Jason M. Smith, Carl B. Gacono, Ted B. Cunliffe

Understanding Female Offenders

Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Press / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2019-0-05480-5
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 229mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9780128233726
• ISBN-10: 0128233729
• Artikelnr.: 60600580

Autorenporträt

Jason M. Smith, PsyD, ABPP has worked in county jails, forensic private practices, and forensic hospitals. He completed an internship in the Kentucky Department of Corrections focusing on assessing, treating, and researching incarcerated offenders (mainly women). Since 2014, he has worked as a licensed Clinical Psychologist for the Federal Bureau of Prisons , where he has continued treating, assessing, and managing incarcerated women. With his co-authors, he has published on female offenders/psychopathy as well as theoretical Rorschach articles. He is on the Board of Assessors for Rorschachiana. He is a member of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Smith has presented his research and workshops on assessing and treating female offenders in the US and Internationally. Dr. Smith was also awarded the APA Division 18 Criminal Justice Section Outstanding Dissertation Award (2014) and the SPA John E. Exner Scholar Award (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

1. IntroductionCarl B. Gacono2. Understanding Bias in Diagnosing, Assessing, and Treating Female OffendersTed B. Cunliffe, Carl B. Gacono and Jason M. Smith3. Understanding Antisocial and Psychopathic WomenJason M. Smith, Carl B. Gacono and Ted B. Cunliffe4. The Psychological Assessment of Female OffendersCarl B. Gacono and Jason M. Smith5. Female Sex Offenders: Where Angels Continue to Fear to TreadJason M. Smith and Carl B. Gacono6. The Treatment and Management of Female OffendersJason M. Smith, Carl B. Gacono and Ted B. CunliffeEpilogueCarl B. GaconoAppendix A: The Clinical and Forensic Interview Schedule for the PCL-R: Adapted for Women Ted B. Cunliffe, Carl B. Gacono and Jason M. SmithAppendix B: Descriptions of Eight Select Psychopathic Traits Evident in Women Ted B. Cunliffe, Carl B. Gacono and Jason M. Smith

Rezensionen

"This book addresses a long standing and serious gap in the literature, including two extremely powerful and attractive assessment tools, together into one volume. The chapters keep their tight focus nicely, and the disciplined situating of the issues into scientific methodology is a positive feature of the text. Staying focused on the boundaries of the approach without digression makes this book very compelling and informative. Overall, the coverage and integration of the literature on psychopathy, the PCL-R, PAI and Rorschach makes the addition of Understanding Female Offenders to one's library quite worthwhile." --Marvin W. Acklin, PhD, ABPP, ABFP, ABAP, Board-certified Clinical, Assessment & Forensic Psychologist

"Understanding Female Offenders: Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment is a masterful and up-to-date review of the literature. Historical review and contextualization of concepts and assessment instruments are extremely helpful and setthe stage for the strong analysis that follows. The authors are leaders in the field of psychological assessment, and their extensive knowledge is reflected in the care and detail of the conceptual theories and analysis developed in this book and its foundational research." --Giselle Hass, PsyD, ABAP, Clinical and Forensic Psychologist

"Understanding Female Offenders: Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment makes an important contribution to the field. Clinicians who work with female psychopaths will want to consult this text for practical advice about bias and about managing the emotional demands of this work. The case studies offer vivid illustrations that are supported by extensive tables of test data which can readily be applied." --Kari Carstairs, PsyD, ABAP, Clinical psychologist

"Understanding Female Offenders: Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment is a landmark book that fills an important gap in the female offender literature and provides clinicians and researcher with a long awaited guide to better understand and deal with these complex, often mispresented and misunderstood women." --Peder Christian Bryhn Nørbech, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Clinic of Prison Psychiatric Services, Oslo University Hospital, Norway