), 245‑259.
McGrath, P., Goodman, J.T.,
Firestone, P., Shipman, R., & Peters, S. (1983). Recurrent abdominal
pain: A psychogenic disorder? Archives of Disease of Childhood,
58 (11), 888‑890.
Rose, M., Firestone, P., Heick,
H.M.C., & Faught, A.K. (1983). The effects of anxiety management training on
the control of juvenile diabetes mellitus. Journal of Behavioral
Medicine, 6 (4).
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