IMHR Researchers

Seto, Michael, PhD

Dr. Seto is a consultant to the Integrated Forensic Program of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. He is also cross-appointed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and at the Centre of Criminology of the University of Toronto, and cross-appointed as an adjunct professor in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University. He currently serves on the editorial boards of two journals, Archives of Sexual Behavior and Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.

Dr. Seto has presented and published extensively on the topics of pedophilia, child pornography, sexual offending, violence risk assessment, and mentally disordered offenders. He recently authored a book entitled "Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children: Theory, Assessment and Intervention", published by the American Psychological Association in 2008. His research has been funded by the Correctional Service of Canada, Ontario Mental Health Foundation, Foundation of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. His current projects include research on the characteristics and risk posed by child pornography offenders; risk assessment; sexual sadism; and the link between sexual victimization and sexual perpetration.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Chivers, M. L., Seto, M. C., Lalumière, M. L., Laan, E., & Grimbos, T. (2010). Agreement of self-reported and genital measures of sexual arousal among men and women: A meta-analysis. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39, 5-56. doi: 10.1007/s10508-009-9556-9

Lin, N., Kirsh, B., Polatajko, H., & Seto, M. C. (2009). The nature and meaning of occupational engagement for forensic clients living in the community. Journal of Occupational Sciences, 16, 110-119.

Jespersen, A. F., Lalumière, M. L., & Seto, M. C. (2009). Sexual abuse history among adult sex offenders and non-sex offenders: A meta-analysis. Child Abuse and Neglect, 33, 179-192.

Seto, M. C. (2009). Pedophilia. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 5, 391-407.