Mark Olver, University of Saskatchewan

Research

psychopathy dynamic risk change recidivism

Latest funding

Examining Racial/Ethnic Bias in Psychological Risk Assessment, Diagnoses, Expert Recommendations, And Release Decisions for High Risk Sex Offenders
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$81,943
Mobilizing evidence into the effective treatment of sexual offenders: A feasibility study
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$199,341
A Tripartite Model of Risk Reduction in High Psychopathy Men who have Sexually Offended
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$84,052

All 5 grants and awards

Examining Racial/Ethnic Bias in Psychological Risk Assessment, Diagnoses, Expert Recommendations, And Release Decisions for High Risk Sex Offenders

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Helmus, L. Maaike

Keywords: Risk Assessment; violence; offending; decision-making; racial bias

$81,943

Mobilizing evidence into the effective treatment of sexual offenders: A feasibility study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Cortoni, Franca

Keywords: sexual aggression; sexual recidivism; evidence-based interventions

$199,341

A Tripartite Model of Risk Reduction in High Psychopathy Men who have Sexually Offended

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Olver, Mark E.

Keywords: psychopathy; dynamic risk; change; recidivism

$84,052

A national study of opportunities and obstacles to successful community reintegration of forensic patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Crocker, Anne G

Keywords: Community Re-Entry; Criminality; Forensic Mental Health Services; Longitudinal Follow-Up; Mental Illness; Organization Of Services; Recidivism; Rehospitalization; Risk And Protective Factors; Risk Assessment

$1,554,480

An Examination of the Therapeutic Responses of Psychopathic Offender Subtypes

SupervisorCIHR2011Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Sewall, Lindsay A

Keywords: Dropout; Psychopathy; Recidivism; Treatment; Violent Offenders

$17,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: psychopathy Dear Professor Olver, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on psychopathy connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "A Tripartite Model of Risk Reduction in High Psychopathy Men who have Sexually Offended" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]