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Female Aggression
Author(s): Helen Gavin (Author), Theresa Porter (Author)
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication Date: December 22, 2014
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 237 pages
- ISBN-10: 0470975482
- ISBN-13: 9780470975480
Book Description
This critique explodes the stereotypical assumption that men are more prone than women to aggression
- A cogent and holistic assessment of the theoretical positions and research concerning female aggression
- Examines the treatment, punishment and community response to female aggressive behavior
- Examines topics including sexual power, serial murder and the evolution of gendered aggression
- Treats female aggression in its own right rather than as a counterpart to male violence
Editorial Reviews
Review
Copy sent to Aggression and Violent Behaviour 23 Jan 15Copy sent to Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment 23 Jan 15Copy sent to the Psychologist 21 Jan 2015Copy sent to Psychology, Crime and Law 21 Jan 2015Copy sent to Legal and Criminological Psychology 21 Jan 2015Copy sent to Brit J of Criminology 20 Jan 15Copy sent to Brit J of Forensic Practice 20 Jan 15Copy sent to Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 20 Jan 15Copy sent to Journal of Sexual Aggression 20 Jan 15Copy sent to Psy Critiques 19 Jan 15Review copy sent on 05.01.15 to Offender Programs Report
Ebook sent on 31.12.14 to VocativReview copy sent on 09.12.14 to Psychology of Women Quarterly
USPsyCritiques x3Law & Human BehaviorViolence and AggressionSexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and TreatmentCanadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice (A) CANADA
Reviews Editor, 1750 Courtwood Crescent, Unit 308, Ottawa ON
K2C 2B5 613-725 3715
Aggression and Violent BehaviorClinical Psychology ReviewAggressive BehaviorInternational Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (author request) USA
EDITOR:
George B. Palermo, M.D., M.Sc.Crim., Ph.D.
University of Nevada Medical School, Las Vegas, NV / Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
UKBritish Journal of CriminologyBritish Journal of Forensic PracticeCriminal Behaviour and Mental HealthHoward Journal of Criminal JusticeInternational Journal of CriminologyJournal of Sexual AggressionLegal and Criminological PsychologyPsychology, Crime and LawThe PsychologistSexual Offender Treatment
Cope sent to Psy Critiques 19 Jan 15Review copy sent on 05.01.15 to Offender Programs Report
Ebook sent on 31.12.14 to VocativReview copy sent on 09.12.14 to Psychology of Women Quarterly
USPsyCritiques x3Law & Human BehaviorViolence and AggressionSexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and TreatmentCanadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice (A) CANADA
Reviews Editor, 1750 Courtwood Crescent, Unit 308, Ottawa ON
K2C 2B5 613-725 3715
Aggression and Violent BehaviorClinical Psychology ReviewAggressive BehaviorInternational Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (author request) USA
EDITOR:
George B. Palermo, M.D., M.Sc.Crim., Ph.D.
University of Nevada Medical School, Las Vegas, NV / Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
UKBritish Journal of CriminologyBritish Journal of Forensic PracticeCriminal Behaviour and Mental HealthHoward Journal of Criminal JusticeInternational Journal of CriminologyJournal of Sexual AggressionLegal and Criminological PsychologyPsychology, Crime and LawThe PsychologistSexual Offender Treatment
Review copy sent on 05.01.15 to Offender Programs Report
Ebook sent on 31.12.14 to VocativReview copy sent on 09.12.14 to Psychology of Women Quarterly
US
PsyCritiques x3
Law & Human Behavior
Violence and Aggression
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice (A) CANADA
Reviews Editor, 1750 Courtwood Crescent, Unit 308, Ottawa ON
K2C 2B5 613-725 3715
Aggression and Violent Behavior
Clinical Psychology Review
Aggressive Behavior
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (author request) USA
EDITOR:
George B. Palermo, M.D., M.Sc.Crim., Ph.D.
University of Nevada Medical School, Las Vegas, NV / Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
UK
British Journal of CriminologyBritish Journal of Forensic Practice
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
International Journal of Criminology
Journal of Sexual Aggression
Legal and Criminological Psychology
Psychology, Crime and Law
The Psychologist
Sexual Offender Treatment
Review copy sent on 09.12.14 to Psychology of Women Quarterly
US
PsyCritiques x3
Law & Human Behavior
Violence and Aggression
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice (A) CANADA
Reviews Editor, 1750 Courtwood Crescent, Unit 308, Ottawa ON
K2C 2B5 613-725 3715
Aggression and Violent Behavior
Clinical Psychology Review
Aggressive Behavior
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (author request) USA
EDITOR:
George B. Palermo, M.D., M.Sc.Crim., Ph.D.
University of Nevada Medical School, Las Vegas, NV / Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
UK
British Journal of CriminologyBritish Journal of Forensic Practice
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
International Journal of Criminology
Journal of Sexual Aggression
Legal and Criminological Psychology
Psychology, Crime and Law
The Psychologist
Sexual Offender Treatment
US
PsyCritiques x3
Law & Human Behavior
Violence and Aggression
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice (A) CANADA
Reviews Editor, 1750 Courtwood Crescent, Unit 308, Ottawa ON
K2C 2B5 613-725 3715
Aggression and Violent Behavior
Clinical Psychology Review
Aggressive Behavior
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (author request) USA
EDITOR:
George B. Palermo, M.D., M.Sc.Crim., Ph.D.
University of Nevada Medical School, Las Vegas, NV / Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
UK
British Journal of CriminologyBritish Journal of Forensic Practice
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
International Journal of Criminology
Journal of Sexual Aggression
Legal and Criminological Psychology
Psychology, Crime and Law
The Psychologist
Sexual Offender Treatment
Review
"This book represents a truly fantastic addition to the literature on female aggression. It covers a whole host of aggressive crimes from a very thoughtful and gender-informed perspective. This book is an absolute necessity for professionals working with or researching women who have offended. I've no doubt that this book is a landmark text which will springboard important future research and practice in this area."
―Professor Theresa A. Gannon, University of Kent
"Helen Gavin and Theresa Porter have written a brave and uncompromising book, one that is scholarly, firm, careful, and a bit daunting. They challenge our most cherished feminist beliefs about women as the more compassionate, cooperative, 'maternal,' and non-violent of the genders. Clearly, they are not only writing about teenage 'mean girls'; the authors are weighing the research on women, including mothers, who abuse and neglect children; batter their partners, both male and female, sexually assault (or join in group sexual assaults) of women, kill their babies, kill other adults. They refuse to minimize the importance of female aggression only because men are more violent and, to their credit, Gavin and Porter critique others for doing so. And why? Because the authors have treatment goals in mind, ways of helping anti-social mothers and/or of rescuing their children. An entirely laudable endeavor.
This is a serious work and demands that the reader drop many preconceptions in order to benefit from the material presented. Brava for taking on this painful, difficult and important subject."
―Phyllis Chesler, Author of Women and Madness and Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman
From the Inside Flap
Conventional wisdom states that men express their aggression through physical violence, while women do so in less direct and more nuanced ways. Female aggression is often ignored by mainstream social and medical commentators, and writings on the topic seem to view aggression by women or girls as either a pale imitation of male aggression or specific to certain situations, such as alcohol abuse or domestic violence. Yet viewing female belligerence as poorly expressed imitative behaviour minimises and trivialises women’s anger, perspectives and viewpoints. This study of female aggression makes a critical assessment of this position, and explores ideas about female aggression, its motives and outcomes. In doing so, it explodes a number of social myths about gender.
This thorough, holistic review takes theoretical positions drawn from a range of scientific perspectives as its starting point, then explores how women experience and express their aggression, including through sexual assault and murder. In doing so, aggressive female behaviour is acknowledged, in its own right, as an issue that requires examination by researchers.
From the Back Cover
Conventional wisdom states that men express their aggression through physical violence, while women do so in less direct and more nuanced ways. Female aggression is often ignored by mainstream social and medical commentators, and writings on the topic seem to view aggression by women or girls as either a pale imitation of male aggression or specific to certain situations, such as alcohol abuse or domestic violence. Yet viewing female belligerence as poorly expressed imitative behaviour minimises and trivialises women’s anger, perspectives and viewpoints. This study of female aggression makes a critical assessment of this position, and explores ideas about female aggression, its motives and outcomes. In doing so, it explodes a number of social myths about gender.
This thorough, holistic review takes theoretical positions drawn from a range of scientific perspectives as its starting point, then explores how women experience and express their aggression, including through sexual assault and murder. In doing so, aggressive female behaviour is acknowledged, in its own right, as an issue that requires examination by researchers.
About the Author
Helen Gavin is Director of Graduate Education at the University of Huddersfield, UK, where she also lectures in Forensic and Criminal Psychology Previously, she was Head of Psychology at the University of the West of England, UK. Her publications include The Essence of Cognitive Psychology (1998), Understanding Research Methods & Statistics in Psychology (2008), Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll: Psychological, Legal and Cultural Examinations of Sex and Sexuality (2010) and Criminological and Forensic Psychology (2014)
Theresa Porter is a forensic psychologist currently practicing in Connecticut, USA. She worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons for nearly a decade where she had extensive experience with female offenders. She lectures and publishes on violence by women, including Infanticide and Neonaticide: A Review of 40 Years of Research Literature on Incidence and Causes (with Helen Gavin; 2010), Woman as molester: Implications for society (2010), A Case of Factitious Paedophilia (with Mark D. Feldman, 2011) and Hits Like a Girl; Women who Batter their Partners (2011).
