Understanding female offenders : psychopathy, criminal behavior, assessment, and treatment /

"According to the Sentencing Project, between 1980 and 2017, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 750%, rising from a total of 26,378 in 1980 to 225,060 in 2017 and the number continues to rise. Dealing with incarcerated women and specifically psychopathic women can be challe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Smith, Jason M. (Autor), Cunliffe, Ted B. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Gacono, Carl B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2021]
Temas:
Female offenders.
Female offenders > Psychology.
Criminelles.
Criminelles > Psychologie.
Female offenders
Female offenders > Psychology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Understanding Female Offenders
  • Understanding Female Offenders
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Biographies
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1
  • Introduction
  • The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R): Our Independent Measure
  • The Rorschach: Our Dependent Measure
  • Caveats for Understanding the PCL-R & Rorschach
  • Two Examples
  • Understanding Female Offenders
  • References
  • 2
  • Understanding Bias in Diagnosing, Assessing, and Treating Female Offenders
  • Science and the Scientific Method
  • Logic & the Scientific Method
  • Logical Fallacy
  • Political Correctness
  • Clinical Judgment, Implicit Bias, Cognitive Heuristics
  • Confirmation Bias
  • Illusory Correlation
  • Suggestibility
  • Misinformation Effect
  • Racial Bias
  • Gender Bias
  • A Case of Bias
  • Myths about Female Offenders and Psychopaths
  • Myth #1: Psychopathy, Sociopathy, and Antisocial Personality Disorder are Equivalent
  • Myth #2: Male and Female Psychopaths are Equivalent
  • Myth #3: Female Psychopaths do not Exist
  • Myth #4: Trauma Causes Psychopathic Symptoms and Criminal Behavior in Women
  • Myth #5: Female Offenders are Treated more Harshly than Men by the Criminal Justice System
  • Myth #6: Women are not Violent and the Reports of Increased Violence in Women is a Fallacy
  • Myth #7: Women Commit Crimes to Support Their Children
  • Myth #8: Female Psychopaths are More Amenable to Treatment
  • Myth #9: Women do not Commit Sexual Offenses
  • Myth #10: Female Offenders Get Less Attention in the Media than Male Offenders
  • Summary and Discussion
  • References
  • 3
  • Understanding Antisocial and Psychopathic Women
  • Sociopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Psychopathy
  • Summary
  • Hysteriac
  • Summary
  • Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)
  • PCL-R Studies with Females
  • Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
  • Summary
  • Rorschach
  • Summary
  • Our Female Offender Study
  • Psychopathic Females
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 4
  • The Psychological Assessment of Female Offenders
  • Understanding Psychological Assessment
  • Issues in Assessing Female Offenders
  • Assessment Methods
  • Record Review
  • Clinical Interview
  • Intelligence
  • The Hare Psychopathy-Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)
  • Implications for Assessing Women with the PCL-R
  • Using the PCL-R in the Assessment of Female Offenders
  • PAI and Rorschach
  • Case Example: Katrinag
  • Katrina's PAI and Rorschach Assessment Summary
  • Katrina's PCL-R Assessment
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5
  • Female Sex Offenders: Where Angels Continue to Fear to Tread
  • Personality Measures with Sexual Offenders
  • Our Female Sexual Offender Studyb
  • Are there any historical factors in common among these women?
  • Is sexual offending in these women the result of long-standing personality deficits or PTSD?
  • What contributes to these women offending sexually?
  • Are there differences among this sample of women? Based on the psychological testing data would any subgroups emerge? Are t ...

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