Gabriele Trupp, PhD

Gabriele Trupp studied Clinical Psychology with a forensic emphasis at Sam Houston State University. She then completed her internship at Patton State Hospital and two-year fellowship at the ILPPP and Western State Hospital (WSH). She currently serves as the Pre-Trial Forensic Coordinator at WSH and part-time faculty at the ILPPP.  In both of her roles she conducts a variety of forensic evaluations and assists in supervision of the forensic fellows at both the ILPPP and WSH. Her scholarly and research interests involve psychopathy, forensic assessment, and report writing. 

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Research interests:

  • Forensic assessment

  • Assessment of psychopathy

  • Language use in forensic assessment

Clinical interests:

  • Violence risk and sexual offense recidivism risk

  • Evaluations for sentencing and re-sentencing

  • Adjudicative competence

Select Publications

Beeley, C., Trupp, G., & Murrie, D. C. (2023). The Role of the Expert Witness in Forensic Psychology. In Dana Dunn (Ed.). Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Scott, K., Boccaccini, M. T., Trupp, G., Murrie, D. C., & Hawes, S. (2022). Evaluator empathy in risk assessment interviews. Law and Human Behavior, 46(5), 325-336.

Trupp, G. F., Ricardo, M. M., Boccaccini, M. T., & Murrie, D. (2021). Forensic evaluators’ opinions on the use of videoconferencing technology for competency to stand trial evaluations after the onset of COVID-19. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 27(4), 537-549.

Ditsky, M. & Trupp, G. (2021). Texas Psychologists’ Evaluation of Wards for Guardianship Revisited. Texas Psychologist, 80(1), 15-16.

Trupp, G., Preszler, J., Boccaccini, M. T., Marcus, D., Varela, J., & Turner, D. (2021). Generalizability of psychopathy network analysis findings to scores assigned for clinical practice. Journal of Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48(5), 151-158.

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