Discourse on female crime and violence has been increasing in recent years in response to hotly debated claims that women and girls are increasingly involved in violence and crime and the extent to which this reflects actual changes in behavior versus altered policies and practices (e.g., three strikes laws; drug offenses) that are increasingly criminalizing already marginalized girls and women (e.g., impoverished, ethnic minorities, prostitutes). An in-depth examination of the empirical knowledge base on violence and criminal offending in girls and women provides scholars and policy makers with critical information on this neglected topic.
Table of Contents:
Part I. Theory and Etiology 1. The importance of the problem: Violence and crime in women Corine de Ruiter & Tonia Nicholls 2. Theories of female crime and violence Kerry Carrington 3. Trajectories into female delinquency Candice L. OdgersPart II. Assessment 4. Forensic psychological assessment Corine de Ruiter & Nancy Kaser-Boyd 5. Violence risk assessment in women Vivienne de Vogel 6. Psychopathy assessment in women Mette Felbert-Kreis 7. Assessment of self-harm and suicide Amanda Perry 8. Cross-cultural issues in forensic psychological assessment in women Barry Rosenfeld Part III. Treatment 9. Evidence-informed treatment of criminal and violent women Kelly Blanchette 10. Risk management and community supervision Larry Motiuk 11. Mother-baby programs/prison nursery Mary Byrne 12. Substance abuse treatment in women Ellen Tuchman 13. Alternatives to incarceration: Harm reduction and restorative justice Katherine Van WormenPart III. Offense Types/Special Populations 14. Violent offending in girls Debra Pepler 15. Neonaticide Philip Resnick 16. Filicide Ghitta Weizmann-Henelius 17. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and partner homicide Tonia Nicholls & John Hamel 18. Child maltreatment Corine de Ruiter 19. Sexual offending Franca Cortoni 20. Firesetting Theresa Gannon 21. Stalking Troy McEwan 22. Elder and parent abuse Karl Pillemer 23. Violent women in secure forensic settings (prison and forensic mental health) Caroline Logan 24. Women and gangs Meda Chesney-Lind 25. Women involved in white collar crime Mary Dodge 26. Female terrorist violence (TBD) 27. Female criminal and violent offending: Future directions Tonia Nicholls & Corine de Ruiter
About the Author :
Corine DeRuiter, PhD. Professor of Forensic Psychology and Chair of the Forensic Psychiatry Program University of Maastricht, Netherlands
Tonia L. Nicholls, Ph.D., CIHR New Investigator, Associate Professor, Psychiatry,
University of British Columbia and Senior Research Fellow, Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, PHSA
Review :
Yes. This is a very sound proposal. It needs a few adjustments, but these should be routine. Corinne and Tonia are very well-regarded in the field, and they have lined up a very strong group of contributor. Kirk Heilbrun, Professor of Psychology, Drexel University
This is an excellent text for graduate student courses in forensic work, women’s studies, and criminal justice. It would definitely be appropriate for graduate courses; it might be a little intensive for undergraduate courses. As a professional, I would be very interested in reading this book. Michelle Guyton, PhD Northwest Forensics, Portland Or.
De Ruiter and Nicholls have proposed a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of crime and violence in women. The identified authors of each chapter are experts in their field and will provide a balanced, research-based overview. The editors noted that theoretical models of crime and violence will be included, but the volume is not driven by a particular theoretical model. An objective, balanced, evidence-based treatment of this topic is a welcome addition to the field. R Jackson, PhD Correctcarers.com FL.
Definitely publish. It will be a good edition to the IAFMHS series as no other book in this series focuses on this important topic. Series Editor, Ron Roesch, Professor of Psychology Simon Fraser University, BC
Yes I would, as I have outlined above this is an important area of study that has been gaining interest in the last decade and there is a need for a handbook such as this that synthesizes the research in a comprehensive multifunctional text. Simone Viljoen Ph.D., Forensic Evaluator Western State Hospital DSHS; Adjunct Instructor University of New Mexico
