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

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

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Author / Creator:Smith, Jason M.
Imprint:London : Academic Press, 2021.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
Female offenders -- Psychology.
Female offenders -- Psychology.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12543671
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Other authors / contributors:Gacono, Carl B.
Cunliffe, Ted B.
ISBN:9780128225851
0128225858
9780128233726
Notes:Includes index.
Other form:Original 0128233729 9780128233726
Table of Contents:
  • 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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