Understanding Female Offenders
Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment
- 1st Edition - March 19, 2021
- Latest edition
- Authors: Jason M. Smith, Carl B. Gacono, Ted B. Cunliffe
- Language: English
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… Read more
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 women and men
- Presents PCL-R, Rorschach, and PAI data on female offenders, female psychopaths, and female sex offenders
- Reviews the current literature on female psychopathy studies
- Provides in-depth female offender case studies
- Discusses common biases in diagnosing, treating, and assessing in forensic settings with female offenders
Academics conducting research in this area (Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Human Development), graduate students and/or advanced undergraduates completing specialized coursework, people working in applied settings (e.g., clinicians). Social workers, policy makers
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
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: March 19, 2021
- Language: English
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Jason M. Smith
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).
Affiliations and expertise
Chief Psychologist, Federal Bureau of PrisonsCG
Carl B. Gacono
Carl B. Gacono, PhD, ABAP was the Assessment Center Director, at Atascadero State Hospital (CA), and Chief Psychologist at the Federal Correctional Institution (Bastrop, TX), having worked over 20 years in correctional and forensic psychiatric facilities. He is the co-author of The Rorschach Assessment of Aggressive & Psychopathic Personalities, senior editor of the Handbook of Forensic Rorschach Assessment, author of The Clinical & Forensic Interview Schedule for The Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Revised & Screening Version, editor of the Clinical & Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy: A Practitioner’s Guide (1st & 2nd Editions), and author or co-author of more than 100 scientific articles and book chapters. He received the Samuel J. & Anne G. Beck Award (1984) for excellence in early career research and the Walter G. Klopfer Award (2000). He is a member of the American Board of Assessment Psychology and a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment. As a noted artist, Dr. Gacono exhibits his paintings, and he has had several displayed on book covers. Currently, Dr. Gacono maintains a consulting practice in Asheville, NC where he lives with his son, Jackson Carl Gacono (see carlgaconoart.com and carlgaconoart [Instagram]).
Affiliations and expertise
Former Assessment Center Director at Atascadero State Hospital (CA), and Chief Psychologist at the Federal Correctional Institution, Bastrop, TX, USATC
Ted B. Cunliffe
Ted B. Cunliffe, PhD is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist licensed to practice in the State of Florida and over the past six years, has been in full-time private practice and provided expert witness services in various jurisdictions and courts within Florida and beyond. He has provided assessment services and worked with forensic populations in a wide variety of settings including juvenile detention centers, adult prisons, juvenile probation, and outreach programs in the community for over 30 years. Specifically, he has served as a Staff Psychologist and Mental Health Director at a wide number of correctional facilities in Florida, California, and Canada. Further, he has provided expert witness services to the Florida, California, and Virginia courts in the areas Competence to Stand Trial, Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, Dangerousness, Death Penalty, Wrongful Death, Dependency, Mitigation, and Civil Litigation. His clinical and research interests include the forensic use of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised, the Rorschach Inkblot Test, trauma related disorders in a forensic context, domestic violence, stalking, criminal decision-making, dangerousness/violence risk assessment, and criminal recidivism.
Affiliations and expertise
Licensed Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Miami FLRead Understanding Female Offenders on ScienceDirect