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Author:

Smith, Jason M., author.

Title:

Understanding female offenders : psychopathy, criminal behavior, assessment, and treatment / Jason M. Smith, Carl B. Gacono, Ted B. Cunliffe.

Publisher:

Academic Pressan imprint of Elsevier,

Copyright Date:

2021]

Description:

xiv, 469 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Female offenders.
Female offenders--Psychology.
Female offenders.
Female offenders--Psychology.

Other Authors:

Gacono, Carl B., author.
Cunliffe, Ted B., author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- 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: Katrina
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 Study -- 6 -- The treatment and management of female offenders.

ISBN:

0128233729
9780128233726

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1223014118

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)