Female aggression /

• Main Author: Gavin, Helen
• Other Authors: Porter, Theresa
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.
• Subjects: Aggressiveness.; Women > Psychology.; Sex differences (Psychology); PSYCHOLOGY > Forensic Psychology.; Electronic books.

"This critique explodes the stereotypical assumption that men are more prone than women to physical 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 b...

Table of Contents:

• ""Title page
• Copyright page
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Theories, Research and Misconceptions about Female Aggression
• Introduction
• Aggression and Women
• Violent Crime and Women
• Theories of Aggression
• Measuring aggression
• 2 The Evolution of Aggression
• Darwinism and Sociobiology
• The Naked Ape â€" Was She in the Jungle or the Sea?
• The Evolution of Aggression and the Archaeology of War
• Intersexual vs Intrasexual Aggression
• Conclusion
• 3 Indirect Aggression
• Indirect Aggression in Girls and Teens""
• ""Women and Indirect Aggression
• 4 Child Abuse and Neglect by Women
• Introduction
• Prevalence
• Mental Illness
• Social Learning and Own Abuse History
• Antisocial Mothers
• Other Factors in Child Abuse
• Failure to Protect
• Abusive Mothers' Perspective on Their Children
• Recidivism
• Effects of Abuse on Children
• Conclusion
• 5 Intimate Partner Violence by Women
• Introduction
• Prevalence of Women's Violence Against Heterosexual Partners
• Prevalence of Women's Violence Against Homosexual Partners
• Severity and Injury
• Recidivism""
• ""Women's Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking
• Intimate Partner Violence by Women Resulting in Homicide
• Intimate Partner Violence Initiation vs Self-Defence
• Anger, Communication and Control
• Social Learning and Intimate Partner Violence by Women
• Personality and Intimate Partner Violence by Women
• Typologies
• Reporting Issues by Victims
• Witnessing Inter-Parental Violence
• Treatment
• Conclusion
• 6 Rape, Sexual Assault and Molestation by Women
• Introduction""
• ""Rape, Sexual Assaults and Coercion: Beyond the Male Perpetratorâ€"Female Victim Paradigm
• The Prevalence of Female Sexual Assaults Based on Perpetrator Self-Report
• Theories Regarding Sexual Assault by Women
• Women Who Sexually Offend Against Children
• Child Pornography and the Internet
• Victim Effects
• Awareness, Gender Bias and the Social Construction of Women
• Legal Issues
• Assessment, Treatment and Recidivism
• A Brief Note on Juvenile Female Sex Offenders
• Conclusion
• 7 Filicide by Women
• Introduction
• Neonaticide""
• ""Pregnancy Concealment, Denial and Negation
• Infanticide
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Infanticide
• Child Homicide by Women
• Language, Filicide and Objectification
• Gender and Filicide
• Typologies
• Mental Illness and Filicide
• Serial Infanticide
• Legalities
• Conclusion
• 8 Homicide and Women
• What Is Homicide?
• Types of Homicide
• Conclusion
• 9 Serial Murder and Women
• What Is Serial Murder?
• Explanations for Serial Murder
• Female Serial Killers
• Couples Who Kill
• Conclusion
• 10 Conclusion
• References""