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 challe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 469 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780128225851 0128225858 |