Alexithymia, characterised by difficulties identifying and describing one’s own emotions, has increasingly been recognised as a transdiagnostic construct associated with a range of adverse psychological and behavioural outcomes. Despite growing interest within clinical psychology, its relevance to offending behaviour remains comparatively underexplored within criminological research. This presentation reports findings from a two-phase doctoral study examining the relationship between alexithymia and offending behaviour through a criminologically informed biopsychosocial framework. Phase One involved a systematic review synthesising over five decades of international research on alexithymia among incarcerated populations, identifying consistent associations with trauma exposure, mental health difficulties, personality functioning, and violent offending, […]