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Understanding female offenders : psychopathy, criminal behavior, assessment, and treatment / Jason M. Smith, Carl B. Gacono, Ted B. Cunliffe.
LIBRA HV6046 .S65 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Jason M., author.
- Gacono, Carl B., author.
- Cunliffe, Ted B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female offenders.
- Female offenders--Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 469 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2021]
- Contents:
- 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
- 3
- Understanding Antisocial and Psychopathic Women
- Sociopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Psychopathy
- Summary
- Hysteriac
- Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)
- PCL-R Studies with Females
- Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
- Rorschach
- Our Female Offender Study
- Psychopathic Females
- Conclusion
- 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: Katrina
- Katrina's PAI and Rorschach Assessment Summary
- Katrina's PCL-R Assessment
- 5
- Female Sex Offenders: Where Angels Continue to Fear to Tread
- Personality Measures with Sexual Offenders
- Our Female Sexual Offender Study
- 6
- The treatment and management of female offenders.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780128233726
- 0128233729
- OCLC:
- 1223014118
- Publisher Number:
- 99987420606
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