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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
