Women Who Kill

Violence, Trauma, and Forensic Psychology
Herausgeber: Walker; Temares, Amanda; Shapiro, David

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers insights into women who kill, detailing their motivations, their patterns of violence, and how they can be aided through psychological evaluation and proper expert testimony. The chapters also include discussions of women who did not kill but were punished as if they had.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 757g
• ISBN-13: 9781032729169
• ISBN-10: 1032729163
• Artikelnr.: 70601046

Autorenporträt

Lenore Walker introduced Battered Woman Syndrome into the courts in the 1980s. She is a 2023 recipient of the APF Gold Medal of Psychology Impact. Dr. Walker is an Educator and Psychologist who practices and testifies on forensic cases, especially in cases where one's state of mine is impacted by gender violence events. David Shapiro is recognized as one of the first individuals who practiced and wrote about the field of clinical forensic psychology, by looking at forensic psychology from the point of view of practice issues rather than theory and research. He has taught, presented, written, and received awards in the field of forensic psychology. Amanda Temares is Postdoctoral Resident in Fort Lauderdale, USA. She has worked with a variety of populations and presently works with children, adolescents, and adults who are involved with the Florida Department of Children and Families as well as those who experience serious and persistent mental illness. Brandi Diaz is Forensic Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow at the Forensic Services department within the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Her clinical duties include a variety of criminal and civil evaluations. She is the author of several articles and book chapters related to gender violence and evaluation procedures.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Women Who Kill, Intimate Partner Violence, and Forensic
Psychology 1. Common Characteristics of Women Who Kill In the Context of
Abuse: A Content Analysis of Case Files 2. Maternal Filicide: A Review of
Psychological and External Demographic Risk Factors 3. The Mediating Effect
of Traditional Gender Beliefs on the Relationship between Gender
Disparities and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration 4. Cognitive
Reappraisal as a Protective Factor in the Association between Cyber
Intimate Partner Victimization and Depression in Hispanic Emerging Adults
5. Does Power at Home Protect Women from Violence? A Comparative Analysis
between Urban and Rural Colombian Women 6. An Exploratory Study of
"No-Crime" Homicide Cases Among Female Exonerees 7. Parental Grief,
Wrongful Incarceration, and the Continued Effects after Exoneration 8.
Psychological Testing in Forensic Evaluations of Battered Women Who Kill
9. Psychological Evaluation of Battered Women Who Kill in Self-Defense: A
Review of 34 Cases 10. Litigation Consultation in Cases of Women Who Kill
11. Battered Women Charged with Homicide: Expert Consultation, Evaluation,
and Testimony 12. Examining Trauma Symptoms and Interpersonal Dependency
within Incarcerated Psychopathic and Non-psychopathic Women 13. Resilience
Building Programs in U.S. Corrections Facilities: An Evaluation of
Trauma-Informed Practices in Place 14. "We're Still Human": A Reproductive
Justice Analysis of the Experiences of Criminalized Latina Mothers