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 challenging. Understanding Female Offenders: Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment provides readers with a better conceptualization of the psychopathic/non-psychopathic female. This includes better ways of interviewing, assessing, and treating these women, and clinical caveats with case examples to assist with clinical applications. This is the only comprehensive resource that provides specific knowledge about female offenders, particularly on female psychopathy and assessment. Describes the differences between ASPD and psychopathic men and womenReviews the current literature on female psychopathy studiesExamines the Trauma Assessment in female offendersDiscusses the common problems diagnosing in forensic settings and female offenders INDICE: 1. Introduction2. Understanding Female Offenders3. Psychopathic and Antisocial Women4. Assessing Female Offenders5. Trauma Assessment in Female Offenders6. Clinical Biases and Female Offenders7. Diagnostic Clarifications for Female Offenders8. Management and Treatment of Female Offenders9. Female Sex Offenders10. Juvenile Females11. Epilogue12. Developmental and Sex Factors in female offenders/psychopaths13. Variable and Person-Centered Approaches with Female Psychopathy14. Psychiatric Female Offenders15. Representation of Female Psychopathy in American Films16. PCL-R Interview Schedule for Women17. Additional Case Study18. Psychopathy: What's in a Name Article

• ISBN: 978-0-12-823372-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés