The Psychology of Female Violence: Crimes Against the Body

by Motz; Anna

• ISBN13: 9780415403863
• ISBN10: 0415403863
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

What are the causes of violence in women? What can be done to help these women and their victims? Why does society deny the fact of female violence? This book explores the nature and causes of female violence from the perspectives of psychodynamic theory and forensic psychology. This fully updated and expanded second edition explores developments in research and services for violent women. Recent high profile cases of female violence are discussed alongside clinical material and theory. New topics include: the Victoria Climbia?? Inquiry, the controversy related to the diagnosis of Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy, Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder in women, and the impact of pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites. New chapters address central clinical issues of working with women who kill and designing therapeutic services for women in secure mental health settings. Other majortopics include: Women who sexually and physically abuse children Infanticide Fabricated and induced illness Self Harm The Psychology of Female Violence will be valuable to trainees and practitioners working in the fields of clinical and forensic psychology, women's studies, sociology, psychiatric nursing, social work, probation, counselling, psychoanalysis, the criminal justice system and criminology.

Author Biography

Anna Motz is a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist with the Thames Valley Forensic Mental Health Services

Table of Contents

Foreword to first edition	p. xi
Foreword	p. xv
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Violence against children	p. 17
The development of maternal abuse: female perversion	p. 19
Female sexual abuse of children	p. 35
Maternal physical abuse	p. 71
Fabricated or induced illness	p. 111
Infanticide	p. 153
Violence against the self	p. 191
Deliberate self-harm	p. 193
Anorexia nervosa	p. 239
Violence against others	p. 269
Battered women who kill	p. 271
Clinical applications	p. 313
Working with women who kill	p. 315
Hiding and being lost: the case for women-only secure units	p. 329
Conclusion	p. 345
Bibliography	p. 353
Index	p. 373
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